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Bravely Default Outsells Lightning Returns FF13 in the US
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Dark_castle
Junior Member
Good.
Then again, when I look back at Bravely Default, this game could have been so much more. Gameplay is good, but story-wise, it's not that great.
Then again, when I look back at Bravely Default, this game could have been so much more. Gameplay is good, but story-wise, it's not that great.
Riposte
Member
I still need to play Lightning Returns; it's probably not great, but I think it has some concepts that intrigue me. I hope it is the best of the XIII games mechanically and sidesteps the mess XIII-2 got itself into.
Bravely Default doesn't really interest me in the slightest from what I've heard and I also hear it falls apart. Seems it aims rather low for a JRPG and I rather have games break from the mechanical tropes.
Sounds like neither game sold much more than the other so I don't understand the noise.
Bravely Default doesn't really interest me in the slightest from what I've heard and I also hear it falls apart. Seems it aims rather low for a JRPG and I rather have games break from the mechanical tropes.
Sounds like neither game sold much more than the other so I don't understand the noise.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
LR is a great RPG actually marred by its association with the trendy-to-hate-on XIII series.
FF4HoL was the bomb diggity
I cannot, with good conscience, call either of these titles 'great' games. Both possess flaws that prevent me from saying so.
I was under the impression that her games weren't doing all that well in Japan either.
In any case, it's awesome that Bravely sold well. I don't really care how it measures up to FF though.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
More popular than other FF characters my ass.
Diprosalic
Banned
well deserved.
Zomba13
Member
50% of BD is fantastic. Battle system, job system, secondary/side boss characters are entertaning, story is kinda interesting but they blow it. What they need for the second game is to not make the same mistakes the first did in it's second half.
If Bravely Second is as good as the first half of BD for it's entirety then it'll be the best FF game in years.
Boomstick (Coffee Crazy)
Banned
You know Squeenix done fucked up when Nintendo knows what people want more than them.
...I still love you Nintendo.
Well that's not surprising considering you apparently hate turn based combat. I think the flaw is with you.
More popular than other FF characters my ass.
It's entirely possible that Toriyama drinks from thermometers.
As it should.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Hope that sends the message to SE loud and clear. The portable teams have long since been making better single player content, and its time for Toriyama's crows to come home to roost.
Saint Gregory
Member
BD (sans chapters 5-7) was great so I can't wait for more. I still haven't opened my copy of LR.
Someday Lightning, someday...
Someday Lightning, someday...
ArkhamFantasy
Member
How incompetent does SE's management look right now? They refused to localize Bravely Default and it outsold their biggest franchise in the US.
brandonh83
Banned
Yep. Lightning Returns was very solid and a lot of fun to play through. Also great for replays.
CrackPebbles
Member
I think BD would have been really good if the second half wasn't ass. Job system and combat are interesting and bosses are challenging on harder difficulties.
But sadly as things stand I agree with you.
All I hope is that SE does NOT get the message to stop trying new things in new titles. Old School RPGs can stay old school. As much flak as people like to give XIII, in particular LR, at least it was trying new things with the way it plays. I'd also argue BD is more boring story wise but that's neither here nor there at this point. BD was not a bad game, just hope we get more variety in their games like say what they pumped out on the DS rather than more BD(excluding the sequel I guess.)
Yep. Did not care for BD's combat whatsoever. Wouldn't go as far as to say I hated it, but it's whatever. It's perfectly serviceable, but not the type of combat I would want for it to go with the game's amazing job system.
Mhm. The second half of BD really highlighted how much I don't care about the very lore/story progression because the game's presentation/how characters interact with each other doesn't impress me or engages me enough to care. If anything Bravely Default, while clever, comes off as a farce than something I should take seriously,
LR has this same issue in which the combat is servicable/great but the story is pretty bunk. So in the end it's a big 'meh' for me.
I would like to see both of these battle systems improved greatly though.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Kagari (mod) insider source, basically Bravely did very well digitally.
Riposte
Member
Final Fantasys are generally not turn-based.
My son and I both bought the game digitally. That accounts for two unit sales.
I have reasons to doubt that but either way... Good on BD, more localizations coming our way
Saint Gregory
Member
I got it digital since it was pretty hard to find in stores.
All according to Nintendo's
FlyStarJay
Member
square are the most idiotic dev/pub in the game industry. They have fans who are telling them and voting with their wallet what they want yet they dont listen. Those defunct dev/pub would love to have fans like square. Why are they so ignorant? I can understand not wanting to re make ff7 but ppl dont want 13. and they want real FF experience. I hope bravely comes to consoles
Saint Gregory
Member
Femmeworth
Banned
Cool, hopefully this means Lightning Returns collapses in price as quickly as I figured it would.
ATB is not that much of an offshoot.
Edge_Maverick
Member
Good. Next one to beat LR numbers is FFX HD.
UltraGunner
Banned
It's unquestionable that the Final Fantasy brand has been damaged this generation, possibly to an irreversible state. I have a sneaking suspicion that any future FF sales, FFXV included, will gradually be lower and lower than the previous iteration.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
I think the way they see it, all these western publishers have done nothing but re-use assets and make yearly sequels for every game so why not do that with Final Fantasy 13?
They dont understand that the Final Fantasy base wants new mainline games with no characters and new worlds. To Square Enix's credit they did a good job of making each 13 game different, most sequels are just more of the same, Lightning Returns revamped the combat system and made it an action RPG and introduced a time mechanic, 13-2 had open worlds and a monster capture system, those are some pretty big changes, but not what we want.