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Bravely Default - producer interview about genres, localization, social RPGing, etc.
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Are these numbers good enough to make them think about a US release ?
electroplankton
Banned
I think that the Western release decision might well be indepenent of Japanese sales.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
This is similar to what happened with the 光の4戦士 game. It sold better than expected and stock wasnt able to keep up with the demand. Took em a while to get things restocked. Thankfully does not seem to be the case with BD:FF though.
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Deleted member 20920
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Just got streetpasses of 2 persons playing Bravely Default today. Makes me want to go import a Japanese 3DS and the game like right now...
But I think I will just continue saving the money for a Vita
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Just got streetpasses of 2 persons playing Bravely Default today. Makes me want to go import a Japanese 3DS and the game like right now...
But I think I will just continue saving the money for a Vita
Here's a little something for your future
Vita
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Deleted member 20920
Unconfirmed Member
Thanks but my preferences gear me towards Tizz and Ringabel
Nothing wrong with Agnes though. They're all delightful creations of Yoshida.El Pescado
Member
Collectors Edition just got dropped off on my doorstep. I can't wait to get home from work! I just wish I could actually read Japanese so I could play it...
C'mon Squeenix! Make with the US announcement already!
StickSoldier
Member
what were the reviews like?
RyougaSaotome
Member
They should have named this Bravely
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So I finally progressed the story after spending a ton of time leveling jobs and doing some of the side quests I missed. Ah man, this game doesn't know when to give people a break.
Also, about Edea:
Nobody in this game gets a break. Nobody.
Killing Everyone You Come Across
So I finally progressed the story after spending a ton of time leveling jobs and doing some of the side quests I missed. Ah man, this game doesn't know when to give people a break.
Oh hey! It's the water priestess Olivia! Yay! Reunited and it feels so good.... booooo now you're dead. =( Now Agnies is being super cold toward everyone and everything, focusing on completing her goals. It's depressing to see how much she's fallen, especially now that I've made it across the ocean. Refusing to help out on the warfront is so unlike her.
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Also, about Edea:
this poor fucking girl. I swear, she's like the secret main character of the game. Nearly every job boss you cut down has close ties to her and it sucks that she basically has resolved to cut down all of her former friends and comrades
Nobody in this game gets a break. Nobody.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Not even a kitkat bar. I love it. FFV Job System, Turn based Battles, Awesome Music, Dark Fantasy elements, BDFF is more Final Fantasy then Final fantasy, etc.
BTW Bravely Default sold out at Amazon AGAIN.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
^^ I want to read that post so badly but I have to resist. My spoiler tolerance is not high enough
SUCCUMB.
You cannot stop the spoilers that is to come.
>:U
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
jimmypython
Member
oh man please announce localization already! Even though I've owned a Japanese 3DS, I still want to play it on my American version XL!~~~
Just a note for those of you wanting a localization -
1) Make your voices heard. Square is not going to pay for the localization unless they think it will sell. From what I've heard, you shouldn't hold your breath waiting for an announcement because...
2) There is a metric ton of text in this game. RPGs are usually heavy on the text but since you have spoiler spoiler in this game - there is a lot more.
Of course, SE may have plans to localize it, but word is that they don't at this time.
1) Make your voices heard. Square is not going to pay for the localization unless they think it will sell. From what I've heard, you shouldn't hold your breath waiting for an announcement because...
2) There is a metric ton of text in this game. RPGs are usually heavy on the text but since you have spoiler spoiler in this game - there is a lot more.
Of course, SE may have plans to localize it, but word is that they don't at this time.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Finally got mine, will play until my battery dies later.
I shouldn't have read that but thankfully it doesn't actually reveal anything and just got me more hyped. I was more than happy about what I've been reading about the job system, but now I'm starting to look forward to the story as well.
Ok so I hit my first "I'm clearly not high enough level to do this yet" bit on the first side quest.
Final bit I think where you go kill the merchant guy for being a complete dick, but he hits like a truck and my party melts right now. Perhaps it's where I'm using 2 black mages a monk (who hardly does any damage for some reason, any idea why?) and a white mage with black mage support ability
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Just gotta level up basically. I just pounded the shit out of him with 2 monks. White mage was running healing and the last job doesnt really matter, but subbed white magic.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
stop hyperpolarizing my hype potential you jerk
;_;
Don't listen to him. He's a whiner.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Later on you can steal them from a certain enemies.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
The principles of healing magic on undead enemies still work.
Oneshotting a Dracolich with Raise is hilarious
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Since an NPC tells you so at the start of the game.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Is there anything I might miss by not playing the demo?
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
No. The demo covers a sub scenario solely created for the demo's themselves which has no bearing on the main game itself.
StreetsAhead
Member
Is your Monk holding a sword/sheild still? Almost anything but knuckles at that point in the game lowers the attack
GhaleonQ
Member
The soundtrack isn't the greatest ever. It's not even excellent, just great. *sad face* I'm not sure how I feel about it having such a Japanese progressive rock influence, but I guess I shouldn't have been surprised given the composer.
Still, it's great! There are lots of interesting choices, even if the inspiration begins as derivative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOtHbr-Ev-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rufYo2tKy4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV1G5e1KQN8
Still, it's great! There are lots of interesting choices, even if the inspiration begins as derivative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOtHbr-Ev-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rufYo2tKy4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV1G5e1KQN8
I hate myself. Chapter... 2 spoilers?
I went through and found the land turtle. Killed it first time but lost my white mage and monk so decided to go again and keep them alive. Since that restart I did about 10 retries all leading to me completely dying. That fight is just awful for my two black mage setup, I can barely damage anything, it's cool though since I'm just outside now doing some sidequests/levelling up and I'll go back later on with a stronger monk/white mage so they won't die.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Damn. There are some damn good plot twists in this game.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
I'm playing the demo so I can get the 7 rewards (whatever those are) before switching to the main game. I just noticed the first BDFF quest has been cleared, do you think I will still be eligible for the reward if I upload my data tomorrow? :/
StreetsAhead
Member
Up to the beginning of Chapter 2. Lots of spoilers
Story is great, characters are interesting. Am about 13 hours in now.
Towns are still beautiful. It looks like a picture book - Flouel Town in particular! It was simply stunning. The rock texture used in some dungeons is a bit odd - the green feels a little bit too colourful for a cave.
I'm enjoying the battle system and playing around with some jobs (switched my Tizz and Ringabel to Time Mage and Thief). It's fun playing around with abilities and supports and so on.
We're on the search for the Water Crystal Priestess, Olivia, now and Agnes is about to enter the beauty competition.
The mushrooms in the swamp are the devil because they keep spawning more, but simply braving each character 3 times on the first turn and having 2 characters using Fire attacks got rid of them in one turn before they could multiply too much.
The conclusion to the side-quests, involving the death of the king of the clock-town was well played too, I felt.
One thing I noticed is that the tropes of JRPGs just slip in there without noticing. Well, I didn't but really:
Agnes: Young female protecting element based religion
Tizz: Young nobody off to save the entire world after an 'attack' (of sorts) on his village resulting in dead loved ones.
Ringabel: Amnesia. Womanizer.
Idea: Tom-boy who doesn't take any of the womanizing character's crap.
And yet it feels fresh, but oh so familiar. It's a very nice homage to more traditional/old-fashioned game styles.
Towns are still beautiful. It looks like a picture book - Flouel Town in particular! It was simply stunning. The rock texture used in some dungeons is a bit odd - the green feels a little bit too colourful for a cave.
I'm enjoying the battle system and playing around with some jobs (switched my Tizz and Ringabel to Time Mage and Thief). It's fun playing around with abilities and supports and so on.
We're on the search for the Water Crystal Priestess, Olivia, now and Agnes is about to enter the beauty competition.
The mushrooms in the swamp are the devil because they keep spawning more, but simply braving each character 3 times on the first turn and having 2 characters using Fire attacks got rid of them in one turn before they could multiply too much.
The conclusion to the side-quests, involving the death of the king of the clock-town was well played too, I felt.
One thing I noticed is that the tropes of JRPGs just slip in there without noticing. Well, I didn't but really:
Agnes: Young female protecting element based religion
Tizz: Young nobody off to save the entire world after an 'attack' (of sorts) on his village resulting in dead loved ones.
Ringabel: Amnesia. Womanizer.
Idea: Tom-boy who doesn't take any of the womanizing character's crap.
And yet it feels fresh, but oh so familiar. It's a very nice homage to more traditional/old-fashioned game styles.
gypsyOtoko
Member
You should be, so long as you upload before 10/24. Just take note that you won't be able to get the reward until you've cleared the 4th chapter.
GotchaForce
Member
8-4 Play made this sound more like Final Fantasy 5 than 4 Warriors of Light, is that so?
witchedwiz
Member
gief en localization, cmon se..
Just ended Chapter 2.
Did the sidequests for that area too.
The town area for chapter 3 is once again BEAUTIFUL. Can't wait to explore it properly.
I loved Chapter 2, well and Chapter 1 but Chapter 2 had some really awesome bits in it.
Ringabell is as funny, if not more funny than I imagined and his and Idea's interactions are fantastic.
Tizz and Annies are also pretty cool and their interactions are just lovely.
The final labrynth if chapter 2 was a bit annoying if not for the making me spend so much MP before I got to the final floor, forcing me to use my mana pots which still cost loads and are hard to find. >_<
Although sad, I thought the event scene with Olivia was really well done. Even though we'd only just met her, they somehow made me feel for her character's death a lot more than some of the other people in the game due to how her and Annies were so close.
Victor and Victoria seem like they're going to be really annoying characters to fight when we battle again. I'm looking forward to it, but they truly seem evil compared to some of the cast so far.
I also didn't realise this was going to be an "event battle" that someone mentioned before in the thread and wasted all my best mana pots before going inside. Damnit! T_T
Ringabell is as funny, if not more funny than I imagined and his and Idea's interactions are fantastic.
Tizz and Annies are also pretty cool and their interactions are just lovely.
The final labrynth if chapter 2 was a bit annoying if not for the making me spend so much MP before I got to the final floor, forcing me to use my mana pots which still cost loads and are hard to find. >_<
Although sad, I thought the event scene with Olivia was really well done. Even though we'd only just met her, they somehow made me feel for her character's death a lot more than some of the other people in the game due to how her and Annies were so close.
Victor and Victoria seem like they're going to be really annoying characters to fight when we battle again. I'm looking forward to it, but they truly seem evil compared to some of the cast so far.
I also didn't realise this was going to be an "event battle" that someone mentioned before in the thread and wasted all my best mana pots before going inside. Damnit! T_T
Did the sidequests for that area too.
Damn, this game is dark. Having those two kids fight each other until they both lay dead was horrible. Such a beautiful area covered with such sadness. Same goes for the hair clips.
The Valkyrie fight was pretty awesome, took me a few attempts but when I finally did it I felt like a boss. Even felt sad for that character as although she was the "bad guy". She was Idea's friend and her death was well done. This really is the game of kill everyone you meet though
The Valkyrie fight was pretty awesome, took me a few attempts but when I finally did it I felt like a boss. Even felt sad for that character as although she was the "bad guy". She was Idea's friend and her death was well done. This really is the game of kill everyone you meet though
The town area for chapter 3 is once again BEAUTIFUL. Can't wait to explore it properly.
Just ended Chapter 2.
I loved Chapter 2, well and Chapter 1 but Chapter 2 had some really awesome bits in it.
Ringabell is as funny, if not more funny than I imagined and his and Idea's interactions are fantastic.
Tizz and Annies are also pretty cool and their interactions are just lovely.
The final labrynth if chapter 2 was a bit annoying if not for the making me spend so much MP before I got to the final floor, forcing me to use my mana pots which still cost loads and are hard to find. >_<
Although sad, I thought the event scene with Olivia was really well done. Even though we'd only just met her, they somehow made me feel for her character's death a lot more than some of the other people in the game due to how her and Annies were so close.
Victor and Victoria seem like they're going to be really annoying characters to fight when we battle again. I'm looking forward to it, but they truly seem evil compared to some of the cast so far.
I also didn't realise this was going to be an "event battle" that someone mentioned before in the thread and wasted all my best mana pots before going inside. Damnit! T_T
Did the sidequests for that area too.
Damn, this game is dark. Having those two kids fight each other until they both lay dead was horrible. Such a beautiful area covered with such sadness. Same goes for the hair clips.
The Valkyrie fight was pretty awesome, took me a few attempts but when I finally did it I felt like a boss. Even felt sad for that character as although she was the "bad guy". She was Idea's friend and her death was well done. This really is the game of kill everyone you meet though
The town area for chapter 3 is once again BEAUTIFUL. Can't wait to explore it properly.
We need this game in US, hopefully Square does not disappoint
Also i wonder if Agnes in the game has anything to do with the Agnes from the new tech demo they gave out
RyougaSaotome
Member
Just acquired the Superstar job.
Wait, what?! She's alive?! You mean we didn't kill her?! Im-impossible!
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Okay, I see the demo would take a very long time to finish without StreetPass, and none of the rewards are unique items. I'm dropping the demo and switching to the main game before I miss the quest. I may go back to the demo to sate my OCD later ( ._.)