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Bravely Default - producer interview about genres, localization, social RPGing, etc.
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RyougaSaotome
Member
Yeah. A lot of 2ch impressions from further into the game say it gets difficult due to the ways in which enemies tend to use brave/default. Difficult to predict their next move.
I got my hopes high up for exactly 200 seconds. Quoting a gaffer from the MC thread:
You bet it's strange. What is S-E doing.
Just one.
The code from the Facebook app campaign appears to be universal. It's for the Onion Knight armor.
BDFBE - YMH7L - V47A3
Saving their money for the Lightning Returns marketing, obviously.
Schadenfreude
Member
I hope this is allowed. If anyone is interested, my friend is currently live-streaming the game here: http://www.twitch.tv/zedamex
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
I have no idea what the correct term is for the US shit is. Didnt bother to look it up either so just went with whatever off the top of my head.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
You'll import. Or export yourself to Japan.
Those prices... This is what happens when DLC becomes an "achievement".
RyougaSaotome
Member
On the flip side, there's tons of advertising for the game down here in Nagasaki. A smaller prefecture, sure, but its definitely being marketed well over here.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
Let us know how it goes.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Im surprised you didnt already have it ordered considering what you do.
But yeah as long as the combat remains interesting difficulty is not of my utmost concern
Well your in luck, some have confirmed that difficulty does in fact pick up
.I know what i'll do, BEG! I need this game i'm not opposed to begging this time around. My 3ds needs to be fed, I'll start buying 3 copies and handing them to friends down the line to those who would never buy it.
El Pescado
Member
What are the chances that Squeenixis just messing with us for some free publicity vs. the chance that this game really isn't getting localized.
I want this game really bad. Hell, I imported the Square-Enix Store Exclusive Limited Edition and I can't read a lick of Japanese.
If this game doesn't eventually come here I will cry.
I want this game really bad. Hell, I imported the Square-Enix Store Exclusive Limited Edition and I can't read a lick of Japanese.
If this game doesn't eventually come here I will cry.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
There was a small part of me hoping SE would have announced a localization already ( ._.)
My Japanese 3DS needs something to play anyhow and by waiting till the last minute I managed to snag the game for 6000 yen including EMS shipping, so I guess that worked out.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Again, "Generation 7 strikes again!"
You'll import. Or export yourself to Japan.
Those prices... This is what happens when DLC becomes an "achievement".
All the more reason to ignore such foolishness for the above.
You and APZ should do your best to remind anyone you can at SE that there will be a major fan revolt if they don't localize this game.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Vote results are in:
1. Ninja
2. Valkyrie
3. Freelancer
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/542/542376/
1. Ninja
2. Valkyrie
3. Freelancer
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/542/542376/
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Unique things sell for $$$ whats all the surprise for?
Lord Ghirahim
Member
I'm surprised because the survey was open for a whole week. I guess some of the bidders are people who got interested in the game very recently/post release?
That's ok. While I love RPGs from Japan I can live without them. Their loss.
what if you can't do any of those?
I know of a place where you can sell one of your corneas (or even both of them, if you need the $ so desperately), that should be enough to cover the import shipping rates. :lol
StreetsAhead
Member
Impressions of the first hour (or two):
Haven't played as much as I want between work stuff and a cold.
The game begins with
Haven't played as much as I want between work stuff and a cold.
The game begins with
Aerie talking to you (she's the fairy of the crystals, seen on the box. The game then prompts you to begin an AR movie featuring Agnes. The marker is on the folded up 'manual' in the box. I thought that this was a weird way to begin, but whatever.
You then watch the four CG trailers featuring each character that have been seen in the various trailers. The order is Agnes, Ringabel, Idea, then Tizz.
You wake up as Tizz in an inn in the city of Caldisra. Caldisra is the tower town from the second demo, I believe. It's beautiful, especially when the game zooms out so you can see the entire town in the screen. This game uses the 3D effect really well - one of the best on the system so far, in my opinion. It's the first game since Mario Kart that I've played almost exclusively with the 3D on.
The voice acting is good. There's not much humor, but it's a serious situation so far. (Kingdom under attack, Agnes being chased, Tizz's town, family, friends all destroyed). All major plot events are voiced and feature either the overworld models or the battle/detailed models of the characters. The animation is just detailed enough and very cute. You still have to press A/L for the conversation to move on to the next dialogue, which is useful.
Something that slipped my notice during pre-release was Party Chat, which is somewhat similar to the support conversations in Fire Emblem. These are optional conversations you can have with the characters in your party (and Aerie too) to flesh out the story/characters a bit. "Party Chat" will appear on screen when one is available. These are not voiced and use only the 2D character art.
Agnes is against Tizz joining her at first, but eventually caves. This felt a little stereotypical to me, but it didn't bother me as Tizz's reactions felt genuine. He basically says to her 'I've lost everything, all in one moment. I have nothing. Please, let me help you.' Aerie basically convinces her to allow you to join her.
The battles, so far, are easy and fairly straight forward. The job system, Brave/Default system, and the friend invite system are all useful and intuitive. The ability-mixing system is interesting and will allow for some interesting strategies later on. Switching jobs is encouraged and inconsequential in terms of money/items.
Defeating the first 'bosses' give you the monk and white mage classes.
You meet Agnes, then Ringabel, then the three of you go to 'rescue' Idea from a dark wizard (the bad guy from the 3rd demo). The first dungeon is a simple switch and open door affair. Rescuing her is the end of the first dungeon. You receive the Black Mage job for defeating the boss.
The 'D Notebook' that Ringabel holds is not only a record of the "future" but also acts as the record of enemies, bosses, characters you've met, weapons, items, spells, armor and so on. It also keeps track of your battle bosses (like 1-turn KO, or No Damage). It's useful and simple to use.
Rebuilding Tizz's town is part of the game. Steetpass and Spotpass increases the population. I have 4 villagers, all whom I brought over from the demo. Some things require huge amounts of time quickly, like 50+ hours, so it's important to have more than one person to cut down building time. Time in the village still passes if the game is on while the 3DS is in sleep mode.
The game offers text 'help' boxes when a new element is introduced. You can close them as soon as they open up if you already know what you're doing and you can review all of them in the D Notebook later if you missed something.
The game is beautiful and fun so far, if a little simple (but it's still early and there is a learning curve). The characters are interesting and the story is reasonably compelling. I'm hoping it doesn't become a convoluted mess later on and continues to get more difficult.
You then watch the four CG trailers featuring each character that have been seen in the various trailers. The order is Agnes, Ringabel, Idea, then Tizz.
You wake up as Tizz in an inn in the city of Caldisra. Caldisra is the tower town from the second demo, I believe. It's beautiful, especially when the game zooms out so you can see the entire town in the screen. This game uses the 3D effect really well - one of the best on the system so far, in my opinion. It's the first game since Mario Kart that I've played almost exclusively with the 3D on.
The voice acting is good. There's not much humor, but it's a serious situation so far. (Kingdom under attack, Agnes being chased, Tizz's town, family, friends all destroyed). All major plot events are voiced and feature either the overworld models or the battle/detailed models of the characters. The animation is just detailed enough and very cute. You still have to press A/L for the conversation to move on to the next dialogue, which is useful.
Something that slipped my notice during pre-release was Party Chat, which is somewhat similar to the support conversations in Fire Emblem. These are optional conversations you can have with the characters in your party (and Aerie too) to flesh out the story/characters a bit. "Party Chat" will appear on screen when one is available. These are not voiced and use only the 2D character art.
Agnes is against Tizz joining her at first, but eventually caves. This felt a little stereotypical to me, but it didn't bother me as Tizz's reactions felt genuine. He basically says to her 'I've lost everything, all in one moment. I have nothing. Please, let me help you.' Aerie basically convinces her to allow you to join her.
The battles, so far, are easy and fairly straight forward. The job system, Brave/Default system, and the friend invite system are all useful and intuitive. The ability-mixing system is interesting and will allow for some interesting strategies later on. Switching jobs is encouraged and inconsequential in terms of money/items.
Defeating the first 'bosses' give you the monk and white mage classes.
You meet Agnes, then Ringabel, then the three of you go to 'rescue' Idea from a dark wizard (the bad guy from the 3rd demo). The first dungeon is a simple switch and open door affair. Rescuing her is the end of the first dungeon. You receive the Black Mage job for defeating the boss.
The 'D Notebook' that Ringabel holds is not only a record of the "future" but also acts as the record of enemies, bosses, characters you've met, weapons, items, spells, armor and so on. It also keeps track of your battle bosses (like 1-turn KO, or No Damage). It's useful and simple to use.
Rebuilding Tizz's town is part of the game. Steetpass and Spotpass increases the population. I have 4 villagers, all whom I brought over from the demo. Some things require huge amounts of time quickly, like 50+ hours, so it's important to have more than one person to cut down building time. Time in the village still passes if the game is on while the 3DS is in sleep mode.
The game offers text 'help' boxes when a new element is introduced. You can close them as soon as they open up if you already know what you're doing and you can review all of them in the D Notebook later if you missed something.
The game is beautiful and fun so far, if a little simple (but it's still early and there is a learning curve). The characters are interesting and the story is reasonably compelling. I'm hoping it doesn't become a convoluted mess later on and continues to get more difficult.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Then you are SOL obviously.
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The monk does seem to taper off a bit later on in the game, but its still pretty much the one stop damage dealer vs all the other classes I have currently.
One thing that kinda sucks though is the whole rebuilding the village system makes a lot of the items you can buy in the stores worthless. Esp since your characters can equip pretty much whatever. Im still trying to see if besides weapons, the whole ratings on armor that can be used actually mean anything since from a numerical standpoint does not seem to have any sort of effect on it.
Just one more area to unlock on the town then will have everything opened up. Most of my shops are lv 3 and up.
I'm about 9 hours in, really loving it.
The town stuff is addictive, as well as all the streetpassing, has me constantly checking my game to see how things are going.
Like others have said, music is amazing, art is amazing (The thief's den is like straight out of Hobbit animated movie, really awesome)
Gameplay is really great too, was worried that all battles would be in the demo (just default till you have 3bp then let it rip, rinse and repeat) but some of the enemies have interesting patterns that essentially force you into using your bp else you'll be doing little to no damage. The trick being you have to expose yourself to attack. Really fun.
This game has to come out in the west.
The town stuff is addictive, as well as all the streetpassing, has me constantly checking my game to see how things are going.
Like others have said, music is amazing, art is amazing (The thief's den is like straight out of Hobbit animated movie, really awesome)
Gameplay is really great too, was worried that all battles would be in the demo (just default till you have 3bp then let it rip, rinse and repeat) but some of the enemies have interesting patterns that essentially force you into using your bp else you'll be doing little to no damage. The trick being you have to expose yourself to attack. Really fun.
This game has to come out in the west.
Fimbulvetr
Member
Ugh. Why was I stupid enough to watch a video of someone unboxing the collectors edition? That only makes the lack of localization confirmation all the more painful.
Incidentally, it also spoiled me on the final two classes.
Incidentally, it also spoiled me on the final two classes.
When you said that, I couldn't resist; had to see an unboxing for myself. Oh my god it's gorgeous.
I wish I had just bought it and sold the Japanese game.
Fimbulvetr
Member
Yeah, I wouldn't pay that much. I was mostly watching for the artwork. Curse them for making Yoshida's art exclusive to the CE!
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
So the game isn't as easy as some people say it is? Well, that's good.
Who are the crazy people paying real-life yen for this?!
Just finished the prologue and I think I already have the answer to my first question...
Regarding the game itself, my only gripe for now is how everything is so small scale. A grand total of 3 screens for the whole first city (main street, inn and throne room)? That's a shame. And the dungeon aren't much longer either
Regarding the game itself, my only gripe for now is how everything is so small scale. A grand total of 3 screens for the whole first city (main street, inn and throne room)? That's a shame. And the dungeon aren't much longer either
RyougaSaotome
Member
The town stuff is great because you're getting stuff done in-game even when you have your 3DS closed.
I typically have peopled assigned to tons of different things through out the day and it feels awesome.
My thoughts are pretty much in line with yours. I'm only 5 hours in but I'm in love with this game.
Graphics Horse
Member
Sounds like a great way of not being able to sell your game digitally!
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
I wish the town was something that you could actually run around in and see your progress. That would have made it far more special. Got about 15 hours to go to unlock the final area, then will finish the last building spot on the map.
From there it will just be all about raising the levels as high as they will go.
As neat as this is, I really think it takes away from the shops in game and such. Which is unfortunate.
From there it will just be all about raising the levels as high as they will go.
As neat as this is, I really think it takes away from the shops in game and such. Which is unfortunate.
You could always give dd people a mark to print out.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
A unboxing video basically reveals the last 2 classes.
A Sage Class(I'm assuming) and a Vampire Class
Yikes. I had a copy pre-ordered when it went up on Square-Enix's store and it only came to ~230, even after deputy service fees. I'm surprised it shot up so much.