I spent the game with barely any money after using Big Pharma for a while and didn't feel like going through every dungeon in-depth so I didn't end up opening every blue chest until the very end (like, right before I went through the optional dungeon to fight the Adventurer).

I love what they did with it.Ĭlick to expand.I needed duplicates because I kept switching jobs around to accrue JP by chaining battles and to play around with them to figure out decent builds for certain enemies/bosses. I wouldn't say that the True Ending is worth it, but it's still really good. The repetition sadly dragged the game down that much for me. If it weren't for those last few chapters, Bravely Default: For the Sequel would've been my game of the year last year. You know what I always say: I hate it when games waste my time via various means. Knowing that the writer worked on Steins Gate made me realize why things are the way they are, but at the same time, I don't feel like it works well in an RPG at all because it boils down to sheer repetition despite the fact that you can skip all of it for a normal vanilla boring ending. That is repetitive, yes, but you have the option to do it + text fast-forwarding/skipping unless there's something new. I feel like this sort of design works for a visual novel because you can easily load/reload certain decisions and resume from there on a certain path. It's just a shame that it ended up being that way. So it's more like a double-edged sword in this case. Merely being fetchquests without having meaning in RPGs really bothers me. That's something I appreciate, and that's what I typically mean by sidequests having any sort of meaning. the boss rush one-and the ones where they team up)Ĭ) they give you more background story for every character (esp Chapter 6). Click to expand.I was in disbelief when you told me that, haha.īut I still feel like it's worth it to do the sidequests because they either:Ī) have good steals/drops (especially Chapter 7)ī) are some of the more tactical fights in the game if you choose not to cheese them (esp.

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