Bravely Default looks like the RPG we've all been waiting for

[lestatdark]

Kongfucius said:

lestatdark said:

Kongfucius said:
Hmm, been weighing up a 3DS purchase this christmas, just wondering how much is this game like FFIV on DS? Haven't finished it yet but I've quite liked it so far, mainly wondering how long BD is and also how grindy it is

It's much more like Four Heroes of Light + Final Fantasy V (at least on it's job system), than FFIV on DS. On Hard difficulty it's very grindy, since the difficulty jump from dungeon to dungeon (might not be the same on the regular game) is rather huge, so you'll spend a bit grinding character and job levels.

Thanks, haven't played FFV or 4HoL, might wait and see how the reviews are then. Also, whats the tone of the story like if you get what I mean, because FFIV has this really relaxing fairy tale atmosphere but still manages to make you care about the characters at poignant moments. That's one of my favourite things about it

Can't tell you much about the story, since the demo doesn't dwelve on it at all. From the videos it's looks to be your old "Save the Crystal + World" theme that Golden era FFs used to revolve around, so that's another good nod, at least on my book.

If you haven't played 4HoL I really recommend it, it was one of my favourite rpgs on the DS. It had a simple story, but Brandt and Yunita were some pretty great characters and it's artstyle is pretty similar to the one used on Bravely Default (it was made to be it's spiritual successor after all).