Was Bravely Second good?
>>340873609
No.
Bravely Default isn't good, either. Except for REVO's soundtrack, anyways.
yes, also the gimmick section of the story is pretty awesome. The jobs feel way more balanced this time around. Honestly the game isn't as much of a challenge as BD though
>>340873609
I'm convinced BD was a fluke and BS is more inline with Square's usual shitty quality
Thighs.
>>340873609
Still playing through it.
The story is pretty shit, and they ruined Edea's character. They also pronounce her name strangely now.
I like the few jobs I have so far, I only have like 6 though. Hard difficulty has some bullshit difficulty spikes so far, I had to lower the difficulty and grind some levels. Still haven't attempted the Astrologist boss again though.
I should probably continue but there's a lot of other shit I'm playing.
The gameplay is just as good as the first one.Though I really could do without all the gravy puns.No, seriously. Take a shot every time Yew or Magnolia makes a gravy pun. You'll probably be plastered before the halfway point.
>>340873609
I really liked BD (besides having tobeat all the games bosses over and over againat the end) The game has a great unique mechanic, likable characters, and a great art style.
I was so hyped for BS, but I got about 10 hours in and I just couldn't do it. They ruined the characters, the story is garbage, the sound quality is WORSE than BD, and to top it all offNO RINGABEL
Not really, no. More of the same but with worse music, characters and plot.
>>340876005
I know right? Holy fuck, we get it Yew, you like Gravy.
I feel the same with Edea, they made her boring. She has done the mrgrgr thing like 10 fucking times already, it was cute in the first game when it happened like twice or thrice, but it's overdone now.I think Magnolia and Yew are super cute though, I ship them. Is it canon?
>>340875442
How'd they ruin her besides increasing her obsession with food?
>>340876318
She has 0 depth in this game. Literally all she talks about is food.MRGRGR
>>340876318
I feel like she has no personality now. She just has a super short temper constantly and talks about food all the time and MRGRGRGRRR is constant.
These were present in the first game too, but she actually had input and things to say and had some character development.
She's not totally annoying, but she was just a better character in the first game. She's still okay though, and has some level headed things to say still.
They also say her name like "iddy-ya" instead of "ee-dee-ah" which bothers me a little bit.She's still cute though
>>340876743
>iddy-ya
Pretty sure that's what it's meant to be anyway.
>>340876940
then why did they pronounce it eh-dee-yah in the first game? if it was meant to be pronounced iddya, then it would have been spelt with an i and two d's.
>>340876940
In the first game everyone very clearly says "ee-dee-uh", especialyl when they say her last name.
"ee-dee-uh lee" Ideally
I guess they changed their minds or something, but I noticed it immediately upon starting the game
>>340877134
>>340877263
I don't know really. The i sound is closer to how it's pronounced in Japanese though, they were probably trying to bring it closer in line with that.
>>340877535
how about no, the letter e is pronounced eh, the letter a is pronounced ah. so if anything it would be eh-deh-ah.
>>340877652
Yeah but in Japanese it's イデア. The イ is pronounced more like an i sound. eh would be エ
>>340874935
This is what it feels like. Too much cutscenes involving food with nonsense dialog, inferior music, plot almost as random as Mother 3 and Yew is a lame fuck.
>>340877989
Agree with you on the music. The only good song so far is the one that's playing when you fight Praline a la Mode.
>all this shit taste
Why am I not surprised?
Was a fun game. Would rather go back to the original party than have Yew and Magnolia again through
The side stories to get the old job asterisks are completely nonsensical and having nothing to do with the story. You really just want to pick what job you want the most and ignore the dilemma they present you. It would've been better to me if they had new holders for the old classes and just had them be obtained through the story.
The new classes are pretty fun. Wizard, Fencer and Hawkeye in particular.
Yew is alright but I don't get the gravy thing at all. That word could easily be replaced with any other word and still have the same meaning. Apparently it used to be Magnolia's thing?
I enjoyed it more than BD, the music wasn't as good but it couldn't possibly match Revo's, and Ryo still did a wonderful job. I liked the new classes a lot better, and the game felt better balanced overall. The food cutscenes were a hassle but at least they were cute.
>>340879828
Magnolia talks English in the Japanese version, rather than French, and she says "Good Gravy!" a lot. I think Yew's is something like Ganbarevenge.
It was okay but I don't think okay was enough for a sequel.
It does a decent amount of small improvements but there's not much big changes or new mechanics introduced aside from the 10 new classes.
Story is about as bad if not worse than Defaults for different reasons; more sheer questionable plot than character stupidity. As for characters themselves they are definitely worse this time; Magnolia and Yew are very uninteresting, Edea has reverted to an even more immature version of her previous self and Tiz is just sort of....there. Everyone wlse just exists to suck Yew's dick when Magnolia isn't gasping for it.
New music is okay at best and very forgettable for others.
The western release was downright lazy; we now know why the 'bad' endings of sidequests were removed thanks to Nippon casuals. But then you get things like the sound quality being total ass. Every time Magnolia says a something with an 'S' in it hurt my ears.
For all its worth it's a fun little JRPG if you enjoyed the Default but it's a staple example of wasted potential.
>>340880608
The problem with Tiz is that since Norende is no longer a problem and that Agnes isn't in any real danger there's not much point in having in as a party member.
>>340881142
There's plenty you could do with Tiz as a character, it just would've required them to not ignore that he spent most of the previous game knowing he was a zombie living on borrowed time. That's more than enough to set up some character development with how gung-ho he is about sacrificing himself.
>>340876186
Ringabel is in it, albeit he only helps you in one asterisk battle.
>>340873609
I'm only gonna say its okay, but it didn't captivate me as much as BD did.
Things I liked:
>the new music is good but not as good as revo's ost which is mostly recycled anyway
>the plot twist is better
>the new jobs are fun, especially Wizard
>character design is superb as usual
Things I hated:
>the characters, oh god I fucking hate the main characters. Tiz is just there, Edea is even worse than she was in BD, Yew and Magnolia are nothing like how they were portrayed and all they talk about is food, don't play this game when you're hungry.
>the bad guys motivations, they just aren't good and sumrise to bad writing, Janne and Nikolai's motivations felt like such poor excuses to remove them as playable characters
>Some of my favorite jobs got removed from the game: Spiritmaster and Salve-Maker in particular
Overall I'd say the game is improved from a gameplay standpoint but it hurts itself with removing old fun jobs at the same time. The games level scaling is practically broken thanks to the way the bonus works as well so nothing will feel like a challenge.
From a story standpoint its inherently worse aside from the plot twist which is much better. The characters are a fucking trainwreck in every sense of the word, some of the worst characters I've experienced in a jrpg.
>>340873609
Well it's the sequel to the greatest turnbased RPG released in years, and expands upon the gameplay. So yes anon. It's very good.
>>340873609
Yes, it was a blast.
I enjoyed it, I'd say it was better than the first for the most part.
The writers seemed to have LOTS of fun with the food porn dialog.
The biggest issue I had was the final chapter. They didn't do a great job of explaining why Vega was the ultimate power source. Why is her suffering the greatest in the universe? It made no sense.
Providence was a lame antagonist and his motive was poorly drawn out.
Also, Yew and Magnolia had shitty chemistry and were only coupled for the sake of romance.
>>340882902
Ringabel is around for a lot of the game.
>>340884469
I thought Yew and Magnolia were alright.
Basically as is par for the course for Bravelys, plot is ass but characters are fun.
They seriously couldn't find a better VA?
It sounds like they picked the guy up from the street.
>>340885764
His voice is VERY jarring. Especially when you compare him to the rest of the top-notch cast.
>>340885764
>>340885883
I think it's fitting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mndn3PGSOQ0
>There are actually people who prefer the old asterisk theme over the new one.
>>340886658
I'm glad they had both and didn't just replace the new with the old
>>340885764
I don't think his voice is that bad but maybe I got used to it.
>>340876264She'll tell him to show his Coup de Gravy to her in private...
Beat the game. Trying to get all the titles and complete it 100%. Working on the bestiary atm and still have adventurer left to finish. I sort goofed at my first try and couldn't be bothered to walk so much anymore.
Edea and Ringabel best couple btw.
>>340886658
Both are fitting but Default's is more memorable. >Dat Revo composition.
>>340886921
She deserves better honestly.
>>340886658
Second still has a pretty good soundtrack. its biggest crime apparently is NOT REVO
Theme of Diamante and Providence are awesome. I prefer the new dungeon theme.the character themes are where they dropped the ball. though granted, it would have been kind of lame to keep using Baby Bird when Edea had grown out of her black and white vision of the world
>>340887385
still kind of odd to use Baby Bird for when she's introduced and then never use it again though
out the new special themes i like Magnolia's the most
