Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Bravely Default Review – A Taste of What We Once Loved blog
What further dilutes the purpose of the job system is the focus on so many other options in battle. Bravely Default is home to not one, but four competing battle mechanics, each vying for your time and energy.
First and foremost are the simple abilities received through jobs. Magic, attacks, the whole like. Nothing new here. This is what more focus should have been put on, but Bravely Default has a lot of other options ready to exploit as well.
The second is the most commonly used in the game, the “Brave/Default” system. By using the “Brave” command in battle, the characters spend a BP which gives them an extra turn, and up to four can be used at a time.
If you are feeling lucky, spamming this technique is the best and easy way to finish off a group of foes without them even seeing what hit them. Four characters laying on the pain is more often than not the best way to finish off a fight. Bravely x4. Attack x4. Get used to it because it will become a repertoire in your tactics book.
Of course, this plan can backfire as spamming BP can render a character useless for three round until his BP recovers. If all four characters are left with no BP, and the enemies have not yet been extinguished, they are defenseless to a barrage of attacks from anything left standing. It’s a gamble that often pays off with weaker enemies, but not against boss fights.
Likewise, the “Default” command not only acts as “Defend,” but it also stocks up on BP. Each turn, one extra BP will be saved, to a maximum of three, and unleashing the “Bravely x4, Attack x4” strategy will result in no penalty.
The combination of saving BP and timing exactly when to spend it leads to thrilling battles against some of the tougher bosses, but only against these bosses will this balancing act really be needed. For random enemies and spamming “Bravely x4. Attack x4” every time. If this cheap tactic wasn’t so effective, both the “Brave/Default” and the job system could shine to their true potential.
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