June 29, 2014

Bravely Default

Wow...
Date played: June 29th
Platform: 3DS
Session fun rating: 8/10

I played through a little cave area, fighting goblins with my little sword and shield. When I reached the end, I met Agnès, which turns out was the girl calling for help in the intro. She says she is a vestal of wind, which is sort of a guardian for one of the four elemental stones in the world. She wants to gather all the wishes of people from the wind stone to restore the giant chasm. So basically, the game will probably be about finding the four vestals and reaching the four stones.

Agnès was attacked by the Sky Knights during the conversation. These guys are dumb, but seem to have powerful weaponry. I'm not quite sure why they are attacking, but of course, Tiz chose to fight with Agnès. The Sky Knights use a cool airship, piloted by a brawny dumb dude and led by a sexy woman in a white dress. They send a couple of thugs to fight us as we fled the cave, but we dispatched them quickly. Agnès has the same job as Tiz right now, so they fight exactly the same way except she lacks a shield and gets hit for more damage. When they Brave together, they can be devastating though. Bravely Default has a real charm to it. The beautiful visuals, funny voice acting and wonderful music combine to make something special.