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Bravely Default Demo Out Now on European E-Shop
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I can't beat the first boss... I get a ways in, I'm using Aero with my mage and hitting her with everything else I've got and trying to use the Bravely Default system as best I can, but eventually she just starts throwing Aerogas at me and 1-hitting everyone in my party one-by-one.
EDIT: Nevermind just beat her with two of my party members down. I'm going to try that again so I can get those tasty job points for everyone.
EDIT: Nevermind just beat her with two of my party members down. I'm going to try that again so I can get those tasty job points for everyone.
Just beat the Automaton, his heals are rididulous.
A tip,
Sadly there looks like there are caps on the amount of damage magic can do, the result was my knight was doing more damage than my blackmage, with 2 hand and buff up.
A tip,
after you beat the dragon you can go back and use him to grind levels on.
Sadly there looks like there are caps on the amount of damage magic can do, the result was my knight was doing more damage than my blackmage, with 2 hand and buff up.
Basically you can use up to 3 future turn on the current turn, this means you then have to wait until you catch up, I have found its normally best to use the healer on every turn so you can heal when its required and use the damage dealers flat out (x4 brave).
Using default will result in a defensive stance where you take less damage and increase your BP by 1, which is basically a stored turn.
Will this reset after every battle?
Samurai_Heart
Member
You have plenty of streetpassing with the amount of 3DSs you have at your household ;P, even with my OG 3DS atm I have 5 villagers now =D
The mechanics are the same the structure of the everything is different, even specifically says before the demo that this will be different in the main game, in that the demo is unique in that everyone gives a quest to you within the city.
Yes, but sometimes when you enter a battle, the enemy or you may be given 1 extra BP.
Samurai_Heart
Member
"Norende's" village shops in this demo are capped at level 3 btw.
Edit:
Level is capped at 20, whilst job levels are capped to 4 as well, FYI
Edit:
Level is capped at 20, whilst job levels are capped to 4 as well, FYI
I see. Thanks. I guess this will be used to take down enemies when they has their guard down, or block enemy attacks.
Samurai_Heart
Member
Can also be used to take out weaker enemy quickly as well, that may have slightly more HP than you can attack them once etc
Good news, should have the Armory and Weapons store maxed out by tomorrow morning then
probably should have done this right from when I started I guess.wow .....just wow ........ i am absolutely hooked. While i am a fan of jrpgs, i was thinking of giving this a skip (hello ps4, vita and 3ds backlog) but man this is the epitome of jrpg for me.
What i like:
Job system gives options and customization to your party
Difficulty is perfect- stuff seems expensive (must work for it)
battle system is turned based but mixes it up with risk/reward playstyle
graphics
anyone know whether job or levels transfer? if not i must stop
What i like:
Job system gives options and customization to your party
Difficulty is perfect- stuff seems expensive (must work for it)
battle system is turned based but mixes it up with risk/reward playstyle
graphics
anyone know whether job or levels transfer? if not i must stop
So, after a few early teething issues (not really understanding the different ability choices) I'm really enjoying the game. I started the game on hard and nearly got dumpstered right at the start, that forced me to learn the brave/default system really early. I've just finished the 4th(?) quest where you go to the forest for the first time, and haven't died yet, but I've come really close a few times. Can I just say though, fuck charm, fuck confuse, fuck spore, fuck pheromone..... T T Seriously, these things have caused me to come close to death far too many times. lol I had the longest fights in the jungle because I wouldn't quite kill all the enemies in the same move causing them to summon more to the fight and reset everything. Sersiously frustrating. lol
anyone know whether job or levels transfer? if not i must stop
No they don't, the only things which transfer I think are streetpass/villagers and the bonus sets.
It's worth completing the demo for the bonus items though.
Chrono Helix
Member
The order in which you learn skills is also slightly different from the full game.
Just beat the Automation on my first go. Was kinda expecting more difficulty than I got considering how hard people said it was. Brave and Default are so essential and once you get the hang on when to use them they make battles like this and the Dragon easier by a huge margin. It did have me on my toes a few times and my healer was working over time. Good stuff. I assume the last bonus pack of items is from completing the village rebuilding?
Should be 4, otherwise your characters would be pretty much overpowered after a while.
Anyway, I love the demo and because of it I will immediately buy the full game upon release. In general I love to develop my character(s), but job systems are usually the most fun. Also the B+D battle mechanic should really enable some cool boss battles where you have to see through some nasty patterns.
Nope it's not from rebuilding. I'm tring to maximize all the jobs, maybe it unlock that tha last bonus
Wow...this game...! I bought a 2DS this week, mainly for fire emblem and zelda in a few weeks. Then this demo came along and totally justified the purchase. Although I do wonder what the 3D looks like...
The demo is great, so much content and every system is tuned to perfection. I'm playing on hard, so at first I was being owned like crazy, but getting the hang of thing. Using all brave points of my fighter characters on the first turn feels a bit like cheating though. I'm about to go to the forest, see how that goes.
It feels like the full game will be a HUGE adventure, can someone who played it tell a bit about that?
The demo is great, so much content and every system is tuned to perfection. I'm playing on hard, so at first I was being owned like crazy, but getting the hang of thing. Using all brave points of my fighter characters on the first turn feels a bit like cheating though. I'm about to go to the forest, see how that goes.
It feels like the full game will be a HUGE adventure, can someone who played it tell a bit about that?
I read on wiki you get 10 free villagers for completing the demo, not sure if thats true though.
You do get a bonus set for completing the village, at least I did.
Should be one for playing the demo, one for each boss (5 in total) and one for completing the village.
How long did this take you`?
Glass Rebel
Member
Game fucked me good when I tried to play it like a regular JRPG on Normal. You really need to use the brave/default system. I've had several instakills even though I was at a reasonable level.
Love it and I can't wait for the full game.
Love it and I can't wait for the full game.
Chrono Helix
Member
It goes up to 5, but some support abilities take up multiple slots.
Talk to the npc near the entrance of the village (west), he will update all the rewards that you'll unlock on the final versione of the game
Yeah, the difficulty really surprised me. If it's a good surprise or bad, I guess we'll see when the full game hits the stores.
Gameplay-wise it seems fucking great but if there's anyone here who has already played the full game, how's the story? The crazy stories with their twists and world-saving operations are half the game for me in JRPGs, I'm probably not gonna finish a game with a throwaway story.
Gameplay-wise it seems fucking great but if there's anyone here who has already played the full game, how's the story? The crazy stories with their twists and world-saving operations are half the game for me in JRPGs, I'm probably not gonna finish a game with a throwaway story.
Story doesn't matter when Red Mage Tiz looks utterly fabulous.
Ye, i streetpass myself on the other 3ds (xl and og) 7 times for now.
If i understand correctly, you can pass up to 20 people on the final version of the game
Heh. Guess I have to wait for the reviews. The "old school FF in all but name" doesn't exactly excite me, but we'll see.
I have to say, I also hate how much the game relies on spotpass/streetpass/whatever the systems are again. There's literally no way I'm getting any bonuses in Finland.
These kind of things are great on home consoles, like the pawn system in Dragon's Dogma, but with 3DS' online architecture... Nah. Not fond of it.
The game does put emphasis on a story to the point it hired a well-known visual novel writer: http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/29/bravely-defaults-story-is-about-independence/
As for the quality itself, I heard from fellow GAFfers there's some crazy twists there, though I don't want to ask more so that I don't spoil it for myself. That and the fact that the game had a lot of character skits, led me to believe that this isn't one of the "it's a throwback to classic JRPG so let's just slap a story here" stuff.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Really looking forward to this game. 3DS has an awesome lineup.
I was 14 or 15 when I beat it.
Have you equipped shields on all your characters to soften his blows ? I am at the same level but the only strategy I've found is to hit and default alternatively each turn.
edit : won ! Take that, you infectious winged worm.