Our party lacks any characterization for much of the game and acts so well-intentioned I would not have been surprised if one of them whacked me over the head with the ‘I’m the good protagonist’ stick. Adelle remains the only interesting character in the game and even she takes a while to get going. Likewise, Elvis’s only personality trait is that he goes with the flow and is Scottish. Seth and Gloria, while technically being the centerpiece of the story for much of the game, have almost no personality. While you’d think the names Seth, Gloria, Elvis, and Adelle would make for an interesting combo, you’d be wrong. One piece that’s dissimilar and not for the better is our Bravely Default 2 protagonists. Primarily because most of the pieces are so similar. It’s hard not to compare Bravely Default 2 with its predecessor.
Yes, boring characters are precisely what made the game so easy to put down.
Bravely Default 2 is similar to Bravely Default 1 in many ways, giving you a fairly robust job system, a very enjoyable combat system, and unfortunately a fairly milquetoast set of characters. Though most of the game is very appealing, Bravely Default 1’s ending has you repeating a lot of steps without providing much new dialogue or story beats, giving the ending a bad reputation. There’s a lot to love about the game even though it’s widely criticized for how the ending plays out. MonsterVine was provided with a Switch code for reviewīravely Default 1 is one of my favorite RPGs on the Nintendo 3DS. It’s tough to read Bravely Default 2 because, despite a lot of the pieces given to us by the developers being just okay, I find myself having a very good time with the game. Yet, I take that small break, pick up the game, and I find myself losing a few hours to a game I swore I was done with. The long, often difficult boss fights are fairly annoying considering how easy the trash battles are, much of the story at the beginning is incredibly boring and not exciting whatsoever, and I find a lot of the minor technical issues really add up to killing my enjoyment of the game. Every few days I put down Bravely Default 2 swearing to not pick it back up. I’ve re-written this review so many times I feel like if I don’t just stick with what I’m writing now you’ll end up reading my Bravely Default 2 review after Bravely Default 3 is out.