[리뷰] Like an old relic, so nicer, Bravely Default 2

The development team of Octopass Traveler, who gained a lot of popularity with the classic dot graphic last year, also introduced a new work that allows you to feel the memories of the classic game.

Bravely Default 2, released on the Nintendo Switch, is the latest work in the Bravely Default series released on the Nintendo 3DS. It is a popular series that has been evaluated as a work.

This time, thanks to the popularity of the Nintendo Switch in Korea and the popularity of OctoPass Traveler, which was re-released in Korean version last year, this work is also being Koreanized for the first time in the series and released simultaneously with Japan, attracting a lot of attention.

As you can guess from the work of the developers of Octopus Traveler, the goal of this game is to revive the classic JRPG that was popular in the past with a modern sense.

Although made in 3D, cute graphics and SD characters that retain the feeling of the old Super Famicom and PS1 days give a familiar feeling, and hidden items that can only be obtained by satisfying various sub-quests and special conditions, job and ability systems, etc. The game is full of elements that evoke the heyday of classic RPGs such as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.

The most characteristic element of this game is the battle system that utilizes the default and brave which is also related to the title. As a classic RPG-oriented game, it is a turn-based combat method in which you can only act when the turn returns, but if you press the default, you can save the turn up to 3 turns, and if you use the brave, you can pull up to 3 turns. You can enjoy a more strategic battle.

For example, if you use a resurrection item when a team member is killed, you may encounter an immorality that dies again in subsequent attacks, but here you can use several turns at once as a brave, resurrect, and even use a health recovery item, and the enemy’s health is reduced. When there is not much left, you can pull 3 turns and attack up to 4 times in a row.

Of course, there is a weakness in that if you pull a turn, you will not be able to perform activities until the turn recovers, but it is fun to use the turn efficiently according to your situation, and because the enemies can pull the turn the same, it is sudden indiscriminate. The case of annihilation of a team member by bombardment also occurs without a worry.

In particular, since the effects of various conditions, such as silence, poison, paralysis, etc., are very large, boss battles encountered without knowing the characteristics of the enemy feel incredibly difficult. Even if the difficulty level is lowered, this situation occurs the same, so if you encounter the game without knowing these characteristics, there is a possibility that you will throw the switch due to the boss battle difficulty, which feels unreasonable.

It is the Job and Ability System that makes the tacticality of Brave and the default system even more in-depth. This game does not have many characters, but after acquiring a gem called Astarisk, you can transform into a job that the gem possesses, and you acquire various job skills each time you level up. In addition, since each job has special abilities such as job experience bonuses and status abnormal recovery after the battle is over, you can get a kind of passive effect by wearing the abilities.

Therefore, in order to use all of the skills, you must raise the level of the job to the end, and since you can equip one more sub job besides the main job, you need to level up several jobs in order to find an effective job combination according to the characteristics of the enemy. . In other words, it is essential to work hard to raise the job level (if the game feels too difficult in the beginning, it is recommended to acquire at least the hitting skill that you learn at level 11 as a freelancer. Because of the battle speed, you can raise it faster than you think).

The story is a typical royal road story, unlike Octopath Traveler, who was somewhat confusing by arranging several characters in an omnibus format. Gloria, the princess of the ruin, is drawing a process of recovering 4 crystals that could threaten the world with the protagonist who suddenly floated to the sea one day. A moderate reversal without being felt gives a sense of immersion to the end.

As such, it is a game made for those who have memories of classic games, so it is easy to give gamers familiar with the latest games a rather old game.

In fact, there are so many negative gazes that some of the Western game magazines have rated 2 out of 5 points. Brave that pushes the turn and pulls the turn, the battle using the default system is impressive, but it is a royal road story that is too obvious, the excessive level of difficulty is forced, the boss difficulty is too difficult, the protagonist without presence, the uncreated and old system, the inconvenience of save, the multiplayer element It is pointing out that it remains in the old part of the classic JRPG such as absence.

However, those who actually enjoy the game are evaluated as the best among the recent RPGs, contrary to the evaluation of game magazines. For those who have the romance of a classic game in the first place, it is a game whose purpose is to reproduce the memories as it is, but it is a reaction that it cannot be understood to point out that such a classic game as a disadvantage.

Of course, this game is not without its drawbacks. Sub-quests, which are completely separated from the main quest, add annoyance with an incomprehensible path, and even if level labor is part of the memory, it is also to force the play time to be increased by giving experience points only to the main job so that each class can perform level labor separately I feel a clumsy intention.

In addition, the cute feeling is good, but despite the low-level graphics, the optimization work is insufficient, the loading is too frequent, slow, and overall unfriendly gameplay makes it more dependent on the strategy book rather than finding a solution in the game. Dragon Quest 11, released last year, is similarly classic RPG, but it wasn’t that kind of unfriendly. A lot of people might have sympathized with it if I had lowered my score by pointing out this point out loud.

In conclusion, this game may be the best game for those who have memories of the old royal road RPG, but it is just an old game for those who hate such elements. Anyway, this game is of interest only to those who have memories of the past Final Fantasy series or who have enjoyed the latest OctoPass Traveler fun, so don’t worry about the meta score, but trust your tastes. No matter how classic it is, it cannot satisfy everyone, and even a game with a somewhat lacking part can be a work of life for someone.