GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Bravely series has always excelled at evoking the feeling of playing classic Final Fantasy-style RPGs, while sanding off some of the rough edges ...

Thirteen years ago, Square Enix released one of the best Final Fantasy spin-offs they’d made to-date but called it by a different name: Bravely Default. Standing on its own merits, it proved to be a ...

If I had to describe 2012’s Bravely Default, the very last term I’d use is “party game.” In fact, the Nintendo 3DS RPG is the anti party game. It’s a long, winding adventure that requires a tremendous ...

Innovation is hard to come by with Japanese role-playing games. It’s a genre that remains stubbornly fixed with its turn-based battles and class systems. Developers have tried to add action elements ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Let's not kid ourselves. While Bravely Default may not officially be part of the Final Fantasy family, it's only in name that it's not. From steampunk ...

Bravely Default II wears Final Fantasy’s influences on its sleeve, borrowing spell names and other conventions, but most notably its job system. There’s also the score provided by REVO, who scored the ...

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When a video game is announced I begin my review process by making a lot of jokes about the title on Twitter, such as “more like Bravely Default…on your loans,” and then nobody favs it and I look ...

Bravely Default 2 is a long, familiar JRPG journey with excellent customizable combat and beautiful backdrops that pass the time as you work through its extended stretches of grinding. Bravely Default ...