Bravely Default II scratches the classic JRPG itch wonderfully, while also quietly, cleverly subverting genre tropes and conventions.
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If you love a good Final Fantasy-style job system in a JRPG, then Bravely Default II is a game you’ll definitely want to look out for.
Bravely Default Automata was an early internal nickname, meant to convey that Bravely Default II would be a fresh start, not unlike NieR: Automata.
A new demo lets players try Bravely Default II’s classic JRPG action ahead of its release on Switch later this year, with a feedback survey to follow.
Eight hours in, the (currently) Japan-only sequel to Bravely Default, Bravely Second, is everything I could have hoped for – more of everything that made the first game great.