This review contains spoilers
I've been putting off writing anything about this cause I'm absolutely baffled by the way this game has sat with me.
In short, I was absolutely in love with it for a solid 50 hours! FIFTY! And as the pacing of the game started to feel like it was winding down, and I was comfortable that I'd had my fill, it rolled into an ending that felt incredibly rushed and pretty unsatisfying. I was a bit befuddled by it and googled it, cause it felt like I'd got a "BAD ENDING", but no, it was Bravely Default pulling it's usual stupid fucking move. It was a fake out ending. If you reload your save after the fake ending, the game continues into a new act towards a proper revelation.
And it really annoyed me. I know it's a creative choice. And I know that they've got previous for doing this, it's almost BDs defining characteristic at this point. But fuck off. It felt like a really insulting disrespect of my time. I'll get back to it some time and finish it, probably.
Oh, all the actual Scottish people doing Scottish accents instead of just going "have you seen Austin Powers? Good, you can do the Scottish accents in our game" was a gigantic plus for me. You could tell real Scottish people were consulted on the script too, as they often use words, phrases, grammar, and intonations that sound like things my wee grannies used to say all the time, and I appreciated that immensely.
In short, I was absolutely in love with it for a solid 50 hours! FIFTY! And as the pacing of the game started to feel like it was winding down, and I was comfortable that I'd had my fill, it rolled into an ending that felt incredibly rushed and pretty unsatisfying. I was a bit befuddled by it and googled it, cause it felt like I'd got a "BAD ENDING", but no, it was Bravely Default pulling it's usual stupid fucking move. It was a fake out ending. If you reload your save after the fake ending, the game continues into a new act towards a proper revelation.
And it really annoyed me. I know it's a creative choice. And I know that they've got previous for doing this, it's almost BDs defining characteristic at this point. But fuck off. It felt like a really insulting disrespect of my time. I'll get back to it some time and finish it, probably.
Oh, all the actual Scottish people doing Scottish accents instead of just going "have you seen Austin Powers? Good, you can do the Scottish accents in our game" was a gigantic plus for me. You could tell real Scottish people were consulted on the script too, as they often use words, phrases, grammar, and intonations that sound like things my wee grannies used to say all the time, and I appreciated that immensely.