This game definitely has some of the charm that Bravely Default and Bravely Second curated and maintained. Revo returns with a stunning original soundtrack that even pays some homage to the original game! The art is well-done all things considered, and the story is compelling enough (though, don't go into it looking for some crazy meta title screen bit lol).

Unfortunately, I can't say this game was that much better than its two predecessors. The battle system, while improved over the course of multiple demos, just didn't feel the same. The layout and turn execution rendered most Brave/Default mechanisms (that excelled in the previous games) more or less defunct. Despite the music and atmosphere remaining familiar, the game itself just felt ... not very "Bravely." At times I felt I was playing some tangentially-similar game, like Octopath, and not an actual Bravely game.

Reviewed on Apr 22, 2022


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