Iâm fifty-two hours into my first play-through of Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies. All four of my characters are level 99, each has all 24 of the gameâs jobs mastered. Iâve not maxed-out levels and jobs in a Final Fantasy game in⊠ever.
Recently Jason Schreier wrote about a column by BuzzFeedâs Rachel Sanders called âI Was a Final Fantasy Addictâ, in which the author talks about how Bravely Default didnât scratch that old school Japanese role-playing game itch for her. I guess I had the complete opposite reaction â Bravely Default brought together everything I loved about older Japanese role-playing games into one tiny package, while incorporating new elements which, as Jason suggests, no modern day JRPG should do without.
https://lastchance.cc/confessions-of-a-final-fantasy-addict-1533415827%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
It just so happens that âas I pleasedâ meant maxing out the encounter rate, equipping the Growth Egg (ends money gain, doubles experience and job points), changing one character to a Ranger with the Undead Slayer ability and running about the continent of Eisenberg after fourth chapter, where everything is undead and wants to give you all the job points.
I had Auto Battle turned on, so maybe the dozens of grinding hours I put in werenât so much âplayingâ as they were ârunning around in circlesâ, but it made me happy and kept me occupied. This, at a time in my life where, between work and kids, I shouldnât have time to play 50+ hours of anything.
Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies just gets me. You like to grind? Really? Well then, here you go. In fact, weâve tailored the entire latter half of the game (spoilers) towards folks that donât mind repetition. Oh baby, you know what I like. Donât tell anyone, but youâre one of my favorite Final Fantasy games ever.
