

And there is also always the possibility that they will put some of the missing features back with a patch later. As mentioned before, it still is a very good JRPG. Now as always, opinions are subjective and I don't mean to dissuade anyone from giving this game a try. Especially the missing dungeon maps give me the feeling that the release of the game was somehow rushed. Especially due to the fact that they removed so many things from the previous two games. But it is a weaker Bravely Default sequel. That being said, I think out of the three Bravely games, this one is so far the weakest. So my opinion about the previous two games is still pretty fresh and not clouded by memory / nostalgia. Spoilers end here.In anticipation of Bravely Default II, I took the time to replay Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies, as well as Bravely Second: End Layer, a couple of days before I got my hands on Bravely Default II. Once the group translate the book and learn its true identity as the Librarian Asterisk, they take it to the Island of Nothingness to be destroyed. But as a useful side effect, it enables him and others to have a vision from the previous user’s memories.

However, later joined by his fellow Heroes of Light, Elvis has sought to collect the Asterisks as they allow him to translate his mentor Lady Emma’s book. The other Asterisks were stolen from Mag Mell and distributed across Excillant by Edna to corrupt the minds and hearts of their users and compel them to cause turmoil to release the Night’s Nexus. The book ends up in the possession of Emma, who passed it onto Elvis as he was unaware of the book’s nature as he sought to translate it.

One Asterisk known as the Librarian Asterisk came into the possession of the Night’s Nexus, who sealed her soul into it so she could never die and turned it into an indestructible book that can translated by the other Asterisks. I made a post comparing Bravely Default and Bravely Default II about a month ago as well. I played Bravely Default II first, and Bravely Second is now my favorite, just fyi. Prior to the events of ‘’Bravely Second’’, Denys Geneolgia uncovered twelve Asterisks from the crater where the Ba’al Diamante was buried under after Yulyana died fighting it and distributes the secret hoard of Asterisks among his most loyal followers.Īdditionally, the Asterisk holders from the first game who returned had their Asterisks restored to them, though with some different abilities than before.Īsterisks are jewel-like objects that were created by the fairies to contain the knowledge of those professions they represent. Hey guys, I finished Bravely Second recently and want to go over the best parts of that game, along with the other 2. Yulyana would later bestow eighteen Asterisks to Braev Lee and his company for their campaign to liberate Eternia from the Orthodoxy and establish the Duchy of Eternia. The grand patriarch and his officials only sought profit through it, thus they agreed to Yulyana’s proposal and he is appointed by the grand patriarch as the 'overseer' of the new Asterisk system.Īs only Yulyana knew the method of creating Asterisks and essentially robbed the Crystal Orthodoxy of their authority to grant vocations, he left the Orthodoxy sequestered himself within the Yulyana Woods. Those who could pay may apply to change their jobs. But Yulyana sought to prevent the institution from growing rich from fat profits known as 'alms', proposing the panicked high officials and the grand patriarch with system based on the Asterisks on the notion that "granting vocations should be based on it, as overseen by the Orthodoxy." To that end, those wanting to apply for a 'vocation' would apply to the Orthodoxy and pay a fair price. Initially, changing one's job or 'vocation' required a special approval from within the Crystal Orthodoxy. Bravely Default and Bravely Second: End Layer Īsterisks are jewel-like objects that were created by the Sage Yulyana in his plot to usurp the Crystal Orthodoxy's authority in "granting vocations".
