A List of Games Attempted: March & April 2021
Herein is a list of games I tried or am trying, and had thoughts upon, despite not beating them - if they can be beaten at all. Bravely Default II I prepared myself by playing Bravely Second, the direct sequel to the first game, and turns out - that might have burned a degree of my interest in this one! This one wipes the slate clean of the previous lore, starting fresh in a world of, well, crystals and magic and Asterisks, those physical embodiments of job classes. And it leans much more directly into Asterisks, making them a key plot point, rather than a loose conceit to explain how your character learned how to do the black mage job. The presentation is kinda remarkable. I wasn't amazed by the demo, but once you sink into it, it really looks & feels like a moving storybook, with lush backgrounds and itty bitty cutie characters. Yet those characters, with their hackneyed personalities, and the things they do in the motion of the plot, all of that is boilerplate. There'...