This information remains for any future time you face these particular foes and can be brought up at any time during a battle too, so it’s always worth doing so as soon as possible. Jobs return too, giving you access to unique abilities and attacks, as well as letting each character access both a Main and Sub job for extensive party customisation.Īlso returning is the focus on manipulating and exploiting the weaknesses of enemies, resulting in the liberal use of the Examine command from the Freelancer Job or the Magnifying Glass item.
The combat behaves very similarly to the previous games in the series, with the ability to Default the characters abilities, raising their defence for the turn and granting them BP (Brave Points) to spend on extra actions in subsequent turns by using the Brave command. In fact, the way side content is handled here we would love to see adopted by more JRPGs. Not only do people in towns have a blue speech bubble if they have a quest, but different coloured arrows appear on the edge of the screen (along with the main story objective arrow) so you don’t lose the quest objective and the side quests appear on your world map in the Travelogue too.
In fact, the amount of progress we could have made through the game was hindered by continually returning to nearby towns to see what the boat brought back.įinally, the side quests have been altered to make them a far smoother experience. Both are utterly endearing and useful to boot. When the ship returns, it runs through the events in text form, giving the player valuable items like boosters to EXP or Job Points, as well as permanent boosters for your character’s stats. The fourth addition – and our personal favourite of the smaller changes to the game – is the little ship you can send out on excursions across the seas for you.Īcting as this iteration’s “connection to other players” feature, like the Ba’al Busting in Bravely Second, this ship goes out on journeys that play out while the Switch is in sleep mode for up to 12 hours at a time. These are completely optional, but watching them gives a little additional commentary on current or recent events and really work to flesh out the characters more. Third are the little party chats that appear from time-to-time.