Bravely Default (2013) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Bravely Default

Bravely Default follows the story of main character Tiz, a humble shepherd and the lone survivor of a cataclysmic event, as he joins a group of loyal companions on a journey to restore balance to the world…

85 5 December 2013

What Bravely Default is

Bravely Default is an adventure game developed by Silicon Studio and released in 2013. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bravely Default is a turn-based role-playing game set in the world of Luxendarc, where four great elemental crystals keep nature in balance until they are swallowed by a spreading darkness. The story follows four young heroes brought together by fate: Tiz Arrior, the lone survivor of a village destroyed by a mysterious chasm; Agnès Oblige, the devoted vestal of the Wind Crystal; Ringabel, an amnesiac wanderer clutching a strange journal; and Edea Lee, a soldier who turns against her own army. Guided by the fairy Airy, the group sets out to reawaken the imperiled crystals and restore light to the land. Their journey takes them across a richly detailed world and pits them against a powerful…

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Bravely Default holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 80 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 75.5 hrs.

What it launched against

Bravely Default launched on 5 December 2013, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World, The Walking Dead: Season 2 and The Walking Dead: Season Two. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World, The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two.

Cheats and codes

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