Disappointed
These summon rates are abysmal. Like I get it’s a gacha game and you need to make us work for it, but over 10 x10 summons and I didn’t get anything at all. Are you kidding me, not a singe new unit, but so many duplicates of low rarity characters, so much so, that they become useless at one point. If you are free to play, there will definitely be a content wall that will slow you down drastically. It’s a shame considering how great of a start it got and how much effort you can tell they put into it. But the latter half of the game is done very poorly.
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FINE.
I was all set to trash this for being a sequel to Brown Dust, but it makes a lot of improvements over the original. Then I was ready to trash it for being a clone of Octopath:CotC, but honestly it does enough differently that it doesn’t deserve the criticism. So all I really had left was kicking it in the stones for its terrible design decisions and unreasonable demands on your time, but they’ve already taken steps to address the worst of that with more to come. So fine, I give up. You win. It turns out BD2 is a charming, stylish, well-written tactical/puzzle JRPG best treated as a single-player experience taken at one’s own pace. The side stories in particular are great, depicting alternate universe versions of the same characters in high schools, horror movies or post-apoc scenarios. Just ignore the pvp, it’s the worst of both worlds, somehow managing to be P2W and RNG at the same time.
Oh, one last warning, this *is* a sequel to Brown Dust, so expect some serious cheesecake. That’s not a problem for me personally, but the FBI might have something to say if they ever confiscate your tablet.
Oh, one last warning, this *is* a sequel to Brown Dust, so expect some serious cheesecake. That’s not a problem for me personally, but the FBI might have something to say if they ever confiscate your tablet.
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I love it but too many restrictions
To farm exp or gold you gotta wait 24hr to refill 40 rice bowls or spend 170 gems to refill. That’s a steep price just for farming. Also getting resources for making gear is restricted as well. Story and gameplay are great. I do like the animation when they do abilities but also limited on certain characters. All characters should have animations not just some characters. I wish farming resources wasn’t so restrictive. Also the loading times when trying to run away from something or solving puzzles is annoying.
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Strategy is Key, Gacha is helpful
After playing quite a few main and side chapters as a free to play player, I can tell you that this game is unforgiving in the sense that you’ll have to replay battles quite often to find the combo of knock around a that both deal damage to who they hit, but also put the knockee in a spot for Area damage to be cast on them.
Even after landing quite a few ultra rare weapons for characters, I still had a challenge in the main boss fights, prioritizing who has what ability instead of their stats. Quite a few of my 4* heroes get play and I switch between them because I unlocked upgrades for their skills (costume dupes)
However, you won’t be able to use characters you want in some of the side stories, forcing you to learn different ways of playing the game if you don’t have that characters costume and can level them faster.
I dislike the need for gacha in this game to upgrade costumes/skills. It’s needed for acquiring weapons faster as well, though upgrading weapons/armor, restarting, using abilities, etc, just cost gold or ability pills. Which are both easy to come by unless you lose your +9 wep over 150 times ._. So if you get the same outfits for a character over and over, you’re probably going to utilize them a bit. But having the ability to level our skills/unlock outfits a different way would make this game go a lot further, though I understand the need and am fine with slow playing the gacha system :P
Even after landing quite a few ultra rare weapons for characters, I still had a challenge in the main boss fights, prioritizing who has what ability instead of their stats. Quite a few of my 4* heroes get play and I switch between them because I unlocked upgrades for their skills (costume dupes)
However, you won’t be able to use characters you want in some of the side stories, forcing you to learn different ways of playing the game if you don’t have that characters costume and can level them faster.
I dislike the need for gacha in this game to upgrade costumes/skills. It’s needed for acquiring weapons faster as well, though upgrading weapons/armor, restarting, using abilities, etc, just cost gold or ability pills. Which are both easy to come by unless you lose your +9 wep over 150 times ._. So if you get the same outfits for a character over and over, you’re probably going to utilize them a bit. But having the ability to level our skills/unlock outfits a different way would make this game go a lot further, though I understand the need and am fine with slow playing the gacha system :P
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What’s going on
Full of bugs and never fix
Feels more like a JRPG than an actual gacha
It could have fooled me if it labeled itself as a JRPG. Lots of story and content. Beautiful art work on both the world and character design. A good 65-70% of the main story is actually voice acted.
Coming from Arknights and Honkai Star Rail, the gacha rates for the game don’t seem good on paper (since you need 200 pulls for pity). But the game has many systems that provide plenty of pulls. Easily cleared 300 pulls being f2p.
It doesn’t feel like the game forces you to rely on their gacha system to progress your character roster as they also offer a couple free high rarity characters throughout the play through of the story. In addition, the game offers you “chances” to guarantee recruit higher rarity characters; granted, you are willing to check the in-game bar every few hours to see which characters have come to visit.
Overall, characters feels accessible enough to where it’s easy to just simply enjoy the game. But maybe I’m just lucky :)
Coming from Arknights and Honkai Star Rail, the gacha rates for the game don’t seem good on paper (since you need 200 pulls for pity). But the game has many systems that provide plenty of pulls. Easily cleared 300 pulls being f2p.
It doesn’t feel like the game forces you to rely on their gacha system to progress your character roster as they also offer a couple free high rarity characters throughout the play through of the story. In addition, the game offers you “chances” to guarantee recruit higher rarity characters; granted, you are willing to check the in-game bar every few hours to see which characters have come to visit.
Overall, characters feels accessible enough to where it’s easy to just simply enjoy the game. But maybe I’m just lucky :)
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Crazy good
Even at launch with bugs here and there the devs really are working hard to fix them. They actually listen to community feedback and are responsive. Keep it up neowiz! Gameplay is amazing and feels so nostalgic. There’s some magic here I can not explain. Excited for the future of this game!
More of the First
If you enjoyed the first Brave Nine (Brown Dust) I am sure you will enjoy this. I like the storyline so far, though I am in the very beginning. The game supplies you with plenty of good PVE characters so don’t get hung up on that. The gacha system is more about getting weapons and upgrading characters. The gameplay is about adjusting combat lineups and understanding the mechanics involved, as with nearly all these types of games. The graphics are a slight improvement over the original. The characters all seem to return (maybe there are exceptions but I don’t know yet). So far, I am really enjoying “rediscovering” the first game in this sequel. However, from what I see I doubt you have to play the first to enjoy this. It just helps with the learning curve. I am surprised I heard nothing about this prior to its release.
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This is a good game
This is a well thought out old school RPG. The game has a beautiful art style and does offer a nice amount of fan service. They are also very generous with the re-rolling mechanic. You can infinity roll until you have obtained the character and weapon that you want. So far the story is keeping me engaged and the combat requires a lot of thought. The only draw back is that it needs controller support.
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Good game…
…but I can’t stick around. Don’t have time for a third game, especially when this game requires a lot more time than my first two games. :( If it was the only game I was playing, then would probably stick around longer. Farewell, wasn’t meant to be.
