Is it worth getting? I haven't played any other titles but seems to have great reviews on steam and the animations look nice.

>>714647048 (OP)
It's the worst of the three, but not a bad game.

>>714647265
I already thought default 1 wasn't particularly good, so I guess I should skip it if somehow they made an even worse game

If it's trash I'll refund.

Animation's look great, desu. I've been looking for a new turn based rpg, and it seems comfy AF.

>>714647048 (OP)
its a solid jrpg. people don't like that bosses can fight back so they call it shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJmuVALJezA

>>714647265
I liked the first game but THAT part made me so tired of the gameplay that I gave up early on in Second. Is 2 a good way of returning to the series with a fresh mindset or should I not bother?

I know they are chibis, but somehow they aren't, the esthetic fits well, it like an actual well made chibi design.

>>714647048 (OP)
It's bland as all hell

The story reads like an overview and the combat system did not weather the shift to a speed-based turn system very well. I beat the game thinking there might have been some sort of revelation like in 1 or an alternate route like in Second. But no. The game just plods along and nothing really evolves. The only amusing thing was how the end of the game is basically a series of bad ends. You play the ending, things get fucked, and then you return to the past now to try something else.

Everything is surface level. Party interaction is scaled back. Late game bosses get annoying because they start getting free turns/BP in response to you doing basically anything whereas they used to punish you only for certain actions.

My favorite part of the plot is when you hear fairies exist very far into the game in a town of fairy racists only for one of your partymembers to be revealed as one like 10 minutes later in a cartoonish parody of the Salem witch trials and also the existence of fairies and fairy racism is the entire foundation of the plot.

>>714647450
I actually liked Second for what it was but if that invalidates my opinion, be my guest.

I wanted to like 2 but I just couldn't and that desire to like it is why I finished it at all. That and Elvis. I like Elvis. He was cool.

>>714647714
Seems like it's right up my alley desu

>>714647852
Be my guest. I finished it so it wasn't THAT painful. I think Ar Tonelico 3 was much harder for me to finish even though I love that series far more, but I did think BD2 was a letdown

>>714647048 (OP)
Yes, it is good. If they put the 1 remaster on Steam in the future, you should play that too.

There are actual voice lines?! HOLY SHIT
The art style looks great too, they definitely aren't chibis, but I can see how people might think that.

Kino so far /v/ros, I can feel the soul

Tell me they hint at a romance /v/ros.

>>714648429
It's been a while. I think...maybe? There are more overt hints at another romance and that's the one I still remember.

>>714648295
The whole game has a cool, dreamy vibe to it.
I don't like how restrictive the combat system feels compared to the first two games though.

>>714648429
>mysterious sailor boy marries the princess

how mundane and stereotypical. only if you let him

>>714647048 (OP)
it was ok, fun to mess around with combinations but the characters and story are bland

>>714647048 (OP)
Its shit. I can't even remember why I hated it so much but it deserved it. BD1 was better in every way and this was just disappointing.

>>714648521
KINOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>714647714
>Party interaction is scaled back
Eh, there are entire sidequests dedicated to party interaction now, that was cool.
Also:
Solve fairy racism in a night with alcohol
Walking the edge of cool and lame

>>714648553
>the characters and story are bland
This is the biggest sin

>>714648728
That isn't the case. The stories and characters are great.

I dunno /v/ros the game seems full of sovl.

Best track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuQMxJ6TDYI

>>714648910
Its still a fun game, even if the counters get pretty annoying

>>714649387
115 hours damn, yeah that's more than enough game time to make it worth it. The ost seems great so far too.

>>714649549
Have fun. I played it on both Switch and Steam.
Knowing Squareenix, they'll wait another 10 years before giving us another one, despite it being successful.

>>714648429
A little bit. A second couple of characters has much better romance though.

>>714647443
You disingenuous shit. bosses fighting back is one thing, but getting "countered" by doing literally anything at all is not fun, its tedious

>>714650469
Ironically the counter mechanic led to stun-lock meta lol

It’s a bit like Gundam Z and ZZ. First one was a masterpiece. The second one wasn’t even an anime

OY BRUV
DID YOU JUST FOOKIN BREATH ON ME?
I'LL BE COUNTERING THAT THANK YOU
>+20 BP because you blinked

>>714650758
A lot of bosses feel like you are supposed to make a hyper specific autism squad just for them.
Joke's on them though because I just play a proper balance team and brute force them.

>>714650839
>A lot of bosses feel like you are supposed to make a hyper specific autism squad just for them.
If really wish they had keep the build manager menu from Second

>>714647321
It has less soul, the chibi models look horrendous. But the combat is arguably better.

>>714648429
That chibi is sexo enough for me /v/ros.