In an interview with Famitsu, Square Enix Producer Tomoya Asano explains that he and the rest of the dev team felt that Bravely Second didn’t live up to its predecessor in the way they wanted it to. Asano goes on to even apologize to fans for the game not meeting expectations.
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Naturally, there are many that deeply enjoyed Bravely Second, some even more than the original Bravely Default game, and those fans have come to the game’s defense. Refuting Square Enix’s claim that the game was inferior to the first one, social media has begun to explode with players recounting all of its redeeming qualities.
Both fans and detractors of Bravely Second should be able to agree that a new approach for the third game in the franchise will do a lot of good, as the developers claim that they have learned a lot from Bravely Second.
Bravely Second is available now exclusively for Nintendo 3DS.
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