Evidently, while the game itself wasn't that memorable for most people, the combat system was a remarkable feat for its time to the point that it was adopted by other games throughout the years.
This game, however, is one of them. This is Brave Frontier for the mobile, and I am going to make a Reader's Review about it.
Title: Brave Frontier
Date released: December 13, 2013 (July 3, 2013 in Japan, 2014 for Kindle Fire users and 2015 for Windows users)
Company: A-Lim (published by gumi overseas)
Genre: Action RPG
Platform: Mobile
ESRB Rating: None (but it will be either E10+ or Teen if given such)
The picture seen here is Vargas, one of the Six Heroes featured in this game.
Brief Background: gumi, founded in June 13, 2007, is the worldwide distributor of the game. The game itself has spanned from multiple mobile devices including Amazon, Apple, and even mobile phones that handles the Windows OS. The game itself received positive reviews from Western critics due to its simple mechanics and innovative take to the RPG genre.
What do you do here?
This is basically a "chosen hero" kind of story where you, taking the role of a Summoner, is chosen by Lucius, god of the gate, as the champion to save Grand Gaia from total destruction. You travel from various locales, meet people, and unravel the secrets that befell upon the land, for better or for worse.
What makes this game interesting?
The most interesting about Brave Frontier is its simple game-play mechanics; you simply tap the character bar to attack enemies. You can also swipe the character bar in order to perform other actions such as blocking attacks and even unleashing super moves; all of which are extremely useful in battle.
Other than the Quest Mode which you'll be doing for the most part, where you travel the world of Grand Gaia and stuff, you can also gain access to some other modes like the Vortex, Arena, the Guild, and even Imperial Capital Randall.
The Vortex is basically a mysterious dimensional gate where you gain access to special dungeons; some of which are only there for a limited time. From these dungeons you can get neat goodies like materials used for item creation and unit evolution, some Zel (in-game currency), Karma (another commodity found in Grand Gaia used for unit evolution as well as upgrading facilities in your Town), and special Units not found in the game.
There are other things that you can do in this game; such as Raids, where you tag with 3 other players to beat a powerful set of monsters that will try to beat the living daylights out of your characters if left unattended, and Arena Mode, where you test your powerful units to defeat other players (both parties use CPUs to decide the action of each of your units).
There is a particular portion in the Quest mode known as Grand Quests, where you access special levels that can only be unlocked after completing the first map. This is actually a good place to get rare gear, as well as to learn a lot regarding the NPC's backstories and what-not.
Every occasion, there are some featured units to recruit, allowing you to bolster your roster with powerful units. With a copious amount of gems to be given away frequently, there really is no reason for you to miss out these powerful units unless you want to save the gems for some powerful units later on.
The game is also generous in providing useful items, whether healing items or Crystal Gods to boost your characters' EXP, which can give you a very nice advantage early on in the game and to make you get hooked on it.
Finally, there are tons of characters to power-up and collect, making you confused and lost on whom to power-up first. Nevertheless, once you got enough materials and experience in playing the game, it is easy to get in touch with those features.
What are the flaws you found in this game?
Being a very BIG game, despite being on the mobile, bugs and glitches are expected in this game like 90% of the time; ranging from text errors to game-breaking issues that can cause major inconveniences to all players. Other than that, there really is nothing much to complain other than the game itself will force you to pay money so that you can be able to get those envied units, which is dangerous if you are working on a short budget.
Should I recommend this game?
Not to all, especially to those who are fond of consoles and to those who find mobile games to be much of a hassle. The good thing is that if you have a smartphone with a large memory capacity, it is highly accessible and it is very easy to get hooked in this game for a long, long time.
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
While there are a lot of things to go for, Brave Frontier is not your typical Triple-A title that will create a solid experience. Nevertheless, it is a game full of potential and it is something that is truly worth playing, especially if you are the type of person who likes to collect a lot of things.
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