Combine that with a charming cast of characters, a fantastic story, and an incredible soundtrack and it instantly became one of my favorite games. Personally, I’m a sucker for literally any game with a job system and the amount of customization it offers, so I immediately fell in love with the series. If this sounds like a generic Final Fantasy plot to you, you’re right! Bravely Default essentially carries the torch of Final Fantasy V, complete with a job system, crystals, four party members, the whole shebang.
Gloria will no doubt encounter more Asterisk holders on her journey, so the four join forces with their purposes united. After confronting a pair of Asterisk holders who kidnapped Gloria, Seth is blessed by the wind crystal and becomes its chosen Hero of Light, a warrior destined to challenge the Night’s Nexus. While he investigates the beach he washed up on, Seth encounters Elvis and Adelle, two travelers searching for powerful stones called Asterisks, which give the holder special abilities, to read a mysterious book in Elvis’ possession.
She is on a quest to find the four elemental crystals and use them to seal away the Night’s Nexus once more, a calamitous force that will destroy the world. After a rogue wave knocks him from his vessel, Seth finds himself in the care of Gloria and Sir Sloan, the princess of the fallen kingdom of Musa and her guardian.