Brave Story: New Traveler
released on Jul 04, 2006
On a day that starts out like any other, an 11-year-old boy's life is changed forever when his friend Miki suddenly collapses from an unknown illness. Without the means to save her, he grows increasingly distraught when suddenly, a strange voice offers him a second chance: "Beyond the door you can change your destiny!" He soon leaves the real world and journeys to the world of Vision, where, as a novice "Traveler," he will surmount myriad ordeals in hopes of ultimately meeting with the Goddess of Fortune to have a single wish granted.
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A neat little JRPG which while not revolutionary, takes a lot of tropes from the genre and executes them well.
The graphics are pretty good and if you compare them to other games on the PSP, are amongst the handheld's best. There wasn't anything from the soundtrack which stood out though.
The combat system and overall structure of the game was pretty similar to Final Fantasy 1-3 for the most part, albeit very linear, though with a good amount of side quests to make up for that.
The combat also has a "unity command" which is basically like techniques from Chrono Trigger, which I liked.
The game is on the easier side, but the last 2 bosses were tough and you'll have to grind for a bit before being an adequate enough level to beat them without much issue.
The game also does a few small things which were cool. An example was the enemies looking exhausted which indicated they were at low HP.
An overall solid JRPG, though if you've played a large amount of games from the genre, you might find a little lackluster, since it doesn't do anything that hasn't been done before. If you haven't, this is a good choice to start with, as it's both casual and has a lot of tropes common for the genre.
The graphics are pretty good and if you compare them to other games on the PSP, are amongst the handheld's best. There wasn't anything from the soundtrack which stood out though.
The combat system and overall structure of the game was pretty similar to Final Fantasy 1-3 for the most part, albeit very linear, though with a good amount of side quests to make up for that.
The combat also has a "unity command" which is basically like techniques from Chrono Trigger, which I liked.
The game is on the easier side, but the last 2 bosses were tough and you'll have to grind for a bit before being an adequate enough level to beat them without much issue.
The game also does a few small things which were cool. An example was the enemies looking exhausted which indicated they were at low HP.
An overall solid JRPG, though if you've played a large amount of games from the genre, you might find a little lackluster, since it doesn't do anything that hasn't been done before. If you haven't, this is a good choice to start with, as it's both casual and has a lot of tropes common for the genre.
Incredible graphics and battle system, funny dialogues, a lovely game
Loved it as a teen who's never played a final fantasy so i'd imagine someone more experienced with more essential jrpgs would find this a bit derivative maybe
yup its a JRPG.. deff not a bad game. Just nothing too special.
aw yeah love meladee
Brave Story: New Traveler is secretly a very underrated gem of the JRPG genre that is stashed away on a handheld no one uses anymore. It's not revolutionary in any way but it's not trying to be. What it does instead is look at the tropes of the genre and execute on them with extreme quality to the point that every aspect of this game is so solid that it wins over your heart no matter how many games you've played where you save the world via the power of friendship.
Also there's a lizard dad and who wouldn't love to pal around with a big lizard dad.
Also there's a lizard dad and who wouldn't love to pal around with a big lizard dad.