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6: Brave Dungeon

I know for a fact that there's another dude on CE who loves this game. Brave Dungeon is a nice, casual turn-based RPG set over a series of bite-sized dungeons, occasionally interspersed with some banter between your main character and some side characters at a bar or something. I legitimately haven't played Brave Story in five years because I unlocked everything, so I don't remember a whole lot.

This is one of the first four games I ever bought for the Switch. I got myself $30 of credit and I bought three games the Christmas that I got it - Stardew Valley (which is GOATed, c'mon), Opus: Valley of Stars or something (which I didn't like, and which I found out was a free mobile game years later), and that Gunvolt/Mighty No. 9 crossover game (which wasn't fantastic). I'm pretty sure Brave Dungeon was the fourth game I ever bought.

Here's what I like about Brave Dungeon: it's fairly brisk so you're always making progress, the art is really good, it's a short experience and it's built to be replayed. After every run-through, you get these crystals which you can use to buy perks in a New Game + shop. Eventually you get stupid OP and unlock a final dungeon that rises to the challenge, at which point you just fuck around, buy everything and play a minigame. You can also buy concept art and unlock a sequel tease that took years to come out.

I like that the game is so intensely playable, geared specifically for that New Game + experience. It's a game you can burn through, it wasn't built to last but you're going to have a lot of fun pushing it to that expiration date.

I'm tired as shit right now, and Brave Dungeon is kind of a basic game. But it's really, really good. The Switch has some trashy anime games, and this game is fairly above-board and classy all things considered - it's a solid package and I have a lot of nostalgic love for it. I wish dumbass animu budget RPG games were all as fun as Brave Dungeon.