Bravely Default: Thin Line Between Love and Hate

'Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies' is my favorite Final Fantasy in years. Sure, it's not 'Final Fantasy' in name, but it's a spiritual sequel to Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, and it's got crystals, airships, potions, spells ending in '-aga,' and many other classic elements from the series.

Yes, you can use healing spells and items to kill the undead.

It's as though Final Fantasy V and IX had a baby who got their best genes: turn-based battles, an intricate job system, full 3D character models, and the lovely pre-rendered backdrops of a 32-bit PlayStation-era Final Fantasy. And like more recent entries in the series, it has full voiceover for cutscenes, with the option to choose between English and Japanese voice actors.

For running on a relatively underpowered platform, Bravely Default is also very pretty. Character models (and the myriad job-based character costumes) are charming and detailed, impressive enemy designs range from cute to grotesque, weapons are fully modeled in battles, and the aforementioned backdrops use the stereoscopic 3D to great effect. The story is pretty compelling, too.

The Kingdom of Caldisla is breathtaking in 3D