Bravely Archive

Bravely Archive: D's Report is an Android/iOS free-to-play game developed by Square Enix. D's Report is set in a re-imagined world of Luxendarc and tells an alternative story where things go a bit differently than they were originally planned. The main protagonist is a new librarian whose mission is to gather memories from sealed crystals and return their knowledge to The Library. During the journey, the player meets new and familiar faces from earlier entries within the Bravely series. The game ended its service on October 23, 2017.

Gameplay
The game features a "Hold & Swipe" battle system where holding a finger on the character icon reveals its abilities such as attack, magic and defend. Similar to the previous Bravely games, there are a large variety of jobs to choose from, each having unique abilities and skills.

Players can traverse through dungeon-like areas that contain familiar enemies from Bravely Default and Bravely Default: Praying Brage. The objectives of the dungeons can vary from clearing all of the enemies within it, defeating the boss or managing to collect all the treasures. Players move through the dungeon by tapping on the visible platforms, moving from platform to platform until the player reaches the boss, defeats it and subsequently gathers the crystal from the area.

During battle, players are allowed to swipe up, down, left and right to issue attack orders to their party of characters. Swiping upwards will induce an upper attack which will raise the enemy into the air, allowing players the opportunity to induce twice the damage by swiping downwards, thereby slamming the enemy from the air into the ground. The higher the enemy is lifted, the more damage is done upon slamming them from the air. Prevailing jobs within the game include sword-users, spear-users, dagger-users and stave-users. Some characters also possess healing abilities. By double-tapping a character's portrait in battle, players are allowed the function of that character's special ability, targeting either a single enemy or multiple enemies. Players can also utilize an auto-battle option during battle.

There is also an option for players to purchase crystals with cash, allowing the ability to redeem a new character for 15 crystals, replenish travel point for 5 crystals or gain additional character slots for 10 crystals. On September 4th, after the game had announced termination; the amount of crystals required for redeeming characters was reduced to 1 crystal, to make up for the closure of the store.

Characters

 * Daria Milchstrasse - Librarian tasked with gathering memories from sealed crystals.
 * Frank Gordeau - The director of Anastasis Library.
 * Chalia Pantanora - A carefree librarian who enjoys drinking.
 * Vivian Olmette - A young librarian who looks up to Daria. She has poor people skills and dislikes eggplant.
 * Dimitri Dottonova - A Crystal Broker and Ritchie's older brother. He dotes on Ritchie and is described as having a "sister complex".
 * Ritchie Dottonova - A Crystal Broker and Dimitri's younger sister.
 * Leti Redith - A librarian at the Anastasis Library who rarely shows up to work. Her true identity is Tiare, an alchemist who was once rumored to have created an immortality elixir.
 * Katarina - A young girl who lost her home and family to war. She appears at the Anastasis library with the cryst-fairy Noin.
 * Noin - A cryst-fairy who travels with Katarina. The twin sister of Ain. Manipulated Katarina to destroy world boundaries, causing irreparable damage to her body.
 * Ain - A cryst-fairy who is the twin sister of Noin. Forms a contact with Katarina after Noin is defeated to save her life.

Development
The producer of Bravley Archive: D's Report is Ishii Ryoutarou who is also known for producing Grimm's Notes and Dia Horizon, also properties of Square Enix. His twitter handle is @ishryot, where he occasionally comments on the production of Bravely Archive. The second producer is Yamanaka Jouji, who is also a producer of Bravely Default: Fairy’s Effect.

The soundtrack was composed by Revo, using original tracks from Bravely Default: Flying Fairy.