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First screenshots for Capcom's Breath of Fire 6 [Up: Full Details In OP]
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Gormless Noodle
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Capcpom is run by a bunch of pencil pushing, fuckwit investors nowadays, so it makes sense I suppose. And when they're not making any money off of any of this and when they finally shat on the last fanbase for one of their franchises, you'll see the demise of one of gaming's once greatest.
At least the remnants of it already started other companies. Mikami, Inafune, Platinum Games, I'll support those guys for as long as I can.
DrROBschiz
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Square Enix and Capcom are just killing me with these mobile efforts
The drop in quality and the greedy chase for those high margin returns is sickening.
Do game creators literally no longer want to make awesome games anymore in that space?
The drop in quality and the greedy chase for those high margin returns is sickening.
Do game creators literally no longer want to make awesome games anymore in that space?
Stone Ocean
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I used to hate Dragon Quarter.Remember when Breath Of Fire looks like this?
BoF6 fixed that.
Is there anybody actually hope this game will be decent? I mean, seriously?Any hopes that this will be a more traditional sort of BoF game but on mobile and PC goes right out of the window with the preview.
- No "complex command menus" for combat
- "Fast and intuitive" touch controls
- You create a character and control him in realtime, there are AI-driven party members
- Timing based combo attacks
Look at them all MH4 money goes to
lol Capcom making the right investment
In the original announcement, I believe someone posted reaction from Japanese netizen and most of them act like Gaf as well: upset, feel betrayed, angry, and lot of salt.
Surprisingly, P&D is actually a well designed game
It is the other publisher who try to claim the share of the pie without originality that turned to situation even more sour
And you don't need mobage to dennounce video game as an art medium
As long as most avid gamers said "it just video game lol" it wouldn't be art
SousedLouse
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Releasing a mainline on mobile is one thing.
Releasing a mainline as a monetization-driven, generic looking game that looks like any other game on mobile is another.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
This is how you piss on fans. I wonder what exec though this would be a good idea. This is one of those times where I hope a game absolutely fails. Good job, Capcom.
AdventureRacing
Member
I don't even mind that it's a mobile release. A turn based RPG can work quite well with a touch screen. This just doesn't look or play anything remotely like a breath of fire game.
Edit: It also clearly has very little effort put into it. It's strange these companies seem to want to chase the F2P money on smartphones but don't want to invest anything into doing so. If there is so much money to be made you would think they wouldn't have to cheap out so much. If there isn't much money to be made i don't understand why they're doing it in the first place.
I guess they just want to throw out some cheap no risk piece of shit and see if it does any good, not much risk involved (except pissing off their fanbase).
Edit: It also clearly has very little effort put into it. It's strange these companies seem to want to chase the F2P money on smartphones but don't want to invest anything into doing so. If there is so much money to be made you would think they wouldn't have to cheap out so much. If there isn't much money to be made i don't understand why they're doing it in the first place.
I guess they just want to throw out some cheap no risk piece of shit and see if it does any good, not much risk involved (except pissing off their fanbase).
R_thanatos
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Any hopes that this will be a more traditional sort of BoF game but on mobile and PC goes right out of the window with the preview.
- No "complex command menus" for combat
- "Fast and intuitive" touch controls
- You create a character and control him in realtime, there are AI-driven party members
- Timing based combo attacks
I feel like turning into a dragon fuelled by the rage those screens are making me feel.
I need to contain this rage .
GenericJoe
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It makes no sense whatsoever to label this Breath of Fire 6. The target audience for these types of games likely have never played a BoF game in the first place. Hell, many probably have never even heard of the series before. It's not like the BoF series was ever a blockbuster brand. So it's not like the average mobile user is going to be buying this because of the title.
And I have a hard time believing any BoF fan is actually going to buy this thing just because it's called Breath of Fire 6. So branding this game the way they did seems to completely defy logic. It's not going to bring in extra sales, as least not in any significant way, and if anything it's going to cost them even more goodwill from their older customers.
I don't like a lot of the decisions video game companies are making these days, but I at least understand them at a financial level. This, however, baffles me.
And I have a hard time believing any BoF fan is actually going to buy this thing just because it's called Breath of Fire 6. So branding this game the way they did seems to completely defy logic. It's not going to bring in extra sales, as least not in any significant way, and if anything it's going to cost them even more goodwill from their older customers.
I don't like a lot of the decisions video game companies are making these days, but I at least understand them at a financial level. This, however, baffles me.
alundra311
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My God...
I would have preferred they named this something else instead.
Is this really BOF 6 and not some kind of spin off?
I would have preferred they named this something else instead.
Is this really BOF 6 and not some kind of spin off?
DrROBschiz
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Baffles me too
I would love to hear their excuse for greenlighting this one. Its clearly out of the hands of the creators at this point.
Who were the BOF devs and what happened to them?
chickdigger802
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there is much to hate, but I'm not really having an issue with the sprite work. looks alright visually
I was making a thread for this but I see duckroll beat me to it lol, I was gonna post this in the OP but since it´s too late now I'll post it here:
Inside Games' report has a few tidbits:
-The game will have a deep storyline and a rich world, as you'd expect from a numbered entry.
-The battle system is simple and easy to play since it gets rid of complicated commands, however, the battle system is still very deep.
-The basis of the battle system is using the skills you have along with the ones of your "fellows" (the other AI controlled party members) in quick succession to create combos.
-The terrain you do battle in apparently also factors in your strategy somehow.
-The main character in BoF6 has the "Power of the Dragon", and you can customize it by changing sex, face, hairstyle and such.
-Character growth is different from the previous entries, here the abilities and the "memorized skills" (actually I'm not sure what this is, maybe there's a Master system or something in place? 覚えるスキル
-Fellows can be either humans, fairies, felines or "grassrunners" (this is how the humans with animal features like Momo have been called in localized BoF games)
-The online component revolves around rebuilding Dragnir Village, which was destroyed by the Schwarz Empire. Each player can rebuild it as s/he sees fits, but there's also a cooperative element to it where you can travel to other players' villages and help them out by intercepting attacking enemies.
Story:
Over a thousand years have passed since the battle of the young boy who held the power of the dragon.
Surviving the desertification of the world, people strongly hope for a new age.
Though they carry a seemingly peaceful life, behind the scenes the Schwarz Empire has been taking over small countries one after another.
The main character living in a small peaceful village is suddenly attacked by the Schwarz Empire, unable to escape...
Schwarz Empire:
Originally a small country located in the northern side of the continent, by using ancient weapons and the Power of the Black Dragon they gained an overwhelming military advantage and conquered many countries in a few years.
Dragnir Village:
One of the remaining villages that follow the "legend/tradition of the dragon" (or something like that)
This is where the main character lives before being destroyed by the Schwarz Empire.
Vice Kingdom:
Dragnir Village's neighbor kingdom, also follows the legend/tradition of the dragon.
At war with the Schwarz Empire.
Early Dawn Forest:
A forest that mysteriously survived the desertification of the world.
The legend says these are the grounds where the dragon resides.
Nina:
A descendant of the people who danced in the heavens.
After the destruction of Windia she set out on a journey.
Peridot:
A girl with gorgeous green hair.
She encountered and helped the wounded main character per chance after coming across Dragnir Village just as it was being attacked.
vagabondarts
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I was a huge breath of fire fan. First we didn't get last ranker in the us, and now this.
¿How does Capcom hurts worse than SquareEnix?
¿How does Capcom hurts worse than SquareEnix?
Rollo Tomasi
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Dark_castle
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You should edit your message or a ban coming your way.
DrROBschiz
Member
Those of us that grew up during the 16bit-32bit days must be the most reviled people
I can't think of any reason why they shit on us so often.
WTF Capcom/SE
I can't think of any reason why they shit on us so often.
WTF Capcom/SE
Like the hat?
Banned
All we need now is Suikoden vi to be a f2p puzzle game and I can officially cry for the rest of my life.
Interfectum
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You've just ruined my morning brah.
Sojiro
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Remember when Breath Of Fire looks like this?
You know I actually just started playing through Dragon Quarter again recently since I never completed it a long time ago, having a ton of fun with it again and hope to actually finish it this time. I didn't have much hope of BoF 6 turning out good, but I was hopeful that I was just being pessimistic, but yeah, thats pretty painful looking already. I think i'll just go back to playing the older versions and pretend a new one was never announced.
Dark_castle
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Just speaking out of experience. The mods aren't happy with users straight up complain about certain game platforms, unless you do it in a subtle manner or sarcastic remarks, or complain indirectly about something else, like towards Capcom rather than smartphones.
The Abominable Snowman
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I really do hope this bombs. I honestly and truly do.
Every so often Capcom does something right, like reviving Fighting games with SF4 and MvC3. They haven't mishandled the Resident Evil or Monster Hunter series' too badly either.
But then they do shit like this.
Every so often Capcom does something right, like reviving Fighting games with SF4 and MvC3. They haven't mishandled the Resident Evil or Monster Hunter series' too badly either.
But then they do shit like this.
My comment still stands, you should stop backseat modding.
DrROBschiz
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Yeah pretty sure I was banned for this reason
And honestly its not like its the fault of the platform.
This is nothing more than the result of some very low denominator work. I almost feel bad for the guys that are forced to work on this
Dr. Buni
Member
It is not like the past games weren't generic anime nonsense. They just had a decent art style (unlike this one) and well, they were actually games (but still generic). Anyway, I wonder why Capcom likes to shit on the head of fans of their franchises so much? First Mega Man, then Resident Evil, now Breath of Fire, not to mention forgotten IPs like Dino Crisis and Onimusha. Seriously, what is next? Street Fighter?
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