Jazzy Network
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Fou-Lu is a badass. Love the style and setting of BoF4. Never tried BoF5. The style turned me off. Heard good things about it, but what I don't know won't hurt me.
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The Breath of Fire series' 20th anniversary
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Lumpy Onion
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While I like the game, I find it's towns and dungeons to be very claustrophobic. I enjoyed exploring the towns in BOF 3 but I always felt like the camera angles in 4 felt a bit off. It might just be me though, but they just didn't feel as enjoyable to explore. The starting areas are also incredibly bland color-wise. Just a bunch of ugly desert areas.
The animation on the other hand. Yikes. Now there is something that still manages to impress. Truly beautiful stuff. Also a stellar soundtrack that sounds quite unique.
Completely understandable. I did the same thing many times. The first part with the desert town and all of that is just really boring. Once you get through the hexed town, I think it picks up and I really adore it.
The hexed town is the furthest I got last time I tried to play it.
Just take it with you.
Member
Yeah, no kidding. In the late game, it's pretty much charge-charge-wtfpwn for the bosses.
BoFIV's soundtrack is great. Next favorite after DQ. However, I do think BoFIII's fusionesque soundtrack is also unique in its own way.
IC_Champion
Member
Capcom Don't Care
vagabondarts
Member
Completely agree
I think 1 holds up decently well. It isn't great, but it is charming and has some unique ideas.
2 has serious pacing issues though. I can understand having trouble getting through that game.
Feel free to just skip to 3 and 4 if you feel so inclined. You can always come back to 1 and 2 later. 3 and 4 are pretty solid RPGs. While 3 has a few issues of its own, I had fun with it when I replayed it earlier this year.
Lumpy Onion
Member
I love that one. I don't think I ever beat the battle it goes with though. Even after several tries.
One of my favorites is the final dungeon theme. So strange and disturbing in tone....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En4M5-Jfx_0
Seven Force
Banned
Just beat the game again recently, and I'd have to agree. Not the best game out there, but it had enough interesting ideas to keep me interested the whole way though. (I really liked some of the dungeon design in the later half of the game, like the one with the teleporting tiles and the one where the tiles spin the screen around) My biggest gripe with the game are how ridiculously powerful the Dragon transformations are, at least relative to the rest of the series.
And I've also recently finished Dragon Quarter after finally giving it another chance after all these years. To be honest, I don't think I've ever played anything quite like it before. Really glad I gave it another chance.
Cosmoscliff
Banned
Breath of Fire is one of my favorite Jrpgs and I still play BOF III on my PSX occasionally.
Being the 20th Anniversary it would be great to see a new announcement for the series.
Being the 20th Anniversary it would be great to see a new announcement for the series.
With Christian Svensson leaving Capcom, I'm worried about what the status is of Capcom USA/SCEA coming to an agreement on re-releasing Breath of Fire III (PSP) in North America on PSN...
Anyhoot, Breath of Fire II is out on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console, and the Miiverse art on there is amazing. I've been constantly sharing it on the Breath of Fire Facebook page.
Here's one I made. Yeah, I'm no artist.
Anyhoot, Breath of Fire II is out on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console, and the Miiverse art on there is amazing. I've been constantly sharing it on the Breath of Fire Facebook page.
Here's one I made. Yeah, I'm no artist.
PlanetSmasher
Banned
Breath of Fire was, along with Secret of Mana and FF6, one of my first RPGs. I love that series.
Stupid Capcom needs to do something with it, and not on goddamn cell phones.
Stupid Capcom needs to do something with it, and not on goddamn cell phones.
Breath of Fire fans need to speak up! Like so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwVxkn4b7qI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0cWQl7yZbo
Seven Force
Banned
The pessimist in me doesn't think the series will be touched for a good long while, if ever again.
It being the 20th Anniversary though, I wish Capcom would re-issue the BoF Special Box soundtrack set, at the very least.
It being the 20th Anniversary though, I wish Capcom would re-issue the BoF Special Box soundtrack set, at the very least.
Heh, you're not alone. Bought a copy on eBay 2 days ago.
I disagree. I'm not going anywhere until I see a proper BoF release.