Breath of Fire

[AlexCraig]

One of the best RPG series I have ever played (1 and 5 were awesome).

Intro to BoF1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBQtePYvKHI

A scene from BoF2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SopRYqf3wg

A scene from BoF3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0wZIxqZVG4

Intro to Bof4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha27Eeuc9PI

Intro and promotional video from BoF5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ZUy3rw9D4

[Kent]

Breath of Fire III was the peak of the series... IV was pretty good, as well, but V was a bit of a let-down.

The battle system was great and all, but the fact that it heavily discourages using the thing the entire series has always been about, was really off-putting.

[Zorafim]

I was a huge fan of the first two, and IV looked good from what I've seen. I suppose I should try to get three and four, assuming I can find them...

[ShadowDragon28]

In my opinion BoF 4 was the best in the series. The awesome Divine Dragon-Spirits, the Dragon Summons, the beautiful and unique art-style, excellent music, a cameo from a classic BoF character, and most of all Fou-Lu was awesome.
I love his dark dragon form and the Dark Wave attack.

I'd really love to see a direct sequel with Fou-Lu as the main character. He had a lot of potential for further growth as a character.
BoF V's art style was so terrible aesthetically to me and repulsed me, so I didn't bother playing it. BoF I, II, and III are all excellent as well.

From what I've heard from many is the general consensus is that Dragon Quater's gameplay was terrible.

[AlexCraig]

1 has always been my favorite. Ever since the SNES days (I have it for both SNES and GBA). I liked the fact that the Dark Dragons did not just attack one city or clan, but every city and every clan, and they had some halfway decent ideas for attacking them.

2... I did not like. The music was annoying and I thought the plot was full of holes.

3, although I only played it once myself, was pretty good in my opinion. I liked the fairy thing. The story wasn't that bad, and the characters were memorable.

4, I do not know that much about. Granted, my brother and I own every BoF game, but we haven't played 4 that much. Looks nice, though. Kind of a BoF3 feel.

5, while the story was short, and you cannot use the dragon power too much, I thought it was cool. Nice new battle style, stocks, SOL system, and the story were awesome, in my opinion.

[AxelgearVII]

I liked every Breath of Fire except 2. But then again, that's the only one I havent seen get finished. My fav's in order.

BOF3-First one I played, the most memorable
BOF4-Saw it played through, enjoyed the gameplay. Missed out on the ending though. I'll probably play through it one day myself.
BOF5- Sucked how you couldnt use the D-Factor until damn near the end of the game. But the good ending redeemed it for me. I was shocked that when I finally went over 100% thinking I would die on the last boss, that it was gonna be game over.
BOF1-Decent for an RPG of its day
BOF2- Didnt care much for the dragon ability takes all of your MP just for one attack.

Release part 6 already.

[DikkyRay]

only had 1 and 2.
2 by far is my favorite. Characters were great, story was awesome, and i loved alot of the music

[Zorafim]

I really like BoF II's Katt. She felt like a stray cat, following you around because she didn't have a home. Not to mention she's one of the only agile characters I've seen that didn't suck (A rarity).
Nina was pretty neat too.

[Orange_Coconut]

I've actually only played Breath of Fire II, I liked the whole thing about building a town a fusing things to create different classes for your characters. Do they have that for each character in the later games? (By the way, the third one looked awesome.)

[AlexCraig]

On 2007-09-24 08:41, Orange_Coconut wrote:
I've actually only played Breath of Fire II, I liked the whole thing about building a town a fusing things to create different classes for your characters. Do they have that for each character in the later games? (By the way, the third one looked awesome.)


Different classes, not really. But you can, in BoF3, create custom dragon forms (as shown in the vid I posted). You can also build fairy towns in 3-5.

1 was more serious minded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breath_of_Fire

Edit: I take that abck about the different classes. In BoF1, Karn can fuse with other characters to make uber forms.



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[zentetsua]

it was quite a few years ago but i remember that i like bof 1,2,& 3 but 3 mostly 4 the diff dragon combos such as kaiser and behemoth. never played 4 an' 5 tho.

[SubstanceD]

Breath of Fire 3 is my favorite game in the series. As Kent said, it was the peak of the series.

Breath of Fire 4 is my second favorite. I was initially dissapointed with it sine I was comparing it to Breath of Fire 3 but it has grown on me somewhat.

Breath Of Fire 5 is a Love It/Hate It game that has split Breath of Fire fans down the middle. Great story, okay combat, repetive dungeons. Then there is controversial fact that using your dragon gene powers kills you. It's like an FPS where your'e not alowed to shoot anyone.

Breath of Fire 2 was an okay game at the time however I never really liked the story. Superior Graphics and gameplay lift it above Breath Of Fire 1 but the 2 games are more or less similar.

I never completed Breath of Fire 1. I lost interest about a third of the way through. Shame really since I hear it has a veryy good story.

[zentetsua]

bof1 does have a good story, i remember me fighting the final boss...but that's it besides fishing for something inna well...

[InfinityXXX]

I'm a big fan of the breath of fire series.

IV by far is my favorite but strangely i loved V too. I know it was a bit different from the other ones but the story was VERY,VERY good (which is hard to find in games nowadays). (I guess thats what kept me goin)

[Cz]

~~~ the only Breath of Fire i have ever beat was BF2. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif
It was the gameboy advance ver. too..lol. ~~~

[AlexCraig]

You should play 1. It was a great game http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

[Cz]

+++|i have played Breath of fire 1, 3, 4 and 5, but i haven't beaten any of those yet..lol. Time is so limited lately to played these old games. I am stuck with PSU and some other games atm. I hope they will remake the breath of fire series into a next-gen game. That would be awesome|+++

[AlexCraig]

Most likely on PS3.

[Cz]

~~~ i like my PS3 more than my 360. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif ~~~
i can play my ps2 game on my ps3!! That alone is good enough....hehe.

[AlexCraig]

I don't have either, so it wouldn't do me any good. But I am glad I have all games so far. SNES and GBA versions of 1 :3

[Cz]

i am paranoid with 360 lately. Some of the games i played on it froze.... >_>; Like Dead or Alive 4, Elder Scroll 4, Samurai Warrior 2, and that is all i think. Why dont you try out PSU? Its a great game...probably better than PSO. Plus the expansion for PSU is almost out.

[AlexCraig]

I tried PSU. I didn't like it. So I stick with PSO... and Zelda... and Breath of Fire... and Final Fantasy... >_>

[Cz]

i am really looking forward to SoulCalibur 4 and Dynasty warrior 6...and maybe Final Fantasy 13. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[AlexCraig]

I guess I am just an old school gamer http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif
Well, I'm off for tonight. Got work tomorrow when I shouldn't. Later Bunny.