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Breath of Fire 6

>>263765043
Why does that tiger-girl wear no pants?

Shit's dead man.

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>only redeeming feature of BoF6 is Gilliam
>no porn of him

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>>263765309
Better than 1 & 3
Nothing can be worse than those abominations

>>263765540
Because she is perfect, aware of that and is mine

>>263765639
We still have 2 and 5 which are the best and up for the discussion

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>>263765043

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>>263765043
>starts with Kat

It's like you want this thread to go nowhere

You should probably try again some other time.

>>263765043
If I were to start playing BoF2 right now, what should I know?

Missables and stuff.

>>263765043
I've been wanting to play BoF2 for a while now but can't decide if I should get the SNES version on Virtual Console or just download the GBA version (which I've heard fixes some pacing issues) and emulate it.

What do you think?

How different are the mechanics for this series compared to others? I've been itching to play older JRPGs lately.

>>263767847
Well the original SNES version the U.S one in particular has altered EXP and how much gold you get which makes you have to grind more to get anywhere.

That and the translation isn't very good to be honest there a retranslation out there which changes some things back to what they were before and adds a few things too(Like a run feature for one)

>>263767847
GBA is babymode since it triples or doubles money, exp, etc. I've never played it, though. It literally kills the whole purpose of fishing and hunting.

If you emulate you must be able to get around pacing issues because of adjustable frame rate limits/turbo mode features (i have no idea if they are the same)

>>263767826
>>263767847
Find a ROM of the SNES version, then find the retranslation patch.
Play it with said patch applied.
That's all you need to know. Oh, that, and the game has three endings.

>>263768667
Traditional turn-based JRPG, but every character has their own in-battle gimmick only they can do (and usually, every character uses a different weapon type) or field gimmick. Building characters varies per game. From just levels in the first game, to fusing with elemental shamans to unlock new skills and altered stat growths in the 2nd, to the Master systems in later games.
Also, fishing. The best fishing.

>>263769163
How do I get the different endings? And again, missables?

>>263768960
>a retranslation out there which changes some things back to what they were before
>to what they were before
Except it DOES NOT. And the very author himself states it. The thing we got with chest mccheston on boxart is the most accurate depiction of original script.

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>>263768960
>>263768991
>>263769163
alright, thanks guys, SNES version it is

is the original translation really that useless, though? is it completely devoid or charm or is it actually tolerable if you just look past the engrish?

>>263769163
>fishing
Fuck yeah. Love that shit.
Anyway, 3 and 4 are what seem availible to me at the moment. Which one do you recommend to grab?

>>263769387
My memory isn't the greatest so yeah I thought it was.

Which should I play, /v/?
Been looking at this series specifically to scratch my rpg /adventure itch.
2, 3, or 4??
And why?

>>263766594
I get not liking 3 but what's wrong with 1?

Obvious answer that it isn't 2 aside.

>>263769754
3.

3 has amazing atmosphere.

>>263769805
What's wrong with 3?

>>263769826
Really? I see some people saying otherwise.

>>263767826

It originally had a pretty good prima guide to go with it, when you get to the point of building and filling the ruined town use google because that city can develop in a few different ways.

Also look for a joining guide as there are a couple of missable women

>>263770015
I have no idea why. It's pretty solid, and you get to see Ryu go from a confused toddler to a DRAGON HERO.

As for 4, I've never managed to get through it. It could be good, but the atmosphere's really dry at the beginning. YMYV

>>263769682
Unless you try, you won't know. Was tolerable for me.

>>263769315
Bad ending involves responding to Wait when asked what should be done about the big bad.
Sad ending involves not turning your town into the next Obelisk (1st game reference), a floating city.
True ending involves you doing the thing you didn't do to get the previous ending.
The only missable I can think of offhand is simply a point of no return in terms of not saving someone (saving said person is part of how you get the town to fly).
There's also an optional secret character from the first game you can recruit, but she's not ever perma-missable.

>>263769682
Yes, it's really that useless. Mainly for the equippable items. I'm looking at you, Salad Bowl, GutsBT, HelpBL, and so on.

>>263769754
They're both fantastic games. I like the 4th one better, but last I checked the general fanbase prefers the 3rd one. The 3rd one is set after the 1st two (centuries later, but still) while the 4th one's timeline placement is uncertain (it could fit at either end, or could be an alt universe instead). You can't go wrong with either game though.

>>263769797
Play 2, then 3, then 4. They're great games, play 'em in order.

>>263770248
>It could be good, but the atmosphere's really dry at the beginning.

Well the beginning *is* in a desert, anon.

>>263770434
>>263770248
Looks like I'll give 3 a try first. Thanks a bunch, anons.

>>263770248
>at the beginning
And then there's shitty pacing after the childhood arc in 3 Which is very arguable itself to the point of whether it can be called a good pacing or a bad. All those random ass subquests.

>>263767826
This is what made me quit my first play thru over 10,000 years ago. There's shamans you find that let you use your guys together, and you can't go back and get this one if you do certain things.

>Solo-Earth Shaman- (still not too accurate on this) the first time
you get to Rand's Town (FarmTown), Rand's mom will eventually tell you
to go to the Namanda Shrine (cave to the west) and pray. Go to the top
of the cave and put A LOT of money in the box, then ring the bell in
the room out and to the left. Eventually (seemingly at random) after
you destroy the Eva Church, she'll appear in the garden in FarmTown*.

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>>263769682
You shouldn't be picking on my Katt, faggot. For now it is just a verbal warning.

>>263769914
3 is ok, it just was a bit of a change from 1 and 2 so I would get if people didn't like the new direction

>>263772282
I wish you make some new stuff.

>>263771532
You just have to donate 20 times (aka donate 2000 coins) instead of just once, when you're told to go there to pray. That's all there is to it. You simply have to do it anytime after you're told to, but before the Evrai main church is destroyed is all.

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This is surely an overgrind and i need to know how much can be pulled away for the fight to still remain winnable within reasonable limits.

>>263774164
Another show off fight would be nice you know.

>Everyone hates Dragon Quarter
>It's one of the best JRPGs ever made

>>263774164
For what purpose?

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>>263774489
>The combat system will never be reused and built up on

>>263774413
>encouraging the raging Kattfaggot
Namefag, you know not what you do.

>>263774510
It's best not to question why our Kattfag likes doing this.

>>263774510
autism

>>263774626
Sorry anon I'm just rather bored.

I just wanted to mess around a bit.

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At the desert of death now in BoF 3.

I just got there. Hope I don't get lost!

I can't believe I've already put 40 hours into the game. I practically sold it at the beginning because i didn't like the pacing of the game (up to the mansion). The game has some rough patches but all in all it's a really comfy and enjoyable experience. Messing around with the dragon genes can be pretty fun in random battles, to see what works and what (often!) doesn't.

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>>263774510
For the great purpose of knowing.

>>263774489
I don't.

>>263775221
Dragon Quarter was a great game. It just was the victim of Capcom's Kiss of Death.

OH NOW EVERYONE LOVES DRAGON QUARTER

I'm calling you all out.
Nina would be disappointed.

>>263775678
Yes it is pretty decent.

Shame about it's reputation though now I see and more people liking it now then before.

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>>263775678
Victim of raging fanbase.

Isn't there a breath of fire 2 mod?

>>263775871
Its because people are actually playing it.
>>263775959
Well yeah that too.

>>263770434
>yes it really was that useless
Maybe it's because I read the Prima guide cover to cover for a few months, before waiting a year to play the game for the first time, but I never really felt that.

Some of those items aren't all that confusing. Sure, a Salad Bowl seems silly, but when you can actually equip a napkin, plate, and fork/knife, it's not too out of place, and after all, it's only early in the game. GutsBT was an accessory, so Guts Belt, and HelpBL wasn't even equippable, that's a Help Ball for recovering HP.

>>263766594
What's it like to live in backwards land? Breath of Fire 2 and 3 are tits.

>>263776012
Fixes translation, has a nice little opening and a run button.

>>263774489
If ever there was a case of "it's a great game, it's just not a great _____ game", Dragon Quarter takes the cake.

It's a fantastic game and I appreciate what it did for JRPGs.

It doesn't feel like a real Breath of Fire game and I hate that it killed off the series until Capcom propped up the corpse.

>>263776012
Mod?

I guessing you mean the retranslation one yeah it exist.

>>263775959
To be fair, at that time where the good creative games still flowed like honey nobody saw a future of Capcom routinely jamming fingers up it's ass while calling everyone around them an asshole. Nobody saw the shitty future video games would take at that time. Fuck yeah Dragon Quarter would be MUCH MORE appreciated now.

>>263776448
Propped up the corpse? More like ripped pieces off that corpse, dumped 98% of the content and decided to call the rest of that messy corpse a Breath of Fire game.

>>263776165
>That first line
Yes, it's exactly that.
Also, your spoiler references a moment where it actually makes sense in context. Hell, you can also have the body rub salt and pepper on themselves as well (which is still in the retrans).
But then you have shit like:
>Would you like me to teach you how to fuse shamans?
>Choose No
>This is how you fuse shamans... blah blah blah
>Choose Yes
>Let's get to fusing! (Tutorial skipped)
That's how you deal with fusing every time you want to do it, unless you remember that the commands are backwards.

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>First playthrough
>That room with all the fucking higher level goos

Fuck that place

>>263777108
for>>263776963

>>263777272
>that fucking picture
It always boggled me that the not physically strong sorceress of the party who can't change into a giant bird could hoist up the rest of the party from a hole.

>>263777057
Yeah I know they fucked the dialog up for the fusion but at least it avoids the fucking owl syndrome from Ocarina of Time, so you can mash without worry to jump right into fusion. Besides, it amused me that they played it off in the guide as Granny being senile.

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>>263767405

this gave me feels

>>263777641
It's especially interesting when you note that the only NInas to have flight abilities that are worth a shit are Ninas 1&4.

>>263775959
I loved DQ even when I screwed up at the beginning of the game big time.
>Barely pay attention because just testing the game
>Dash everywhere raising D-counter to 40-50% before leaving first area.
>Too lazy to restart and tackle the game anyway.
The pressure on every area trying to do them as fast and clean as possible was neat. I am sure not many people are fond of the save by token system but I got a great feeling beating the game by reaching the very last boss with no more than 2% left for the final breath.
I want to replay it properly someday, there were some doors that didn't open because of the D rating but I didn't want to damper the feel of the first playthrough back then.

>>263777108
This is why we have traps. And i have bad news for you in the form of KOKON HORAY

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>>263775959

so much rage from that game, but looking back it was all worth it. has a feel/vibe that nothing since has replicated.

also odinn/the dragons speak russian played backwards or something, found that out awhile back so I may be off a bit

>>263778965
??? ????????? ???????

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Reminder that Bosch was a manipulative psychopathic cunt who only pretended to be a bro

>>263779614
>snatched 6k zenny
Thanks bro

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Nina > Katt

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Theres never any love for Bleu/Deis

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>>263780837
I like her as well so you're not alone on that.

>>263780837
Bleu's in a weird place for me. She's good but I only really think of her in the first game even though I pick her up every time playing 2 and she shows up in 3 and 4.

She's definitely hot enough, no doubt about that, but never really captured my attention the way Nina did in 2.

>>263780837
>Falls in love with you
>Loves you so dearly she falls in love with your future incarnations across each game
>Is the only one who, should you choose to side with the big bad, will not stand in your way, and will simply stand there and allow you to destroy her vessel

Deis is WOAT.

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>>263779336

go wikipedia that shit if you dont believe me

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>>263780947
I don't really get it, she's been in almost as many games as there has been a Ryu or Nina and is even the same character for 3 of them. She's an amazingly useful party member in both games shes playable in. And shes got an amusing personality.

Its a shame she missed the surge of popularity of Lamia girls.

>>263765540
To sate my lust of cute bottomless girls.

>>263781375
??? ?? ???? ?????? ????????, ??? ??????? ?????? ????. ? ??? ??? - ? ???.

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>>263781590
Yeah it really is too bad oh well at the very least some people do like her which is fine enough to me.

>>263769682
Where are her pants?

>>263781859
Katt is doing this for me and only for me.

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>>263782367
Like hell she is.

Should I go play BoF 3? How grindy is it? I have a backlog as it is.

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>>263781198
It is what called a flirt. No actual love is sensed. Nor from Nina 2, even though she doesn't fall in the same category as Bleu.

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>>263782516
Yup, buddy. For me. You are just a side spectator who happened to have the same sorta fetish.

>>263782937
A flirt wouldn't do the third thing that was greentexted.
Nor would she have dreams about you, and nor would her nephew comment on it.
She was in love, yo.

>>263765043
How did they get away with making a pantsless character?

>>263781590
>and is even the same character for 3 of them.
Deis is the same character in all of her appearances.

>>263765043
Why is she wearing a bra but no pants?

>>263782878
Not very.

>>263783410
The problem is the tie between the lot of them is very tenuous at best. Except for 1 and 2, you could interchange which took after and before and it wouldn't affect anything. 4 could be an alternate universe, or not. Who knows? 5... I have no idea.

>>263783402
By not being a bunch of chumps?

>>263783402
Fur. Admittedly, it doesn't look like a thick coat or anything, but that's how.
>>263783605
No fur on the chest.

>>263782937
>Nina 2
>No actual love is sensed
I'll fight you.
>>263783402
2 came out in Japan in late 1994 and the rest of the world by 1996, before the furry menace was as widespread.

>>263783736
1, 2, and 3 go in order. Only 4's placement is uncertain. It could go at the start, at the end, or be an alternate universe. 5 is a confirmed spin-off that's non-canon to the other four.

>>263783402
Because they didn't care what others would think.

Why is it that every time I come here you are also here shitposting your faggy waifu, Kattfag?

>>263784047
at the very least he keeps the threads from dying, so that's always something

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The best part of BoF3 was the music!

http://youtu.be/-n4uX6FLJwk

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>>263783402
Hair is is covering everything, makes sense to me in that wearing clothes over an already covered area would get warm as fuck or uncomfortable, akin to wearing a hat all the time. Fauns and shit in mythological stories dont wear pants either and get away with it oddly.

>>263784786
Yeah but fucking little boys and public orgies was a-okay back then.

>>263784573
It is my thread from the beggining.

>>263784883
Whats your point

>>263785064
Having nude characters in video games is not okay. We should boycott whatever company made that game.

>A Breath of Fire thread with minimal shitposting
>I'm still on /v/

I fucking you love you guys sometimes, you know that?

>>263766962
Best game in the series by far. Complete masterpiece.

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>>263783969
>5 is a confirmed spin-off that's non-canon
Link now

>>263783320
You forgot about Katt ready to give her everything in order to defeat the big bad. As well as that she seems like the only one who is passionately against ryu's fate as a guard to the very end.

>>263785208
This is what happens when you get a small series that isn't ironically liked by hipsters, just a bunch of folks who genuinely cared for the series and keep on hoping even in the face of Capcom doing all that they can to shit on us.

>checked "BoF6" website
>they've got a trailer
>and it looks like they're finally putting what looks to be a Ryu in
gg Capcom
>delayed until at least Spring 2015
YES. Now only if they'd kill the damn thing.

>>263784760
The best part of BoF3 is everything. The music simply features prominently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61KBFeF-apw

>>263785741
>YES. Now only if they'd kill the damn thing.
It's Capcom they won't realize they probably fucked up till after well beyond the fact.

>>263785741
Yeah BOF is pretty much a text book classic. Hands down my favorite series.

>>263774617
Well, have you played Vagrant Story yet, anon?

what game would be the best one to start to get into BoF?

>>263786247
Ideally, you should play them in order.

You may be better served by skipping 1, reading/watching the info about it, and jumping into 2. Playing 1 isn't needed, but you get a few references here and there.

>>263775678
>>263774617
>>263774489
It should never have been a bof series.

>>263785730
I don't contest that Katt had feelings either though. Katt's awesome (Devil!Katt is a miracle of the universe). I am merely saying that Deis loved him across incarnations (and depending on where 4 actually is, dimensions) and loved him a lot.

>>263786247
2 maybe 1 if you're willing to deal with it.

>>263786497
>love
no.

>>263786247
The second one (SNES version, with the patch) is usually what is the recommended starting point.
I'd rec the first one (either version, but the GBA one has a dash feature) but it tends to feel dated to people.

>>263784573
I've already contributed to these threads more than you ever will, so shut your whore mouth. You, who only spout the same fucking phrase over and over again. Muh BoF is dead. Muh DQ is not BoF game. Learn, that i am posting stuff not always with a Katt avatar attached, you piece of shit nigger.

>>263786891
is it like Megaman BN case? just playing the first to get the feel of the gameplay but start at 2?

>>263787012
That's a decently put analogy, yeah. Except BoF1's plot is interesting for what appeared to be a typical JRPG. MMBN games you really only play for gameplay (and occasional dialogue bits) purposes.

>>263786902
Ahh, there's the shitposting. Good work.

You also type like english is your second language. You're not one of those french-canadian furries i hear so much about, are you?

>>263786497
Nina and Ryu were officially tied in 1, based on the occurrences in 2.(that wyndians were unable to fly at will anymore because nina racemixed)

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>>263785945
True dat. What made them go with a jazzy ensemble?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZrZEkNM1AM

>>263787321
That doesn't contest what I said. Unreciprocated love is still love, anon.

>>263787467
Pure taste, i imagine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qmFSTXAtKI

>You will never splat that moth without help from a little cowardly mole
>You will never defeat Tiga
>You will never beat Balio & Sunder the first time around
>You will never slap the shit out of Barubary quite as well as he did to you when you were a child
>You will never give Yuna his comeuppance
>You will never beat Garr the first time around and win his manly respect
...
>You will never get to permanently change your name to Baba

It hurts, /v/.

>>263787467
>>263787684

Both of the composer ladies were into jazz and they didn't see it used that much in games, so they went with it. The result is one of the only few soundtracks I feel nostalgic towards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfm8AHLXJWE

>>263787684
I always liked the end theme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oki2KW-60z8

>>263788054
>The result is one of the only few soundtracks I feel nostalgic towards.
I hear that. You can play any of its tracks and I get feels.

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Something you guys might want to check out.

http://lparchive.org/Breath-of-Fire-IV/Update%2029/

>>263788054
Hey makes sense to me I hardly see enough games let alone JRPGS that go for Jazz music.

Some people may not like it oh well I did and liked what they were trying to go for.

What would Nina say if she was pooping out in the wilderness?

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>>263788205
The intro theme brings me so far back I can barely listen to it. When I was little I played through the game with a girl across the street. We had big falling-out and I haven't seen her in over a decade. Not since her father's funeral.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp6mvuxxY0I

>>263787228
You seem like coming to these threads with the sole purpose to post about how you are buttmad over me and furries. These are not video games. Unlike Katt. Annihilated.

>>263788456
It has that kind of swelling magic.
The second overworld theme always makes me misty eyed I hate to admit. That flute man,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O7OY3M0Ftc

>>263788018
Both names are weird.

>>263788628
I think this is one of the most emotional themes I've ever heard in any game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMa-mKaHonc

>>263787228
Projecting so hard you could give PowerPoints through your urethra.

>>263788018
>Even if the strategy guide tells you it's possible to beat Balio and Sunder

Do people actually not like 3?

I always thought it was generally considered the best one around here.

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>>263788940
Shitposting isn't video games, either. So don't get your anus in a knot when somebody doesn't like your ultrasperg waifu TAS webms.

Also, samefag.

>>263788818
Yeah that's a good one. 3's music hits me so hard in the nostalgia though.
Final battle theme is delicious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH22URxWlRc
>>263789106
I honestly think its just a small kneejerk hate because its spoken of fondly. Though the best is usually tossed between 3 and 4 I think.

>>263789106
I'm torn between 3 and 4.

I like the genes in 3, but I like the Ryu/Fou-lu duality in 4.

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>>263788054
Damn, that was so good! I could jam to that all morning long!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2wssN8-G1Y

>>263789106
I still do hear that most times though sometimes you do get those who simply don't care much for it.

Then again some people might also just plain like 4 more then it.

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>>263789208
>samefag

I'm the one talking about music and nostalgia. I'm just tired of your bitching, like everyone else here. Yeah, shitposting contributes nothing. Neither does complaining about it.

I really want to watch a blind playthrough of 3 or 4.

>>263789030
Does it really? That's some shit.

>>263789470
>A blind run of the desert of death.
Oh lord I don't think I could take that.
I always take the shortcut now because fuck that place.

>>263789474
It does. Apparently they meant the second fight at the top of the mountains, but they said it about the first one.

All that leveling, man.

>I TRIED SO HARD
>AND GOT SO FAR

>>263789587
Well, the game tells you how to get through it. I figure if someone can get that far in the game they have a pretty good feel of the mechanics.

What if Game Grumps start it tomorrow?

>>263789470
>Doing the desert in III or the plains in IV
>Completely blind

Oh boy.

>>263789106
In many conversations online that I've had people seem to LOVE 3.
I didn't get to play it when it was released but when I finally did I got the impression that the characters were a bit dull, not as colorful as in 1/2 or not as interesting as in 4. The story was lacking. And worst of all the world was just tiny and for that very reason it was a pain to navigate.

>>263789707
The game gives you two different directions. One is wrong and I can never remember which one it is. If you don't know that ahead of time it's horrible.

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>>263789587
>mfw last memory never advance past the desert

>>263789820
The fake north star. Don't listen to its lies.

>>263789882
You were about to unlock the secret of your people, anon. Emulate it and find a save file.

>>263767826
When hopping around the overworld as a giant frog, make sure you go for swims in lakes & swim off waterfalls.

No telling what's behind them.

>>263789587
>>263789707
>>263789720
>>263789820

>Nintendo releases a game that has a chapter similar to the desert/plains
>all those Miiverse posts.

>>263789882
You may as well get it over with and finish it.

>tfw you reach the second continent with Ryu's party
>tfw this start playing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlbYkWDrtbc

>>263789383
Yeah, and i posted a few music links, too; i'm telling this shithead to cool his sphincter and just roll with it, not get caught up with petty insults. I'M TRYING TO MAKE HIM A BETTER MAN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQy8ktTe5ZE

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Worst character in the series?

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>>263789298
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKwCfE-mm2k

the fuck is this Streets of Rage shit!?

>>263789890
My memory is a little rusty but the dude tells you to turn east or west after so many nights. His written instructions tell you to go in the opposite direction.
Eventually I stumbled onto the short cut and told him to go fuck himself.

>>263790197
That's not Jean.

>>263790197
Nah, he's not even the worst character in his game (That's Mogu.).

>>263789251
>a small kneejerk hate
>because its spoken of fondly
The hate is completely justified because of fans of 3 who acts like their childhood obsession is god's gift to humanitity.

/jrpgg/ and /vr/ are all witnesses of this.

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>>263790307
But Jean can do this

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>>263790219
The music was always great

Boss buildup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t-T_lU-SDU

Final Boss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD6SPHgc8Is

REAL Final Boss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0JjG9Ve_Nk


I prefer Raging Emperor's Banquet

>>263790307
>Not Sten

>>263790495
As a party member. He's still a lazy asshole frog.

>>263790197
At least he's not an onion or whatever. Hated that little plant shit. Also Bow sucks.

>>263790607
>I prefer Raging Emperor's Banquet
Yeah its probably the best song in the game. It manages to capture just how alien Fou-Lu really is to the world.

>>263790180
Watch yourself, you insufferable cunt. I can teach you a thing or two if not for a complete fucking void the resourses are being put into. You are mad someone who is better took his time and managed to find more of BoF2 secrets? Fuck off die.

>>263790468
But...it is. It's the best, with four as a close second.

DQ was too much of a change of running themes to be a proper BoF game, and the second had a dragon system that i can never forgive, doubly since Bow and Rand get taken away as your potential healers for a time.

Unless you're telling me that the first game was the best, in which case, i'd accept as a reasonable difference of opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ7DwbXX2pE

>>263790843
Bow only sucked because it took 3/4 of the game to get him back and he comes back 30 levels lower than the rest of the party. If you actually catch him back up he's pretty decent. But fuck that most of the time.

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>tfw there will never be a Breath of Fire anime

Well, at least we got the manga. Seven years after the game's release, even. I'm surprised Capcom gave the go ahead. They could make so much money but are too retarded to see what their fans want apart from MORE STREETFIGHTER.

>>263791073
>MORE STREETFIGHTER.
You forgot Monster hunter too.

>>263790989
2 and 5 had something other than falsely marketed dragon lego to get by.

>>263791073
>MyLegsAintBrokeYetNigga.jpg

>>263790989
>responding to kneejerk bait
Anon Please.

>>263791073

What is with the ending of BoF 4? It looked like they were making room for a direct sequel. Does the manga close that plot thread?

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>>263790843
Pecoros is awesome. He is an elder tree lesser god who punches everyone's shit in and don't give a fuck.

>>263791240
BoF3 fanboy please.

>>263791073
>bof anime

The closest we will ever get.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=salgsT79Svw

enjoy your mobile game

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>>263789969
This thread makes me want to replay it again! What emulator should I use. Do I need custom textures and shit? will my shitty ideal pad run it without crashing into a wall?

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>>263791073

>>263791323
I prefer 4 but nice try.

>>263787684
>Life's a beach

heh

>>263788082
I like you.

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What do these runes say?

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>>263791267
You haven't read it yet? It gives a much better conclusion, I think. It takes it in a much different direction than the game's ending.

>>263791408
Maybe when he's done with Phantom Pain.

Then we'll have Ryu voiced by Kiefer Sutherland.

>>263791523
Oh they finished translating it? Last I checked it stopped at Fou-Lu decapitating the false emperor.

>>263791073
>anime
You are cancer killing video games.

>>263765043
I'd be able to enjoy this series if it weren't for the fur fag character designs

>>263771532
>>263773153

There's a second way to get her.

Basically, if you ring the bells in unison, that's another way when you don't want to donate 20 times. Hard as hell to do though...

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>>263767469

Based Katt.

>>263791645
If you don't think an actual BOF game with an anime tie-in is the tightest shit, then you are a subhuman nigger

>>263791665
It was made in a day before you where born when anthropomorphic animal characters where common and didn't automatically mean fetish.

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>>263791239
>MyLegsAintBrokeYetNigga.jpg

>>263791517
It's Gurren Lagann's "Who the hell do you think we are!?"

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>>263790197

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>>263791665
>not liking Momo.

>>263791645
It worked for Wakfu. You sayin' you don't want that hotsprings scene from Breath of Fire IV animated? You gay son?

>>263791669
That's wrong though. Ringing the bells properly is how you get the Boombada spell. It has nothing to do with the Earth shaman.

>>263791827
What would be the equivalent to that fucking duck (you know the one) though?
A fairy making the same face?

>>263791798
the internet has ruined it for me

>>263791517

??
???
??????!!!!
???

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>>263791827
Let's be honest.... did it really work for Wakfu?

>>263791998
Ershin

>>263789598
>the second fight at the top of the mountains

Bullshit. You have to be some fucking super saiyan by that point. Those niggers one shotted me every time.

>>263792049
You would think that cartoons wouldn't have butterfaces, and yet here we are.

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>>263791352
Any emulator you find will work. No custom textures or other nonsense. As for your computer, I wouldn't know.

I don't have to emulate

>>263792197
I wish I still had my cases. Sadly destructive cousins robbed me of that.

>>263792053
>Everytime Ershin floats by just to perfectly censor something you can faintly hear Deis' teasingly laughing at your frustration

Fund it.

>>263792286
it happens

My memory cards aren't working. I'll have to pick some up at the game store eventually.

>>263792320
But who would censor Deis?

if it was a BOFIII anime

>>263792197
Remember when people had to buy strategy guides?

>>263792381
Yeah thankfully the discs still work. Crap my copy of 3 is 17 years old.
>>263792460
Garr's massive sweat drops as she's beating the shit out of him, followed by his collapsed body.

>>263792030
You have ruined it for yourself, cunt.

>>263792460
Just do the standard hair strands covering nips/vag thing. Her hair is long as fuck.

>>263792558
Kinda wish faqfags would put a ton of effort into making their shit more presentable.

>>263792197
Good for you nigger. I sold mine because I was a stupid ass teenager with no foresight for nostalgia.

I'll makes sure to teach my children better.

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Katt is a slut

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>>263791629
The manga's ending is so much better. Much more closure, while still leaving a bit open. Screencap is a very vague spoiler, to entice you.

>>263793284
Everyone knew that already.

>>263790137
This is currently my ringtone. It was so fucking AMAZING because it meant that HOLY SHIT FOU-LU IS HERE I HAVE MADE PROGRESS FUCK A DINOSAUR HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO MUCH HARDER WITH MY PARTY.

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>>263783410
>>263783736
>>263783969
>>263785730
I thought all of the games were in order.

Bof1 has your standard stuff in a generic world.

Bof2 is mostly the same but has some people with some advanced technology aka that flying fortress or whatever.

Bof3 the world is split because of the growing desert. At the heart of the desert are the mostly ruins of an advanced civilization, probably the same ones from Bof2. But because of their abuse of the technology, natural resources were used up and that made the desert go out of control.

Bof4 the world is mostly sandy deserts and huge mud swamps, probably from the desert that continued to grow in Bof3 and filled up the oceans.

Bof5 people are living underground, probably due to the sand covering up everything on the surface.

R-right?

>>263793461
Bof 1 2 and 3 all take place in the same world.

4 is debatable and I don't really know about 5 I'm one of those who consider it an entirety different universe altogether.

>>263793461
Could be, but we don't know for sure. Only the first 3 games is there referencing to prior games. 4 has no prior game references, and might even be an alternate universe (as it's not clear whether the Endless got pulled from or to the BoF universe and depending on the answer could change whether it's actually first, or fourth). BoF5 is a spin-off, according to the art books, so fuck if I know it's connection. It could fit at the end though, sure.

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>>263765540
I'ts a Capcom catgirl thing.

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>>263792802
Shitty cases is nothing. What is something, it is what ORIGINALLY in your brain. The impressions of the game. Jacking off to physical mediums won't do good and sooner or later your brain will remember completely different thing.

You are also cancer killing video games.

Time to shut down my thread.

>>263793284
>>263793375
You better be rusted shut.

>>263794118
Fuck off you bandwagoning nigger faggot.

>>263794162
I was merely joking Kattfag.

>>263793461
>I thought all of the games were in order.

Pretty sure there's a book floating around that lays that to rest. Only in Japan, though.

Chronologically
BOF 1
BOF 2 - It's a direct sequel
BOF 3 - Shows the previous protagonists fighting Myria

That leaves BOF 4 and DQ

>Bof5 people are living underground, probably due to the sand covering up everything on the surface.

There's no sand. It was a paradise. Some people think it comes first in the timeline - if at all - because it explains where the advanced machines came from.

and Yuna *supposedly* created Myria

So maybe
DQ
BOF IV
BOF I
BOF II
BOF III

Again, it's all speculation.

>>263792197
I also have the physical copy except it is the shitty PC version and crashes all the time.

It had a 50% chance of crashing whenever Ershin counter attacked

>>263794440
Everyone knows japs can't into PC development

>>263794282
What? I was just making a humorous comparison between two catgirl characters from the same company who both happen to not wear pants. That's all.

>>263794315
>and Yuna *supposedly* created Myria
I always hated that theory, as literally the only thing supporting it was that he got away.

The known timeline is:
The Dragon War (Still hasn't gotten a game.)
BoFI
BoFII
BoFIII

BoFIV can fit at either end, or is an AU.
Who the fuck knows with DQ.

I played bof2 year ago and bof3 week ago for first time. Great games.

2 > 3 >1

>>263794665
>he got away.

Elina could be an early experiment in what created Myria. Even if it wasn't Yuna, if BOF IV takes place early in the timeline then it was likely his research that created her.

>>263794920
You're forgetting that Myria and Deis are related.

>>263794665
>The Dragon War (Still hasn't gotten a game.)
I still want it would be neat to see.

>BoF thread almost ruined halfway through

I'm watching you fucks.

>>263765043
THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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>>263794162
>the only decent r34 of Momo is her getting raped by horsemen

life is suffering

>>263767405
Goddamn dem Ninas. I would go to jail for that shit. I don't give a fuck.

>>263794665
I remember reading that BoF4 was the first

>>263795396
>vintage artstyle
Awesome. got a link?

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This is old and overgrind. After i modified Katt stats (to handicap myself even more; naturally Katt can't reach this point being 10 within the reasonable limits) and found herself cappable of beating this thing at 10 with wildcat hp bonus. Because of based counterattack and "Good" or "Super".

>>263795219
>No Dragon War game
>No Castlevania 1999
>No War of the Magi, Dawn Warriors, or Dark Warriors

Why is vastly untapped game potential always so painful to think about?

>>263795315
Don't like - fuck off and die.

>>263795690
Because it hurts always thinking about how exactly those events went down(Well besides them winning of course)

>>263795672
http://g.e-hentai.org/g/166356/7228c819b5/

>>263795690
>No Valkyrie Profile ragnarok tactics
instead we got that plume shit. 168

>>263796018
Thanks mate.

>>263795396
>there's r34 of Momo getting double stuffed by the Rape Horse brothers
>there's no r34 of NinaIV getting raped by the shady frog mobster

life is suff
ering

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>>263795471
Do they regulate liking shitty characters?

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>>263780837
First video game waifu for sure, which is weird as I don't got a thing for that tail she got goin' on.

But best waifu is clearly Momo.

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>>263796501
Heh

but why

http://bof.wikia.com/wiki/Hero

>>263767405
Jesus. Is that fairy who's being stepped on okay? Looks fatal.

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>>263796852
#Shotsfired

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Can we just talk about Dragon Quarter for a minute? I don't think this game gets nearly enough credit.

> God tier art design ambience/world and character designs
One of Capcom's best, hands down. Really cool Japanese interpretation of steampunk that really gave you a sense of the world as well as what you were fighting for - a chance to live above ground. This version of Nina is also best girl.

> Experimental combat system
Underrated. It was such a huge leap ahead from the traditional turn based JRPG stylings of past iterations. Interesting mechanics that emphasized positioning, strategy, and timing. Remember doing shit like setting up Nina's stun circles at choke points to avert enemies from coming at you? Or when they introduced concepts like absolute defense which added challenging wrinkles to already difficult encounters? This game was rich with all kinds of cool combat interactions, not to mention all the stuff you can do outside of combat to prep for or avoid fights.

> SOL restore/restart system
Probably the thing that you'll see the most divisive opinions of, which I think comes from a misunderstanding of it. In my opinion, it's not as severe as people think. You can "save" comfortably throughout the game and restarting is by no means mandatory, but it does give you some incentive to do so by revealing extra story points as well as a pseudo new game + to make things easier the next time around. I think that it gives you a good reason to play the game more than once, and I also view it as an open challenge from the developers for players that methodically game the shit out of RPGs - you can't save scum your way to victory, all your actions have to be deliberate, which I respect.

Cont.

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>>263796979
> Dragon meter Now this shit, this is amazing. A persistent indicator that simultaneously acts as a god mode button as well as an indicator of your impending death. This is one of my favorite examples of gameplay meeting narrative in a perfectly executed way. My personal experience: I was at the last fight and my dragon meter was at around 90%. I was pretty much about to die, so I went "fuck it" and went dragon mode. I did the breath weapon which takes the most % from your meter and I just blew everything. Absolutely everything. My meter was well past 100% and I thought I was fucked. But even though I technically died in that last hurrah, it was enough to beat him and I proceeded to victory. Fucking great.

TL;DR, I think Dragon Quarter suffered from misplaced expectations. Breath of Fire in popular opinion endured as a pretty conventional style JRPG, and while I think DQ did a lot of things right, it did so in an extremely different and polarizing way. Today it lives on as an outlier in the series, either loved or hated by those that know it, never in between. Personally, if it weren't a BoF game, I would bet it could have had a good chance of becoming an instant classic.

>>263796979
>>263797110
>I think Dragon Quarter suffered from misplaced expectations.

No, DQ suffered from being sold under the wrong banner. Audiences SHOULD expect Breath of Fire game, not an admittedly creatively executed survival RPG game.

>>263796892
The article is wrong. Ryu was always TheHero aka [Insert Name]. Did BoF2 remember that dragoneer as Ryu? Nope. Just as a "brave dragon knight".

>>263796852
Check which buttons are being highlighed and for whom, you mongoloid.

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>>263796829
>boss
>get killed
>guts it up
>party wiped
>she gets up again
>killed again
>gets up again
the best

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All right, how much of a casual are you?
Did you ever complete KOKON HORAY?

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>>263796912
Forgot to end my combo.

>>263797110
You are actually forced to blow the D-Counter at that point. It's what you're supposed to do to win that fight. Which makes the scenes afterwards all the more poignant since you as a player feel the same feeling.

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>>263797282
You're right, I'll amend what I said - it isn't a Breath of Fire game, which is a fair reaction for the people that dislike it. Is it Capcom's faux pas that they breached those expectations with something so radically off base? Possibly, but I also don't think it's wrong to attempt innovation where there's opportunity. It just might be that DQ tried to do too much.

>>263798027
To their credit they called it Dragon Quarter and not BoF 5.

Still, they should have made the distinctions clearer. Cpacom does pretty well with that on the Mega Man front.

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>>263798021
Ah is that right? I thought I fucked up too much to be able to beat it normally so I just went for it. Good to know, still a really good setup.

>>263797282
>>263797110
no, what killed BoF5 was Squaresoft. when it got released, they had full egemony on the rpg market, and most people wouldn't play anything else, especially something that required learning difficult mechanics. plus it got a pretty fucked up save bug in the pal vesion, ruining the sales in all europe
I deeply respect the developer for trying something so experimental and giving me the most fappable Nina ever, but the timing was terrible.

>>263796979
>>263797110
>>263797282
>>263798027
Dragon Quarter was basically the Vagrant Story of the BoF series. Its only problem was that it kept the name of the series it was related to. Could you imagine how much different the reaction to VS would have been if it was Final Fantasy: Vagrant Story?

>>263798167
It's called BoFV everywhere but in NA.
>themoreyouknow.jpg

>>263798259
Yeah, it's the only fight in the game where blowing the D-Counter doesn't result in a Game Over. They did that specifically for the sheer brilliance of the pacing and setup to that point. And to be honest, it turned out excellent.

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Requesting pics of best bara boy

>>263798340
Couldn't the same have been said about the SNES era though? Although I guess by that point there was a single SquareEnix rather than Square and Enix domination.

>>263798351
>It's called BoFV everywhere but in NA.

Wow, I didn't know that. A rare credit to Capcom USA then.

>>263790843
>hating pecoros
wtf is rong wit u

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>>263798340
>pretty fucked up save bug in the pal vesion, ruining the sales in all europe
Yeah I heard about shit sucks.

>and giving me the most fappable Nina ever,
Not everyday I see someone liking DQ's Nina.

>>263798406
I've been on 4chan for right around 7 years and this is probably one of the coolest things I've ever seen on this website.

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>>263798502
> mdw it went past 100%

>>263798340
>no, what killed BoF5 was Squaresoft.
>Squaresoft
Square. Squaresoft was just a brand name.
And I'd say you're mostly right, but argue it's a combination of what you said with it being under the BoF banner.

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>>263798406
Wait, I got this

>>263790843
>implying he isn't the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk6BLIZPNUQ

>>263798648
>SNES era
I think the main difference is that in the age of ps1, audience were quadrupled and target age doubled, changing the magnitude of what domination could mean
>>263798687
I think I've never seen the same perfect combination of moe and lewdness anywhere
I remember I got all flustered just by looking at one picture of her in a magazine preview
>>263798823
yeah not being an othodox jrpg had it weight
like trying to sell your pears when people just wants oranges. in the orange market.

>>263799608
>not being an othodox jrpg had it weight
Except when it is FF.

>>263796979
I have to disagree with your points. Personally I thought the art design was really really bad. Especially character design and predominately Nina's design.

The battle system, while good kinda feels fairly similar to a lot of turn based SRPGs. Heck even WRPGs do it. That said it is a pretty neat system and I do wish more games used it.

As for the Sol/restart system, I think you're misunderstanding why people say its mandatory. Its mandatory because if you want the full story you need to use it. Which is obnoxious in an RPG.

>>263799979
>pretty similar
Posters here didn't put that minimum amount of time into the game required to make the any worthwhile decision.

>>263799979
>I thought the art design was really really bad
not bad, but its clear that the series artist (what was the name) episode after episode kept exaggerating the style. I personally like it a lot, but its easy to see why the aforementioned FF babbys that orgasmed for bland animu styles or the people that were still not used to take animus seriously ditched it. if anything, the location were kinda plain. that could have used some more detail
>predominately Nina's design
I'm tendentially a reasonable person but if I hear you say this irl I'll tear out your fucking eyes and eat them
>Sol/restart system obnoxious
well, I can't say I completely disagree. it felt more experimental that obnoxious to me though.

>>263801362
Did you play KOKON HORAY?

>>263801657
No, it was too scary and I ran way

>>263798406
>find katt!.png

Top right corner.

>>263802240
How many diopters you lost to find her?

>>263802231
It is because you don't want to discuss you game. You are just asking for butthurt fuel and that's all.

>>263799979
> Not liking based Tatsuya Yoshikawa's art
I'll rek ur shit m8. But seriously, to each his own.

With regards to combat, I don't claim it's unique by any means, but I do place it above the turn based battles of past BoF games which is what I argue in my post.

Fair point on the SOL system, the one thing I'd say is that it's also only mandatory if you care that much about the story. I'm not saying it's flawless but there are more things I like than dislike about it.