What does /v/ think of the breath of fire series?

>>383867552
Played 3 and 4 like a few years ago. 4 is one of my favorite RPGs and 3 felt great. Series never really got the respect it deserves.

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First game was BoF3. loved it. Enjoyed 4 as well.

>>383867552
Dragon Quarter was kino.

>>383867552
4 had the most beautiful spritework, 3 had a fun story, 2 had the most diverse cast

3 might've been one of the best RPGs ever if not for the abrupt shitty ending segment.
>lmao desert
>'twist' fight
>kill god(female)
>the end

still the best overworld music and one of my favorite games regardless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O7OY3M0Ftc

>>383868410
I always preferred the characters and story of 4 to 3. Fou Lu is probably one of the most interesting villains from that era, and the party interactions are fairly solid.

>>383868304
Is DQ worth playing? I've heard so many mixed things about it.

>>383868651
>Is DQ worth playing? I've heard so many mixed things about it.

The only people who hate it are people who suck at video games.

>>383868651
I hated it. Absolutely hated it. It's a wanna-be roguelike.

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>>383868720
th-thanks guys...

I guess I already have a lengthy enough JRPG backlog anyways.

>>383868623
I just wish they didn't make Ryu the dedicated healer in that game. I hate using healing items mid dungeon.

>>383867552
I love 3 and 4. I haven't played 1 and 2.

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>>383868623
Agreed. I like III a lot but it feels like the game didn't utilize everything it could have. I think it would have been really cool to show more of the conflict of if Myria is right or wrong. It's a interesting premise but not really fully utilized, Teepo kind of started that but it wasn't enough.
>>383868651
As I said, I like BoFIII, but BoFIV is something on a whole other level. I played III first and quite liked it but IV had me from beginning to end like few games. That game is fucking phenomenal, I think it's the best entry by far personally. Still I haven't played DQ yet so there's that.

>>383868870
Well, I mean, I fucking hated it but it's part of the series and some people like it. It's a departure for the series and has the worst Nina and Ryu, but give it a go.

You'll know if it's for you within an hour or two.

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Momo is best girl
Nina a shit
This cannot be denied

>>383868870
The game isn't long, if you use a walkthrough and beat the game on your first run it should take about only 10 hours. The length comes in typically having to do repeated playthroughs.

>>383868975
I like 3 more than 4 but I'd be hard pressed to disagree. 4 is just fleshed out better.

>>383868991
>the character that almost turned me into a furry before I knew what a furry even was
Nina pantsu, naked snek lady, hot ass Momo, man, that game was a goldmine for a kid hitting puberty.

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>>383869079
I feel like III's pacing really is it's biggest flaw. The game feels like it moves too slowly and it kind of kills incentive on later playthroughs.

>>383869325
I think the grudge weapons were pretty cool. Fairly dark ass shit.

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2 is the best bof game with the best bof girl

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Fuck you guys, I never beat 2 because of the shittiest ass localization ever. Guess I'll grab the patch and get 'er done. My backlog hates every single one of you.

>>383869429
You mean the hexes in IV? Yeah, they were pretty brutal.

Spoliers here bu this scene really sticks out I feel.Starts at 1:15.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ers38MnGNOI

>>383867552
The guy who handled the artwork since 3 has definitely gotten better over the years, but Inafune's character and monster designs in 1 and 2 were still a lot better.

>>383867552
I regret not buying the artbook.

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>>383869701
Yoshitaka also did the art for II I believe. Originally III had the same artstyle as II but it changed over development. If you look in game some characters barely resemble their official art, this is cause their sprites were made with the original art in mind.

Here's the original art of the child version of Ryu, Teepo, and Nina. They resemble the in game sprites much more then the final art.

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hey guys

Yuuna

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>>383870175
The fact he lives is fucking brilliant and it gives the story so much more meaning then if he just died.

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>>383870314

I love it

>>383868975
IV is one of the few RPGs that hooked me hard. I started Chrono Cross and the same time and found it alright, but then I started getting into BoF4 and I completely forgot about CC. Something about the game just pulled me in and I marathoned it for hours a day until I beat it within a week. I think it took me like 45 hours to beat, and I also worked like 30 hours overnight the same week, butr I still couldn't quit the game.

I also feel like the combat system in BoF4 is way better than 3's, the only thing 3 does better is its dragon summoning system. I fucking love how you can just block and you have a chance to learn an enemies move for that entire turn, it makes blocking so much more viable and made grinding for moves less tedious due to being able to learn them from entire enemy groups at the same time. I also love the magic combo system and the row system. Both are great and tie into each other fairly well, though I never really got a good grasp of how to combo support spells.

>>383870071
Got any more? Those do look shockingly spot on, that and I've always felt that in game Garr looks pretty different than his art work.

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>>383870745
Those are sadly the only colored pictures known to exist, more does exist but they are only black and white. Sadly it is also of enemies only it seems. Still cool, there's a beta myria picture that has nipples.

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>>383870745
Yeah, Breath of Fire IV has maybe my favorite turn based combat in any game. I loved having everyone in combat as it encourages you to experiment with the combo system since everyone can be used whenever and the back row even regain mp every turn. The only problem is the game is pretty easy but still, great combat system and game.

>>383870175
Did he really do anything wrong?

Also wouldn't Ursula being alive fuck him over? I can't remember if her dad survived but she was a fairly high ranking member of the empire and she first hand had to witness his bullshit. Seems like she could easily lock him up.

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>>383871120

I think it might have some of my favorite TBS gameplay period.

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>>383871187
>did he really do anything wrong
Killed countless, responsible for the fall of the fou empire, and turned one of the kindest people into a unholy abomination.

In the manga Ursula says she plans to hunt him down. In the game you see him as he explains how he plans to continue his research and he isn't finished.

Love 3. It's perfectly structured to have the feeling of being on a real adventure. No other game does it as well, except maybe Grandia. Starting out as a punk kid living in the countryside, traveling around trying to find your lost friends, and then ending up as an adult, on a far away continent full of ancient lost technology, looking for the god who killed off your people.

Also, for a silent protagonist, Ryu has a strong sense of purpose, as you can definitely feel his sadness at not having any real place to belong, first after his friends are taken away from him, and then later after finding out his entire race of people has been destroyed.

The game has a surprising amount of replayability too due to the master system. You could slowly, over time, turn Ryu into a mage if you wanted, or even Garr. They'd be nothing on Nina but being able to influence their stat growth based on master made each playthrough a bit different.

The enemy skill system also allowed for a lot of customisability, although it was annoying having to 'examine' an enemy turn after turn after turn in the hope that they'd use the specific learnable skill you wanted, and even then only learning it a certain % of the time. Insane RNG, and trying to learn on bosses was extremely frustrating. But the massive number of skills, new ones seeming to pop up each playthrough, added a ton of variety.

Overall though, the main thing is the sense of adventure. Man. It's shocking how many JRPGs get this wrong. There has to be a long an arduous journey across huge distances, going into strange new lands, finding abandoned old civilisations, all that kind of stuff. BoF3 does it really well.

Some people just seem to see it as a perfectly ordinary, generic JRPG, and a bit of a boring one at that. It either clicks or it doesn't. I'd be willing to bet that people would change their mind a lot if they could at least be bothered to get to the point where time passes and Ryu grows up, but even that's 20hr in.

>>383867552
RIP, sent to mobagay graveyard. Thanks Capcom.

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>>383871187
>Did he really do anything wrong?

He manipulated the emperor into starting a war

Made a weapon that fires nukes based on human sacrifice that curse the land they hit turning them into polluted monster infested hell scapes

Kidnapped Princess Elina and turned her into a lovecraftian horror so he could torture and use her as infinite ammo for said weapon which I might had is more potent when the sacrifice has connections to the target

sacrificed the nice mountain girl who fell in love with Fou Lu in an attempt to kill him with said cannon

set up the emperor to be killed by Fou Lu so he could take over

made this sword

as for Rhun and Ursula. Yes that would pose an issue for him. the manga actually makes a comment that they're hunting his ass down for war crimes in the epilogue but pretty much any tyrant in the works would be interesting in his talents.

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by the by the manga is actually really good

>>383868623
3 even has the best fishing as well along with a comfy theme.

>>383871479
I really liked how in III and IV Ryu is clearly a silent protagonist but they have subtle characterization. In III Ryu is kind of a crybaby turned hero. When with Teepo and Rei his attack animation has him face away from the enemy and kind of just swings blindly. However once he meets Nina his attack animation changes, instead he stands firmly and now swings properly.

Also the scene where Nina starts teasing him and he cries is adorable. I wish I can find better footage but this is all I found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlAF3W0UklY

>>383867552
One of my favorite series since it got me into rpgs. Shame Capcom never made another game.

>>383871431
I personally prefer his fate being left ambiguous, so few games do this. That combined with the fact that the main antagonist not being really evil gives the game a real interesting story.

>>383871120
It's odd, the first 85% of the game is a goddamn cake walk, then you get to the giant on that island that absorbed a bit of a gods power and the difficulty jumps a tiny bit, then you get to Fou Lu's temple and the difficulty jumps like a mother fucker on that first dog boss. It stays there until the ending, which was a fucking nightmare for me. I spent like a solid 3 to 4 hours fighting the final boss alone, I think I was underleveled or something but he was just refusing to let up. I think I only beat him because I knew the combat system so well.

>>383868651
DQ is really a love it or hate it sort of game, because it really turns the original design choices of the franchise on its head.

Ryu still has a Dragon form, but it's going to quickly kill him because he's a sucky-ass container for Dragon spirits. Seriously, you only get to use it VERY sparingly for boss fights. Like, there's a percentage meter which goes to 100% over the course of the game and some single attacks raise it by 2-3% per HIT.

It's also functionally more like a TRPG/SRPG than a traditional JRPG. It's gridless and uses EXACT cones/lines for attacks (all of which are technically AOE) and movement distance is exact as well.

Speaking of the combat, you only get three characters over the course of the game, which is actually pretty damned short: Even if you do a bunch of the extras, it's only 20-30 hours long or so.

Honestly if the project HADN'T been a BOF game I think it might have been more well-received. It doesn't really "feel" like a BOF game and the few BOF elements which are in it feel more like they were shoehorned in rather than anything else.

I'd definitely say it's worth trying (or watching a Let's Play of the first hour to get a feel) just for the fact it's fairly unique.

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>>383867552
BoF 2 and 3 Nina is bae

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>>383871768
Probably the greatest manga adaptation of a videogame ever made honestly.

>>383872062
>Ryu and Fou Lu secretly traveling the world as mortals.

They the ones who gonna hunt down Yuna though.

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>>383868651

Quarter is fantastic. I really can't say enough nice things about it but it's very very UNIQUE. and that uniqueness I think more than anything is enough reason to play it. You may like it or not but there is NOTHING else like it and it's really interesting experience especially if you can get invested. I think a lot of people where turned off by it be so weird compared to a series that's been by and large very routine. Even 4 for all it's uniqueness is very standard breath of fire fare

plus it's short so there's that

3 honestly had the best pacing.

>Game starts off with Ryu as dragon
>Turns into a child human
>In combat he fights cowardly
>After Nina joins Ryu, he now fights properly
>Hit adulthood which is 10 years later
>Kills a god in the end

I know 2 did this as well but the child part was like 10 minutes while in 3 half the game was child and the last half is adult.That was the best kind of progression I liked in a game.

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>>383871946
The thing though is that it gives true weight to Fou Lu's motivation. Fou Lu was sickened by humanity and we see the events and people that have made him the way he is. While every other villain dies Yuna, the worst of them all, makes it out without even a scratch. If all the villains got exactly what they deserve then Fou Lu's argument that the evil of the world goes unpunished would seem baseless since we see that every villain has been killed. Instead with Yuna alive instead of just being some edgelord Fou Lu's point becomes more understandable.
>>383872262
I honestly like the manga ending better, seeing Fou Lu get a second chance is much more satisfying then himjust being sent back with the other dragons.

>>383872436
You ever play dragon quest V? You start as a kid and play through the hero's life, even him getting married and having kids.

>>383872436
>3 honestly had the best pacing.

It had the best intro Ill give you that and it was neat how Ryu's battle animations change but it's pacing is ABYSMAL. There are fetch quests out the ass

Also the pacing and the animation changes and all that are really two separate things

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>>383871968
Is a guide recommendable? I heard that the game is really damn hard to beat without resetting and I doubt I'd want to do that.

>>383872436
3 feels really aimless at the start, but I honestly like that. The childhood stuff is fun, plus I really like how the game has the protagonist growing older.

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>>383872686

Id say do a blind run. And the game is hard but you don't have to reset. Not really. It's impossible to get lost as it's very straightforward and any challenge comes from actual battle strategy

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1: Generic RPG
2: Less Generic RPG (made better with fan translation)
3: very good, though slow
4: Better than 3 mehanically, but censored & unfinished. Slightly worse than 3 for those reasons
5: Genius gameplay like no other RPG. Possibly the only difficult Japanese console RPG I've ever played
6: u wot mate?

>>383872836
Is it easy to monitor the meter? Like it just builds up when you use dragon form right? As long as it's something that's easy to control I'll probably check it out.

>>383872840
>Possibly the only difficult Japanese console RPG I've ever played

The Last Remnant has a legit challenging combat system, but it's kind of wrapped up in some bullshit.

>>383872840
>4: Better than 3 mehanically, but censored

Play the European version(or JP version) which is uncensored.

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>>383873084
Stays in the top right corner at all times. DQ was made after the team heard III and IV were too easy. Expect to die, the game is about being smart and thinkimg about your approach. You will die and you will learn from your mistakes.

I was looking into some old PS1 JRPGs and the BoF4 looks pretty great for an old game.

How difficult is it? How is the story? Is it a long game?

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>>383873084
>Like it just builds up when you use dragon form right? As long as it's something that's easy to control I'll probably check it out.

It goes up a little every step (like a faction of a fraction of a percent, you'd have to lap the world twice before it's an issue) and every action Ryu takes in battle increases it some. It's a CONSTANT ticking time bomb but's manageable so long as you don't play bad.

>>383873418

The PAL version is censored too.

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>>383872840
IV really wasn't THAT censored. Most of the censorship was just kind of fan servicey jokes. The actual story and everything important is still there.

>>383873084

Protip: Don't use the dragon forms. The game is designed around tempting you into using them, but if you do too much you get a game over. It's basically a casual meter. If you fill it up 100% the game tells you to fuck off & get good. Charge Plus Dragon form auto kills all the bosses, so it's quite literally an instant win attack.

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>>383873560
>How difficult is it?

Pretty middle of the road. Some challgening bits but you can break it in half as soon as you get a handle on what you're doing.


>How is the story?

Excellent. Probably one of my favorites ever.

>Is it a long game?

It's not short

>>383873651

It's still an unfinished game. The villain gets away with no explanation why. They kill him off in an offhanded artbook drawing. It's still a great game, but "unfinished + censored" = 3 is better. I would rather play a finished uncensored game.

>>383873738
Is it on PSN? Or is emulating recommend?

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>>383873560
Breath of Fire IV is pretty easy, maybe a bit too easy even. Still, it has a phenomenal combat system so combat is still fun.

Story is amazing, one of the few games I feel to have a genuinely great story. You switch between the prptagonist and abtagonist and see both of their journies, it's really interesting. The game has a lot of symbolism as Asian culture plays a large part in the world and story.

The game should take about 45 hours to complete.

>>383873560

it's actually shit. play dragon quarter instead.

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>>383873890
See
>>383872538

Yuna surviving is on purpose, it's too brilliant not to be.

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>>383874068
This guy has shit taste.

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>>383873890
>The villain gets away with no explanation why.

He's supposed to live. See

>>383872538

Here. Yuuna was never meant to die. If he was ever meant to die they would have just ignored his survival. Instead the game ends like this. They WANTED you to know he lived. Any comment otherwise is likely just back peddling on Capcom's part.

>They kill him off in an offhanded artbook drawing.

No they don't.

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>>383873946
>Is it on PSN?

It is actually

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>>383874161

> Possibly the one thing that most disappointed and angered those who played Breath of Fire IV was Yuna. Or, more specifically, that he gets away scot free after everything he does. Some - actually, a lot - have theorized that this is part of the game's message, and Yuna is, in a sense, being given a second chance, just like all of humanity.

>It's a nice thought, but the truth is, the staff just ran out of time. ^^; Originally, they had meant to include a scenario where Yuna is killed by Won-qu or strangled by Rhun, but just couldn't fit it in. Oh, well.

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Realistically speaking, what do these "games" provide to me 'cept this character? No nostalgia bias, thanks.

>>383873946

There was actually a PC version you can probably get somewhere but I have no idea if it's actually playable on modern hardware.

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>>383874339
>mfw I have $7 in my wallet and no idea where it came from.

If this in not the universe giving me a sign...

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>>383874397
Well then either they're back pedaling due to fan outcry or they accidently made the story better.

Yuna is surviving is brilliant, I wish more games had the balls to say not everything was won in the end.

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>>383874397

That's fanart, dingus. And like I said. Look at how the end the game. they couldn't have drawn more attention to it if they sang a song about it. You don't point out where you couldn't deliver. If they meant to kill him and couldn't he would have just fucked off never to be seen again or given some throwaway death. It took the same amount of effort to make THIS scene as it would have to make him get killed by Fou

>>383874664
Do it anon. I played IV just this year and loved it.

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>>383874606
I'd say gameplay, story and characters like I always do, but am getting a bit tired of shilling this meh series because I like one exact character. I didn't grow up with it, it's vastly inferior to most things I grew up with and tried from SNES era to PS1.

>>383875201
Please ignore the shitposter.

>>383875201
>>383875326
Sorry, didn't realize it was you samefagging.

It's mind boggling how the first game could spawn a five game series, and how such mediocre franchise is even having fans.

>>383872686
I would recommend a guide for one thing: There's a certain point where you can basically abuse the Scenario Overlay System to farm a certain boss and her minions for easy money and XP.

Aside from that, if you want to make the first portion of the game significantly less difficult, you should do a single reset after your first boss fight, saving up Party XP and getting better items. It won't help TOO much, but getting to the boss should only take an hour or so (if that) and the extra momentum this provides is huge, while also unlocking extra cutscenes for the game.

Aside from that, you should be good for a blind run. As >>383872836 says, the game's layout is almost Final Fantasy XIII levels of straightforward at times, so progression shouldn't be an issue.

>>383867552
best art ever

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>>383875676
Yoshitaka's stuff is amazing.

>>383874247
>he said as he pointed to himself.

>>383874606
4 has a great combat system, solid characters, and a nice story. 3 is also a solid JRPG with some fairly open character building and a really neat dragon system.

Both 3 and 4 got shafted honestly. 3 came out shortly after FF7 so people already shifted all their focus onto that, and 4 came out after the PS2 was released.

Either way, both are recommendable if you like JRPGs from that era, with 4 being brutally slept on.

>>383874007
Only like the majority of the game is too easy, the ending is retarded hard. It's really the biggest flaw of the game.

>>383875667
Thanks for the info, so I take it resetting restarts the game but lets you keep items, money, and XP?

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(^:

It still hurts.

>>383867552
Bland.

>>383875519
Well, I can understand liking catgirl, but liking anything else is beyond me.

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>>383875974
What's not to love?

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>>383875932
Fair point, the final dungeon of IV is pretty challenging honestly. I wish more of the game had that challenge, the combat is so fucking good but I feel because the game is pretty easy for the most part it seems under utilized.

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>>383876048

That's a fox girl

which is even better

>>383867552
This is Breath of Fire. It's made of consistency and solid gameplay.

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>>383875519
Thanks God it happened so we can bathe in sunlight what is this character.

>>383876129
Yeah, I wish they amped difficulty up at the mid point and gave you a full party to tackle shit with. The row and combo system make the combat a fuck ton of fun, but you really need a full team to fully appreciate it.

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>>383876151
>implying generic people with animal ears and tails are even a match for cat people with furry unclothed bottoms

>>383875932
How the Scenario Overlay System works is you have two sets of Save Files: Temporary Saves and Permanent Saves. Temporary are free but act like the save files in some Roguelikes, but Permanent Saves require Save Tokens and basically set a checkpoint for you to return to if you fail.

In the event you die (or just decide that you can't make any more progress and select the Give Up option from the menu), you can choose to take all the Party XP, items worn, items in storage, and money with you, and can choose to go back to a Permanent Save or back to the beginning of the game. (whereupon your Levels and XP will revert to where they were, as will your D-Counter)

Party XP works like a savings bank for XP, and can be spent on characters to level them up. If you're going to use any before Ryu gets his Dragon form, I'd suggest saving it for him, as he needs the help right at the beginning a LOT more.

Once you get a small supply of Save Tokens built up, if you're worried about the next section of the game you can use the SOL system to make a Permanent Save and scout it while abusing Ryu's Dragon Form for the battles, and then revert to your save with a bit of extra cash and Party XP for your time.

Once you get a complete playthrough or two under your belt (the game is very much designed for it and starts unlocking extra scenes which add context to the story for subsequent playthroughs), you'll be able to breeze through early parts of the game without any trouble and it'll cut the game's length down significantly, both because your Gear and your Abilities will be significantly better.

Playing through 2, not too much of a fan of constantly switching out party members out or in or rather people not in party not getting any exp. Dogfriend is still like level 17 while ryu is already 33, hope he doesn't become mandatory like the ape down the road.

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>>383877190
Are you playing them in order? II is bit weird, it's interesting but pretty imbalanced. Honestly if the difficulty becomes too much, it throws some real bullshit down the line, then maybe play another one and return to it later on.

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>>383877190
have fun d00d

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>>383876908
Katt's not bad, but I like other girls more than her.

>>383877510

she's so pretty

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>>383867552
It has top c@

>>383876942
Alright, so keeping that first bosses XP rewards into the party XP and restarting is what you're saying? Doesn't sound all that complex. Doubt I'll do multiple playthroughs though, my RPG backlog is big.

>>383877190
I've heard 2 can be pretty bullshit, and I've had a lot of anons recommend using this romhack that doubles XP and gold gained from battles to cut down on grinding.

>>383877375
Difficulty seems ok so far, luckily I leveled up Sten before going to Highfort (only by accident since I found the mushroom island first and decided to explore)

>>383877413
Guess that's what happens when you mess around with the shaman system? Haven't really bothered with it (or with your own village in general)

>>383877996
I'm playing the GBA rom, money and exp don't seem to be a problem. Translation is pretty abysmal though

>>383877996
Pretty much. Like I said, it makes the early portions of the game a breeze, though you can always opt to catch up your Party XP with the Dragon scouting runs I mentioned.

I bring up restarting once at the beginning specifically because it immediately unlocks a cutscene related to a party member.

>>383878416
How far? The retranslation patch helps with the translation. The original translation is god awful, maybe the wkrst localization of any game.

>>383878570
Just cured the fat princess

>>383877510
>>383877540
>2017
>society is still full on prejudice pill that furry/half-furry characters are bad or inferior to humans or cosplayers
>people still deliberately ruin their enjoyment by taking those pills

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>>383867552
Rate your Ryus and Ninas

Ryus:

3>4>5>6>2>1

Ninas:

2>3>5>4>1>>>>>>>>6

>>383878975
>6
delet now fgt

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>>383879035
Ryu 6 isn't horrible. Nina 6 is an abomination

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>>383879090
looks like Ryu from 2

>>383879090
Kinda reminds me of Cu Chulainn

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>>383878975
Ryu: IV > V > I > III > II
Nina: II > IV = III > I > V

All Ninas are good though, except VI but it doesn't count. Nina is pretty cute in every iteration.

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>>383879354
I like 4 more than 3, but I think Ryu's design in 3 is better. That sword n coat can't be beat. BoF4 Ryu is just too basic.

>>383868705
Almost every single person ive seen who likes the game sucks at video games,

so no.

>>383867552
i played BoF2 as a kid, and loved it. Sorely disappointed a BoF character didn't get into MvCI. Kind of a deal breaker for me; would've made me like the roster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdZlLKtadL8

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Nina is the best BoF

Why is this seriers dead?

Why isn't talk about more within the JRPG community?

This looks so much better then the ps1 Final Fantasy games...

>>383881334
>Why is this seriers dead?

Because only a small handful of JRPGs from the PS1 era are still around.

>Why isn't talk about more within the JRPG community?

It is? It's literally brought up in every single JRPG thread on /v/.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usx39HDl8QI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=769New5vOKA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRT5r5WgPxc

>>383881420
Is there any hope for a revival?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-6kX3yvM_8

>>383881510
BoF4 did have a crazy strong soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDiWPEXJT9k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSAqplG8Jg

>>383881523
Probably not nigga.

>>383868623
Desert is terrible. The twist fight is unexplored. What motivation is there for that character? It feels like they cut out a huge story arc to show why that character developed that way.

God was the destiny thing that became prevalent once you meet Garr and into the subsequent timeskip. I think it was handled well except there being no 3rd choice which let Myria live . the ending left possibilities open.

>>383868651
DQ is like a tactics game with its movement system. It truly does not feel like a breath of fire game though. Give it a try, it is very short. 5-8 hours if you skip fairy colony stuff and dont restart

>>383870745
4 has beautiful sprite work. The combo system was creative but the enemies are so damn weak. 3 has the best dragon system but also music.
>>383871120
super easy.
>>383871479
Timeskip really made the country living more impactful.
>>383871946
Yes the temple was the biggest spike.
>>383871968
Perfect summarization.
>>383872650
BoF has fetch quest syndrome, very fair criticism.

>>383881334
bof3 has its fan base. bof4 came in couple months before the ps2 and was largely ignored. DQ looks nothing like a BoF game and had punishing difficulty.

>>383881523
nope only mobile shit. no need for story, music or even gameplay. just slap the brand name and make easy money with micro transactions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGcVxXNtEV4

>>383869503
>>383874606
>>383875201
>>383876601
>>383877807

>Having tits but no pussy

For what purpose?

>>383882896
she has it under fur