Breath of Fire Review
Breath of Fire on Roids
The beginning of a series is always a very fascinating game to play. Needless to say they are always a great experience and reflects the spirit of its successors. Ryu one of the last of the Light Dragon Clan must save the world from the Dark Dragon Clan and the goddess Myria. Of course Nina accompanies our hero as she does throughout all their reincarnations adventures.
The Japenese cover without roids
Breath of Fire gives you your basic plot devices, a damsel in distress and race to find some ancient artifacts that can lead to the destruction of the world. In this case however its Ryu’s sister and not a girlfriend, Mario saving all those innocent princesses brings an entirely different motivation to mind.
A signature of Breath of Fire series (scratch VI) is its color atmosphere and caste of characters of course they are more then just eye candy. Each character has a special field ability that is necessary to progress through the game. This can make dungeon crawling a bit more interesting, these abilities also needed to unlock many of the games secrets and hidden items that may encourage you to backtrack a bit.
Sporting your basic RPG turn based battle system there isn’t much to talk about. Battles can feel a bit boring and drawn out as there isn’t a great deal of strategy involved, its kill or be killed. Boss fights can be particularly annoying, when bosses drop to 0 health they don’t die but continue fighting while you hit them blindly waiting for them to die. Of course this doesn’t take away from the games allure, Ryu can transform into a dragon and there are some flashy spells and that’s all it really needs. Most of the gameplay is straight forward with limited trials and tribulations making it a simple playthrough.
The mini-games such as hunting , Gobi’s shop, and fishing are all in there early stages so they offer limited amusement, many fans of the games sequel may be disappointed.
What We Loved
- Lots of secrets and hidden items
- Interesting storyline
- Ryu’s dragon transformations
What We Didn’t Love
1 Comment
I'm glad that Frank Frazetta designed the cover art.