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[Breath of Fire] BoF 6: Capcom Destroys Another Beloved Franchise!

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  • C2BC2B SwitzerlandRegistered User regular
    klemming wrote: »
    I think it's because they want you to buy the PSP version.
    Of course, they don't want to sell the PSP version in the US...

    BOFIV isn't available in europe's psn store, so I say we're even. :)

  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    edited August 2012
    C2B wrote: »
    klemming wrote: »
    I think it's because they want you to buy the PSP version.
    Of course, they don't want to sell the PSP version in the US...

    BOFIV isn't available in europe's psn store, so I say we're even. :)

    Which still continues to annoy me, even a year after the initial disappointment of it not being released here.

    BOFIV is my favourite JRPG ever, and if I hadn't foolishly lent it to someone in high school who I should have known would break the disc, then I'd still be able to replay it today.

    I don't really even know how I came to own it in the first place, but I'm so glad I did. I think maybe I was surfing the bargain bins in game shops for a used copy of a final fantasy game, and picked this up instead.

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  • GroveGrove Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    I had just graduated from high school. The game had been out awhile by then, but I hadn't paid attention to it because I really disliked III (not startin anything here).

    As part of the gifts they gave us gift cards to best buy. So I went one day and was looking around. I either had everything else, or was simply not interested. Saw the game picked up and took a chance.

    That was one of the better summers and since it's been in my top 10 games and top 5 rpgs ever.

    I bought the art book in college and it's amazing.

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  • GroveGrove Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    I don't know if you Breath of Fire fans saw this:

    http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=641219

    But look upon it and despair!

    Edit:

    Basically Breath of Fire VI has been announced....for tablets and smartphones...and pc I guess.

    Also Microtransaction MMO..

    The art style..yeah.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    all I gotta say is at least its not another mega man cash in tablet game oh wait they already did that now I'm sad.

    maybe it'll be good, who knows.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    It's an MMO on a platform where video games are expected to operate on micro-transactions in bad-faith, how do you THINK it will turn out?

    (believe it or not there is such a thing as good-faith micros, but that's another thread)

  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    I wouldn't worry just yet, there's still plenty of mobile games that don't microtransaction you to death.

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    If it was a spin off that I could ignore I wouldn't be so upset....but the fact that it's a numbered is disappointing.


    I was really hoping that they'd eventually make a 3DS sequel along the lines of BoF3 or 4.

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  • GroveGrove Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    If it was a spin off that I could ignore I wouldn't be so upset....but the fact that it's a numbered is disappointing.


    I was really hoping that they'd eventually make a 3DS sequel along the lines of BoF3 or 4.

    This exactly. I really miss this series, along with Suikoden.

    I'd given up hope on getting a numbered sequel, but I didn't see this coming. Not with this franchise.

    When it fails, it'll only further sink the series and we won't see it again for another decade.

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    And to think that I was happier when I thought Capcom abandoned the series.

    As someone whose favorite JRPG was BoF III, this cuts deep.

    Edit:
    Grove wrote: »
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    If it was a spin off that I could ignore I wouldn't be so upset....but the fact that it's a numbered is disappointing.


    I was really hoping that they'd eventually make a 3DS sequel along the lines of BoF3 or 4.

    This exactly. I really miss this series, along with Suikoden.

    I'd given up hope on getting a numbered sequel, but I didn't see this coming. Not with this franchise.

    When it fails, it'll only further sink the series and we won't see it again for another decade.

    Look on the bright side. At that point, the series might be handled by people who actually know what they're doing.

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  • Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    Capcom is sappin mah childhood

  • GroveGrove Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    Zython wrote: »
    And to think that I was happier when I thought Capcom abandoned the series.

    As someone whose favorite JRPG was BoF III, this cuts deep.

    Edit:
    Grove wrote: »
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    If it was a spin off that I could ignore I wouldn't be so upset....but the fact that it's a numbered is disappointing.


    I was really hoping that they'd eventually make a 3DS sequel along the lines of BoF3 or 4.

    This exactly. I really miss this series, along with Suikoden.

    I'd given up hope on getting a numbered sequel, but I didn't see this coming. Not with this franchise.

    When it fails, it'll only further sink the series and we won't see it again for another decade.

    Look on the bright side. At that point, the series might be handled by people who actually know what they're doing.

    Oh god...I'll be almost 40 then!

    Hard to imagine it'll have been over 20 years since there was a new BoF game I wanted to play!

    This makes me want to fire up BoF 3 & 4 in protest.

    Did 3 ever make it to psn? I never actually played it, just 1, 2, & 4.

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  • ViskodViskod Registered User regular
    Nope.

  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    I think I was happier with Breath of Fire being a dead franchise than having this thing exist.

  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    I loved BoF3. Absolutely loved it. Espeically the art style at the time. It was such a beutiful game, and so fun to play. I never played any of the later ones, tried one and 2 on emulation, just could never get into those 2.

  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    Grove wrote:
    Doesn't III's soundtrack have a bit of a jazz feel to it?

    Yep. That's why it's amazing.

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Did somebody say music?

    Random battles.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W92WYBoOmzQ

    2nd overworld theme, one of the best tracks written for video games ever.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuHZOxWMYEQ

    But yeah, BoF3 stands out in a pretty big way with its music score because of the jazz inspiration. It's not a common thing in video games all that much, which is really sad. There's a lot of potential unique sound to be made with it. Probably the one other notable game with jazz inspired music is Streets of Rage 2. But that's another thread.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    bof3 had the best dragon system period

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  • GroveGrove Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    Definitely want to play it one of these days. Remember that I had bought a copy of 3, years ago, but never got around to playing.

    If I could put it on my vita, it'd stand a better chance of getting played right now. That and Suikoden 2...come on Sony.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    I feel bad about that LP I started and never finished. I started it out of "well my wrist is fucked and I can't work, but maybe I can carry a controller long enough and poke the computer enough to make things happen" to pass the time. Turns out the amount of shit needed to go into one post / capturing elements as I played was... yeah. I mean fuck that shit, that was very difficult.

  • GroveGrove Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    Henroid wrote: »
    I feel bad about that LP I started and never finished. I started it out of "well my wrist is fucked and I can't work, but maybe I can carry a controller long enough and poke the computer enough to make things happen" to pass the time. Turns out the amount of shit needed to go into one post / capturing elements as I played was... yeah. I mean fuck that shit, that was very difficult.

    Is this for 3?

    I also need to find time to update the first page to be a general BoF page for all 3 of us that play this series :P

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Grove wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    I feel bad about that LP I started and never finished. I started it out of "well my wrist is fucked and I can't work, but maybe I can carry a controller long enough and poke the computer enough to make things happen" to pass the time. Turns out the amount of shit needed to go into one post / capturing elements as I played was... yeah. I mean fuck that shit, that was very difficult.

    Is this for 3?

    I also need to find time to update the first page to be a general BoF page for all 3 of us that play this series :P

    Yeah, here's a link to the thread. Apparently the images still work! I should login to that Photobucket account to give it some longevity.

    Also apparently I was temp-banned during it so maybe that was what didn't help things.

  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    Breath of fire 5 is still the best.

    Dat last fight, too. Oh man.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Registered User, Transition Team regular
    New game lacks Ryu and Nina

    Capcom

    Capcom

    you done fucked up

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Delzhand wrote: »
    New game lacks Ryu Roo and Nina

    Capcom

    Capcom

    you done fucked up

    Yeah that's going to be weird to deal with. Unless they're faction leader NPCs m i rite. brb barfin everywhere :(

  • FireflashFireflash Montreal, QCRegistered User regular
    BoF 3 has some of the most annoying levels in the series.

    I remember getting stuck in the desert for a while because there were 2 places to get direction. I think you could talk to someone and you could read it somewhere too. One set of directions had an error in it (said west instead of east, or something like that) and that's the one I followed. It took me a long time to notice the error and find my way through.

    Also levels like the lighthouse are absolutely horrible. They are by far the worst use of random encounters in RPGs: Trying to solve a switch puzzle where the switches are all in different parts of the dungeon and you keep getting random encounters as you try to figure out how to solve it.

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  • GroveGrove Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    It's ok, I'm sure BoF 9 will get back to its roots!

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Fireflash wrote: »
    BoF 3 has some of the most annoying levels in the series.

    I remember getting stuck in the desert for a while because there were 2 places to get direction. I think you could talk to someone and you could read it somewhere too. One set of directions had an error in it (said west instead of east, or something like that) and that's the one I followed. It took me a long time to notice the error and find my way through.

    Also levels like the lighthouse are absolutely horrible. They are by far the worst use of random encounters in RPGs: Trying to solve a switch puzzle where the switches are all in different parts of the dungeon and you keep getting random encounters as you try to figure out how to solve it.

    The error in that desert direction was for the oasis with the items, which aren't really necessary. The worst thing about the desert is just how much time it takes. The instructions on how to get to where you're going to progress in the game, though, are pretty accurate. I actually read a tip on my practice run of BoF3 before the LP I was making. There's a set of directions that cuts the trip short (because the original instructions have you walk one way, then another; this shortcut is just the line cutting across).

    As for the lighthouse I hate "figure out the switch toggles" type puzzles when it isn't evident from the start what you're trying to do. But in this case, it's actually less of a headache if you start the generator machine, and THEN head out to flip the switches; you can actually see the results of it right away (and I think you only need to toggle one of them). Still, frustrating.

  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkk

    The sound of someone hearing the news for the first time.

  • SmoogySmoogy Registered User regular
    BoF 3 was fantastic...just wanted to throw that out there. I'll always love the SNES JRPGs more, but definitely ranks up there with my favorite PS1 rpgs. This and Star Ocean: The Second Story (provided I forget about Final Fantasy Tactics). Being able to turn into a dragon was so novel back then!

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  • SagrothSagroth Registered User regular
    Grove wrote: »
    I don't know if you Breath of Fire fans saw this:

    http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=641219

    But look upon it and despair!

    Edit:

    Basically Breath of Fire VI has been announced....for tablets and smartphones...and pc I guess.

    Also Microtransaction MMO..

    The art style..yeah.

    My reaction:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA

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  • GroveGrove Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    Henroid wrote: »
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkk

    The sound of someone hearing the news for the first time.

    "As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."

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  • lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
    Man...I feel uber bad that although I've played 2 through 4 I've never actually beat a BoF. I don't know they tend to drag during the middle and I always end up loosing interest.

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    Delzhand wrote: »
    New game lacks Ryu and Nina

    Capcom

    Capcom

    you done fucked up

    What the hell?

  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Man...I feel uber bad that although I've played 2 through 4 I've never actually beat a BoF. I don't know they tend to drag during the middle and I always end up loosing interest.

    I made a big effort to beat part 2 years ago, but it is one of the most grindy JRPGs I've ever played and it just frustrated me. I made it as far as the overworld music changing at one point. I really want to finish it though. During the 90s Gamepro had a strategy guide for the game that spanned over a few issues, and seeing all the art in the game and such was like, "I must play this."

    Part 4 I saw some of at a friend's house but I never took the chance to play. I have a vague memory of not-currently-in-the-party characters actually being in the back behind battles going on and you could do stuff with them I think?

    You should definitely look into part 3 though. It is extremely charming, and the adventures / plot are actually kind of unique as far as RPGs go (it isn't about saving the world, and you don't even see the entire world of the setting - which is probably the most interesting thing about it).

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