r/breathoffire

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So the GBA Rom i downloaded for some reason doesn't give me any enemy drops, so I've been hanging on to my gold after i used the one from Tagwoods, so i have 1 gold left from the UpaRupa cave, are there any other chests that give gold? And which Maniro spot should i spend this on?

So im just around 8 hours into BOF 3 and I still don't understand how they work. From what I know if you become an apprentice of one, if you level up while being their apprentice they get new skills, right?

This game was fun for 95% of the way through, it's a really great game for a 1994 title. There are many great things about the game along with a few bad ones

Things I liked

Shaman fusions: It's so cool discovering new transformations for your characters. I even made a notepad of which two shamans are compatible for which characters.

Story: I was very intrigued with how fascinating the story was. Playing as child Ryu to adult Ryu was awesome, and discovering the truth about Gate blew me away. It was also really sad and I actually shed a tear or two at some scenes.

Characters: I loved the diverse personalities of each character, and the development of each one is noticeable. Sten going from a douchebag to a sensible guy, Katt going from boisterous to encouraging and mature.

Villains: Habalk (or Habaraku) was an awesome villain. He's powerful, smart, remorseless, and just really fun to hate. I couldn't take Deathevan seriously with the "RYUAAAAAAAGHHHHH" but that's ok because he had an awesome final boss fight and a very catchy theme.

Dungeons: I liked a lot of this game's dungeons. I made a post awhile ago saying how much I hated 1's dungeons and if the later games had better ones. They do (mostly). The Thieves Tomb is easily in the top 10 of my favourite JRPG dungeons. There's also the Sky Tower, Mt. Fubi, Tagwoods, are more.

Music: The battle themes really make up for the blasphemous encounter rate. I don't recall there ever being a single bad track in this game. They saved the best for last because the final boss theme makes me want to dance instead of fighting Deathevan.

Animations: A big step-up from Breath of Fire 1. Ryu's and Katt's basic attack animations are really crispy. The spells are really cool for an SNES game and they don't go on for more than 10 seconds.

Things I didn't like

Shaman fusion loss: I hate how easy it is to lose your shaman forms. Just by getting to low health is enough for you to lose it, which is such a frustrating mechanic. It's especially annoying for glass cannons like Katt & Sten.

Encounter rate: For a game that gives itself the potential for replayability, it does a good job of discouraging the player from playing it again. There's overworld abilities like Rand's rolling, and Jean's transformation that reduce it, but that's just the overworld. There's nothing you can do when you're in the dungeons, and smoke doesn't do that much to reduce the encounter rate.

Final dungeon: Dude, fuck this place. Infinity is the embodiment of what makes a JRPG dungeon bad - high encounter rate, confusing layout, enemies with a lot of hp, etc. There's also the enemies with instant death spells that you can't do anything about except pray that they don't kill your characters with shaman transformations because it means you have to leave Infinity, go back to town, and get back to where you were while hoping you don't lose them again. This, along with the encounter rate, are what discourage me from replaying this game.

Namanda bell minigame: Probably the hardest minigame in any videogame I've played. It requires very precise timing and it overall took me 90 minutes of attempts to complete. However, this isn't too big of a deal considering it's optional.

This game is an 8.6/10. Probably one of the best JRPGs on the SNES that's well worth your time.

Has anyone else noticed the encounter rate on BOF 2 is insanely high compared to the OG? Or is it just me? I'm playing both on SNES and I've only ever heard people say the the OG is outdated because the encounter rate is so high but my experience is BOF 2 the encounter rate is way crazier.

When it comes to music and atmosphere which do you prefer BOF OG or BOF 2?

Hi all,

I’m playing through for the first time and I’m right at the end of the game on a clear save file but wanted to do a bit more grinding and a few extra things to get my team beefed up and wanted some help/tips and tricks with a few areas:

1. Masters - I’ve got all of them and I’ve read a bit about Kyrik being the best. Should I just throw everyone under him for the purpose of levelling/stat building and then when I’m done put everyone back under a master that best suits their will? Is Kyrik the best all round master for everyone?

2. Goo King Sword - is there any way I can influence this dropping/not dropping? I’ve tried stealing as I heard somewhere that if you still the apple, it increases the chance he will drop the sword instead (might be rubbish). Basically should I be doing anything like trying to steal it or influence it or is it simply just a case of kill them and hope it drops? I’m wondering if maybe I could make a save state right before killing him and save scumming my way to getting it with save states but I don’t know if the drop rate/what will drop is determined already so save states wouldn’t make a difference.

3. Rusted sword - any way to quickly boost the 1000 kills? I was just going to go to a low level area and have everyone guard whilst Ryu takes them all out but wondering if there’s a better way. Does the kill have to be with a physical attack or does it count if you kill all enemies at once with magic whilst it’s equipped?

Thanks all!