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Don't listen to the imbecils.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 25 / 28
Date: October 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Read above. The first guy had to ruin it. "I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THIS GAME!!" said the fool. Then how can you give a fair review of it?

Anyway, as someone like myself who has played almost any RPG in existance, and have not been fond of the lackluster games released on the Playstation for the past few years, I must go back and say Breath of Fire is one of my top 5 RPG's of all time. Right next to the likes of Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 3, Earthbound and Illusion of Gaia. The game has beautiful music, basic but nice graphics, a solid story, tons of towns and enemies, and just all around fun. Breath of Fire 1 completely annhilates Breath of Fire 3 and 4, so even if you did not like those, don't worry. From someone who loves the classic SNES RPGs, take my word for it: GET THIS GAME!

A must-have for RPG fans

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 22 / 24
Date: December 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Breath of Fire is a must-have for RPG fans!

After being spoiled by the graphics and sound of the recently released Golden Sun title, I was expecting a little bit more in the graphics and sound department. But don't let its slight lack of eye-candy fool you. This game has an excelent story line and great gameplay and makes up for its lack of glitter.

Breath of Fire has a similar layout to Golden Sun, consisting of an overhead map, groups of players, town scenes, and random battles. The story starts out in your typical "wake up!" senerio, as your home town is in trouble. Although, there is a slightly different ending to this situation then I would have expected.

Battle scenes are 3/4's overhead, and similar to Crono Trigger, including the small HP numbers that drop down as well as HP indicators. The battle mode has an "auto" function, which makes things much easier when you just need to "attack" something. It can be interrupted at any point. You are also able to use various items and spells that you collect during your travels.

The overhead map has a gradual day-and-night feature, which intergrates very well into the storyline. You can also run, which makes travel between two points much more managable than Golden Sun.

In the towns, you can talk to people, purchase and sell items, and uncover secrets. There are also the occasional "tasks" which sidetrack you from your ultimate journey, but these tasks add a slight twist that we have seen in many other RPG's.

Control is sometimes changed between two characters, as you take the role of others in the game. This feature makes you feel much more part of the story, rather than being forced into something without choice.

Make sure you pick up a copy! You wont be disappointed!

A good game, and fond memories

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 17
Date: October 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I remember buying this game for my Super Nintendo years ago. The game was made by Capcom, but distributed by Squaresoft, and anything by Square had to be good, right?
Anyway, the game itself was fun, if standard. You control Ryu as he and his merry band of adventurers attempt to defeat an evil dragon (whose name escapes me now, I am sorry to say). Of course, the story spirals from here, and you are caught up in a plot by a goddess to rule the world. By today's standards, it may seem trite, but there are many bonuses (for example, how many games let you fish?). Your characters (eight or nine in total) each have special abilities, allowing you to open secret areas, which adds to the replay value. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed the game, although I think it has been seven or eight years since I played it. However, I am sure that the Advance version will have new bonuses, so needless to say, I'll be killing a few MORE hours with this game. I think it is worth checking out...

A Good Purchase

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: February 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Firstly, CAPCOM knows how to make Role Playing Games (RPG)
A good cast of characters, a good storyline, and challenging gameplay.
Not only does your main character,Ryu, grow in strength as you travel alongside him, but he meets other characters whom you can have join you, and enjoy each of their unique skills:
Ryu can fish, and the fish he catches can be used to heal, cure and others.
Bo can hunt, catching Deer or Wild boars,
Ox can knock down walls and smash coconuts from trees.
Twists in the storyline have you searching for a volcano under the sea, entering someone's dreams to rescue them, and searching for cracks in the wall...to find a master thief...
The replay value is astounding, and even though I cleared the game, I was still left longing for more.
The graphics are awesome, the sound is awesome, and a new challenge is that you can only have four characters in the frontlines of your party at a time...
And parents, this game is safe for kids...cartoon graphics and no realistic violence make this a winner, although the ability to read is required.
Because of games like this, I always buy capcom RPGs

A really fun game but it has got flaw's

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: January 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was looking forward to Golden Sun so much, but here in Sweden it's not coming untill March. Well, to have something to do untill Golden Sun is relesed I bought Breath Of Fire. It has a pretty good storyline but I was told that the graphics were going to be superb, they were only half as good as I was expecting them to be. In battles you see your party from behind and I have to say that in battles the graphics are indeed very nice but when you go around in the world it's not half as good graphics as in the battles. The game has very good control and one thing I'm glad to see is the dash button. The game is very big and if your looking for an rpg that lasts for long this is the game for you!!!

Yaayyy! It's Back!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I played this game when it was first released for the Super Nintendo. It's one of my favorite RPGs. The plot is exellent, the characters are cool, it's one of the best. Whether you like classics, or are just looking for a game with some story and emotion behind it, Breath of Fire is a must!
We can only hope that they'll also re-release it's much improved sequel, Breath of Fire II!!

A Tedious Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Breath of Fire starts with the classic 'wake up, you're town's in trouble' beginning. It then proceeds to assign you a task of rescuing some important figure. As BoF's plot gradually unfolds, you will find that it eventually becomes too tedious to keep track of. If someone requests/tells you to travel to some distant town/cave/dungeon etc., you will find that they don't even hint where it is. This makes you search every possible place for something, making the game irritating and tedious to play. The monster-encounters are especially annoying, as you meet monsters every fifteen-twenty seconds or so, making progress slow.

The graphics are also simple and unsatisfactory for serious gamers. Characters appear to be drawn on Microsoft Paint, and if they walk, their feet simply move up and down. Battles are turn-based, and graphics on spells and attacks are limited. Saving is also a wearisome process, as you MUST save at a certain location.

As you travel around the land, you collect different characters to aid you on your quest. You will find they are all unique and have different abilities to aid you. There are also various items to outfit your party with to balance out attacks and defenses, giving the game a fun view on equipment. The setback, however, is that almost all items are abbreviated. This irritated me, as I could hardly figure out what an item was.

Overall, the game is long and laborious. At first, it might seem exciting, but steadily it declines to a truly dreary game.

Finally, a solid RPG game for a handheld

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: October 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I've been a long time gamer, and I'm quite finicky about what i spend my money on. I read meticuluos reviews and talk to alot of friends before plunking down 50 or more dollars on a game. I do have to say, that Breath of Fire will be an excellant purchase if you enjoy old school role playing games. If you've enjoyed any of the SNES RPG's then you will adore this game. I used to have this for SNES, and always wished it was portable! Even if it is identicle to the SNES version, i plan to pick it up. It's a challenging and very fun RPG!

Right up there with Final Fantasy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: February 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Im a big rpg player and out of all the games ive played, BOF is one of my top favotites. It has a solid story line with Ryu who is out to stop the dark drangons whom threaten to take over the world with the power of the goddes Tyr and find his sister who was captured by the dark dragon clan. Along the way Ryu meets up with seven companions who in turn are out to stop the dark drangons who have wronged them, Nina, Bo, Carn, Gobi, Ox, Blue, and Mogue. Each character posses their own unque abilities as which is common in all rpgs and are essential to the game. What is unique is that Ryu can transform himself into the dragon and you must searc the continents to find his other dragon forms and eventually transform into the ultimate dragon, Angi (not sure of the spelling).

For those of you who wish to obtain all of Ryu's dragon forms, all you have to do is aquire the Rod 5 which is in a chest under Tunland and then fish in all the wells to obtain the dragon armors needed to be allowed in the dragon shrines. In one such well you will obtain a slab inscribing how to obtain the ultimate dragon power. Once you have all the other powers (not angi) you go to the water canve and go all the way to where you got the ring and decend the steps into the water to go underwater to a small cave....that is where angi lies.

The most diffucult part of this game for me was getting thru the dream worlds where things get twisted and walls disappear...you'll know what i mean once you play...it is very frustrating...but the game is a lot of fun, and i would recommend it to anyone who needs to find a good rpg to play.

(...)ive played this game thru five times and know it inside and out. Play it, im sure you'll love it.

Best RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

BOF is one of the best games I have ever played, I have spent countless hours on puzzles and finding valuable items. If you are looking for a fun, long game, I would recommend this game.

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