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Sales Rank: 5982
Platform: Playstation
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Playstation
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 013388210169
EAN: 0013388210169
ASIN: B000006OVE
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 Amazing, Fantastic Game November 26, 2008
Hands Down, my favorite video game. I first played nearly 10 years ago, when I was 9 years old, I was at a relatives friends house, and he let me play. I am so glad he did, When I was about 10 or 11 I had been looking for this game forever, when I found it in a discount bin at Walmart (THE FOOLS!) Of Course, this was before it became a sought after gem. I have still never finished it!Ha, but I pretty much know what happens. Funny story (I'm boring you all...) My first save file which was about 75% done, was lost along with the memory card it was on when my brother borrowed my ps1. After a heartbroken couple of years of being stubborn, I started a new game...which I accidently overwrote while saving my girlfriends game for her. I was at the same exact point as my first game. A little over a year ago I started a new game. I'm not sure I want to finish. lol. (btw, I don't just suck that much, I just go a bit slow at every game I play. Plus I tend to stop playing a game, and pick it back up months later. I figure I don't have to start over to get the full effect of the story, since I basically know it inside out.)Sorry, I'll talk about the actual game now.
--ACTUAL GAME REVIEW BEGING HERE--
Breath of Fire III is AMAZING. The Story is so captivating and 3 dimentional. I think it really pulls off modern japanese storytelling and places it in a mostly western inspired setting. The story is really beautiful, Breath of Fire and Legend Of Zelda are what made me see video games as works of fiction alongside books and films, rather than just mindless entertainment with a story thrown together.
I think the graphics are perfect, they did what they wanted to do with it, and produced in my opinion what people would want to see. 2D in a three dimentional world, Not 2D like the 16bit graphics of BoF2, and while in a 3-dimentional world, there were no unsightly polygons that bosses and some characters were rendered in in BoF4, as well as what made up so many whole games of the time, such as Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Super Mario 64, and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. While the latter two, are in my opinion, brilliant games (not that the first two are particualarly bad), the graphics were undeniably a little attrocious. I don't think any 3D game on the n64 or Playstation looked good, and while some of the best video games of all time were made in this period, and I wouldn't change a thing, I still think I would have waited for the capabilities of the gamecube, PS2, or X-box to make a game like that. Anyway, back to BoF3, I think this game triumphed in the graphics depatment because it had the technology for 3d landscapes and movement, but used 2D sprites and backgrounds, which could be ued at a far more sophisticated level than on a 16 bit console.
Gameplay is great. I'm not very good at describing that, but yeah, I think it has a great battle engine or whatever. (I'm kind of tired from writing about the graphics lol). I'm rather fond of the upper world map (which is less of a map, and more of a simply simplified world), versus the actual areas. The three quarters view is a bit strange, but I love it, probably better than it it were just front facing for some reason....Don't really have much to say about that...sorry.
Now, the most underrated part of this game, the music. I LOVE the music. Akari Kaida and Yoshino Aoki, they have done beautifully. I listen to this on my mp3 player. Everyone says it was the worst part of the game, but seriously, I think it is the best video game music ever. I love the opening and prolougue tracks especially, and the tracks For the Dragons (which I believe is the BGM for Dragnier) and Ending. The credits song Pure Again is lovely as well.
If you like RPGs, this is a must have. Probably one of the best video games of all time. So damn underrated.
Lovein It July 12, 2007
I love this game. Changing into dragons is awesome and some of the characters are to die for (Like Rei and Ryu). The story really pulls you into the character and even the graphics aren't that bad. they're better than most PS one games ^_^ I suggest getting your hands on it if you like classic playstation games.
Still a great RPG August 16, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This game is still a great RPG game even though it was released in the late 90s ('98?). I'm a seasoned RPG enthusiast, but I never had a chance to play any of the BOF series so I decided to order this game on amazon about a month ago. So far, I've played over 50 hours of this game (I think I'm almost finished!) and I can say that this game is as good (if not, better) than some of the BEST RPGs that ever existed, Final Fantasy and Zelda series included.
Stuff that I really like about this game:
* Story seems mysterious enough to keep your attention to what's gonna happen next. It's about Ryu, the dragon boy and a mission to find out how/why he became a dragon and where he's from.
* Very interesting characters you'll meet like Rei, Ryu's partner who can transform himself into a tiger. There's also Nina who was a kidnapped princess who ended up travelling with Ryu. There's Garr, a monster-bull looking thing that was supposed to hate Ryu's race, but ended up befriending Ryu. And there's also Peco, a mutated vegetable-looking thing that ended up with the gang.
* Fairy village that you can "customize" that will sell you items/weapons and/or build your village by giving jobs to fairies, and you can even allocate a fairy to find items for you. With your good (or bad) management, fairies can be born or die...
* Lots of little "minigames", puzzles, or mini-strategy quests that move the game along and keep it from getting boring. For example, you have to find items to create a dish to feed a mayor of a town (don't ask!), or you have to control a crane and move boxes around to create a bridge to proceed to the next door, or pull a box with another person rhythmically to find an "item" awashed on the shore, etc.
* you can learn monsters spells/skills through the "examine" feature while fighting them. It's a great addition, especially if you want to learn a very good skill that some monsters use. Not all skills can be learned, though.
* you can find different types of people that can enhance your stats/skills by going under their apprenticeship. For example, one of them can help you gain more power or defense, while another may make you more intelligent, etc.
So far, I have no complaints except for the "desert quest" that seemed to go on and on and on...you get the point. But, like anything, it requires strategy and it's not as hard as some people think it is once you find out that there is an easier way to finish it.
Overrall, this game exceeds my expectation for a very good RPG game. It's hard enough that it will keep you thinking of ways to proceed to the next level, but not too hard that it'll make you just quit it.
Great game! August 19, 2004
First, I'd like to start out by saying, this is one of the best games I have ever played! Second, don't listen to anyone that gave this game 1 or 2 stars, because this game isn't as low as to get a poor rating. The main character, Ryu, is one of the dragons. The dragons, can take on a human-like appearance, but a little different (Example: Ryu from BOF 1 had fangs). The plot starts when Ryu is looking for 2 of his friends, who all got separated due to an accident. But later, the plot completely turns around and blocks off the 2 friends. But anyway, this game is REALLY FUN!!! The battle system is turn-based, and you can learn certain abilitis from enimies by using the "Examine" command. There are a total of 6 party memebers, and there only one thing I hate about this game. I like it when you can access to all of your party members in the menu, and that they all would get experience points (Like BOF 4). But I HIGHLY recdomend this game, and trust me, you won't regret buying it.
 I like this game January 14, 2004
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
I really like to play this game. This game was fun for me and is interesting. I would normally play it but I cant play it no more because me dog broke it and I cannot buy it in any store and sometimes if i do it on ebay, i get jipped, and at most sites its always out of stock
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