Breath of Fire 3 Review (Why you need to play this PS1 classic!)
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- Welcome back to my Breath of Fire Binge. It seems that Breath of Fire 3 is often regarded as the best in the series, which is why I was completely pumped to jump right in and experience it for the first time, myself. The good news: it didn’t let me down. It took everything that worked well in the first two games, and took it to the next level. Watch this review to see what it's all about!
.: Breath of Fire 3 details:.
Release Date: 1997 (Jap), 1998 (NA)
Platforms: PS1, PSP
Review on: PS1
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom 
Игры
I still play this in 2019. On the vita.
You also use a breath of fire 3 profile picture?
Cool
Yep, 😊
me, too. Bof3 is one of the best game.
Me too. I just finished it. What a game, but Fu** those puzzles!
The roller coaster of feelings I went thru with this game. A true classic.
This RPG defined my life. If you played this you played them all. I played this game over and over again. Many things like the master system provides a lot of replayability. The story is amazing, the graphics are great, the characters are so memorable.
Hell yeah. Try a Mage Ryu build with Masters like Mygas, Emitai and Deis. Plenty of AP for Dragon Forms or for magic (mostly buffing and healing, damage spells fall off eventually)
Breath of Fire III is literally my favorite game of all time. I've lost count of how many times I've finished it over the years. This game is the primary reason I keep my original PS1. BoF2 is also in my personal top 10.
Indeed, I still rank BoF3 as one of the greatest RPGs of all time. Perfectly designed.
I think I probably like it more than IV. That other game is still pretty damn stellar in its own right however.
Same. 2 with the language patch is so much better. Play it if you haven't
Bof 1&2 chronotrigger an this game were my pre teen years. To this day i covet these games in my display case
Same! People can keep their Ocarina of Time, Breath of Fire 3 is my number 1 game.
Definitely in my top 5 from childhood.
Still holds up in 2020.
One of the most epic JRPGs
We need a proper Breath of Fire 6, that mobile game never happened!😓
Yeah, or a spiritual sucessor at least.
They actually used a hindu numeral... The nerve!!!
With that pic of Rei as the thumbnail, I couldn't help but click in, straight away. PHRAAAOOOOWWWW!
When I first played this game, it was a rental. I actually kept it for over a week, incurring hefty fines from the video store, and the wrath of my father. But, it was so worth it.
The Faerie Village was definitely one of my favorite parts of the game. I sunk so much time into developing it between important plot points. I definitely want to jump back into playing it again sometime in the near future.
Thanks for a great review!
Yeah i love that image. You should have kept it and paid the 'lost' fee haha. Do a BOF binge like i am!
@@HellFireRPGs I think the reason I haven't reviewed any of the BoF games is because I want to start at the beginning, and the first game puts me off. Haha.
@@Venoix I actually have the first game on my phone and while it's pretty retro by now, it's really not terrible for such an old game. 2 is far worse due exclusively to the frustratingly high encounter rate. I legitimately quit playing the game 20hrs or so in and refused to finish it because i despise grinding and was not willing to suffer through that many random encounters. I just couldn't take it. From an objective standpoint though, for being an SNES game, 2 is an absolute gaming marvel. The character animations, gameplay mechanics, and even battle menus were far ahead of their time.
@@kingofbudokai I've played all of them, but I never finished the first game. Will probably revisit it now that it's on the Nintendo Switch.
This game often draws me back to it ever since the late 90s.
2019 and still I feel bad for Teepo. Good kid but fell with the wrong crowd (Myria) and got brainwashed.
Also, his dragon form is more badass than Ryu's imho.
Dragon Lord Teepo is badass as all hell.
Just sold this to a vintage video game shop. The owner was blown away to see it. I'm kinda regretting i didn't play it before i sold it. Maybe I'll find an emulator for the series
The best of all the breath of fire series in my opinion. Love the super sayian power at the end.
I agree with you 😉
I love fishing
you mean Super Sayian Dragon Powder. lol... yes powder
Diaratia Valentinus
Malio fishing exchange
Thanks for the spoiler
I normally don't like turn based rpgs with a silent protagonist, but despite that, this is one of my all-time favorite games. One of my favorite things about this game is that the main antagonist isn't a typical evil villain. She legitimately wants to protect the world, but her methods of doing it are wrong. Not only did she commit genocide on the brood (only because she feared their power), but she also wouldn't allow anyone to build the machines they wanted, somewhat taking away everybody's freedom. She's a lot like Injustice Superman.
I remember playing this game for hours trying to find the way out of the graveyard. When i finally did, my players were leveled up like a MF!!! How he yelled like Goku when he turned into one of those Dragons "almost super saiyan" when you were that far in the game. Remembering when i finally beat the game after plenty of times dying and trying again and again.... LOVE this game!!!! BOFIII, Final Fantast Tactics and Final Fantasy 7 are my top 3 ever RPG of all time. FF8 is right behind!!!
So much nostalgia. I still remember being in that agriculture building, stuck for hours, fixing pipes and shit. That was 20 years ago now. WOW. This game, along with FF3 were my favorite of the sprite games. I'm a bit too old to get into games like this anymore, but boy do I remember it.
I play this like once a year and it came out the same year I was born. So grateful that I didn't miss this game
Brilliant game. The PS1 had some quality JRPG's. Yeah the minigames are the worst part of the game, they can be a bit of a pain. I think the graphic style is kind of timeless and still looks good today.
About the graphic style, i agree completely. It's similar to what they did in FF Tactics with the 2d character models and 3D environments, only taken up a notch with actual animations for every monster and boss ambient movement, larger scale, etc. The random 3D models for bosses in BoF4 is actually my single biggest gripe with the game, because it just doesn't mesh well.
Worst Mini Game/Quest by far is making that dam sashimi for the Boat Captain, especially getting that freaking vinegar from the well. Got me so angry I put the game down for months, and then got it on the 1st try. Haha
@@yakojjy this is where walk-throughs were so necessary. There's a guide out there for getting the Shaman's Ring from the Sushi Quest but it requires you keep fishing until you get a 68cm+ Mackerel which could take some time.
I spent so much time in this RPG on my PlayStation back in 1998
The pace is slow but the game is rich with events and lovable characters
Keep up the good work, the 4th game is awesome too, 2nd best in the series IMO
Thanks for this series!!
Am I the only one that enjoyed the Desert of Death? It might be the nostalgia of playing through it with a friend on days with inclement weather, but it seemed oddly relaxing.
No, I enjoyed it as well. When I played it I was I kid, BoF 3 was my first RPG and I couldn't understand English. lol It took me a long time to get through it. But I loved doing it. It really felt like a threatening desert.
played this game as a kid. Being able to create new dragons my mixing different genes was so cool. Like oh shit, check this new dragon I made!
It's good to know you had a great time playing it. Breath of Fire 3 ROCKS!
2021 incoming, still playing with PSP, PS1 and PC dawgs.
I remember playing this as a kid and I thought it was so cool that the main character gains confidence throughout the gameplay with the animations. At first, he would swing his sword carelessly with his eyes closed.
My partner just found an original print and copy they bought me after I expressed my love of the series and RPGs. I am so excited to play it on original hardware and having a physical copy with manual, case, and all.
I wanted to watch a quick review before firing up my game, and I am excited more now than even before after watching this. Thank you! Great review 😃👏🏻
Ahh so much nostalgia, one of the best rpg games I played growing up along with suikoden, final fantasy, wild arms, tales of destiny and star ocean
I always come back to this game
That thumbnail is makin me feelin something else
The soundtrack is amazing and totally different style than most games that I’ve played
Agreed, even though it was disliked in japan
I just beat BOF3 for the first time. The story and especially the gameplay were great and an improvement over the first two games. Unlike the first two games, I didn't feel the need to grind that much save for the final dungeon. Though I was not a big fan of the overworld design being too linear, I did enjoy the skippable random battles. Even though I am OK with RPGs with high encounter rates, I think this design choice is a good idea especially for those new to the genre.
It seems like Capcom took some inspiration from FF6 which was released 3 years prior. For instance, the Master system in BOF3 was somewhat similar to the Espers in FF6; while you can simply switch between FF6 espers, you have to backtrack to the location of the BOF3 masters to gain stat bonuses upon leveling up.
As for the minigames, I actually enjoyed playing them a lot especially the fishing game where you can catch Manillos to purchase exquisite weapons and items.
Yes, I think the fact that certain dungeons that require you to have specific companions in your party is a big let down. Perhaps having some dialogue clues would be helpful or make these sections optional for backtracking and exploration.
Another flaw that really annoyed me is when you have Garr in your party, he often gets stuck between people and in tight corners so many times because he is just so big. This makes me constantly switch party leaders just to get him back on screen.
The music in this game just rocks. It is definitely something I can listen to all day and not get bored. My only complaint is that the 1st overworld theme in BOF1 (Starting the Journey: ruclips.net/video/3IrsP6Kk1ts/видео.html) and the 2nd overworld theme in BOF2 (Breath of Fire: ruclips.net/video/d4c7f_4GuDo/видео.html), which are basically the same song, is not present in this game. Some might say that it may not be fitting or relevant for the story, but it could have been an opportunity for Capcom to introduce a very catching and recognizable tune similar to Mario's World 1-1 and Zelda's Overworld Theme.
Overall, I thought Breath of Fire 3 is an amazing game and definitely one that I will be replaying many times in the future.
One of the top 3 RPGs
BREATH OF FIRE 3 IS AAAWWWEEESOOOOME!!!!!!! Love this video!!!!!
Funny how youtube's algorith works, I just got a vita and managed to get all my childhood games on it, especially BoF3 (and 4 to finally complete later). Good review, cheers ;)
It's hilarious; I had no idea I could heal Boyd during his fight with the big sea brute guy; When he's waving at his monkey friend, I thought it was just a nice animation, not a 'Oh hey, cast healing/support magic on boyd". So I trained Boyd to the point of being able to solo the whole fight. Finding out years later shocked me and made me laugh.
This was first time you played it! I remember buying this on release aha
Hahaha Same
97 it was a good day!
@@kaycee9938 yes it was we even got ff7 that year and breath of fire 3
This game is amazing. One of the best JRPG i ever played.
i would love to play this on my PC today, childhood memories
I miss the BoF series. I wish they would get them all back on the PS Network ide buy them without thought
Glad you ended up liking it bro, this is definitely my favorite RPG of all time.
Yup. I wish i got a chance to play it when I was a kid.
Still one of my fav games and a beautiful OST
Omg i miss this game so much
My opinion on the mini games is exactly opposite yours, I hated the fishing, but I loved the desert and beyd training mini games. Aside from them breaking up the battle monotony, they were both extremely creative and well implemented. I absolutely loved training beyd to the point where he could just 1 shot my team. And the treasures found from solving the rumors about the desert were well worth the investment (although they probably could have been a bit stronger).
Anyone who loves RPGS and doesn't mind going retro HAS to play BOF3.
I play now on mine psp . Alredy 86 hour + . Goo King Sword obtained :-) All top weapons for all - same with armor . Now power up Pecco to have highest agi/str in party . Love this game alot :-*
Urgh, I've been playing this game since release and have never obtained the Goo King Sword 😭
@@OneBiteoftheCherry After all was not so hard . Just 12h farm and Goo King Sword drop 😊
@@adibeniacz3598 Still, that's quite a while!
@@OneBiteoftheCherry On psp you can play whenewer You want and without turn on console , without runing from loading place etc . Its took me 4 days for 3h 😁 . Harder was optain top weapon for pecco after all 🤣
@@adibeniacz3598 Which is top weapon for Peco?
Need this on the switch
I can unconditionally be friends with anyone who enjoyed this game.
Solid review mate, although I gotta disagree about some of your points on the mini games: the desert wasn't really a mini game, I think it was just a realistic change of pace. Like when you crossed the ocean there was no need for a similar change because you were headed north anyway cos you were on the boat, so a few cutscenes and a boss fight felt right. Whereas the desert was bigged up before you got there and it did require you to pay attention for an hour or so. I found it interesting that you used the stars to navigate and there was fights every couple of minutes then finished with a cool boss. None of it felt meaningless. The only aspect of the mini games I didn't like was training Beyd. Literally every player will agree on that point, and that part of the game is easily the least fun until you get in to the volcano.
Funny story - I enjoy the training minigame ^^;
I love to see just how overpowered you can make the guy, watching him near-oneshot his personal antagonist is priceless :-D
@@prinnywizzard9608 I bet that takes ages
@@OneBiteoftheCherry You have no idea lol. I trained Beyd so hard he could 1 shot every member of my party when they were in full gear. He killed Zig in 3 hits, dealing about 180 per hit lol. I think it was over 100 nights of training when i did that as a kid.
Inalso enjoyed training Beyd. It was fun watching his power level really aly rocket.
@@kingofbudokai oh God what a nightmare!
It's fairly easy to buff his HP and Defense quite a lot per training session, bit IIRC his ATK bonus seems to cap at +6 per session, so you'd have to do multiple sessions to get his ATK that high.
I like casting Resurrect on Amalgam
Game Shark? Don't tell me you grinded to the level of gaining Resurrect while still in the Yraal Region? That would have taken years
I know about using Kyrie on the Dragon Zombie but not this
This was an excellent review my friend. This is the second breath of fire game that I've completed for myself and this was quite a difficult game to complete to 100%. I did get my enjoyment out of the game, and it is probably my favourite entry in the breath of fire series out of the ones I played. I will tell you that to get everything in this game is incredibly hard because some of the best weapons/armour/items in the game have incredibly ludicrous drop rates. The fairy village is an absolute pain especially since some of the items you can get is through exploring and it takes a lot of resets and its the only way you can get them. Some of the puzzle elements in a lot of the dungeons are incredibly annoying and the desert of death can walk off the earth into obscurity. I'm glad you got your enjoyment out of the game and i look forward to seeing your know the facts of breath of fire III.
Thanks mate. I heard about that goo sword with the insane drop rate. I didn't even attempt that one. I also wasn't prepared to set foot in the desert again once I got out of it. Great work for doing that!
@@HellFireRPGs If you have any free time my friend, did you want to check out my video where I show a detailed analysis on how to complete breath of fire III. I don't want to be a burden and I consider you to be an excellent jrpg expert. The video is 35 minutes long, but I would love to hear your input on it but your under no obligation to. Thank you for your time. ruclips.net/video/gELoISNx1m0/видео.html
Hey mate. That message was flagged as spam because of the link, so I just read it now. I'll check out the video when I get a chance. Cheers :D
@@HellFireRPGs late comment, but you can get the GKS through an emulator exploit at the Faerie Village Casino. I know some people like to play the game as intended, but after playing it countless times since my childhood, I enjoy breaking it occasionally 😉
I played this when i was 9 and it had a huge impact on the person i became. I wonder what my views on the game would be if i played it for the first time in 2019 not 1999
This for me but bof2, never beat 3😭 the desert bested me as a ten year old
@@kyos8462 - I've watched a few lets plays that either gave up at the desert or stopped for years when they got to it. Shame as a lot of the best plot moments and music come after that mandatory mini-game.
The city-pop style OST is such a banger. BoF3 is amazing.
My favorite JRPG for sure. :)
Best jrpg imo.
And then crapcom decides to put it on mobile...
zZzz...
Crapcom fucks with almost every franchise they created. Breath of Fire went shitty with Dragon Quarters, Mega Man X went shitty with X4, Resident Evil went shitty with RE4 (but got eventually resurrected in 2019 with RE2:Remake), etc... '90s Capcom was a quality game smith! Crapcom nowadays is average at best!
@@StooRoxxAss Resident evil 4 is the highest rated game of the series. you mean they screwed up 5 and 6. 7 was good. The remakes are good. so they only screwed up 2 games of the series..
@@johnnyseahorse3588
I don't get the hate for RE5 by the same people who claim RE4 to be the best in the series due to they are almost the same. I couldn't give less fucks if they just had renamed RE4 with a completely different name because it has nothing to do with what made the original three great! Roundhouse kicks, body slams, German supplex, moonsaults through lasers, Orcs, midget pirates... Come on! In comparison with 1, 2 and 3 which told a science gone wrong story in a plausible way within this fictional universe, the story of 4 was just retarded. Superhuman powers killed the franchise.
@@StooRoxxAss DQ was not bad at all. It's just a spin-off.
One of my favorite RPG games of all time
This game rocks, i gotta go back and actually beat it
Omg this was my first rpg game I ever beat and is my favorite game of all time
Its 2021, im playing BoF2 on the Switchs' Internal Emulator and wishing it was 3 instead
im about to go buy a vita just to play, i loved this game when it came out on ps
I loved this game as a kid, and still do now. They story really moved me when I was young. I cried when Rei, Ryu and Teepo lost their home.
I love this game classic 👌
My favorite RPG of all time. I wish they remade this...
Dude the desert is super easy. You can get through it in 4 nights or so. It's maybe a 20 minute section tops including the boss fight. As far as the needing certain party members though, i 100% agree. Easily the worst part of the game imo. Fortunately, as you said, it's rare (i think it happens 5 or so times? 3 with momo, 1 with garr in angel tower and 1 with needing rei to unlock a door), but still annoying the first time you play and don't know they are coming up.
The Black Ship irked me. I get to the Control Room but apparently the 3 oafs in my party are too dumb to understand. Better go grab an underpowered Momo for this.
I wish I had a way to play this game
My favorite RPG
My favorite game
Its also my favourite game
I like all bof1 to 4 and still playing
I have the second game in the series and that's the only one I've played so far.
It's not so much the desert part which was annoying, more that freakin' box blocking you access to the Container Yard!
If that box wasn't there, we could have skipped the desert (and Dragnier) altogether... but that's OK because I like those parts :)
Playing it on 2022
2 and 3 were pinnacles of the series thanks for making this review. was quite a blast from the past.
What about 4?
My favourite BOF.
For me, the best jrpg ever created alongside ff7.
I am playing it on the rk2020 but damn I forget how these older games are alot harder.
1:41 Wow, Bunyan is a village in Turkey. That’s where my father was born and raised. Weird to see that name given to a character. I wonder if that’s where they took the name from.
@@Ivan-cw2cp Oh that sounds more likely! I had never heard of that one before, so I learned something new, thanks!
Best fishing game. READY????
BoF 3 remake when?
One of best JRPG on PS one
BoF3 is the highlight of the series. I don't hold it against anyone for enjoying BoF4 but I can levy such scathing indictment against many of the creative design decisions Capcom made while developing it that it makes BoF4 look laughably bad compared to BoF3. But thats fine, it's okay, I get it, BoF4 is still widely adored by many fans, they are welcome to hoist it up on a pedastal if they want to, but I choose not to participate in that. I'm good. I got BoF3. I'm good.
bof 3 just has so much charm
still my favorite game of all time
This was the first JRPG I ever played and boy, it was like crack. I've never gotten over my love for RPG's. Specially turn based like these. And since I was a kid and had no experience on these kind of games, everything I discovered was super cool. Like when I found out about the different combinations of the dragon genes, whenever I got a new one I was super excited. So kewl
I've played bof 2 and 4 too and there is no comparison.
Bof 3 is a solid game ( ok maybe certain mini games had issues)
Maybe one day they ll make a remake
Bof 3 is GOAT!
yes...Good.Old.All.T (NO SHADE)
nice thumbnail
Playing BOF 4 now will definitely get 3 after I beat 4
I remember really liking this game... but I found the mini-games insufferable back in the day... the same happened to BoF 4, so many mini-games that are hard and made feel like I was playing a puzzle game and not an RPG.
Is there a way to play this game without emulators now in April 2022? Other than on an original PSX?
Me watching this in 2022-
Finally..... I've been trying to find this game for years but I couldn't remember the name. But now I've found it. I haven't played this game in over 19 years and now I really wanna play this again
I crave a remake.
i crave for remaster. The graphics are amazing already. We don't want flash player made 2... look at what they did with Breath of Fire 6 on mobile... horrid graphics. All we need is true 16:9 (unlike stretched version on PSP locked @30fps) we want 60fps as on PSX1 original. Reduce a bit of the load times and we're good to go :-). When you use higher resolution.,.. I mean look at breath of fire 4 on PC... due the higher resolution the 2D sprites got ugly and many details lost. I would hate to see that happen to breath of fire 3
My favorite BoF, and the last BoF I enjoyed. Never interested in V, and IV really bored me. Favorite character: Nina definitely.
BEST GAME EVER
Is there any new stuff too the psp version or like new content
nossa ! a imagem ficou bem !
the problem with speccing Rei into agility is he ends up being a skill monkey and Momo is supposed to be your utility caster
Rei with Chain formation is a decent strat though. Everyone in the party gets EX turns, and he can go Weretiger for some good damage if someone else has Influence.
@@shanekayat3217 yeah that goes with the max power, berserk version of Kaiser, when you want to maximize melee
Sadly, my copy doesn't work, and it's not on Steam, PlayStation store, or anywhere elts I could think to look.😭😭 I'd love to get my hands on a playable copy.
Four is also great
Wait the same game super combo!!! 3k damage?
I just started playing this after completing suikoden 2 and I'm so lost , I'm in the mansion right now and I keep dying to Roach, farming gives barely any xp :/
@@danielw8620 I'm using an emulator.
Where can I find that thumbnail art of rei?
ITARAKI!
I wish I can play this game. All I have is a ps3 and a ps4. :(
you don't have a pc? you can play it with an emulator
@@armistice_front I want to play it on official hardware.