Breath of Fire 3 review - SNESdrunk

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[@SuperDerek]

Wow, thank you for the shout-out SNES drunk! :D

[@KCUFyoufordoxingme]

Link? Link in the description? Anything?

[@kennylauderdale_en]

Enter the desert, turn right ONCE. Walk in straight line until out of desert. You're welcome.

[@Duralinthetrue]

kenny lauderdale the real MVP

[@dreamweaver5803]

Gotta give this one a shot! Great vid as always!

[@Koosh1984]

I loved this game when it came out. The desert part made me put it away and sell it. Then I picked it up again last year and beat it with the help of this info. That was a satisfying itch to scratch

[@Eener1000]

Hah! I actually liked that part. The music, how lonely it felt, how long it took. Really made me feel like I had reached the end of the world.

[@riggel8804]

Aw man, I forgot about that part. That takes me back

[@crashbandicoot5636]

Breath of Fire, the most underrated (imo) capcom rpg series.

[@vincentvalenhyde]

This game was my first introduction to JRPGs in general when a friend brought it over for an afternoon get-together. He played it up to the mansion portion where the heroes were fending off the ghosts before we all called it quits and went on with whatever kids stuff we did those days. Took a couple of years and testing out other JRPGs on demo discs (like Legend Of Dragoon) before I got around to revisiting Breath Of Fire III by buying my own copy and finishing it. Since then, it's been a neverending journey to complete even more JRPG titles ranging from Suikoden and the Chrono series to Shadow Hearts and Star Ocean.

[@TVans-vs3gn]

How it's going with your JRPG journey? Been a while..

[@blazeknight4120]

This game is amazing. One of the best RPGs of all time in my opinion.

[@Patenando]

It is no doubt a masterpiece.

[@replay.5990]

Oh yes and grandia2😊

[@NotxOmnis]

only thing i fucking hate about this game is the fact i’ll never get to play it again for the first time

[@alvarovega2487]

I just finished playing this a few mins ago. Left off in the desert. Love this game.

[@kathartik]

it's year later, did you get past the desert?

[@alvarovega2487]

@@kathartik yeah. I've past this game several times growing up. The desert part is misleading for sure.

[@starlightwitch12]

I remember playing the European PSP version of this when I got my PSP nearly 10 years ago. Momo is my favorite character in the game. That PSP version actually came out in Japan and Europe in 2006 though.

[@8thLife]

"Unfortunately if you're a lunatic like me who has to check everything" Yup, me too. 😂

[@Bucko1126]

🙋‍♂️ Me! I'm in that boat too!

[@zsheets7483]

Yep. Classic RPGs and games like the Zelda series taught us to be this way.

[@b.9772]

Ps-drunk?

[@DhinCardoso]

Peeeeeeeee s'drunk =)

[@bauernkind8595]

Eh. Don't drunk and drive. 😉

[@someguy3186]

PS-drunk... peees-drunk... piss-drunk

[@RelocatedRedbird]

SonyDrunk!!

[@Zarbula]

Thanks for the PSP mention. Would be fun to play this game again.

[@subill]

One of those games i could finish as a kid with unlimited time but nowadays drop after a couple of hours. Still great though

[@72blxxdbpsfoo]

Childhood you had all the time in the world

[@jcwadkins2100]

This game is hugely underrated, I stumbled onto this game about 12 years ago while searching for any older turn based rpg from the 8/16 bjt or ps1 days when I realised the 2 snes games had ps1 sequels and I was hooked. Honestly such an overlooked gem of an rpg

[@jcwadkins2100]

Simple look at a handful of best ps1 rpgs, guarantee it's hardly mentioned maybe 1 out of 10 vids

[@thecorrectoification]

This was fantastic, I really appreciate it. I'm 34 and a longtime fan of BOF2 and SNES in general, hence me being a sub of yours. I always wondered about BOF3 and 4 because I missed out on them at the time. This was very helpful. If possible, please do a review of breath of fire 4 also

[@shadda]

I can't believe you didn't mention the badass dragon combo transformation system. I loved that.

[@CanadianPenny]

I remember thinking back in 1997 that Wild Arm's polygon graphics didn't look very good. I loved RPGs back then, and played Wild Arms through anyway. I wonder why I didn't give BF3 a chance. Thanks for introducing it to me!

[@dotapazappy]

I was just looking up videos related to this game and was shocked to find anything from 2019. 3 months late but still feels nice to me that people haven't forgotten this masterpiece.

[@GodsMistake1985]

I loved the transformation system with the gems. There were so many ways to combine them and so many dragon forms to discover.

[@DannyRetroGamer]

I remember playing this a couple of times when I was younger, but couldn't get too far because the story didn't seem to make a lot of sense. I enjoyed the gameplay and for a time when JRPGs were a dime a dozen, I think this one is definitely worth a revisit. Thanks for the review!

[@VanDrauss]

Thank you for reviewing this game! I loved BoF 1 and BoF 2, but never played any of the later installments of the series. It seemed to me that all of the later titles got mediocre/lackluster reviews, and so I never made much of an effort to check them out. I had no idea that BoF 3 looked like this --- gorgeous sprite work that has aged significantly better than the polygons offered up by its contemporary RPGs on the PSX. I'm adding this on my games-to-play list as of today. Thanks, SNES Drunk!

[@dbstewart86]

You won't regret it. It's a fantastic game in every aspect.

[@johanlequellec2194]

It looks great ! When I was a teen I loved the first on GBA and as a French player, it was the very first RPG I finished in English ! I was so proud ! On the other hand I never managed to complete the second BoF. The game is great but I don't know... Maybe I didn't have much time to spend on it :/

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

One of the best RPGs I've ever played. Great gameplay, amazing story and unforgettable characters. The mandatory desert bit is the only bad thing about it, I know some people who dropped the game because of it and never picked it up again. Other than that it's a must platy for RPG fans, even in 2019. Graphics have age really well too, unlike most other PSX games.

[@rickylovesyou]

Loved BOF3, BOF4 and even BOF5. God I miss the franchise, wish capcom would make another console iteration.

[@zero-pantsu-samus3203]

BoF 6 was finally a mobile game, it flopped as expected.... Such a pitiful ending to a great series until 5.

[@Kenshiro3rd]

My fave game of the series. Like you said it carried the torch of traditional JRPG gameplay in an era where everyone else was redefining the themselves and the concept. I just absolutely loved the mechanics of this game, ESP the Dragon transformation system. Kinda sad you didn't touch on that here.

[@tommo21tm]

Breath of Fire III was the first JRPG I ever played. To this day it's still my favourite game of all time and I wish Capcom would bring this series back. They've done it with Mega Man and Resident Evil, they can do it with Breath of Fire

[@willian4428]

my first jrpg, i just love every aspect of it... miss those times.

[@TheGryf0xxx]

I hope you have a great rest of YOUR day!

[@justsomebody-1665]

Love this game. Want to replay it in a way that seems somewhat fresh? Try making Ryu a mage. Ignore his physical stuff and just give him +MP and +Magic masters to lv up with, and teach him the elemental spells like Mjollnir/Iceblast/etc. It actually works REALLY well -- he has a ton of MP to stay in his Dragon form for a really long time and his healing spells get really strong, plus he has those elemental spells when you dont want to bother transforming.

[@cabbagefarmerai-chan2955]

"Since this is a BoF game, houses get burned down" Truer statements, yet to be found

[@tommieboi707]

Brings back so many memories. I love it.

[@205_ichsansaleh3]

On another note, i'm just glad you take a look at another classic RPG of PS1. And it's another great review from you as always. Keep being awesome, man.

[@DougGarrett]

I love your quick to the point reviews. Keep up the good work.

[@lordmoldybutt6361]

You inspired me to actually finally start my own channel. It won't be about video games per say. But thank you for unknowingly helping me.

[@neirdolife-thegamerinvestor]

This was one of the best games in ps1. Well made game from story to gameplay. So many hours played with this game

[@sadmeat8937]

Best in the series and my favorite game of all time.

[@ayamylautrec7065]

Exactly the same here

[@bassandspaceable]

Out of the first 3 I liked 3's gameplay and 2's story the most

[@twanroijmans3840]

Still have the game. Of all the breath of fire games, it had the best fishing mini game. And the dragon gene system, that isn't mentioned for some reason was one of the more fun takes on dragon transformation powers Ryu learns later on. Kind of a nod to the shaman system used in Breath of Fire 2 since it allowed you to try out gene combinations for different dragon forms/ powers.

[@DanDoesGame]

Before I watched the video I thought the game was on SNES and was saying wtf to myself for not knowing that..... Then I realized you were just reviewing a PS1 game

[@2WhiteAndNerdy]

Haha. Same. I was like "holy crap the graphics are pretty amazing for an SNES game! O.o" then I realized it was PS.

[@StevenMorris]

I love this game. It was such a breath of fresh air when it came out. I really appreciated the fact that it wasn't overambitious like a lot of the other offerings of the PS1. The music is top-notch too!

[@dragonvein5776]

Overambitious is the perfect word. I remember getting hyped for Chrono Cross. I got to a section of the game that wasn’t hard, but had so much detail that I couldn’t find the exits to new sections of the area. I spent hours just finding new areas. I gave up and have been jaded ever sense.

[@StevenMorris]

@@dragonvein5776 I agree... chrono cross was a big let down at the time. The music was great, but it felt wasted

[@ix8750]

Thank you for inspiring me to play all these games SNESDrunk. ❤️

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Played this twice as a kid but never finished it; picked it up again much later (emulator) and finally played it all the way through the end. One of my favourite RPGs ever.

[@briansmith8361]

Balio and Sunder! You made no mention of Balio and Sunder, those memorable gangster horses!

[@ObiMace]

Breath of Fire III is one of my all time favourite videogames. It defined my tastes in entertainment and story telling and characters and plotlines and design and pretty much everything like no other game!

[@gamerex9378]

So. I rented this from Hollywood Video back in the day. I grew up on SNES rpgs so it was a series that was near and dear to me. I re-rented it some 4 times in a row. At the store I used, you could re-rent without bringing the copy in. I tried to do that and they said I had already returned it. I asked them to double check, they confirmed it. I went home to my apparently (nearly) new copy of Breath of Fire 3 that I had gotten for around $20 in rental fees.

[@brianc83]

The fishing game! Made me think it’d be great to see a “Best SNES mini games” video. Like the Yoshi race in Mario RPG (probably a bad example) or the car destroying in Street Fighter 2. Hell, even if we go back to NES, those Kirby and Mario 3 ones were great!

[@ReaverPrime]

This is literally my number 1 favorite game of time. Period. Breath 2 is also in my personal top 10.

[@ConstitutionalRepublic00]

I love your content. I have every game from ATARI-N64 on my Raspberry PI, and you have aided my to do list.

[@PsychoSavage88]

My all time fav rpg and I just wish they remastered it for the ps4 and or switch

[@cookieskoon2028]

I love all four Breath of Fire games. Yep. All FOUR of them. There were only four.

[@Sparkbomber]

BOF 3 is a good game. I like 2 better, personally, but both are proud parts of my game collection. One thing to note, 3 does have rather clunky 3D level design. Granted, it isn't as hideous as some might make it out to be, but you do get the feeling all is built out of DUPLO blocks with some covering sauce. The spritework is good though. But the damn Dolphin.... FTR, first time a game was shipped with an Australian to English encounter specific translation option. Tough boss too.

[@immortalfrieza]

What surprises me most about Breath of Fire is the lack of imitators. With the series effectively dead yet SO good I've seen very few games that are even remotely like it. PoPoLoCrois on the PSP is probably the last game I can think of that I've played.

[@xXLeandro12]

After playing for a days The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim their main missions reminded me a lot of the Breath of Fire saga, in top of all BoF1 and 3, for all that of the Dragon people and their violence only in that storyline.

[@VitaEx]

Literally my favorite game I own two copies of the disc in case something happens to it lol. I also have the psp port but it has been censored (music and colors removed from certain scenes ) it also loads a bit slower I love the tone and scope of the story and the gameplay and that’s saying a lot I’m typically a final fantasy fanboy The story seems light and accessible at times but isn’t afraid to dive into deeper themes and the ramifications of your actions morality and free will vs god and faith definitely some Great questions I put bof3 right up there with chronology trigger personally I love the pacing of the game it just keeps on giving and feels like a living breathing world wish they still made games this way

[@ferret7studio]

One of my favorite RPG franchises!

[@WillKhami]

Loved the story, characters and music. The game makes me high on nostalgia.

[@raphsav4009]

I love this game! Played it so much back in the days, the best thing in my opinion are the many dragon forms ryu can become and also the team transformations rock! Thank you for the video and you have a great rest of your day too man! :D

[@QuwehShunMark]

Pleasant surprise! Only game on PS that ever came close was Suikoden 2. Still my favorite reviewer, doing great work!

[@TheCrescentKnight]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Dragon Transformation system, it was the best version of the system in the entire series.

[@zennabella1676]

I ENJOYED THIS GAME WHEN I PLAYED IT SOME TIME AGO. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE OLDER GAMES AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME WHICH IS THE PRINT IN THE GAMES, ALL GAMES I THINK SHOULD HAVE PRINT YOU CAN EASILY SEE.

[@zsheets7483]

Breath of Fire 3 is by far one of my favorite RPGs of all time. The characters and story are great, and the dragon gene system was a lot of fun.

[@FairyRat]

"And Peco is... an onion" lmao. Judging by the video the spritework is insane! Truly gorgeous.

[@Oni_Dino]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE KZbinRS and ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES. I love you snesdrunk. Thank you for this upload.

[@Leftisinsane]

This really is a great game. I picked up a physical copy of this on the PSP a few years back. I'm glad that the BOF series stayed true to its roots and didn't "over modernize" this game. You can easily ruin a game doing that. The FF series is a prime example of how you come from brilliance and go to trash. Great video!

[@ayamylautrec7065]

This is my favorite RPG of all, I just love this game so much, cant put it into words

[@MarMar-zj8tf]

I had such a different experience than yours, heh, but that might go without saying 20+ years after the fact and when I was 12. I was on constant defense for it and had to agree with many points against it. -Everyone thought the music sounded like misplaced elevator music and too often you'd be trapped listening to a single track for a very long time. You were desperate to find that save point. -There were plenty of mazelike dungeons and some force you to take chances that might send you back to the beginning. Padding of the worst kind. -The game was full of palette swap enemies. - Way too many times where unless you have a strategy guide or the internet (and most people back then didn't) you were SOL and had to just run around and exhaust every possibility. - The sprites aged well. The backgrounds and 3d elements aged super poorly. Even back in the day, having to spend time in areas where there were there three or four textures used to cover a huge area or dungeon was an eyesore. Compare to many rpg's that had the pre-rendered backgrounds, BOF3 wasn't wowing anyone.-

[@orinanime]

I hope to see a video review of BoF4 sometime soon. Great review!

[@Zeithri]

Aroouu~ The Dragon Pygmy concept art is what I've been using since forever as my YT Channel's little watermark on my videos x) It's soo kyoot. Chubby leg-less dragon with a mischievous smile. Breath of Fire 1 & 2 was one of those games I branched out into during my teenage years because I wanted to find an RPG that I could call " _Mine_ " as everyone else was huge fans of FF, and sure, Final Fantasy is great but, I wanted something new, something special. Unfortunately, in both games I got completely stuck in similar places in both games and was unable to progress or even had any idea on how to progress further so I dropped both those games. It's been around, 15 years since I last played them, aside from like a few years ago when I played BoF1 lightly at the start, or when I gave BoF3 a try. Good RPG's that I should had played years ago.

[@elHosed]

This is the first JRPG I played from beginning to end on the actual hardware. It'll always have a place in my heart. Shadowrun on the SNES was the first console RPG I completed, but it isn't really a JRPG. Mostly played FPSes on PC back then. As a side note, why the hell are SNES Classic Minis $250 on Amazon and only $100 on Ebay?

[@jasontaylor6560]

Love this review man! One of my favorite PS RPGs! Would love to see more PS RPG reviews from you!

[@Randarchy53]

I was stuck for so long on the part where you have to find the different screws and pieces. I came back years later and was able to find them but had no idea what was going on with the story.

[@TehDarkOn3]

2016 for PSP? PSP was discontinued in NA in 2014. I recall playing this game on my PSP in 2007. Seemed faithful to the original, though it had been some years since i last played this on the PS1. great game overall. Loved the review.

[@keepingatit3566]

BOF is awesome and 3 in particular was beautyfull, love the characters, the lore , the mini games and gorgeous world map and the funky music. ANd the story. and Nina and Ryu

[@Beigemage0621]

Thos os an extremely underrated game. The review is right on the money imo. The references to the previous games, the sprites aged well. What was left out of this rebeiw was the biggest selling points. FRIGGIN WERETIGER BERSERKER and Fusing tiur dragon forms with for allies!! Seriously cool.

[@zekossss]

Good video, now time for the next BoF or maybe SaGa Frontier series beyond 16-bit era?

[@bf0189]

I remember the music being so good and jazzy in some sections that my liked a few of the tunes even and made turn up the volume on the tv.

[@Mr.Sojiro]

I have really enjoyed your dive into the BoF series, I really enjoy this series despite some of its flaws and have agreed with your videos. I think you should try to finish it out with IV and V. Both are really good entries as well, although V is very different from the other games and some of the fans didn't care for it (I thought it was great!). I know it's a bit of a task but hopefully you will finish off the last two games for the series, no the "6th" game does not exist and we should never pretend it does.

[@JoeyintheAM]

The first BOF I played and still my favorite BOF. Literally just started it up again a few days ago!

[@xelthos2051]

I love this game, one of my all time favorites. Honestly my favorite BoF game.

[@elbartolapoente]

amazing game! my first BoF, and it was remarkable! great review.

[@Azuris190]

I love the 4th one, my Potrait is even the only Character, that is the same Person in the hole Series :> The second one was also a lot of fun. Only the first one wasnt playable, because there Stuff like "wtr kgr" to search for.

[@Old_Man_Jay]

This game didn't too many spectacular things when compared to other RPGs at the time but it's a really fun game and the characters are really charming. Momo is my favorite. Too bad I never finished it. When I was a kid I got stuck in the stupid desert area where you had to follow the stars to get to the end. I quit after that. I may start a new play through and actually finish it soon though

[@andrewcoll1236]

So true, this game has aged much better than most of its peers that tried something different.

[@tiagocosmos]

this game is great if a bit slow paced in the beginning. i prefer II and IV over this one myself, but i had a ton of fun with it (but i never finished it oops, maybe i'll pick it up again when i have the time. as always, great video, man p.s. still waiting for part 6 of snes rpgs series (there are so many you haven't covered yet that are SO GOOD) but i don't mean to be obnoxious, sorry. lol

[@TJ20232]

Probably my second favourite game ever, behind Grandia. Good to see someone likes it just as much as I do.

[@KROMO50]

Good game and great review like always.. best channel hands down on KZbin. Have a good rest of your day sir

[@GoodyKitten]

I have played through this game so many times. One thing the Breath of Fire series likes to do is make one non-Ryu character who looks weak turn into the strongest character using some in game system. For this game it is Peco and he just destroys everything when you build him properly and put him in the right formation.

[@chaospoet]

I've had this since it came out and yet somehow have never played it. I desperately need to change that a.s.a.p! This looks so good.

[@SimplyPsyke]

So many good memories playing this, love the dragon system and quirkiness of the story.

[@BinaryDood]

Great review! Are you going to one day gonna do full review of Xenogears? Since you did also one for Chrono Cross...

[@gravydude1957]

Thanks for the review Breath of Fire has always been one of my favorite series like watching most of your videos now I wanna play it.

[@Sabishi1985]

Awww, Breath of Fire 3! I love this game so much. :D It would be fun to see a remake in the future. On the other hand, the game is already perfect the way it is.. But seeing every character in glorious 3D would be nice, even though I prefer pixelated Sprites in general. :)

[@hatrickswayze4888]

Nah

[@sierrawhite5552]

BoF3 is for sure in top 10 of my favorite games ever. And while I like the characters in BoF2 more, that game has a bit more issues then this one, and for sure the enemy scaling is much improved. Its just a shame we are very unlikely to see another game like this ever again, as the game industry has moved to far away from things like it.

[@Silvergun_Raven]

BoF III is my favorite in the series and that soundtrack is just incredible!

[@Anthon1996]

I first played this game in October last year. It's the first BoF game I played. I spent so damn much of the game underleveled, though. Had to do like 4 hours of grinding to stand a chance against the last boss.

[@muhanc.a.9299]

7 minutes of Sn.. Sn... PSX drunkness?

[@Slashcard]

Legitimately my favorite game of all time. Thanks for covering it.

[@jiraiya0698]

Hi can you help me? Quick question. I am currently playing this game and I want to know if I can skip the EX command. Are the skills learned that way worthy?

[@Slashcard]

@@jiraiya0698 There are a couple of skills that are useful to have via examining, but your best learned skills pretty much all come from masters. If recommend looking up a list of skills, and see if any of the examined ones stand out as something you want.

[@jiraiya0698]

@@Slashcard Great, thanks for the help.

[@cinnamonnoir2487]

Wow. I always thought Breath of Fire was really generic, but this looks more interesting than some Final Fantasy games.

[@Abic__]

It's really great

[@AkaiAzul]

Final Fantasy: save the world! Breath of Fire 3: save yourself.

[@bassandspaceable]

BOF 2-4 were generic mixed with fresh ideas as this review accurately puts it. They are definitely worth a play through. Original BOF is very basic but the story and music are still decent. I enjoyed that one as well.

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

I beat this one when I was 14 back in 1998. I started a new game in early 2018 and got to the part where you have to train Beyd and go to the lighthouse, and for some reason just stopped. I haven't booted the game up in almost a year. I've been telling myself for weeks (and months) that I really ought to finish it. I have a bad habit of not beating games. Shenmue remaster comes to mind...

[@ReaverPrime]

BoF3 is my favorite game of all time. I don't say that facetiously. I literally mean it's my #1, followed by Chrono Trigger and SotN.

[@josepartida1711]

I bought this on ebay months ago to add to my psx collection. Load times? very nice, I love my load times.

[@bassandspaceable]

I discovered the BOF series before I ever played FF, so these games are special to me. Objectively, the story lines were great - especially BOF2

[@blaster5800]

I like BoF 2. One of the first games I emulated on my first PC.