Breath of Fire 3 Review (Why you need to play this PS1 classic!)

[@esotherwiseotherwise9927]

I still play this in 2019. On the vita.

[@nikjin1202]

You also use a breath of fire 3 profile picture?

[@nikjin1202]

Cool

[@esotherwiseotherwise9927]

Yep, 😊

[@user-cb6jj1nw4c]

me, too. Bof3 is one of the best game.

[@Maesterful]

Me too. I just finished it. What a game, but Fu** those puzzles!

[@buddharj]

The roller coaster of feelings I went thru with this game. A true classic.

[@kissme1518]

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.

[@shanekayat3217]

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)

[@ReaverPrime]

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.

[@yakojjy]

Indeed, I still rank BoF3 as one of the greatest RPGs of all time. Perfectly designed.

[@hitkid2456]

I think I probably like it more than IV. That other game is still pretty damn stellar in its own right however.

[@hellhammer7444]

Same. 2 with the language patch is so much better. Play it if you haven't

[@kyos8462]

Bof 1&2 chronotrigger an this game were my pre teen years. To this day i covet these games in my display case

[@yoman8027]

Same! People can keep their Ocarina of Time, Breath of Fire 3 is my number 1 game.

[@adampindell]

Still holds up in 2020. One of the most epic JRPGs

[@boldcounsel9406]

Definitely in my top 5 from childhood.

[@samuelmendez7398]

We need a proper Breath of Fire 6, that mobile game never happened!😓

[@danielroque2832]

Yeah, or a spiritual sucessor at least.

[@hitkid2456]

They actually used a hindu numeral... The nerve!!!

[@Venoix]

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!

[@HellFireRPGs]

Yeah i love that image. You should have kept it and paid the 'lost' fee haha. Do a BOF binge like i am!

[@Venoix]

@@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.

[@kingofbudokai]

@@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.

[@Venoix]

@@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.

[@Chris_P_Bacon62]

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.

[@salamathesusatbiyernesulit2161]

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.

[@kingofbudokai]

Dragon Lord Teepo is badass as all hell.

[@jstarstriker8355]

The best of all the breath of fire series in my opinion. Love the super sayian power at the end.

[@Diaratia]

I agree with you 😉

[@Diaratia]

I love fishing

[@capcom23]

you mean Super Sayian Dragon Powder. lol... yes powder

[@siegel947]

Diaratia Valentinus Malio fishing exchange

[@EmeraldaKasim]

Thanks for the spoiler

[@Texas2Mexico_Gaming]

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!!!

[@MrSerpico145]

This game often draws me back to it ever since the late 90s.

[@AkSamurai69]

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

[@MrLoLFaQ]

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

[@supermahmoud]

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

[@godzilladestroyscities1757]

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.

[@turnpike9680]

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.

[@rthrlyl]

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.

[@phanboy8059]

It's good to know you had a great time playing it. Breath of Fire 3 ROCKS!

[@nonutemperor]

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

[@gusgusfl]

The soundtrack is amazing and totally different style than most games that I’ve played

[@MPT1983]

Agreed, even though it was disliked in japan

[@JFizzlestein7]

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.

[@Anhiksi]

2021 incoming, still playing with PSP, PS1 and PC dawgs.

[@ImWillHD]

I always come back to this game

[@opedromagico]

Thanks for this series!!

[@user-ec2rc3lr7v]

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 😃👏🏻

[@GimR]

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!

[@TheTriple2000]

That thumbnail is makin me feelin something else

[@mkloudsql3285]

I miss the BoF series. I wish they would get them all back on the PS Network ide buy them without thought

[@herveglandu4847]

This game is amazing. One of the best JRPG i ever played.

[@benjaminbaldwin2827]

One of the top 3 RPGs

[@tonystark001]

Early game getting Teepo to obey you in his weretiger form and him mopping the floor with everyone, legendary game😢

[@marklee1194]

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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXrVpINsgNBkqtU) and the 2nd overworld theme in BOF2 (Breath of Fire: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmXGaJmVaayoetE), 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.

[@bernardp.1299]

BREATH OF FIRE 3 IS AAAWWWEEESOOOOME!!!!!!! Love this video!!!!!

[@KaraMooMoo]

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.

[@djstona5284]

This was first time you played it! I remember buying this on release aha

[@kaycee9938]

Hahaha Same 97 it was a good day!

[@djstona5284]

@@kaycee9938 yes it was we even got ff7 that year and breath of fire 3

[@adibeniacz3598]

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 :-*

[@OneBiteoftheCherry]

Urgh, I've been playing this game since release and have never obtained the Goo King Sword 😭

[@adibeniacz3598]

@@OneBiteoftheCherry After all was not so hard . Just 12h farm and Goo King Sword drop 😊

[@OneBiteoftheCherry]

@@adibeniacz3598 Still, that's quite a while!

[@adibeniacz3598]

@@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 🤣

[@OneBiteoftheCherry]

@@adibeniacz3598 Which is top weapon for Peco?

[@napoleonblownapart8155]

Anyone who loves RPGS and doesn't mind going retro HAS to play BOF3.

[@RFMongoose]

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).

[@hian]

The city-pop style OST is such a banger. BoF3 is amazing.

[@wendelldiola5200]

And then crapcom decides to put it on mobile... zZzz...

[@StooRoxxAss]

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!

[@johnnyseahorse3588]

@@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..

[@StooRoxxAss]

@@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.

[@hitkid2456]

@@StooRoxxAss DQ was not bad at all. It's just a spin-off.

[@florianlison8085]

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 ;)

[@WorthlessWinner]

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

[@kyos8462]

This for me but bof2, never beat 3😭 the desert bested me as a ten year old

[@WorthlessWinner]

@@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.

[@Malkiore1]

Still one of my fav games and a beautiful OST

[@OneBiteoftheCherry]

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.

[@prinnywizzard9608]

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

[@OneBiteoftheCherry]

@@prinnywizzard9608 I bet that takes ages

[@kingofbudokai]

@@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.

[@retrogradebolide2198]

Inalso enjoyed training Beyd. It was fun watching his power level really aly rocket.

[@shanekayat3217]

@@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.

[@average_kaiji_fan]

Glad you ended up liking it bro, this is definitely my favorite RPG of all time.

[@HellFireRPGs]

Yup. I wish i got a chance to play it when I was a kid.

[@zydomason]

I can unconditionally be friends with anyone who enjoyed this game.

[@kingmasterlord]

I like casting Resurrect on Amalgam

[@shanekayat3217]

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

[@shanekayat3217]

I know about using Kyrie on the Dragon Zombie but not this

[@lutherblogz1247]

Currently playing this

[@eswacker1]

i would love to play this on my PC today, childhood memories

[@vempyredark]

Its 2021, im playing BoF2 on the Switchs' Internal Emulator and wishing it was 3 instead

[@YoungPadawan85]

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.

[@caitlinleanna5028]

im about to go buy a vita just to play, i loved this game when it came out on ps

[@Jk-zv6tz]

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.

[@ynneknasupilac]

Omg i miss this game so much

[@kingofbudokai]

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.

[@shanekayat3217]

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.

[@Dragon-jd1ks]

My favorite JRPG for sure. :)

[@Mattonores]

Playing it on 2022

[@user-up7wf5uh9m]

Best jrpg imo.

[@littlediddle2198]

My favorite game

[@nikjin1202]

Its also my favourite game

[@bennysusanto5524]

One of my favorite RPG games of all time

[@TheCompletionist]

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.

[@HellFireRPGs]

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!

[@TheCompletionist]

@@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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXavoHyJg91ko5I

[@HellFireRPGs]

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

[@shanekayat3217]

@@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 😉

[@GeAsita]

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

[@jimmiereese193]

Omg this was my first rpg game I ever beat and is my favorite game of all time

[@handsomeasiandude1126]

My favorite RPG of all time. I wish they remade this...

[@SeventhheavenDK]

My favorite BoF, and the last BoF I enjoyed. Never interested in V, and IV really bored me. Favorite character: Nina definitely.

[@Wylde_Starr]

I wish I had a way to play this game

[@malo7889]

Need this on the switch

[@itstheweirdguy]

Best fishing game. READY????

[@tribhuvansm1847]

I like all bof1 to 4 and still playing

[@danielegan1870]

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.

[@CyberCrusade]

BoF 3 remake when? One of best JRPG on PS one

[@micom6082]

I love this game classic 👌

[@GonnaDoABarrelRoll]

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 :)

[@thebrizzlovesrpgs3331]

This game rocks, i gotta go back and actually beat it

[@MJBBo]

My favorite RPG

[@boitahaki]

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.

[@Ljandj99]

Playing BOF 4 now will definitely get 3 after I beat 4

[@MGNashi]

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 :/

[@MGNashi]

@@danielw8620 I'm using an emulator.

[@danieledwardsen7912]

I am playing it on the rk2020 but damn I forget how these older games are alot harder.

[@FreeFlow__]

For me, the best jrpg ever created alongside ff7.

[@kingmasterlord]

still my favorite game of all time

[@melexdy]

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

[@thecypher7242]

2 and 3 were pinnacles of the series thanks for making this review. was quite a blast from the past.

[@Maesterful]

What about 4?

[@Endersoul-tx1of]

I crave a remake.

[@capcom23]

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

[@gamecartclassics]

Mostly agree, but I think glossed over is simply how lethargic the game is. I played through running this game at 300% speed in order to make the battles move at anything faster than a glacial pace.

[@anthonymurphy8041]

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

[@Seiferboi]

I have the second game in the series and that's the only one I've played so far.

[@stevenrosello4948]

bof 3 just has so much charm

[@Ergospheres]

okay but like sauce for the thumbnail pic?

[@_.Alucard._]

My favourite BOF.

[@one3447]

BEST GAME EVER

[@kingmasterlord]

the problem with speccing Rei into agility is he ends up being a skill monkey and Momo is supposed to be your utility caster

[@shanekayat3217]

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.

[@kingmasterlord]

@@shanekayat3217 yeah that goes with the max power, berserk version of Kaiser, when you want to maximize melee

[@Barbro247]

Arguably one of the best rpg:s ever created and you cant do anything but shit on it?

[@trevorl.4332]

Is there a way to play this game without emulators now in April 2022? Other than on an original PSX?

[@koju-kin]

Where can I find that thumbnail art of rei?

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

Breath of Fire 7 (future game) must be something similar to Dragon Quest 3 where you play as a Hero and you can recruit different characters of different races and classes.

[@ssjsmith8879]

With an evil Pope this time! Like in bof2! Maybe a female?

[@turanx0]

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.

[@turanx0]

@@Ivan-cw2cp Oh that sounds more likely! I had never heard of that one before, so I learned something new, thanks!

[@jakea3950]

Bof 3 is GOAT!

[@capcom23]

yes...Good.Old.All.T (NO SHADE)

[@jonnytheirish1857]

Wait the same game super combo!!! 3k damage?

[@shadowbladeace1651]

I tried to but it's too hard for me and I don't know why. Oh well.