/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4480651
Just enjoy the art, it's the only good thing going for it.

>>4480651
This game, and most games for that matter, doesn't magically change styles at random, it'll always remain like what you've played. You won't like it, might as well drop it unless you really want to experience the story.

>>4480651
if you don't like fishing why are you playing breath of fire

>>4480651
>and it's linear as hell
>JRPG
you don't say
But I prefer it over being ping-ponged across the world map before getting the warp spell in BoF2
>whoops you forgot the character with the bullshit overworld ability you need, go back to township

>>4480680
>whoops you forgot the character with the bullshit overworld ability you need, go back to township
Does this even happen in BoF2? From what I remember, you can switch your party members at Dragon God statues, so you never have to backtrack to change them. You do have to backtrack to shamanize them and the story does ping pong you a fair bit during the first part, but character swapping wasn't the reason for it.

>>4480651
Give up now. You'll only be disappointed and complain more.

>>4480689
I don't think there's a dragon statue between wyndia and the first town unless I missed one in the town where you get rand and katt, so if you need to get across that one river you better have remembered to bring sten with you

Breath of Fire is not very good. It's as standard as a JRPG can get.

This one is the best because it's very pretty to look at. But that's it

>>4480651
>When does this c-grade generic shounen childrens game get good?
Oh anon....

>>4480837
all games are for children so I'm not sure what your point is

>>4480671
Don't give Capcom any ideas, we'll end up with BoFVII: Bass Fishing 2017.

>>4480651
>Chapter 8
What? There are only four of them. Anyway I really enjoyed the combo system with the magic, the row system, and the plot personally. It's one of my favorite games ever made in all honesty but I can respect not liking it.
>>4480667
>>4480731
>>4480837
Why do I get this weird feeling none of you actually played the game? Oh yeah, you didn't actually make any point because you never played it.
>>4480860
That's better then what BoFVI ended up as.

>playing the English version

Official BoF doggo rankings: Scias > Bow > Bo
Official BoF kot rankings: Katt > Rei > Cray

>>4481014
Did you know? Momo and Ursula are also part of the doggo race.

>>4481073
Really? I thought Momo and Karn were the only humans who had ever joined the party

>>4481076
To be fair, Momo is more human than grassrunner.
Because there's a lot of degenerate species mixing in the BoF world, a lot of hybrid individuals end up looking like humans, but for whatever reason as long as they have any feature of another race (ears or tail), they are still considered part of that race instead.

>>4481012
The English version is fine.

If you were genuinely interested in what was changed and not just shitposting then read this thread. This guy played the English and Japanese version side by side in a emulator and compares the translations. Cool read.

http://s1.zetaboards.com/Four_Against_Nature/topic/5100042/1/

Asking on behalf of some poor schmuck on /v/ if anyone has the teaching girl's animated sprite.

is this game standalone? and how long is it?

>>4481191
Yes and about 30 hours

>>4481089
It's more their species has a lot of variants. Yuna, Momo, and Scias are all grassrunners even though the first two look more human.

>>4481219
nice, been meaning to play it for a while, good to know its on the shorter side of game length

>>4481153
I have this gif of her. Also have fanart if you want. Maybe try spriter's resource for a sprite sheet of her.

>>4481191
Yeah, it's pretty far outside of the other three. Some believe it to b a prequel to everything else because of that.

>>4481246
She reminds me of a girl I knew in high school who used a sock puppet to overcome her stutter. Without it she literally couldn't string even a few words together.

>>4481256
That's genuinely pretty cute.

>>4480651
Cry more fagget

>>4481262
What a weird girl, I wish more characters were like her in general.

>>4481246
Doesn't sheb also run the item store in DQ?

Any argument against starting with BoF III? I own V already, but I can play III to get a feel for the earlier series. I'm not upset about DQ. Rather, I think it's a unique game with a lot of interesting ideas. I like it a lot. Still want to try one of the previous games, though. I'd like to better understand why V gets panned so much.

>>4481418
BOF3 is a good starting point, I think. BOF1 and 2 really didn't do anything for me (though in BOF2's case, that could be due to the abysmal localization job). I enjoyed 3 more than 4, but I don't know what the general consensus is on that; both are good.

Dragon Quarter gets a lot of flak for being different. I actually disliked it quite a bit, at first, but by the time I finished the game, I appreciated it.

>>4481418
III doesn't have Ursula.

>>4481418

I can't think of any reason to say NO to three if you want to play it but 4 is overall probably my favorite in the series and really builds on a lot of what 3 built so going backwards may be rougher than going forward. 3 also has a setting closer to 1 and 2 with it's European fantasy aesthetic versus 4's Oriental one and 4 also has one of the best turned based battle systems ever.

>I'd like to better understand why V gets panned so much.

Because it's different and hard. People always make the same complaints about needing to restart (Which you don't) or not being able to spam dragon blasts instead needing to actually get good.

Fans wanted the same old song and dance we got before and while Im a fan of the old style games it was clear they had pretty much run as far as that course will take them. DQ is goddamn great.

>>4483110

Ursula is best girl

>>4480651
Skip it
It's just a prettier BOF2 which sucks. Play something better on psx, like CHRONO CROSS or Xenogears.

>>4484373
>or Xenogears.
quite literally one of the worst RPGs ever made, ignore this guy OP

It doesn't get better. Just as the story was finally taking off, it ended. Very underwhelming. I did enjoy the character art and music, but the setting and story were dull.

>>4483273
this

>>4480680
>ping-pong
you mean bof1. bof 2 isn't nearly as bad. also you are not using the dragon statues enough. praise the dragon god, faggot.

>>4481097
noice, will read later

>>4481418
1 and 2 may be hard to get into unless you enjoy cryptic grindfests. 1 in particular is horrible at telling you what to do next and is as generic a wrpg as you will get. 2 is better at those but not by a large margin.

bof 2 has a fan translation that fixes many of the localization problems, look it up in case you get to play the game.

>>4484629
>as generic a *jrpg

>>4484373
Can't compare the two.
>>4484382
You're a fucking moron.

>>4484629

I find myself rather enjoying 1 a lot lately. It's certainly a very shallow game, but there's also something earnest and quaint about it. It's less about character and story and more about moving from fantastical event and place to fantastical event and place.

>>4484681
>unfinished 2nd disc
>shit platforming with a high encounter rate
>slow text speed with a metric ton of dialogue
>shit pacing
>pointless combo system

the only moron here is you

>>4484930
i'm happy to her that anon. i hope you enjoy bof 2 as much as i do when you play it

>>4485136
>unfinished 2nd disc
Never had this, BoFIV is one disk you idiot.
>shit platforming with a high encounter rate
What the fuck are you even talking about? Where is there platforming?
>slow text speed with a metric ton of dialogue
It's a rpg.
>shit pacing
An opinion, a shitty one, but still.
>pointless combo system
Adds deeply to the combat, few other jrpgs offer a combo system.

Basically, you're a retard.

>>4486301
Not defending everything they're saying (some of it is true), but they're talking about Xenogears, not BOF4.

>>4486301

He's talking about xenogears, dipshit.

>>4486301
you fucking imbecile

>>4486301
Lol'd