Breath of Fire 4 Review

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(More customer reviews)Ah, the Fourth installment of the Breath of Fire series. It's finally here, BUT...! Was it worth the wait?

I had been waiting for this game for a long time. So when I was waltzing through my local Blockbuster Video, I saw it, and the next thing I knew it was in my hands. After paying the rent fee, I sped home and threw it in my Playstation without glancing at the instructions. Here's what I thought of it.

First, this game is about Ryu, who once again, can transform into dragons. He's trying to figure out who he is, yet again. The story first involves a search for Nina's sister, but then it soon evolves into something much greater, involving Nina, Ryu, Ershin (A strange woman who wears armor), Scias (A mercenary who was hired to watch over the party), Cray (The leader of the Woren Tribe (AKA Cat People) and Nina's companion), Ursula (A woman toting a magic gun), and Fou-Lu (An emperor that has risen from the dead).

When I saw the anime intro, I was expecting it to be in english, but Capcom needed to put more work in it. They shouldn've translated it! The title screen was almost completely japanese as well and I was afraid I had somehow gotten an import copy. After that, much to my relief, the language was completely english. The 3D enviornments were horrible, as I noticed when watching the opening. The sprite cahracters, however, were perfectly drawn. The battle effects were nice, except for a bit of pixelation in some spell effects. The camera angles were frustrating as well. Overall, the graphics needed a small tune-up.

The music was GREAT! I was expecting repetitive songs and other things like that, but I got a surprise when I heard the musical score. The battle theme was good (Both Ryu and Fou-Lu battle themes), the victory theme was good, same with the boss theme. The world map theme, however, needed a boost. The minigame theme was one of the only musics that got repetitive. But we need a translation! caughanimecenimacaugh. Other than that, the music overall was perfect for the game.

The controls were a tad frustrating. The akward camera angles left me searching for the place to find Sandflier parts for at least half an hour. We need a free-following camera! The other controls are fine, just positioning yourself can be frustrating. It can be hard to get yourself jst right so you can get that item or read that sign. Battle controls are simple, yet effecive. It's easy to choose what spell to cast or who to attack. It's alse simple to switch party members from the front to back rows. The world map controls are simple because there are only a few things to do on it. Overall, the controls could be a lot better in this game.

Ah, the gameplay review. The storylne is greatfrom beginning to end. The combat system is ingenious, leaving the option to learn advanced abilities from enemies. Only isntead of a completely different command to learn abilities, the game usus the "Defend" command to both reduce damage AND learn abilities. The out-of-battle abilities are simple, yet effective. For example, Nina can fly up and look around so you can see everything that's around. Overall, this game was worth the wait and should land itself in any RPG player's collection. While not quite as good as BoF2 in storyline, it surpasses BoF3 in almost any way.




RATINGS (Out of 5)
Graphics- 4.0
Sound- 4.5
Control- 4.0

Overall Gameplay- 5.0

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Breath of Fire IV is a single-player game that continues the story with these "dragon people," who gave their lives to eradicate the evil goddess and restore peace in their world. This time around, battle has broken out between two powerful continents, and the fair Princess Elena has disappeared during a tour of the war-torn region. The princess's sister, Nina, who reigns o'er the Windia Kingdom, vows to retrieve her missing sibling. She meets Ryu along the way, who joins the epic quest

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Breath of Fire IV Review

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(More customer reviews)Game just the same as the psx version, except this one can go where your laptop goes! Excellent game, amazing story line, and awesome characters. For some players the only setbacks will be: a) psx graphics (I didn't mind, but some gamers want better graphics with a computer release) and b) has compatability issues with vista (what doesn't?).

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Manufacturer's DescriptionBreath of Fire IV continues the epic tale of the dragon people who gave their lives to destroy the evil goddess of the land and bring peace back to their world. In this incarnation, a war has taken place between two continents separated by a nearly impenetrable swampland The fair Princess Elena travels to comfort the battle-worn people of the land, but after stopping in a small town she goes missing. Nina, Elena's sister, and herself princess of Windia Kingdom, sets out in search of Elena and on her journey finds Ryu, who joins up in her quest. Breath of Fire IV is a one-player role-playing game that combines two-dimensional Japanese anime-style characters with a fully three-dimensional, interactive environment. Players can explore immense 3-D surroundings and, with a touch of a button, change the camera view to reveal secret passageways, hidden treasures, power-ups or even monsters lying in wait.

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Breath of Fire III Review

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(More customer reviews)Being someone who loves RPG games, but sucked terribly at dexterity, I was always frustrated with never being able to find a game I could complete -- lack of coordination. This game is more of a thinking game, and while thereare some dexterity/coordination parts, it's not constant keypad movementsand doesn't frustrate you so much to want to quit. Needless to say, thehumor, the clever puzzles and the story line itself is great and I highlyrecommend this game. There are so many places to explore ... once throughis not enough!

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Breath of Fire Review

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(More customer reviews)Breath of Fire is a must-have for RPG fans!
After being spoiled by the graphics and sound of the recently released Golden Sun title, I was expecting a little bit more in the graphics and sound department.But don't let its slight lack of eye-candy fool you.This game has an excelent story line and great gameplay and makes up for its lack of glitter.
Breath of Fire has a similar layout to Golden Sun, consisting of an overhead map, groups of players, town scenes, and random battles.The story starts out in your typical "wake up!" senerio, as your home town is in trouble.Although, there is a slightly different ending to this situation then I would have expected.
Battle scenes are 3/4's overhead, and similar to Crono Trigger, including the small HP numbers that drop down as well as HP indicators.The battle mode has an "auto" function, which makes things much easier when you just need to "attack" something.It can be interrupted at any point.You are also able to use various items and spells that you collect during your travels.
The overhead map has a gradual day-and-night feature, which intergrates very well into the storyline.You can also run, which makes travel between two points much more managable than Golden Sun.
In the towns, you can talk to people, purchase and sell items, and uncover secrets.There are also the occasional "tasks" which sidetrack you from your ultimate journey, but these tasks add a slight twist that we have seen in many other RPG's.
Control is sometimes changed between two characters, as you take the role of others in the game.This feature makes you feel much more part of the story, rather than being forced into something without choice.
Make sure you pick up a copy!You wont be disappointed!

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Since the early '90s, the Breath of Fire series has been a staple onboth the Super Nintendo and Sony PlayStation systems. This version for the GameBoy Advance is a perfect handheld port of the original Super Nintendo game thatstarted it all.
The story is standard, but solid, fare--you are Ryu, a member of the WhiteDragon clan, and your task is to save the world from the Black Dragon clan. Intimes past, the two clans were actually one clan, but split in a horrendous wardue to an evil and meddling goddess. While the White clan has maintained peacesince then, the Black clan hasn't. Get the drift?
While the story is fairly black and white (pardon the pun), the gameplay itselfis where the game shines. Each character has unique skills and abilities thatunlock special areas of the game. For example, Ryu can fish if he finds afishing pole. Later in the game, he can transform into a dragon during battle.Another character can walk through forests unimpeded and shoot animals for food.What's neat about this system is that as you gain companions with differentskills, you can go back to earlier parts of the game to unlock areas that areonly accessible via their skills. This adds to the replay value and depth of thegame.
The battle system is the standard turn-based, random-encounter biscuits andgravy that most console gamers have come to expect. While not as engrossing as,say, Golden Sun's battle system, the shape-shifting at higher levels addssome enjoyment while fighting the ubiquitous nasties. Two added feature for theGBA version are automatic fighting, which is good for when you don't want to gothrough all the motions of turn-based combat, and an ability to swap items witha friend's version of the game through the separately soldlink cable.
The graphics and sound are decent, but largely unimproved from the original SNESversion, so they will seem dated. However, if you are into 16-bit, 2-Drole-playing ga

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Warriors Orochi 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)If you're like me, the most attractive thing about the PSP is it is essentially a portable PS2; as such, I like to have games that are quality play experiences that I can also take with me and start and stop when I want. Warriors Orochi 2 is just the thing - if you are a fan of the Samurai Warriors or Dynasty Warriors franchises by Koei, Warriors Orochi 2 is a worthy successor of both.

I have played Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors games on a number of platforms (PS2, PS3, PSP) and, in general, loved the PS2 and PS3 versions. However, I always found the PSP versions of those two games (Samurai Warriors State of War and Dynasty Warriors Vol 2) to be lacking: they were too compartmentalized and didn't allow you to roam around the battlefield like you could in the console versions.

Warriors Orochi 2 clears up the sins of past PSP Samurai/Dynasty Warriors games and adds some great new twists; those of you familiar with the PS2 version of Dynasty Warriors 5 will find a lot to like in Warriors Orochi 2 - the characters and gameplay are more similar to that game than to Dynasty Warriors 6 which, in my view, was over-complicated with too little reward for your time.

In Warriors Orochi 2, the casts of both the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors universes have been brought together to battle the serpent demon Orochi; this gives the game more than 96 playable characters (including the dread Orochi himself). When playing in Story Mode, you choose three characters to be your strike team. You can use them interchangeable through each battle - while one fights, the other two regain health and Musou powers. In certain circumstances you can even bring out all three team members to perform devastation Musou attacks at once. The battlefields are full-sized, and there are often missions to accomplish during each battle; power-up items are liberally dropped and you can earn extra weapons, etc. One great feature of this game is the ability to customize and upgrade your weapons between battles; also, you can use experience points gained during battles to Level Up any character that you've unlocked.

The graphics are good - a little bit below high-grade PS2 graphics, but they look great on the PSP's screen, and the music and sound is great (unlike previous games, there are a lot of cutscenes and spoken dialogue before, during and after battles). Gameplay is repetitive (you'll be hitting the same three buttons a lot) but for those fans of previous games, you know that already. There is an in-game save feature also, which is wonderful for those of us on the go. The big problem with that, however, is that if you have an Interim Save and then you die, your progress in that mission is erased and you need to start from scratch; I'm not sure why they did that - it makes no sense. Also, unlike in some other games in the franchises, some of my favorite characters are unlockable, including Meng Huo, Zhu Rong, and the wily wizard Zuo Ci; almost all of the characters are easily unlockable simply by clearing missions - no next-to-impossible battle conditions to meet here. The focus on the game is just fun and not frustration. However, you'll definitely put in a lot of time leveling up your characters and getting them their best weapons, etc.

There are a couple of drawbacks to this game I should mention: first, the load times, which are frequent and often lengthy; this can be overcome via the game's Install feature, which lets you install the game's memory on your Memory Stick Duo to reduce the time it takes to load, but it can take at least 250+ MB to do so (if you want to go this route, you'll need at least a Sony 2 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo Flash Memory Card MSMT2G). Another issue is that, right off the bat, you have only a very few characters to use; there are a lot to unlock, and this will take a lot of time. However if you're a fan of the franchises and/or looking for a fun action game that won't be too time consuming, Warriors Orochi 2 is for you.

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The best-selling WARRIORS OROCHI 2 comes to PSP(PlayStation Portable) system with continuing stories for SAMURAI WARRIORS, and the kingdoms of Wu, Wei and Shu, plus a story for Orochi himself! WARRIORS OROCHI 2 features three new game modes: Dream, VS and Survival, as well as "Tag Team"-style matches that pit fighters in deadly head-to-head combat!STORY:Shattering time and space, the venomous Serpent King Orochi kidnapped the DYNASTY WARRIORS and SAMURAI WARRIORS in a scheme to test his might. The heroes eventually defeated Orochi and his menacing army. Now the slain Orochi lies in the netherworld, and a mysterious alliance is hatching a plan to resurrect Orochi.

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