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PlayStation
Adventure: Role Playing
| Also for: | PSP | ||
| Viewed: | 2D Isometric, Scrolling | Genre: | Adventure: Role Playing |
| Arcade origin: | No | ||
| Developer: | Infogrames | ||
| Publishers: | Capcom
(GB/US/JP) |
Released: | Oct 1998
(GB) Unknown (US/JP) |
Summary
This PSP port brings back 1997's PlayStation classic Breath of Fire III, a game that many consider the best entry in the Breath of Fire series. Breath of Fire III is the third chapter in the long running series that originally began on the Super NES, and continues the tale of the struggle between the Brood, a race of dragons, and their oppressors, the Guardians.
You assume the role of Ryu, the last surviving member of the Brood, as he ventures through childhood and eventually adulthood in search of his roots and unravels the mysteries of his world. Along the way, Ryu joins up with a motley cast of characters including a rebellious princess, a female engineer, a theiving tiger, as well as two others who will both greatly help and slightly hinder his journey to find the Goddess.
For an RPG, Breath of Fire presents nothing incredibly new, story-wise, but the way in which everything in the game is arranged and executed shows an incredible amount of attention to detail and depth.
Visually, Breath of Fire III resembles role playing titles of old with hand drawn characters and seemingly 2D graphics. But on closer look, you'll discover that the jump from the Super NES to the PlayStation and now to the PSP has provided the game with highly animated characters who emit little battle cries during combat, a polygonal landscape wherein you must use the manual camera to peek around objects and walls to discover hidden objects and characters, and a massive world packed to the hilt with secrets, sub-games and painstaking detail.
Activities such as the arcade fishing segments, the somewhat complex master/apprentice system, as well as Ryu's interesting ability to transform into a dragon during combat, gives typically tedious tasks like leveling up, wandering the map and random battles a more tolerable feel and gives the player the option to busy himself/herself with other things in the meanwhile.
Mazes and caves are intricately constructed, while towns are bustling with activity and characters. Dialogue, while not perfect, still provides a good chuckle from time to time, while giving the world of Breath of Fire III a very immersive feel and the characters a good amount of depth and personality.
Filled with quirkiness (i.e. an Aussie-speaking dolphin complete with an option for English translation?), the game certainly will not disappoint role-playing fans with the odd surprise every now and then.
The game also includes a new fishing mode which can be sent to other PSP owners.
You assume the role of Ryu, the last surviving member of the Brood, as he ventures through childhood and eventually adulthood in search of his roots and unravels the mysteries of his world. Along the way, Ryu joins up with a motley cast of characters including a rebellious princess, a female engineer, a theiving tiger, as well as two others who will both greatly help and slightly hinder his journey to find the Goddess.
For an RPG, Breath of Fire presents nothing incredibly new, story-wise, but the way in which everything in the game is arranged and executed shows an incredible amount of attention to detail and depth.
Visually, Breath of Fire III resembles role playing titles of old with hand drawn characters and seemingly 2D graphics. But on closer look, you'll discover that the jump from the Super NES to the PlayStation and now to the PSP has provided the game with highly animated characters who emit little battle cries during combat, a polygonal landscape wherein you must use the manual camera to peek around objects and walls to discover hidden objects and characters, and a massive world packed to the hilt with secrets, sub-games and painstaking detail.
Activities such as the arcade fishing segments, the somewhat complex master/apprentice system, as well as Ryu's interesting ability to transform into a dragon during combat, gives typically tedious tasks like leveling up, wandering the map and random battles a more tolerable feel and gives the player the option to busy himself/herself with other things in the meanwhile.
Mazes and caves are intricately constructed, while towns are bustling with activity and characters. Dialogue, while not perfect, still provides a good chuckle from time to time, while giving the world of Breath of Fire III a very immersive feel and the characters a good amount of depth and personality.
Filled with quirkiness (i.e. an Aussie-speaking dolphin complete with an option for English translation?), the game certainly will not disappoint role-playing fans with the odd surprise every now and then.
The game also includes a new fishing mode which can be sent to other PSP owners.
