Best Wild Arms/Breath of Fire game

[Ermm]

Wanted to create a discussion for these two JRPG popular underdogs, so I just merged these two in one topic.

My favorite Breath of Fire game will always be BOF4. Sure, they did some decline with overworld map, but the gameplay, story, and fun exploration more than makes up for it.

My favorite Wild Arms is WD2. The only problem I had with this game was the weird MP system.

 

[felipepepe]

Both Breath of Fire 3 and 4 are very good, but I liked the party members and dragon forms in BoF 3 more...

 

[dnf]

I liked BoF 4 and WA2 because i only played those

 

[Eyeball]

BOF2. The end boss was basically killing mutant Jesus. How can you not love that shit?

Only played WA for about half an hour because it's not half as good as the other PS classics, so it will have to be WA1, for its awesome Morricone ripoff overworld theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joq9WadIMxE

 

[deuxhero]

XF and Dragon Quarter obviously

 

[evdk]

BoF2 unless you go for the hidden happy ending, which sucks.

Only played WA for about half an hour because it's not half as good as the other PS classics, so it will have to be WA1, for its awesome Morricone ripoff overworld theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joq9WadIMxE

That's not even a ripoff, that's just a remix

 

[Xeon]

Breath of Fire 3 is my very first RPG I played and maybe because of that its my favorite. Still Fou-Lu from 4 is one of my favorite game characters.

Wild Arms 1. I still remember the opening music to that game.

 

[Whisky]

Breath of Fire 3. Bear in mind that I have not played 4 or Dragon Quarter.

 

[Damned Registrations]

I think Dragon Quarter is actually my favourite, but I'd say BoF 3 is the best from an objective standpoint. I never got very far in 4 though, I always lose interest when it switches to the villain guy.

But BoF 3 has the dragon gene system, which is awesome, the master/apprentice system, which is also awesome, and a somewhat interesting cast.

 

[tiagocc0]

I only played BoF 4 and man, it blew my mind. Loved the Scias character!

 

[dnf]

I only played BoF 4 and man, it blew my mind. Loved the Scias character!

BoF 4 art and OST is really towering, as is the game itself

 

[dnf]

Also, how fares the PC version of BoF 4? Shitty?

 

[Jasede]

I'm partial to 2 because that's the one I grew up with. I'm very fond of its tight design.
It may or may not have also made me furry so you can blame that.

 

[phanboy_iv]

WA2 had some interesting ideas in terms of plot, but it was overlong, horribly elaborate, and terribly translated. Mechanically I preferred WA3, I still think that game had a fantastic battle system.

 

[tiagocc0]

I played BoF4 on a ps1 emulator.

 

[spekkio]

I think BoF4 is one of the few games that doesn't run on the current PS1 emulators.

Wat?

Completed it on epsxe 1.6.0, pSX looks compatible as well.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

deuxhero, aka butt poop, strikes again!

 

[felipepepe]

XF and Dragon Quarter obviously

Dragon Quarter in theroy should be a fantastic game, but the execution just didn't work for me... characters have no charisma, and the combat feels grindy and slow as fuck, while not tactical or deep enough. Might get better later in the game, but I didn't stay to find out.

 

[Borelli]

Played BoF 1, 3 and 4. First one is a decent dragon quest clone, fourth has a good combo system (and it worked just fine on my emulator) but 3 is the best overall. Especially the beginning when you are playing Robin Hood in the forest. One of the best jrpg moment ever.

 

[Surf Solar]

Wow, now you fags made me reinstall BoFIV again

 

[tiagocc0]

Is it in BoF4 where you meet that fucking crazy dolphin near the fairy village, right? I laughed so hard on that one.

 

[Surf Solar]

BoF IV also had some very nice and weird music. That was really awesome. Shame I find Dragon Quarter so unbelievably shit..

 

[Xeon]

Is it in BoF4 where you meet that fucking crazy dolphin near the fairy village, right? I laughed so hard on that one.

That happens in BoF3. BoF4 had some invisible things instead.

 

[tiagocc0]

I will have to replay both 3 and 4 later, it was a long time ago when I played them and I have already blurred them on my mind.

 

[Ermm]

This may sound weird, but I always found first BOF basically unplayable for some reason. That comes from someone who really enjoyed and completed first four Dragon Quest games for NES.

How long is the first BOF (if I decide to play it for real once and for all), and is BOF 2 any better?