Breath of Fire

"An RPG Classic"

Breath of Fire is an awsome game. The graphics, the sound the game play. It's all wonderful!

You start off in bed dreaming of a dragon when suddenly it catches fire. You awaken and your house is on fire! An old lady leads the way to safty but not for long because the Dark Dragons are entering your town! Your friend Sara goes out on her own to safe the village, only to be captured. You soon find that Jade, an evil man working for the evil emporor Zog, has recieved the godess keys. What are these keys? They unlock the godess Tyr from her cage. Tyr, the evil godess, once promised power to those who destroy their enemies. A hero and his 7 companians locked her up. Now your journey begins...

Gameplay: Wonderful. It has hours of puzzles and dungens to figure out. Once you start, you just have to finish it. It's so addicting with it's wide range of magic spells and monsters to battle, how could one not love this game? Although you move quite slowly, you do eventually get around. You also get eight different characters to choose from in battles. Also, this RPG has everything an RPG should have, magic, swords, castles, and of course, bad guys. The gameplay is what drew me to this game. I'll bet it'll do the same to you.

Sound: Also wonderful. It starts off with a bit of an annoying tune but once you get about halfway through, the music changes and it sounds so much better. It's very clear too. But the slashing sounds don't really make anyone's day. The music is great but the sound effects could be better.

Play again?: Well, saddly there isn't much of a way to change the way you play and beat the game. It's sort of like,"Well, I just beat the game...better start over." It's just one of those games where there is a set pattern on how to do things. But hey, this game does take a while to beat so that makes up for it.

Rent or Buy?: I think, saying how this game is getting slightly old and may only cost about $30 you should go out and buy it if you love RPGs. But for those people who aren't very RPG like but want to look into this game, rent.

Final Comment: Every RPG player would love this game, maybe even non-RPG players. This one game got me addicted to RPGs, it's a classic, trust me. Just rent it and you'll see...

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 09/29/01