Breath of Fire III

 PSP
  • Publisher: Capcom
  • Release Date: Feb 9, 2016
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8.6

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  1. Positive: 31 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 40
  3. Negative: 2 out of 40

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  1. YoshiFan
    Mar 5, 2016
    10
    The best RPG ever made, because of all the different gameplay elements. It looks great, sounds amazing, feels smooth, features super-fun characters, and offers you endless ways to build each member of your party. Were most RPGs are one-dimensional in the way you level-build, BoF 3 features 15 different masters you can apprentice your characters under--each with different skills and statThe best RPG ever made, because of all the different gameplay elements. It looks great, sounds amazing, feels smooth, features super-fun characters, and offers you endless ways to build each member of your party. Were most RPGs are one-dimensional in the way you level-build, BoF 3 features 15 different masters you can apprentice your characters under--each with different skills and stat gains. You can also learn skills from monsters you encounter, and trade them with other characters.

    Countless hours can spent fishing, or building your own fairy village SimCity style. There's just so much to see and do, and it all features that Capcom-tight gameplay we know and love.

    Breath of Fire III is a masterpiece, and one of the best games I ever played.    … Expand
  2. SuperSourSauce
    Nov 1, 2017
    10
    Final Fantasy fans think inside the box.

    Ultima guys think outside the box.

    Dragon Quest players think about the box.

    Breath of Fire loyalists know what the box is thinking.

    Doesn't that beat all? Well... this game... Breath of Fire 3... certainly beats all.
  3. Zalpa
    Dec 3, 2017
    10
    Best RPG of all time. I played it yers ago and I haven't found any game better than Breath of Fire III. Offers a huge variety of characters and customization.
  4. gigagamer
    May 1, 2018
    10
    Best RPG i've ever played. Hours upon hours of puzzles and mysteries. Many characters to meet, plenty of fish to eat, takes much time to beat! Great game!
  5. WithFieryTruth
    Feb 3, 2023
    0
    A decent game completely ruined by a game-breaking glitch.
    I had been playing the PSP version for a good 15 hours or so when I arrived at the block puzzle in Angel Tower, but it's impossible to proceed from there, because the easternmost block gets destroyed the instant I try to move it, no matter in which direction.
    I've tried reloading my save, leaving the area and whatnot, but nothing    A decent game completely ruined by a game-breaking glitch.
    I had been playing the PSP version for a good 15 hours or so when I arrived at the block puzzle in Angel Tower, but it's impossible to proceed from there, because the easternmost block gets destroyed the instant I try to move it, no matter in which direction.
    I've tried reloading my save, leaving the area and whatnot, but nothing helps. That one block cannot be moved without breaking, and since it's actually needed to proceed to the next area, I am now unable to progress any further in the game and have thus effectively wasted hours of my life on a game that is literally impossible to finish.    … Expand
  6. Esvext
    Aug 23, 2021
    10
    First released in 1997, one of the bests RPG from the first PlayStation console released on PSP in 2006 (not 2016) with a few minor changes (Stallion color scheme for example, and obviously the 16:9 screen ratio instead of 4:3). I'm not gonna spoil here but this is one of the bests turn-based J-RPG of all times. Just play it !
  7. Calculinho
    Oct 4, 2018
    7
    Un juego correcto, continuista en las mecánicas clásicas de los RPG de la cuarta generación, pero con interesantes novedades. Mereció más suerte en su primer lanzamiento para la primera PlayStation, pero el abrumador éxito de Final Fantasy VII le restó presencia.
  8. VendonJura
    Sep 27, 2018
    10
    Breath of Fire 3 was my favourite of all Breath of. The gameplay was amazing. As I 1st experienced the amazing transformation you had in this game I fell totally in love with this game. I've finished it several times at 100%. lvld to max lvl and even reach a high lvl at the beginning of the game by using the blind skill in slimes to earn more exp from the battles. Just wish to have thisBreath of Fire 3 was my favourite of all Breath of. The gameplay was amazing. As I 1st experienced the amazing transformation you had in this game I fell totally in love with this game. I've finished it several times at 100%. lvld to max lvl and even reach a high lvl at the beginning of the game by using the blind skill in slimes to earn more exp from the battles. Just wish to have this game as a HD Remaster on the Ps4 or PC. Amazingly good game.… Expand
  9. r3giment
    Feb 28, 2021
    7
    First time playing it was in 2021. Definitely a wonderful game. A GOOD game! Is it a great game? One that stands amongst games like FF7, Suikoden 2, Chrono Trigger? No it doesn’t. Not even close. There’s a lot to like.
    - great characters
    - interesting world map/locations and NPCs - simple story. Nothing grandiose or too complicated for its own food - and one of my favorite sequences in    First time playing it was in 2021. Definitely a wonderful game. A GOOD game! Is it a great game? One that stands amongst games like FF7, Suikoden 2, Chrono Trigger? No it doesn’t. Not even close. There’s a lot to like.
    - great characters
    - interesting world map/locations and NPCs
    - simple story. Nothing grandiose or too complicated for its own food - and one of my favorite sequences in any RPG: crossing the Desert of Death!! So epic. - dragon gene system But by god there’s a lot NOT to like. For one - game developers that opt to use simple pixel graphics/ 3D environments (vs pre-rendered backgrounds) tend to have nauseating long and boring dungeons with no character. This plagues BOF3 throughout the entire game. It’s too easy to copy and paste dungeon walls to expand them vs having a team of artists create pre rendered backgrounds. - terrible dungeons - lazy recycled enemy designs with different colors - clunky controls that can’t seem to move diagonally - the ship controls, thank god it wasn’t a common thing to travel by ship - terrible onboarding: skill notes / inks were glossed over. The fairy village ? Yeah no you better google because they won’t tell you anything. Same goes for the masters. So important yet so glossed over. Imagine playing this game without google or a guide ?
    - God awful jazz soundtrack.
    - overall, story didn’t close many loops. So simple I’ll never forget the details. So simple I’ll probably forget it down the road. 7.5 out of 10.    … Expand
  10. Arjekzhander
    Feb 16, 2021
    6
    It’s not a bad game per se, it’s just that the story and it’s conclusion are all together lackluster. The entire journey, as with all breath of fire titles, centers on Dragons, the state of the world, and a journey of self discovery. It’s just that in this instance, the game falls flat on multiple levels.

    The 6 playable characters are rather flat and one dimensional outside of Rei and    It’s not a bad game per se, it’s just that the story and it’s conclusion are all together lackluster. The entire journey, as with all breath of fire titles, centers on Dragons, the state of the world, and a journey of self discovery. It’s just that in this instance, the game falls flat on multiple levels.

    The 6 playable characters are rather flat and one dimensional outside of Rei and Garr (one is literally an onion baby with zero dialogue outside of pips and noises). Ryu, the protagonist, is a silent hero who only exists to further the plot, and serve as a push for the other characters. Teepo leaves after the opening. Rei is gone for half the game, if not more and returns having grown a little and being interesting with no explanation for his ‘ability’. Nina never shuts up with her expositions and they nerfed her archetype from 2 and made her a healer again, instead of a mage... so there’s no ‘dedicated’ mage this time. Momo requires the use of specific masters to make her viable, otherwise she’s just absolutely horrible with her basic stats and low accuracy. And Garr... is the grumpy old man who’s actually the most interesting and has the most growth throughout... as little of said growth there actually is to go around. And lastly there’s the little sentient onion, Peco... who also requires abusing the master system to make viable... so pass.

    The world is rather bland and disengaging, offering you nothing of real note to travel through other than the typical forest, volcano, ruin, field. There’s very little to *see* when compared to previous titles. And it seems like the whole plot point about the world being ‘smaller’ due to a cataclysmic event, reeks of being implemented simply as a time/asset/resource limitation during development.

    The soundtrack is subpar and I can’t even remember a single song I just HAD to find and download or purchase like with the other 4 BoF console titles.

    The. Eat thing about the game is it’s battle system, the Masters, and the Dragon Genes.

    No longer are there 4 chars in battle. It’s been reduced to 3 but your characters ARE given more options to go around for each, aside from Nina, honestly. It’s your standard RPG setup but the isometric views, as well as the character and enemy animations truly offer some amazing sprite work.

    The Dragon Gene system doesn’t need a TON of explanation but rather than simply choosing a dragon form, or one-off summoning a dragon as in previous titles, you NOW have the OPTION of selecting different genes and mixing/matching them to create unique combinations. Sometimes it’s a dragon you’ve already seen with different colors but there’s a LOT of unique combinations, and this titles hosts the most unique dragon forms out of all the titles.

    The Master System is REALLY a great improvement. Basically, you ‘apprentice’ a character to a master and said master will teach you new skills for competing sometimes obtuse tasks while apprenticed to them. Each apprentice also switches up your stats during level up but it always comes with a consequence to another stat.

    Also, the mini game with Beyd. Just, no. Dumbest mini game I’ve ever encountered. You ‘fight’ him to level him up repeatedly, so he can take on someone else solo but it takes SO LONG and just isn’t really WORTH IT, as with basically all Breath of Fire mini games -_-

    All around, the game has some good parts but the opening takes SUCH a long time to get going, and then the pay off from the opening events and the pay off in the end just simply aren’t really worth ‘the journey’ of finding out what the motivations/reasonings for the game’s antagonist even were.    … Expand
  11. LordPakos
    Sep 7, 2021
    10
    This game was amazing and it's still amazing. Play it because it's worthy. Become a Dragon

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  1. Brash Games
    Mar 1, 2016
    60
    I’m not sure if I’ll ever return to Breath of Fire III. While the story did intrigue me at times, there’s not much intrigue or wonder in the world and no real urgency in your quest. From the get-go you’re given a pair of ‘pals’ and you’re supposed to like and care about them, but I couldn’t care less.
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