The storyline alone makes it one of my favorite RPGs, add in the dragon Gene mixing system it's strait up a masterpiece

I'd love to see the game stays an underrated game, part of the myth behind this and BoF IV is that it's not known by many people these days and you don't see it plastered and watered down everywhere

yes unfortunately I think this game came out at the same time ff7 came out

​@@kcidd12 almost 8 months after

Fire Emblem is absolutely on the queue. I just need to wrap up some series first (like BoF... have Dragon Quarter left)

Yah been following oni for awhile dude puts in alot work, great vid again thanks for the upload for a classic title love me so bof

@@OniBlackMage if I ever needed another reason to live, you have given me another one, my dude.

@@OniBlackMage any chance for more suikoden content?

I got Goo King Sword after fighting my first goo king (1st playthrough), I laughed

@@Oddragnar Lucky SoB. I went 13 years give or take a few before I got mine legitimately.

Same man. Best game, i reolay it at least once a year with about 40 playthroughs so far. I try a new goal every time, and last goal I grinded out as close as I could get to a 100% completion game. All chars lvl capped, best equips, one of each weapon, armour etc where possible, maxed masters etc. I gotta say, gooking sword grind sucked. Dragonfang grind sucked the most by far though. God damn

goo king sword is a myth. stop.

@@richardleston5237 We're not on early 00s message boards any more. Knock it off.

Play it again! It's amazing!!!! Try getting a perfect file. Challenging as all hell.

That was a extremely overlooked mechanic, I always thought it was awesome how there's no cutaway to a generic background. Not to mention party formations with their own benefits really expanded the combat to feel more real, like it wasn't just a random battle but a foe standing in your way.

Did you get the dragon claws for peco? Those took me the longest to drop from the fire/ice drakes. Nina's ultimate armor was another annoying drop too, but finally beating the Arch Mage, getting Rei ultimate weapon, an Berserkers were my final challenge. It's surreal realizing that you 100% a game that's been with you for so long

@@nobodyspecial115 Yes i did, along with the LifeStealer for Rei, And the Rufad Spear for Garr

From what I’m told, 2 takes place 500 years after 1, so, logically, 3 takes place a long time after 2.

@@Kasaaz really? Never heard of that. Funny how there can be publishing issues within the same company huh?

@@whatevr99 makes sense with the Windyans losing their flying power over many generations; BOF3 Nina can't fly at all by this point

What wahtevr99 is correct. 2 takes place 500 years after 1 and Deathevn in 2, the final big bad is a child of the boss of 1. And the final boss of 1 was misnamed in english as Tyr due to character restraints for names. Original name is Myrria, the final boss of 3. And Deis refesr to Myrria as sister, so quite possibly they are two parts of the same whole, like Ryu and Fou-lu in 4, so the theory that 4 is a prequal has some footholds. And DQ is after 3 since civilization was forced underground, possibly due to a certain dessert a certain goddess was holding back reaching over across the great sea.

@@jamesdickens3120 come to think of it, 4 is pretty much a huge desert, if it is a prequel it would mean that was the desert Myria was holding back all along. It also makes sense with 4 being the techno age mentioned in 3 This series is as interesting as it is confusing lol

Myria never fought the desert, that was her convenient lie. The endless always lived in the desert, in the first game Deis lives in the floating castle in the desert (sound familiar) while in the 2nd game it isn't flying anymore but Deis temple is still in the desert. Coincidentally in the 3rd game Myria has taken up residence in a flying castle in the desert and Deis is imprisoned. Hmmm... sounds like Myrias squatting in Deis castle to me, which just happens to be in a deadly desert that kills Myria's followers, followers Deis didn't need for prayers but Myria does. Anyone whose played 1 and 2 knows Myria isn't benevolent and in fact a parasitic deity.

Damn you got told

My first JRPG too! Feel in love with the genre instantly

Thank YOU for noticing the references 😁

@@OniBlackMage Those lines are too iconic to miss! Or maybe that particular fighter wasn't as popular as I originally thought :(

Jrpgs love killing god

Whoever liked this dumb comment is a real OG. Soul Calibur FTW

Yeah there is a misstep or something in the directions you get or something but eventually I got past that damn desert of death. Its gunna kinda piss you off when you realize the teleporter in the container yard actually takes you across the desert but that damn shipping container is in your way and you can only break it from one side.....after you cross the desert.

And if BOF 4 is in the same timeline there is even merit to Myria's argument as the world is mostly desert there now.

Ummm Myria's a parasitic deity that lives off of the life energy siphoned from her followers, hence the zombie like people on the other side. She took out any who could stop her from turning the world into her personal plaything. She simply implies that she is trying to stop the desert but given the fact that it's always where they've lived makes that hard to believe. The first game Deis live in a floating castle in the desert (sound familiar) in the 2nd game her temple is still in the desert although not flying anymore. Coincidentally in the 3rd game Myria taken up residence in a flying castle in the desert and Deis is imprisoned... Hmmmm, sounds like Myria locked her sister up an is squatting in her castle. Unfortunately Myria needs prayers an followers for greater power an when you try to bring a bunch of people into a desert no matter how advanced they are the desert slowly kills them off. I feel like Myria by the end is suffering from a reverse of Stockholm syndrome where she's actually started to believe her lie that she's doing this all for "her children"

@@cac1700 but it's stated multiple times throughout 4 that it's taking place in a parallel universe separate from the first 3 games universe.

@@nobodyspecial115 The reverse of Stockholm Syndrome is actually called the Lima Syndrome.

@@dragonstormx ah didn't know it had it's own classification

That or going back to the original hero an 7 companions who locked Myria away the first time using the 6 goddess keys an stopping the civil war between the light an dark dragon clans.

I believe the order goes 4>1>2>3, with Dragon Quarter being set in an alternate timeline.

The Adventure of Paladin Ryu

I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who liked Dragon Quarter, I really felt that it took part in a parallel universe were the war between the dragon clans took a severe curbstomp unlike number 1 where things got fixed eventually. And number 6 , yeah let's forget that even existed.

An honest to God breath of fire 5!!! Not dragon quarter a breath of fire tale but BREATH OF FIRE 5!!!

@@Lownamebrand I really liked BOF5. But it felt more like a spin off series. BOF3 will always be #1. This recap was awesome btw.

If you think about it, each game in the series has a "Teepo". Bof1 had Alan and Cerl but especially Jade. Bof2 had Ray the premiere of the Church of St. Eva. Bof4 of course has Fau Lu. This type of character has a "duty" to be likable yet to the hero's opposition in writing. If you care that they died in a given story you find them in, they were written right! ^_^

There was a port to PSP but this is the original 1997 PS1 release. The sprite art and animation is just that good

@@OniBlackMage tyty yeah this game is amazing if the world wasn't so obsessed with 3d at the time I think this game would be more well remembered for that alone though this story was probably their best yet!

This is actually what drew me to this game was how beautiful it looked in a pool of 3d polygons that square was doing at the time

Grow up!