"It was a long, hard journey... But we did the right thing... Didn't we, Ryu?"
Going in, I expected a pretty simple, old, and generic JRPG. After playing, I was honestly surprised by how charming the game is.
BoF3 has a pretty simple narrative, but it really allows each of its characters a lot of time to shine. Like, COME ON I LOVE THIS DUDE REI!!!!!! DUDES THE GOAT!!!!! I also really appreciated how expressive Ryu was for a silent protagonist. You can really tell how much of a goof he is as a kid just from a few interactions. A surprising amount of those interactions are genuinely funny and caught me off guard with some of the scenarios multiple times.
The combat in the game is also really fun when you get access to mix and match the spells, genes, and party members. Unfortunately, this leaves the first 40%-ish of the game mostly lacking (both in combat and story) and tedious. Though once you make it past that, then the game really opens up. I would have given the game a lower score but MAN was I surprised by just how COOL stuff gets near the end (KINO FINAL BOSS).
This is also the only game I've played with a little onion dude and the best fishing minigame ever so yeah. kino/10
An amazing campy old-school PS1 JRPG with beautiful art direction, sprite work, and music. Definitely check this one out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Going in, I expected a pretty simple, old, and generic JRPG. After playing, I was honestly surprised by how charming the game is.
BoF3 has a pretty simple narrative, but it really allows each of its characters a lot of time to shine. Like, COME ON I LOVE THIS DUDE REI!!!!!! DUDES THE GOAT!!!!! I also really appreciated how expressive Ryu was for a silent protagonist. You can really tell how much of a goof he is as a kid just from a few interactions. A surprising amount of those interactions are genuinely funny and caught me off guard with some of the scenarios multiple times.
The combat in the game is also really fun when you get access to mix and match the spells, genes, and party members. Unfortunately, this leaves the first 40%-ish of the game mostly lacking (both in combat and story) and tedious. Though once you make it past that, then the game really opens up. I would have given the game a lower score but MAN was I surprised by just how COOL stuff gets near the end (KINO FINAL BOSS).
This is also the only game I've played with a little onion dude and the best fishing minigame ever so yeah. kino/10
An amazing campy old-school PS1 JRPG with beautiful art direction, sprite work, and music. Definitely check this one out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!