(Snes) Breath of Fire 2 (1.58MB)

[Knight24]

Capcom is a wonderful company. They have taken bold new steps in several different genres and even created a few of their own. They revolutionized the fighting game with Street Fighter, and made an incredibly addictive action game with the Mega Man series. That's why I was so excited about Capcom taking a stab at the RPG with Breath of Fire. As far as I was concerned Capcom couldn't do anything wrong, and after Breath of Fire, I was still confident in their abilities. Breath of Fire was an interesting, fast paced game with a cool story and although the battle system was simple, the fights were still fun. They came with entirely new ideas for Breath of Fire like being able to morph into dragons and including religion in the story. So, when Capcom announced Breath of Fire 2, I figured that if they used what made Breath of Fire so good, that they would have another hit on their hands, and they did…sort of.

There were many things I liked about Breath of Fire 2. I liked the graphics in battle, and the dragon morphing. I liked the several innovations Capcom created, and I liked how Capcom made a mature story. But there were also many things I didn't like. The normal graphics while walking around were sub-par, the majority of the characters had boring personalities, and the way the game moved from one section to another was bad. I'll start with the good things.

You are Ryu, a young boy living with your father Ganer and sister Yua in a village called Gate. Yua has run off and Ganer asks you to find her. Yua is cornered by a small monster and you fend it off with some help from your father. Yua says that she has dreams about your mother when she sleeps next to the giant dragon carcass near the town. After some discussion, you leave to go back to Gate, but when you get there no one recognizes you. You find a church, and the priest, there, thinks you are an orphan and sends you upstairs with a young orphan named Bow. In the middle of the night, you wake up to see Bow leaving, and you go with him. While outside it starts to rain so you go into a nearby cave. After exploring the cave, you meet up with a horrific monster that viciously attacks you. You black out. Ten years later, you and Bow are good friends and are Rangers, or people who hunt monsters and do jobs for the citizens of HomeTown. Your first mission is to find someone's lost pig, and that is where the adventure begins. After a while, strange things are happening involving demons and a strange religion that honors the god St. Eva. Ryu decides to investigate and ends up fighting for the safety of the world.

I really enjoyed the story of Breath of Fire 2, because the plot was sophisticated, and the villain wasn't just some weirdo who wanted to take over the world. It had some intriguing plot twists and overall it pleased me. But the characters of the game weakened the strength of the game. Some of them were cool, like Ryu and his abilities as a member of the dragon clan, Nina the magician in training who has wings, and Katt, the tough but kind feline warrior. But those three weren't enough to make me forget some of the blander ones. There was Bow, a stupid dog creature that hunted and had no interesting features, and Jean, a big fat frog prince. Whoop dee doo. Source: Game Rankings; RPG Fan

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