One. Time has shown that Capcom should never have been given the reigns to the series without the sagely tutelage of the 16-bit era Square.

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. Admittedly, it's the only one that I've played, but I've got to give it props for trying something different.

I guess I liked 3 the best, sans that whole wandering in the desert for hours part.

This series will always be known to me for those ridiculous HP bars for the bosses. Got it all the way down? Ohhhhhhh no. You're just getting started.

Dragon Quarter. First Rpg in a loong time to have the balls to be something different. It could have been a real gem if the story were more fleshed out and the gameplay more polished to cut down on redundancy.

Breath of fire IV. I loved everything about it and thought the characters were the best out of the entire series.

Breath of Fire 1 and 2 for GBA equals PWNCALYPSE

Breath of Fire II. It's tied with FFVI for my favorite RPG ever.

It's set in a really colorful and beautiful world, and has great music and memorable characters. The translation is a little bad here and there, but that doesn't hurt it too much overall.

Wow, really miss the BoF series, and hope to see it make a triumphant return at some point. Personally, I think that Breath of Fire 2 and 3 are some of the RPGs I've ever played, but when it comes down to it, I personally like Breath of Fire 3 the best. It pretty much had everything that a person that played the earlier BoFs could of wanted, and improved on them in so many ways. So many easter eggs were in that game that related to the previous BoFs, that it easily touched on the nostalgia from the first few games. Even the intro screen is a depiction of your party from the first BoF, which drew me in since I remembered the scene that the game had used. Will also never forget a lot of the humor that was in the game, and the unexpected moments that came from them. And also, I was happy to see Bleu/Deis in 32-bit form, for the first time. Could go on and on about this game.

Least favorite has to go to Dragon Quarter. I refuse to acknowledge that game as part of the main series, since Breath of Fire had spent years building up what was supposed to be an awesome an beautiful vibrant world, with places and people to see, and mythical beast to battle, or befriend. Dragon Quarter pretty much pissed all over it, and based the whole thing in a dank, boring underground facility. It was also the first RPG I was ever forced to beat in a certain amount of time, or all my hours of playing would be for nothing, as i would be forced to start over again. This game did have it's good points, but they were few and far between. Hope to see another Breath of Fire that continues to use the world that was given to it in the original 4 games, mainly because I want the chance to have Deis back in my party after all these years!

Dragon quarter, motherfuckers. It's by far the most unique game in the series, and the innovation, while offputting to longtime fans, actually worked really well.

This is tough. V was really, insanely unique, and a lot of fun, but it had a lot of problems. II was fun, in that old school way, but...it doesn't stack up anymore.

I'm going to say III, though. Because it was the most compelling story-wise, had a very interesting leveling system (the masters), and my favorite cast of characters.

Capcom needs to revive the series, though. A 16 bit remake (a la Mega Man) would possibly be awesome, and so would a modern, stylized remake. Really, I just want another Breath of Fire game.

I agree with Lucas Says. V is probably the best -game- in the series, but as a Breath of Fire game, it doesn't fit. The fact that people complain about a "time limit" shows how incredibly effective the D-Counter is in adding to the atmosphere to the game. It would take a lot of time of simply running through the game to even get close to 100%. You can clear every non Korkon-Horay zone, including all optional areas, and still not break 30%.

I also say III is my favorite. Tiny Ryu running around in an overly large T-Shirt is the most adorable thing ever.

Definitely Breath of Fire 3! It's actually close with two and three. Oh fuck it the only one that I didn't extremely like was dragon quarter. I love specific characters from every series. Bow, Mogu, Karn, Katt, Rei, Teepo, etc etc. Then there was the combination thingy in BoF2 and I loved 3 because of all the genes and how you could make your own dragon. I have to say 1 and 4 are the least memorable although it's hard to put one on the bottom over the others. I loved dragon quarters innovation but talk about punishment. I got almost all the way to the end before I realized I had used too much dragon energy too early on and was stuck. This is easily my favorite series evar but that could be because it was one of the first RPGs I played. I remember reading the manual after having to ask what the hell agility and stamina were (i think this is because I was using a game genie to cheat and wanted to know which stat to pad).

Personal history lesson aside, gun to my head I say BoF3 is the best and Quarter is the worst (although it pains me to think of any of them in a negative light)

Can we all just go bug the shit out of capcom to continue this franchise now?

DRAGON QUARTER
FUCK THE TRADITIONALISTS

Only one I ever played was Breath of Fire II for the GBA when I was a lot younger. Still have it, never beat it, but I remember liking it. So that one IS the best!

Breath of fire I.

Wow, a lot more love for Dragon Quarter than I expected. It was hectic, you had a time limit, and there's a cat girl for no reason. Totally loved that game. More RPGs need to fan out into new areas like that.

*Correction to my post: Meant to type "Karn" instead of Gobi. Gobi could transform into a giant fish, but wasn't anywhere near as cool as that weird-ass roly poly thing you got with Karn, Ox and Gobi.

Enjoyed the whole series really but, IV by a hair over III. III was the point where they finally managed to get the dragon transformations right (way too OP in I, and crap in II), and IV just refined it even more.

Wow, this is a tough one for me. It comes down to 1 & 2, but i'm gonna have to say Breath of Fire 1 is my favorite. Just the whole feel of the game and the fantastic music really drew me into the game. Not to mention that half woman, half snake sorceress Bleu. I used to decimate the enemies with her spells. Good times.
Least fav? That's easy, Dragon Quarter. It changed too much and tried to be something it wasn't meant to be. It lost some of the feel and great characters of the older ones in the process.

For me, this is pretty easy: Breath of Fire 2

This game has a great cast of characters, all of which can be very helpful in battles, and even though it has a standard turn-based battle system, I don't think I ever found the battles or the power leveling I did to be boring once. Ever. Not to mention the AWESOME music throughout the game--all of it very stylish and fitting to the mood of the game.

But for me, the best part of the game was the story--at the time, I believe it was one of the first console games to use the "established religion as the enemy" schtick, and that made for a very dramatic and climactic endgame. Not to mention the dark mood set from the outset with the opening, the overarching story, and the music was one my favorites in any game ever, not to mention on my SNES.

Also, least favorite BoF--Breath of Fire 1. Any and All complaints I have about this is that if you knew what you were doing, a bit more than halfway through the game every boss fight devolved into an Agni slugging match that needed no more than just some healing items and you hitting the a button to trade blows. Good until then--but incredibly boring after that.

BoFIV. I started writing a fucking novel about how that one was the greatest, but you probably don't give a shit.

BoFIV > BoFIII > BoFII > BoFDQ > BoF

But not by much, they're all pretty fucking fantastic. Just the super ultra old school Breath of Fire is very orthodox by RPG standards. Every Breath of Fire afterwards gained new content and features that continually made it better than the last.

BoFDQ (it isn't "V" in the States, btw) is stand alone since it takes place in a separate universe with completely different gameplay. It is a fantastic game, but I'd put it on par with BoF2, all things considered. BoF3 and 4 were the pinnacle of the series, in my fanboy opinion.

Breath of Fire 3!!!

Breath of Fire IV

It was really hard to choose between III and IV, as they are both awesome games, but BoF IV takes the cake, because i still try to replay it every year or so. Goddamn the nostalgia. I think i will start a new save right now!
Breath of Fire is also the only Jrpg series i still care about.
I wish Capcom would make another BoF game ;_;

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Breath of Fire II is one of the greatest RPG games ever made.

I have played through every BoF game when they were new releases except BoF:DQ, hell I still have no ambition to go through that.

1: BoF II
2: BoF IV
3: BoF
4: BoF III *Yes it is the weakest in the series (I can't believe their are so many votes for it. I'm guessing it is because to many posters here were to young when BoF 1 & BoF II when it was new and BoF IV was overlooked because it came out 14 days after Final Fantasy IX in NA!)