“MAGE CAST” episode #037 – First Stage Halitosis (Breath of Fire)

I hope you came hungry for this Breath of Fire podcast! Time to tackle another SNES JRPG classic, this time with Hungry Goriya! We’ll talk on Capcom’s self-admitted first attempt at a traditional RPG, the passionate fandom of Breath of Fire and the middling experience of playing the first game, first impressions and expectations with vintage gaming, the roots of the BOF series, the first game’s lack of refinement and its innovations, playing it blind, Breath of Fire’s music, comparing versions and contemporaneous JRPGs, purely stats based RPGs and review scores, Breath of Fire’s biggest emotional beats and the difference between drama vs melodrama, relating to characters, localization woes, “cause” and party members, our favorite and least favorite playable characters, villains and Capcom cameos, an overview of the premise and a small word on how the games in the series connect, thematic elements, pros and cons, inventory management and hilarious abbreviations, and the future of the series.

Links:

breathoffire.neoseeker.com/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Breath_of_Fire_Series
https://youtube.com/c/hungrygoriya
https://hungrygoriya.wordpress.com
https://twitch.tv/hungrygoriya

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Red formerly ran The Well-Red Mage and now serves The Pixels as founder, writer, editor, and podcaster. He has undertaken a seemingly endless crusade to talk about the games themselves in the midst of a culture obsessed with the latest controversy, scandal, and news cycle about harassment, toxicity, and negativity. Pick out his feathered cap on Twitter @thewellredmage, Mage Cast, or Story Mode.