I find it funny how this challenge make it seem like an actual bunch of underdogs got as many molotovs as they could, went soft postal and killed a god. All while keeping enough lucidity to hold the 9 to 5 fishing/hunting gig to finance it all. The financing part make it seem so grounded and that almost any character of the world could do it. Great video as always!
16:10 How did I never realize that Stallion is just a big Ultraman reference. He even does the iconic arm-sign. Appreciate all the secrets you're listing out throughout the journey. Will make replaying it much easier, since I already forgot most things like the dead-angle merchant or the discount coupons.
They changed him in the PSP one because of that, and he doesn't look half as cool. Also, I did make an intentional effort to talk through a bunch of lesser-known things that I used, since I thought it was cool to share the knowledge. Love learning new stuff about old games, hey.
This is my favorite game of all time. I’ve been gaming since I was 4 in ‘86 and I still to this day play this game 100% thru at least 5 times a year. Few games, if any, now just don’t capture that same feeling of wonder and mystery. I loved the camping aspect and fishing. The fairy village mechanic had so much depth to it! It really mattered who you put doing what and it was an awesome feeling when you got the pimp mansion from expanding it all the time. Thanks for all your content. Stay lifted and gifted brother!!!
@@JustAnotherMatt420 "...and my Tech!" Er, tech support... "joke". heh. Y'know, Breath of Fire III must have been a major "make me want to make games" game for me. Hah at the time I did want even more. I saw how much a CD could hold, how much the game data really used up, and naively thought "Why didn't they keep making the game until it filled up the CD? I'd play that much of this." assuming games' (game-ses?) main constraint was size alone. I want to make it. But idk what I love most and what to focus on. That music genre(fusion... jazz? Idk, I also like The Sims 1 music, and Saint Row showing me that "ezzz" channel with such unique older songs). That fairy village, fishing, or every other repeatable activity or system. Ugh, the systems in general!(Side note, check out Rogue Galaxy for cool systems and such). I love the less-useful and unconventional skills and spells. More, mooore. I'd make a game about any slice of BoF3! We shall see.
I once wondered if this exact thing was possible while fishing to get Silver Knives early, and I'm glad you did it instead so I never have to put myself through it
I legitimately didn't know there were Manillo stores in this game until I did this run. I always sold the Coins and just never interacted with fishing. Needless to say, I've learnt so much.
@@Caspicum I think you won't need Meryleep's assistance in this ONLY items run. Its just a waste of time just like making Deis or Ladon as your masters.
It's nice to stumble on a funny little run like this. I'm getting some powerful BoF3 nostalgia. Your patience is commendable. I've done some funny runs (Mage Ryu absolutely slaps) but I don't think I'd have it in me for something this nuts.
Funnily enough, mage Ryu actually prompted the entire concept of 'items only'. I found that toward the end of the game, I didn't have much in the way of powerful magicks, so I took to using Devilfish for Myollnir and worked backwards from there.
Ohh, I never thought of it that way. I tended to just use the magic enhancing dragon forms. Since he was going mage build, he had AP for days and could actually sustain it for a while. Even funner when the Elder tried block dragon forms like it was a big deal, so I just dropped nukes on him. ...it helps when Nina was studying under fighty masters so Ryu got to hog all the good spells. She actually hit kinda hard by the end.
I felt bad doing a magic Ryu run and using dragons, so I opted to stay away from them, but it's interesting how you also found items because of the dragon-block fight. I absolutely stuck NIna with melee dudes as well. Everyone got a build-flip, and Garr was completely useless come end-game, but Rei was passable. Legit, Nina hit harder than Garr. What a great game.
You've got a hell of a job, my friend, but you do it well. I love your Trance-only video, that may have been an indirect inspiration for me thinking about JRPGs like most people think about Souls games. ty ty
"why did i do it?" because youre playing the best RPG created by a human on earth in all of human history past present and future, thats why. I subbed before i watched the vid, thats how much i love this game.
Bruh you have no idea how much I appreciate this video. BoF3 was the first JRPG I ever played to completion and seeing this makes me nostalgic as hell lol.
What a way to start your JRPG journey. You literally started at the tippy top of the quality pyramid and slid all the way down :^). For real though, glad to be triggering the nostalgia glands. Thanks for being here, baby.
I watched all of this and not once was I upset about it. I could feel the tedious fishing extravaganza (which is one of my favorite things to do in BoF3). Just the sheer patience you have is impeccable.
Cool run. I love challenge runs of these old games. No Encounters is one of my favorites because it avoids the annoyance of constant random battles but also makes the game harder because you're so under-leveled.
That was a large chunk of this run too because of the stacks of cash I did not have. I kinda like blasting through RPGs without doing many random encounters too, it forces you to really consider everything instead of what hits the hardest.
I thought that while editing. Everything is so perfectly crafted, all the smears are amazing and make it feel so alive and stylized, it's truly one of the best, if not the best, pixel art game ever.
I got the Ammonite shuffle minigame to work only once, those cannons are really cool to have since they can cancel turns of the bosses when they hit, which they don't do often but it was cool to see
I actually did a magic-only run just before this one just for funsies, and I somehow got it to work too. I blasted it with save states until it worked, took like 20 reloads. Still no bloody idea how it works, but it's neat if you can get it to.
Thanks for this. Any modern content that brings up BoF3 makes me so happy. It's easily one of my favourite games. I know that's partly nostalgia, I was so hyped for this to come out, reading stuff in magazines about it and telling my parents I absolutely needed this, but it didn't disappoint. Makes me sound like such a dinosaur now, but at the time it was unprecedented. If you liked JRPGs at the time this came out, it turned your world upside down. No one was doing this kinda thing back then. It was perfect. But yeah I always had a ton of items I never touched XD
I'm far from done with Breath of Fire 3, it's legit one of the best JRPGs ever made and it barely gets the appreciation it deserves. For real, nobody was doing this kind of thing, and I'd argue nobody ever did, at least not to the degree of Breath of Fire 3, and 4 to a lesser extent. Absolute master class in a distinguished JRPG that broke itself from its Dragon Quest/Final Fantasy trappings.
@@Caspicum Yes the 4th one was also very good, but 3 had a certain charm to it that made it my fave. I had the first 2 on GBA as well, although they're both a bit more generic. I'd love to see an item run of BoF4 though if it's possible!
I'm currently working on an items-only run of the fourth game, but I'm having big issues with the first and second bosses. The video's gonna be something else, because I refuse to give up.@@gaz9411
You're a real one for still producing interesting BoF content when youtube has like 1-2 videos about that per year that aren't just lets plays. Also based Ye reference lul -- but being based comes with the territory of being a BoF 3 Chad
I've defo got more Breath of FIre 3 stuff in the future, but it's so large-scale that I can't say it'll be any time soon. It's not a let's play either :^) also that Ye line was the funniest shit, how could I not?
Kudos man ! I did not think a thing like this would ever be possible. I love this game and I highly enjoyed all the effort you put into this presentation. BoF 3 is a gem.
I've watched this video so many times. Breath of Fire 3 is one of my favorite games that I played as a kid and I love Casp's humor and ability to play the game wrong
Imagine being a god/goddess hanging out at the top of the world, when a group of ragtag adventurers show up and start chucking napalm at you. Great video.
The depths of madness you traversed to even come up with this idea must be vast indeed. Yet you return to this platform unharmed. You have my undying respect, Casp. Good video!
I give a like not only because the effort, but also because Nina was a vital part of your strategy and she is my favorite character in every BoF game, especially BoF2 and BoF3 Nina. Great job, by the way! Edit: I forgot to mention. Thanks for the Sanctuary advice, I didn't know Myria stopped using it after half of her health was down.
Oh man, black wing Nina is something else. But also the adult Nina in 3 is crazy. Definitely one of the lesser-used characters, and I don't blame people. Between Garr, Rei, and Peco, character-design wise I get it. Momo's super versatile too with her support and attack magicks, and pretty even stats. Those bazooka shots do damage for days as well. Nina stops learning magic at level 15 or something, and doesn't get her next spell till 27. Absolutely neglected character.
Honestly, good point. I like challenge runs and was going to watch this. Instead im going to go play this game, I'll watch your CBT session afterwards.
Breath of Fire 3 is my all-time favourite game and seeing this pop up randomly in my feed was a treat. Insta-sub. Got the soundtrack on vinyl, and currently replaying on a PSP emulator. Sad to see where the series ended up, and still hoping for an updated Steam port sometime. Would be cool to see a video on IV alongside your others, but no idea what you might cover with it, mind! All I recall from that one was how beautiful the sprite art was and the cool spell combo ideas.
@@Caspicum honestly, this franchise got shafted in the popularity department, despite the 4 games (not counting quarters because i didn't like it that much ) being very solid RPGs
"if you haven't played breath of fire what are you doing watching this video?" How did he know? Anyway, enjoying the video, good pacing and humor and the good stuff like that.
ty ty. I hope I don't ruin too much for you though. View responsibly! You gotta get on that Breath of Fire 3 grind, I'd never forgive myself if I ruined it for you.
I've played BoF3 at least twice and it never occurred to me to use items...especially not like this. Mad respect for the patience it took to nab all those fishes, man. Now let's hope their children don't drag you under the sea ala the tadpoles in Witch's House :P
@@reaceles5636 The only game I can think of where item spam is effective is Skies of Arcadia, and that's because they do the same damage as regular spells but don't drain from your party shared SP gauge which frees it up to use characters more effective Super Moves.
ty ty! I have always noticed how precious I was with items in games, I even get funny about using items I need on the final boss, so I decided to try and flip the script.
Beautiful work and an amazing video. I am a recent subscriber and I watched almost all your videos from Digimon to breath of fire to game reviews almost everything and I have to say that you are the only person with an amazing and a good taste when it comes to games like not joking at all but almost all the games that you played I did too and I enjoyed every single second of them. I really love your work and honestly I think that you are an underrated youtuber no offense of course what I am saying is that I really want to see the day were you reach a huge number of subscribers and achieve all your goals and dreams I really love your work the simplicity of letting a viewer understand a game that he or she has never seen before and bringing the nostalgia back that's really something I love. Also I know I have talked a lot and I am sure that you will get bored from my comment but I have something I have to say about breath of fire 3. Like what if Myria takes the unconscious Ryu after he gets defeated by balio and sunder and place him in "Eden" and Teepo and Rei wake up staying together and continue the game with Teepo as the main protagonist. Of course the game continues normally with getting everyone to the party but the true final Boss becomes Ryu instead of Myria, I really wish that this becomes a new maybe fan made Breath of fire 3 I really really wish that maybe just maybe we can have that, but I know it won't happen but if by chance you read this comment Mr. Casp I really would love if you tell me your opinion about this. Sorry for talking a lot and ik I am annoying but I would like to end this huge comment with an even bigger thank you for this beautiful video and I look forward for any new video you make in the future doing these videos take a lot of time and consistent work I love your work and I wish you the best of luck
I wouldn't worry about the reprisals since you're not playing the game normally (unless you deliberately put Peco in attack formation just for that purpose). In my Peco solo run, Myria opened with a Venom and Ryu attacked her while confused before I could KO him. During that time, I had a "no one cares" mindset. Great job on the challenge and for showing your gameplay.
@@Caspicum no masters since it would be better if he (or anyone else) tackles the game in natural stats. Well, once you recruit him, escape every random encounter in the dump since they're too strong. Level up in Meryleep's forest since all the enemies there are goos. Then, once he reaches level 10, level up at Momo's tower to at least level 12. As for the challenge, choke points I recall are Cawer, Gisshan, Ammonite and Dragon Lord.
Just as a reference, Idk if it’s written anywhere, but during the forced rei fight with the gang boss, iirc if u rez him and then kill him b4 he transforms and rez him again u get control of him, I’ll have to play through the game again to see the exact order of operations but I do recall during one of my play through, as it happened naturally for me and it’s just a small fun gimmick to the fight instead of having to waste an action using influence.
36:20 when you say Chimera and the music changed, I just thought of the deep voice 'oooh yeah' with some sax playing, and you were gonna do some 'thick' joke with that snake lower body undulating.. xD
Enjoyed the video. I miss old games that used to be very quirky with random bugs or overcomplicated mini games. You take the good and the bad the developers randomly decided to put in there game but it was fun because you never really knew what was going to happen next.
That's what makes Breath of Fire special in particular. All the unnecessary, weird bits add to the world in ways a safer game never could. I always remember screwing up the lighthouse section so many times because I could never figure out what it needed specifically. Those kind of things stick with you.
@Casp A safe game definitely wouldn't have a womanizing Australian Dolphin. I don't think I ever got past the desert as a child. I remember walking forever and giving up but I've played BoF 3 many times over the years it's a masterpiece.
Nice shout out to DavidK. I helped him find some info for his guide back in the day, and we collaborated on the gamefaqs game script together. Neat run though.
@@Caspicum The guide? Yeah it's very well done, but I believe I helped him confirm some monster stats by looking at the data in the CD image. The script dump also discovered how to get the Fountain Pen back in the day, as well.
Myria's face melting away to reveal a monsterous maw spanning between her eyebrows and booba is absolutely nightmare inducing. Rarely have I ever seen some good (good?!) body horror in such old games. whew.
Oh yeah, I intentionally showed that face melting move and made the audio not wholly match the visuals, solely so people had to sit through that animation. It's one of the most horrific things I've ever seen, and I love it.
You know. Just going through some backlog. Saw the world of FF9 video. Really liked it. Year old video, I've never played any Breath of Fire games before. Sprite art is great. Looks cute. Did not expect the last boss to be an awesome looking, yet almost lovecraftian horror snake goddess who's entire torso melts to vomit forth a holocaust beam.
I think it could be done. Arch Mage has 3,000 health right? I reckon if I hit the grind hard enough, and got my boys to level 70-80 under Emitai, that's like 160 more INT + their respective base yield, Devilfish would hit maybe 400 each... Okay maybe I couldn't do it. Maybe max level devil fish could do over 500 damage...
wow full mage team already is a challenge, but this is something else! Also I never noticed until now how funny is to the clerks for be selling molotov to the kids 😂
I actually tried a mage-Ryu run before this one for funsies, which prompted the item one. That was nowhere near as interesting, but still somewhat, as spamming Magic Sword or Mind Sword or whatever was so slow.
this got recommended to my by youtube, im happy i clicked on it since BoF 3 is one my favorite childhood games! :D i was quite intrigued by this, well done! :) i dont know if you are open for suggestions but i would be curious if BoF4, Grandia or Legend of Legaia are doable with items-only :D
This video earned my like, sub, and I even sent it to a friend of mine that reminds me of your snarky wit. Incredibly well done. Now to check out the LoD video.
I remember playing this as a kid. I had no clue what I was doing but I loved it. Unfortunately, I never got to the end. Luckily I just bought a 2nd hand psp and a copy of breath of fire, so it's time to relive my childhood!
dont mind me, im just crying for nostalgie and pain knowing, capcon will never agnoligh this masterpiece and let it dead on the ground hoping people will still buy the same old street fighter
Nice channel! Well, adding more handicaps to this game is kinda unfair since... it is the HARDEST of the whole series!! I think BOF IV was a kid's game compared to this one! And yet I enjoyed them all immensely. Love your video, I am a big fan of retrogaming! PS: You are crazy. LOL!!
@@Caspicum you got me there. i honestly just thought that boss was such an oddity in that they put a unique boss in a boss rush of all of the others. made me wonder if it was cut form somewhere
Great! I intend to reach far into the JRPG annals to find some other games too. I just completed one recently which was entirely unexpected. The future is bright, my friend.
The well mini game throws people off because there's a very slight delay in the process. All you've gotta do is hit a button to lower the bucket, hear the splash, then press the button the same number of times, but because there's no direct feedback, people second guess themselves and fail. If you stick to your guns and stay confident, you will succeed. NEver second guess yourself! also I appreciate it! thanks for watching!
its easy to forget the chicken arc but it was a pivotal point in the 3rd act of the outside of mcneil manor. Ryu cannot find a way past the guards or the emotional turmoil that is holding him back as a character. All hope seems lost but in a final stroke of genius he gathers the courage to murder the head chicken sending his comrades into a rage against the humans as they rip apart the entire security staff. Ryu is then able to reach his full potential as a guy who breaks into another guy's house to rob his belongings and murder the ghosts of his ancestors for clout.
Love, love, loved this video. Thank you for letting me participation.
Thank you for doing the participant!
If her age is on the clock, shes old enough for the
I find it funny how this challenge make it seem like an actual bunch of underdogs got as many molotovs as they could, went soft postal and killed a god. All while keeping enough lucidity to hold the 9 to 5 fishing/hunting gig to finance it all.
The financing part make it seem so grounded and that almost any character of the world could do it.
Great video as always!
Legit, I reckon if 6 of those farmers from McNeil with their toned bods just grabbed 99 molotovs, there's nothing they couldn't accomplish
I see Breath of Fire 3 on my feed and I get a rush of dopamine. My nostalgia bone was tickled.
Based.
@@Caspicum And btw, really good job on the run. I respect the grind.
@@VladDascaliuc ty ty!
I still have the Cd - even it doesn't work since over 20years.
To painful to throw it away 😭
I get the same feeling.
16:10
How did I never realize that Stallion is just a big Ultraman reference.
He even does the iconic arm-sign.
Appreciate all the secrets you're listing out throughout the journey.
Will make replaying it much easier, since I already forgot most things like the dead-angle merchant or the discount coupons.
They changed him in the PSP one because of that, and he doesn't look half as cool.
Also, I did make an intentional effort to talk through a bunch of lesser-known things that I used, since I thought it was cool to share the knowledge. Love learning new stuff about old games, hey.
Removing Ultraman references just ain’t cool!
This is my favorite game of all time. I’ve been gaming since I was 4 in ‘86 and I still to this day play this game 100% thru at least 5 times a year. Few games, if any, now just don’t capture that same feeling of wonder and mystery. I loved the camping aspect and fishing. The fairy village mechanic had so much depth to it! It really mattered who you put doing what and it was an awesome feeling when you got the pimp mansion from expanding it all the time.
Thanks for all your content. Stay lifted and gifted brother!!!
Amazing soundtrack! There are 3 songs I listen to regularly!! This game deserves a remake!!
@@JMartini810 YES. I’d love a remake too!
@@JustAnotherMatt420 (as a game-dev in-training over here, wanting to make a game very close to this somehow - oh very nice to hear haha)
@@Nohbdy_Ahtall you have my support!
@@JustAnotherMatt420 "...and my Tech!"
Er, tech support... "joke". heh.
Y'know, Breath of Fire III must have been a major "make me want to make games" game for me. Hah at the time I did want even more. I saw how much a CD could hold, how much the game data really used up, and naively thought "Why didn't they keep making the game until it filled up the CD? I'd play that much of this." assuming games' (game-ses?) main constraint was size alone.
I want to make it. But idk what I love most and what to focus on.
That music genre(fusion... jazz? Idk, I also like The Sims 1 music, and Saint Row showing me that "ezzz" channel with such unique older songs).
That fairy village, fishing, or every other repeatable activity or system.
Ugh, the systems in general!(Side note, check out Rogue Galaxy for cool systems and such).
I love the less-useful and unconventional skills and spells. More, mooore.
I'd make a game about any slice of BoF3! We shall see.
"Yay, all me friends are fucking dead". The timing if your humor, good job sir.
I never even considered a run like this would be possible. All the respect.
Me either! I was so surprised when I pulled off the McNeil gauntlet, like, this is real, let's go whole-hog on this.
Theres something about a final boss spamming holocaust while you spam napalm on it.
It's a historically appropriate give and take
so glad i found this channel ive been watching your vids non stop ty for the great item only runs!
Thanks for being here, sick name btw
I once wondered if this exact thing was possible while fishing to get Silver Knives early, and I'm glad you did it instead so I never have to put myself through it
I legitimately didn't know there were Manillo stores in this game until I did this run. I always sold the Coins and just never interacted with fishing. Needless to say, I've learnt so much.
12:17 Bruh, that's dirty af. I've never felt so attacked.
ngl, it hurt me as much as it hurt you
@@Caspicum
I think you won't need Meryleep's assistance in this ONLY items run.
Its just a waste of time just like making Deis or Ladon as your masters.
It's nice to stumble on a funny little run like this. I'm getting some powerful BoF3 nostalgia.
Your patience is commendable. I've done some funny runs (Mage Ryu absolutely slaps) but I don't think I'd have it in me for something this nuts.
Funnily enough, mage Ryu actually prompted the entire concept of 'items only'. I found that toward the end of the game, I didn't have much in the way of powerful magicks, so I took to using Devilfish for Myollnir and worked backwards from there.
Ohh, I never thought of it that way. I tended to just use the magic enhancing dragon forms. Since he was going mage build, he had AP for days and could actually sustain it for a while.
Even funner when the Elder tried block dragon forms like it was a big deal, so I just dropped nukes on him.
...it helps when Nina was studying under fighty masters so Ryu got to hog all the good spells. She actually hit kinda hard by the end.
I felt bad doing a magic Ryu run and using dragons, so I opted to stay away from them, but it's interesting how you also found items because of the dragon-block fight. I absolutely stuck NIna with melee dudes as well. Everyone got a build-flip, and Garr was completely useless come end-game, but Rei was passable. Legit, Nina hit harder than Garr. What a great game.
This was very cool, must have taken absurd levels of patience, I know how that feels 😅 Well done!
You've got a hell of a job, my friend, but you do it well. I love your Trance-only video, that may have been an indirect inspiration for me thinking about JRPGs like most people think about Souls games. ty ty
@@Caspicum Thank you, I am glad to have inspired anything JRPG challenge related. Hope to see me in the future :)
"why did i do it?"
because youre playing the best RPG created by a human on earth in all of human history past present and future, thats why.
I subbed before i watched the vid, thats how much i love this game.
Incredibly based. Breath of Fire 3 fans are top-tier, second to none.
Bruh you have no idea how much I appreciate this video. BoF3 was the first JRPG I ever played to completion and seeing this makes me nostalgic as hell lol.
What a way to start your JRPG journey. You literally started at the tippy top of the quality pyramid and slid all the way down :^).
For real though, glad to be triggering the nostalgia glands. Thanks for being here, baby.
I watched all of this and not once was I upset about it. I could feel the tedious fishing extravaganza (which is one of my favorite things to do in BoF3). Just the sheer patience you have is impeccable.
This was wild. Well done! I had a nice nostalgia trip while watching this video.
Me too. That music just hits like nothing else.
One of my favourite games of all time, thank you for sharing a different type of run through.
Cool run. I love challenge runs of these old games. No Encounters is one of my favorites because it avoids the annoyance of constant random battles but also makes the game harder because you're so under-leveled.
That was a large chunk of this run too because of the stacks of cash I did not have. I kinda like blasting through RPGs without doing many random encounters too, it forces you to really consider everything instead of what hits the hardest.
playing a game about dragons and never transforming into one, ouch. great video👏👏👍👍
I beat this game so many times, and I don't think I would do what you just did, however, I would watch the highlights of it, great video.
It takes a certain kind of person to do this. Don't be that guy, you're better than that. Thanks for being here, mate!
this game is just pretty to look at
I thought that while editing. Everything is so perfectly crafted, all the smears are amazing and make it feel so alive and stylized, it's truly one of the best, if not the best, pixel art game ever.
That was really entertaining! Not a run I'd ever dream of doing, but it's great that it can be done.
You'll do an item only run... They all do :^)
This video is so good. It tickled me with your comedic timing and funny visuals. Thank you.
Hey, I appreciate that! Thank you for watching and enjoying!
I got the Ammonite shuffle minigame to work only once, those cannons are really cool to have since they can cancel turns of the bosses when they hit, which they don't do often but it was cool to see
I actually did a magic-only run just before this one just for funsies, and I somehow got it to work too. I blasted it with save states until it worked, took like 20 reloads. Still no bloody idea how it works, but it's neat if you can get it to.
Lol'd at the "Australians are weak to lightning." Good video my dude!
I'm glad people are finally getting more aware to the troubles faced by every day Australians.
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IDK how you don't have millions of followers already Casp but this video was gold mate. Well done got a good laugh!
Thanks for this. Any modern content that brings up BoF3 makes me so happy. It's easily one of my favourite games. I know that's partly nostalgia, I was so hyped for this to come out, reading stuff in magazines about it and telling my parents I absolutely needed this, but it didn't disappoint. Makes me sound like such a dinosaur now, but at the time it was unprecedented. If you liked JRPGs at the time this came out, it turned your world upside down. No one was doing this kinda thing back then. It was perfect. But yeah I always had a ton of items I never touched XD
I'm far from done with Breath of Fire 3, it's legit one of the best JRPGs ever made and it barely gets the appreciation it deserves. For real, nobody was doing this kind of thing, and I'd argue nobody ever did, at least not to the degree of Breath of Fire 3, and 4 to a lesser extent. Absolute master class in a distinguished JRPG that broke itself from its Dragon Quest/Final Fantasy trappings.
@@Caspicum Yes the 4th one was also very good, but 3 had a certain charm to it that made it my fave. I had the first 2 on GBA as well, although they're both a bit more generic. I'd love to see an item run of BoF4 though if it's possible!
I'm currently working on an items-only run of the fourth game, but I'm having big issues with the first and second bosses. The video's gonna be something else, because I refuse to give up.@@gaz9411
You're a real one for still producing interesting BoF content when youtube has like 1-2 videos about that per year that aren't just lets plays.
Also based Ye reference lul -- but being based comes with the territory of being a BoF 3 Chad
I've defo got more Breath of FIre 3 stuff in the future, but it's so large-scale that I can't say it'll be any time soon. It's not a let's play either :^)
also that Ye line was the funniest shit, how could I not?
Awesome to see you doing more of these types of videos man! Great stuff too see!
I'm glad people dig it! It won't be super frequent, but it was way too fun to not do more!
That’s a good attitude to have about it. Makes them more special when they are a rarer thing mixed in with your top tier shit posts… I mean reviews.
Kudos man ! I did not think a thing like this would ever be possible. I love this game and I highly enjoyed all the effort you put into this presentation. BoF 3 is a gem.
@@Kyle_Riel how ?
Yeah idk this guy left another comment, but never elaborated. I think he uses reddit and that's made his brain leaky.
@@Caspicum these numbskulls are everywhere.
I've watched this video so many times. Breath of Fire 3 is one of my favorite games that I played as a kid and I love Casp's humor and ability to play the game wrong
ty ty ty I am blessed by your comment and we are blessed by '90s Capcom dishing out a killer game 🙏
Imagine being a god/goddess hanging out at the top of the world, when a group of ragtag adventurers show up and start chucking napalm at you. Great video.
Not to mention being slapped by fish repeatedly. I'd feel insulted and smelling of fish.
The depths of madness you traversed to even come up with this idea must be vast indeed. Yet you return to this platform unharmed. You have my undying respect, Casp. Good video!
The madness is only just beginning, my friend.
I give a like not only because the effort, but also because Nina was a vital part of your strategy and she is my favorite character in every BoF game, especially BoF2 and BoF3 Nina.
Great job, by the way!
Edit: I forgot to mention. Thanks for the Sanctuary advice, I didn't know Myria stopped using it after half of her health was down.
Oh man, black wing Nina is something else. But also the adult Nina in 3 is crazy. Definitely one of the lesser-used characters, and I don't blame people. Between Garr, Rei, and Peco, character-design wise I get it. Momo's super versatile too with her support and attack magicks, and pretty even stats. Those bazooka shots do damage for days as well. Nina stops learning magic at level 15 or something, and doesn't get her next spell till 27. Absolutely neglected character.
Honestly, good point. I like challenge runs and was going to watch this. Instead im going to go play this game, I'll watch your CBT session afterwards.
ty ty, Breath of Fire 3 is a treat, and I'd hate to ruin that for you. If you remember, come back and let me know what you thought of it!
The item only run was one thing, but the fact that you fished that long really shows your bat shit insanity.
FIsh fear me. It's gotten so bad, I had to buy a hat to warn people.
Breath of Fire 3 is my all-time favourite game and seeing this pop up randomly in my feed was a treat. Insta-sub. Got the soundtrack on vinyl, and currently replaying on a PSP emulator. Sad to see where the series ended up, and still hoping for an updated Steam port sometime. Would be cool to see a video on IV alongside your others, but no idea what you might cover with it, mind! All I recall from that one was how beautiful the sprite art was and the cool spell combo ideas.
OMFG a video of Breath of fire 3 in 2022 my wish come true, thanks bro :'3
And it won't be the last! Well, it will be for 2022, but not for the channel
TH-cam finally recommended something I'd watch gladly
This is such a nostalgia trip I'm so on board with
ayyyyyyyyyyyy that makes me glad to hear. Happy to share this trip down nostalgia lane with you, my friend.
@@Caspicum honestly, this franchise got shafted in the popularity department, despite the 4 games (not counting quarters because i didn't like it that much ) being very solid RPGs
"if you haven't played breath of fire what are you doing watching this video?" How did he know? Anyway, enjoying the video, good pacing and humor and the good stuff like that.
ty ty. I hope I don't ruin too much for you though. View responsibly! You gotta get on that Breath of Fire 3 grind, I'd never forgive myself if I ruined it for you.
I've played BoF3 at least twice and it never occurred to me to use items...especially not like this.
Mad respect for the patience it took to nab all those fishes, man. Now let's hope their children don't drag you under the sea ala the tadpoles in Witch's House :P
Straight up, items are the most neglected part of JRPGs.
@@Caspicum Definitely guilty of this xD It always catches me by surprise when items turn out to be a viable strat in JRPGs.
@@reaceles5636 The only game I can think of where item spam is effective is Skies of Arcadia, and that's because they do the same damage as regular spells but don't drain from your party shared SP gauge which frees it up to use characters more effective Super Moves.
always good to see a new video
Damn, that was fast. Thanks for being a speedy observer!
You’re doing challenge stuff too!?
Hey, why not? I haven’t seen much of the Breath of Fire series in years, so this may give a nice spin to it!
I am, but nothing too dedicated. Just for funsies every now and again.
This was a great video, I loved it. I rarely used items in battle so I would never have considered this as a possibility. Great work.
ty ty! I have always noticed how precious I was with items in games, I even get funny about using items I need on the final boss, so I decided to try and flip the script.
Beautiful work and an amazing video. I am a recent subscriber and I watched almost all your videos from Digimon to breath of fire to game reviews almost everything and I have to say that you are the only person with an amazing and a good taste when it comes to games like not joking at all but almost all the games that you played I did too and I enjoyed every single second of them. I really love your work and honestly I think that you are an underrated youtuber no offense of course what I am saying is that I really want to see the day were you reach a huge number of subscribers and achieve all your goals and dreams I really love your work the simplicity of letting a viewer understand a game that he or she has never seen before and bringing the nostalgia back that's really something I love.
Also I know I have talked a lot and I am sure that you will get bored from my comment but I have something I have to say about breath of fire 3. Like what if Myria takes the unconscious Ryu after he gets defeated by balio and sunder and place him in "Eden" and Teepo and Rei wake up staying together and continue the game with Teepo as the main protagonist. Of course the game continues normally with getting everyone to the party but the true final Boss becomes Ryu instead of Myria, I really wish that this becomes a new maybe fan made Breath of fire 3 I really really wish that maybe just maybe we can have that, but I know it won't happen but if by chance you read this comment Mr. Casp I really would love if you tell me your opinion about this.
Sorry for talking a lot and ik I am annoying but I would like to end this huge comment with an even bigger thank you for this beautiful video and I look forward for any new video you make in the future doing these videos take a lot of time and consistent work I love your work and I wish you the best of luck
I wouldn't worry about the reprisals since you're not playing the game normally (unless you deliberately put Peco in attack formation just for that purpose). In my Peco solo run, Myria opened with a Venom and Ryu attacked her while confused before I could KO him. During that time, I had a "no one cares" mindset.
Great job on the challenge and for showing your gameplay.
Damn bro, how does a Peco solo run begin? The second you get him you slap him on Fahl and power level?
@@Caspicum no masters since it would be better if he (or anyone else) tackles the game in natural stats. Well, once you recruit him, escape every random encounter in the dump since they're too strong. Level up in Meryleep's forest since all the enemies there are goos. Then, once he reaches level 10, level up at Momo's tower to at least level 12.
As for the challenge, choke points I recall are Cawer, Gisshan, Ammonite and Dragon Lord.
my bad i haven’t played any breath of fire games but i wanna watch these videos i will put them on my backlog
No worries, I'd much rather you experience a great game than watch a meme video. See you in 3 years!
Just as a reference, Idk if it’s written anywhere, but during the forced rei fight with the gang boss, iirc if u rez him and then kill him b4 he transforms and rez him again u get control of him, I’ll have to play through the game again to see the exact order of operations but I do recall during one of my play through, as it happened naturally for me and it’s just a small fun gimmick to the fight instead of having to waste an action using influence.
You are a true madlad, thank you so much for this crazy and entertaining video !!!
Thanks for enjoying it! I wouldn't bother if people weren't digging it!
thank you! this was such a cool video. can't even imagine the time and energy that went into this
Thank you! I'm just glad people are digging it, makes it all worth it.
36:20 when you say Chimera and the music changed, I just thought of the deep voice 'oooh yeah' with some sax playing, and you were gonna do some 'thick' joke with that snake lower body undulating.. xD
Me? Make a distasteful joke? Never!
What a run! Never considered it to be possible, very well done!
ty ty! I'm not gonna lie and say it was easy, but I will lie and say it was all worth it in the end.
wait...
Selling those stat boosters almost made me cry lol
AND THE FAERIE GEM??? It hurt to do, but it saved me a good 2 hours of farming enemies and fishing, so it was worth it.
@@Caspicum I sold that one on my first two playthroughs of the game because i was a dumb kid and i didn't think it was an item for a master 🥲
@@LukynkaS 5,000 zenny is such a bait tactic. the devs 100% knew what they were doing.
Lot of effort put into this, I enjoy, have a sub
ty ty. I appreciate that you enjoyed it, my friend.
Enjoyed the video. I miss old games that used to be very quirky with random bugs or overcomplicated mini games. You take the good and the bad the developers randomly decided to put in there game but it was fun because you never really knew what was going to happen next.
That's what makes Breath of Fire special in particular. All the unnecessary, weird bits add to the world in ways a safer game never could. I always remember screwing up the lighthouse section so many times because I could never figure out what it needed specifically. Those kind of things stick with you.
@Casp A safe game definitely wouldn't have a womanizing Australian Dolphin. I don't think I ever got past the desert as a child. I remember walking forever and giving up but I've played BoF 3 many times over the years it's a masterpiece.
Nice shout out to DavidK. I helped him find some info for his guide back in the day, and we collaborated on the gamefaqs game script together.
Neat run though.
Oh damn. I've no doubt used that countless times over the years. Thanks for your contributions!
@@Caspicum The guide? Yeah it's very well done, but I believe I helped him confirm some monster stats by looking at the data in the CD image. The script dump also discovered how to get the Fountain Pen back in the day, as well.
Myria's face melting away to reveal a monsterous maw spanning between her eyebrows and booba is absolutely nightmare inducing.
Rarely have I ever seen some good (good?!) body horror in such old games. whew.
Oh yeah, I intentionally showed that face melting move and made the audio not wholly match the visuals, solely so people had to sit through that animation. It's one of the most horrific things I've ever seen, and I love it.
You know. Just going through some backlog. Saw the world of FF9 video. Really liked it. Year old video, I've never played any Breath of Fire games before. Sprite art is great. Looks cute. Did not expect the last boss to be an awesome looking, yet almost lovecraftian horror snake goddess who's entire torso melts to vomit forth a holocaust beam.
I always think about doing runs like this but stop myself realizing it's probably awful. Respect for doing this 👍
It's defo worth a try anyway, there's a few alternate ways to go about it. I'd love to see how creative people get with it.
2:08 "Oh no its a chimera what are we going to do?!"
*Throw some spicy alcohol at it*
Man...the reason you did this? You are simply insane...and I love it xD
Great game! now lets see you take on Arch mage and Berserkr without items!
I think it could be done. Arch Mage has 3,000 health right? I reckon if I hit the grind hard enough, and got my boys to level 70-80 under Emitai, that's like 160 more INT + their respective base yield, Devilfish would hit maybe 400 each... Okay maybe I couldn't do it.
Maybe max level devil fish could do over 500 damage...
wow full mage team already is a challenge, but this is something else!
Also I never noticed until now how funny is to the clerks for be selling molotov to the kids 😂
I actually tried a mage-Ryu run before this one for funsies, which prompted the item one. That was nowhere near as interesting, but still somewhat, as spamming Magic Sword or Mind Sword or whatever was so slow.
I love the final boss theme in BoFIII. It's so intense. I swear Capcom used it as inspiration for Doctor Strange's theme in UMvC3.
BREATH OF FIRE!!!! I WAS PLAYING THRU BOF4 AND JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT ELINA
Damn that shit got real hey.
this got recommended to my by youtube, im happy i clicked on it since BoF 3 is one my favorite childhood games! :D
i was quite intrigued by this, well done! :)
i dont know if you are open for suggestions but i would be curious if BoF4, Grandia or Legend of Legaia are doable with items-only :D
One of my favorite games~ love to see the challenge runs of my old favorite games!
Let's gooooooooooooooo Breath of Fire!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW
This video earned my like, sub, and I even sent it to a friend of mine that reminds me of your snarky wit. Incredibly well done. Now to check out the LoD video.
Tell your friend he's a cool guy. I hope the Dragoon video hits the spot!
I remember playing this as a kid. I had no clue what I was doing but I loved it. Unfortunately, I never got to the end. Luckily I just bought a 2nd hand psp and a copy of breath of fire, so it's time to relive my childhood!
BOF3 is just the greatest fishing trip story ever told.
someone asking the real questions around here
Liked this video even before watching it. I know this is some good stuff.
ty ty. i hope your pre-like was correct.
Intro dialogue wins a thumbs up alone. That's so awesome! hahahaha
I'm not sure what part specifically you dug, but I'm just glad you dug it. Appreciate it, my friend.
Items only run? I barely even use Magic once I got into adult mode. Man this is chad. Thanks for torturing yourself for our pleasure
Hey, any time. I find torture is the most enjoyable form of video.
awesome
thanks for the bof 3 content, we need more
Any time, talking about Breath of Fire 3 is a pleasure.
This is utterly crazy, pointless, and amazing. I love this so much.
That makes me very happy, I'm glad you enjoyed it! The pointlessness makes it better right?
dont mind me, im just crying for nostalgie and pain knowing, capcon will never agnoligh this masterpiece and let it dead on the ground hoping people will still buy the same old street fighter
Given enough time, they have to bring it back eventually. Keep your faith!
great to see you back on the saddle, my man!
I never left the saddle, baby. Try to take the saddle from me, you can't!
This video, despite the crudity, is actually quite funny and informative!
I appreciate that. I try not to be too crude, but it spices it up a bit, you know?
I must admit, this informative video is rather funny! Have you done such a video for Breath of Fire 4? I'd love to see one!@@Caspicum
Oh, Breath of Fire 3. One of the best JRPGs ever created. Too bad the series has been totally forgotten by Capcom.
Nice channel! Well, adding more handicaps to this game is kinda unfair since... it is the HARDEST of the whole series!! I think BOF IV was a kid's game compared to this one! And yet I enjoyed them all immensely. Love your video, I am a big fan of retrogaming! PS: You are crazy. LOL!!
one of my favorite games thanks for showing it's possible to clear with only items
when it comes to breath of fire, I'm more than happy to make videos on it. love when people dig them too! thanks for being here
this video was so painful that i had to like it. RIP to the time you spent completing this game.
ty ty. I'll never get that time back, but the kind comments help
My favorite video game series as a child.
yey finally someone is doing challenge videos of one of my favorite games
AND IT DOESN'T STOP THERE BABY I'M NOT DONE WITH THE PS1 JUST YET
45:18 "Why did I do it?"
Because you like pain?
the image of child ryu having and throwing a fuck-ton of molotovs at his enemies is very funny, very powerful.
powerful... like gas in a glass bottle
"i clean out the bosses, you've seen them all before"
you say right after showing some strange dodo bird no one has ever seen before
Well you've seen it at that point right?
@@Caspicum you got me there.
i honestly just thought that boss was such an oddity in that they put a unique boss in a boss rush of all of the others. made me wonder if it was cut form somewhere
It had to have been cut from somewhere. Crazy that they had *more* planned for this game. Where would they even fit it?
just finished BoF 3 around half an hour ago, game was so goooood :>
also now i can finally watch this video without spoilers! :D
AYYYYYYYYYYYYYY congrats, my friend! I hope the vid is worth it!
the flower jewel made me sub
Goddess of the Birdcage - Myria. That's actually a pretty good title for her XD
I've been calling her that for years and now Breath of Fire 3 did a Teppen cross over and they called her that. Now I look like a THIEF.
Sad days
Now this is the kinda game I can get behind with a challenge!
Great! I intend to reach far into the JRPG annals to find some other games too. I just completed one recently which was entirely unexpected. The future is bright, my friend.
Was loving this game until I got stuck at the well minigame. Thanks love your videos!
The well mini game throws people off because there's a very slight delay in the process. All you've gotta do is hit a button to lower the bucket, hear the splash, then press the button the same number of times, but because there's no direct feedback, people second guess themselves and fail. If you stick to your guns and stay confident, you will succeed. NEver second guess yourself!
also I appreciate it! thanks for watching!
wait, there's an RPG in this fishing game?
That was my first and only thought
Imagine using Reprisal mechanic as an excuse to use the waifu team.
Any excuse will do.
5:18 Ive played through this how many times, never encountered the chicken boss XD
Fr? I don't think he's optional...
How on earth did you manage that? I thought he was required
@@Caspicum mebbe I'm just misremembering then
its easy to forget the chicken arc but it was a pivotal point in the 3rd act of the outside of mcneil manor.
Ryu cannot find a way past the guards or the emotional turmoil that is holding him back as a character.
All hope seems lost but in a final stroke of genius he gathers the courage to murder the head chicken sending his comrades into a rage against the humans as they rip apart the entire security staff.
Ryu is then able to reach his full potential as a guy who breaks into another guy's house to rob his belongings and murder the ghosts of his ancestors for clout.
@@RatedB1 might be time for a replay then!
This game, xenogears and final fantasy tactics were my childhood
Quality childhood ngl
Love a big ol' stallion slong sliding down my throte
nooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO