Today I played hide-and-seek with several random engine parts, which took far too long to find. I then spoke to my friends on a boat. I talked to them again then the sea rose up to send us back to Raphalia. We then had to go to a small village only accessible via the Middle Sea, and the mayor got mad because he hates eating fish. Then move, douche! This led us on a wild goose chase that I'm not going to do. Right now, we'll need to go find four ingredients, each with its own mini game. None of which are fun. I don't like fishing mini games in general, and the one in BoF 3 doesn't even try to change it. That is a wall for me, but I've read there's another minigame that's even worse.
But even that isn't the only thing that's keeping me from finishing the game. I'm just not having fun now.
There's too much tedium in the game. Saving and changing characters is a pain. Why do we need to enter a menu to go into a subscreen, only to walk into another area? We should be allowed to change characters anywhere that's safe. Ya, know, like a town to make buying gear for other characters easier.
Why are towns so annoying to navigate? Everything is a maze! What makes it worse is that you need to move the camera over the map around. I know this was the early days of 3D, but I'm glad this didn't catch on. At least let us keep moving while we shift the map to keep the game moving.
The characters are very hit and miss. Ryu is a silent protagonist, as is my usual third party member, Peco. Nina gets a lot of dialogue, as she should, and Momo and Garr are very situational. I keep forgetting Rei exists. Everyone feels bland, which isn't good.
The battle system is getting to be boring. It was fun at first when we kept getting new skills and seeing new mobs, but I've been using the same moves for twenty hours, and we're getting to pallet swamps now. I don't think it's going to get better...
The music is bad. That's wrong, of course, but I really don't like it. It's all too peppy and jazz fusiony, and it isn't connecting to me. The Chrono Trigger ripoff is great, and there was another song I was okay with, but everything else is grating to me.
Why do I keep letting the faeries distract me with their nonsense?
I was enjoying the story, and I'm curious what the truth was about The Brood, the Dragon War, and Ryu's role in everything, but I can't get through the swamp. I heard this was the best Breath of Fire game, so I'm really bummed I have no desire to play another of them. Or, at least, I won't be finishing this one. I feel bad because I stopped playing it once already, and here I am again. This time, though, it's just because I'm bored. Sorry, Breath of Fire. I'm not gonna say you're a bad game, but you're not for me.
My birthday and anniversary are coming up, and I need to see what really is the best game I've ever played is. Chrono Trigger on Monday.
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