[:plant:] Breath of Fire 6: All the Bravest - LOL. LOL Forever.

They waited 10 years to release a successor to Breath of Fire V, a goddamn magnum opus of the JRPG genre and a beautiful swan song for the series itself. And what do they do? Announce a glorified flash game.

Fuck you, Capcom. First you shit all over Mega Man Legends 3 (in an ongoing effort to take a greater dump on the Mega Man franchise) and now this. Insulting.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by SailorDaravon

I agree that BoFV is goddamn fantastic, but the game was a big departure from the previous entries and doesn't seem to be widely received that well (it sold less than half of what 4 did in all territories), so whatever 6 was going to be it was probably going to be nothing like what 5 was.

No, I know that. I meant it was such a great finale for the series. I waited a while for a new entry before I realized it was such a high note to go out on. IV was somewhat mediocre (got better toward the end, when there weren't 5 billion half-baked minigames), but they came back to it and did something completely out of the ordinary for them and for a lot of Japanese RPGs. Virtually no story background; subdued dialogue; thoughtful, tactical combat; a gritty atmosphere; and absolutely phenomenal dungeon design? What a way to finish the series. I know it was because of financial reasons that they waited this long, but I'd like to think one designer out there was like "Nope, we're done here. Nailed it."

There's nowhere I can't reach.