Garr may be outclassed but he'll forever be my fav character of the group

Best party member in the game is OBVIOUSLY Teepo.

Rei is one of the best character designs for me I've ever seen and one of my favorite characters from video games. Since I saw him back then in the late 90' before the game released in a video game Magazin

Such great memories of this game. I remember being a kid and just throwing together as many different combinations of genes to see what would come out hahah.

The disrespect to Garr. I’ve never completed a game without the big lummox. Plus next to Momo he’s the only party member you absolutely have to take through some really tough dungeons and might be under levelled if you’re not using him.

@Berek71182

7 ай бұрын

Putting Peco in GOD tier while Garr considered being trash is the typical potential/growth vs effectivness fallacy. Often shared by many Fire Emblem Players as well. When i played BoF3 the first time, it was pretty short compared to other RPGs. My Group with Ryu, Garr and Momo/Nina was fine enough to beat all challenges until i beat the Game. Training Peco is just waste of time and overkill if the player just wants to beat the main story.

@mikesays08

7 ай бұрын

@@Berek71182 I’ve never used Peco, not once. I use Peco to rush through masters to grab their skills and that’s it, same with Nina once Garr is available. I use Garr, Momo and Rei alongside Ryu and never really felt bad about it.

Only ONE time in my life did I ever use Rei's Weretiger as a last resort. Everyone was dead and i was out of heals so i transformed and prayed his damage would be enough. He almost died but, in the end, i won. Was shocked. xD

@noname72390

Ай бұрын

spirit bangle i believe is what the acc is called but if you equip him with that then he will still be berserk but wont attack your party members anymore.

@kaiser1one

Ай бұрын

@@noname72390 yeah I didn't know about Influence until years later when reading forums. 😅 I just assumed it was a last resort move until then.

My first PS1 RPG, and one of my all times favorites. Played it until the savegame timer hit 99h:59m.

Glad to see BoF III getting the recognition it deserves. My favorite way to cruise through the early game is by maxxing out Bunyan's skills with Ryu when he's by himself near the beginning of the game. If you give him frost from Mygas, you can double xp from the Tar Men outside of Wyndia and skyrocket your levels. This, plus focus and super combo, and getting shadow walk from Meryleep, makes Ryu basically unstoppable until the end game.

I remember when was younger actually teaching Ryu Aura from Ladon so he didn't haven't to spend the ap from dragon form and still hit like a nuke, it was how I took down Archmage and Berserker

Something you didn't mention. Peco also recovers 1/10 of his max hp at the end of each turn. He's a self repairing tank

@Kaftan

2 ай бұрын

His base Reprisal (counter) rate is also 50%, which is doubled if placed at the front of an Attack Formation party, meaning he's 50% likely to be attacked and 100% likely to counter it. My onion boy is absolutely busted.

I used to have peco train with a few different masters. He was still tank but i also had up wards of 80 agil i think. I made him fast. Was a boss

Ever since i saw a playthrough of this game 10 years ago, I've been wanting to play it soooo bad. Sadly like you said, Capcom seems to be determined to let it die 😢

@locloudanerpg

10 ай бұрын

Not if we’re loud enough!

@damientillman9

10 ай бұрын

It's one of my favorite games. If Capcom did a true remaster with some quality of life improvements and character rebalance it would easily become a million seller on a system like the Switch.

@cam9144

8 ай бұрын

Find any way to play this game. It's so damn good. The sprites are amazing, it's so colorful, the jazzy music fits insanely well, dragon gene transformations are so fun to use, and it has the best fishing mini game still to this day

Oh yeah have you deal with trying to get the gookingsword as a drop from those Goo King enemies for getting the retroachievemt?

Good list, yeah Ryu's super broken lmao. I recall doing a Solo run of BoF3 with Ryu being easier than playing the game normally, given that you do a bit of min/maxing.

I would list them differently, after multiple playthroughs and lots of time spent analysing the game: God Tier: - Ryu. Myrmidon is OP in this game, outdamaging Peco and Garr about fivefold if you account for it being extremely fast and being able to reliably get two turns in a row. He has access to both healing and support magic and overall high stats everywhere, meaning he is also flexible. Ryu is so far ahead of everyone else, I would put him alone in the tier. High Tier: - Rei. He's a swiss army knife and is excellent at that. His naturally high speed couples itself well with Meryleep and the Chain formation, making Ryu even more of a killing machine than he is. At lower levels, he is even almost required if you want to tackle the Container Yard superbosses. He learns Speed and has Pilfer, two of the strongest abilities in the game. He can also be paired up with an Influence-r to go full Berserk mode with Weretiger, effectively switching his role if need be. - Momo. Without Shadowwalk, I would have put her a tier lower, but still kept the same order. Momo, like Rei, has high speed. She is also the only party member besides Ryu who can heal and has access to more than one buff move. Besides that, Shadowwalk Momo is incredible. This ability allows her to bypass accuracy checks whenever she attacks for a cheap 8AP cost whilst also guaranteeing crits. Mid Tier: - Peco. The most overrated character in this game. Sorry Peco fans... His main weakness is that he's a one trick pony. His complete lack of speed make him a liability in the late-to-endgame, where enemies tend to inflict status effects that are not poison, which Peco gets annihilated by. That being said, Fahl Peco is still very strong and you absolutely can win the game with him. His damage output is quite good, but the characters above can easily outdamage him with little setup, while also being more flexible. - Nina. Probably the weirdest placement here. In the endgame, Nina is objectively the worst character due to how broken (in the bad sense) the magic system is. But Nina only really sucks in the second half of the game. In the first one, she and Peco are the MVPs. Probably even moreso than Ryu himself. Unfortunately, her high speed is insignificant as she is outclassed by Ryu, Momo and especially Rei when it comes to beeing speedy and useful. Sorry Nina. Good thing Nina from BoFIV is one of the strongest characters in the entire series. Low Tier: - Garr. No, Garr isn't that bad. He's the weakest overall, but that mostly comes from the fact that, just like Peco, he's slow. While Peco has got a high reprisal rate as well as weak regen to compensate for that, Garr has nothing. Garr also suffers from not having the insane stat growth Peco has. Truly sad.

@karatecikz9631

6 ай бұрын

Explain broken magic system please.

@alexandrezeddam7817

6 ай бұрын

@@karatecikz9631 The damage formula for spells uses INT instead of strength, however, the amount of damage due to INT is capped at 200 - an amount you reach roughly at the midpoint of the journey. No matter if you have 300, 600 or even 999 INT, your spells will deal the same damage as if you had 200.

@karatecikz9631

6 ай бұрын

@@alexandrezeddam7817 Wow, I never knew this. Thanks

@MrHillsidestrangler

2 ай бұрын

@@alexandrezeddam7817 Does this also apply to enemies? Also, would you rank each character the same if attributes were not an issue?

Shadowwalk Momo is my favorite build :3

I only will say thank you, this was really bad day for me and U always take me higher

@locloudanerpg

10 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that. I hope things get better! Stay positive.

I always slap Momo under Delozne to sort her acc out. The real challging part of the game of in chidlhood, keeping Ryu/Teepo's level enough to hoover up Magnu's spells . Do you think you will review some fan mods of the rpgs eventually?

@locloudanerpg

10 ай бұрын

Probably not unless there was a larger push for that kind of content from my subs.

Everything,e I played the game I’d use glass domino on the platform boss and get the mega exp boost for Ryu. Never knew Pico was a tank, honestly thought he was trash and never used him.

The Heck?! My Nina Carried my team. Im shocked people considered her bad. The rest i agree with.

I don’t think homeboy knows what a dozen is.

Do you make a ranked list for Breath of fire 4 ?

@locloudanerpg

8 ай бұрын

Not yet, but soon

I love my onion

Ranking them based on dmg I agree with ths ranking, but Rei with stacked agility and the resist skill is literally unkillable.

Rei!....no, Nina!...no, Ryu! Love'm all in this great game. Great content again!

@locloudanerpg

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I usually agree with your tier lists but this one I take an issue with Momo and Peco. I think Momo should be slightly above Peco and the reason why is because she's the only character besides Ryu who can AOE heal and this frees him up to be your damage dealer. Ryu is the best damage dealer in the game and you don't want him wasting his turns healing.

@locloudanerpg

10 ай бұрын

That’s a good point. My endgame team has always been Momo, Peco and Ryu.

@DeathByHentai

10 ай бұрын

@@locloudanerpg that's quite a great team and I hadn't considered using Peco up front as a tank. I always used Rei for his high speed, dude can throw out items like nobody's business or deal damage if no items need used. Not sure which team is more optimal.

Nina is my favorite character in this series. As a young girl growing up and playing the series I have always looked up to her and enjoyed her growth throughout each game. This is by far her worst iteration but I totally would not blame her. Magic just sucks in this game. It would have been better if she had most of Ryu's curative and assist spells given she has the best AP growth and speed on par with Rei. Momo would have made more sense as the offensive caster of the party.

Build momo on Bunyan and give her shadow walk. She’s broken good

Speaking of dead IP's, Shining Force 1, 2, and 3 were all made solely for you to eventually do a who's the best video on them.

@locloudanerpg

10 ай бұрын

Haha I know! I actually want to do a shining in the darkness list soon.

@Chelaxim

10 ай бұрын

Shining is not a dead IP. Shining didn't start as a SRPG and they are only a footnote in the series history. And to quote Milli Vanlli:Girl you know it's true.

@Scuzoid_Melee

10 ай бұрын

@@Chelaxim If Shining isn't a dead IP, nothing is. The most recent attempt at a Shining game is Sega licensing the IP to a mobile developer to do a full on gacha game using all the characters from Shining 1 and 2. I say attempt because that developer imploded after one cool looking trailer. When your IP goes mobile gacha without anything actually new in the foreseeable future, that's dead imo.

@Scuzoid_Melee

10 ай бұрын

@@Chelaxim All that said, the community working on Shining Force 1 and 2 mods along with full on heavily inspired Shining Force fan games seems to be very much alive.

REI !!!!

can't decide which is my favorite.. BoF 3 or 4. its like the debate between megaman 2 and 3.

@locloudanerpg

4 ай бұрын

Megaman 2 all the way.

so in conclusion, ryu and peco rip

Can you do a blue Dragon tear list

@locloudanerpg

10 ай бұрын

A what?

@CHBDragon

10 ай бұрын

Never played it, but if i remember correctly it's a game about people with monsters coming out of their shadows i think? Main character's monster is a blue dragon hence the name

@locloudanerpg

10 ай бұрын

Ohhh Blue Dragon. Sure can!

Do NOT put Nina under Deis! Not only is it pointless since most of what she teaches are spells that Nina can get from leveling up, she also makes Nina EXTREMELY fraile. If anything, have her learn under Fahl. He'll make her much tougher and she won't really lose much as a caster. If ANYONE should learn under Deis, it's Garr. The big guy has NOTHING outside of fire attacks, and he has next to no AP. Garr would become far more useful as a character if he had more to offer, and Deis gives him just that. I would have Peco learn under the Castle's Head Cook so his critical hit rate goes up. Momo would learn under D'lonzo for better attack accuracy. Rei would learn under Meryleep for Shadowwalk and to become an absolute speed demon. Lastly, Ryu would learn under the fish guy at the beach until about level 40 minimum. After which he should learn under Ladon for the rest of the game until level 99.

"Games that will probably never be remastered" Pls don't remind me 😢. Hope remains for some sort of updated Steam port. Favourite game of all time.

@locloudanerpg

9 ай бұрын

Capcom can’t keep an IP to save their damn lives.

@hansbrackhaus8017

Ай бұрын

Why would you want a remaster from CAPCOM of all places? Do you like censorship and uggofication?

Breath of fire 4 too plese

rei weretiger 💪

Breath of Fire 🤝 Dino Crisis It's crazy how neither one has any Marvel vs Capcom representation. Both could easily work in a event collab with Monster Hunter....just give us SOMETHING.

@locloudanerpg

10 ай бұрын

Capcom is so bad with their IPs.

Pleaso do a tier list for the other BoF games soon.

@locloudanerpg

9 ай бұрын

Will do