Breath of Fire 2
Breath of Fire II uses a dragon youth, religious conspiracy, and party turn combat for a long 16-bit JRPG. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.6 / 10
About this game
Breath of Fire II uses a dragon youth, religious conspiracy, and party turn combat for a long 16-bit JRPG. Cast fusion and dark themes are ambitious, while pixel art, music, towns, and journey have charm. Encounters, grinding, and backtracking are excessive, and translation, menus, and guidance are weak. This assessment covers the catalogued platform release. This description covers the original sfc release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
Collected in series
Breath of Fire is Capcom’s role-playing series of dragon powers and unlikely travelling companions. You explore towns and dungeons, develop a party and choose how to use its abilities in battle. Earlier entries favour expansive fantasy journeys, while Dragon Quarter makes survival underground a tighter exercise in managing risk.
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AI review
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Breath of Fire II uses a dragon youth, religious conspiracy, and party turn combat for a long 16-bit JRPG.
Cast fusion and dark themes are ambitious, while pixel art, music, towns, and journey have charm. Encounters, grinding, and backtracking are excessive, and translation, menus, and guidance are weak. This assessment covers the catalogued platform release. Overall, its main strengths are Cast fusion and dark themes are ambitious; Pixel art, music, towns, and journey have charm. Its material limitations are Encounters, grinding, and backtracking are excessive; Translation, menus, and guidance are weak. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Cast fusion and dark themes are ambitious
- Pixel art, music, towns, and journey have charm
Weaknesses
- Encounters, grinding, and backtracking are excessive
- Translation, menus, and guidance are weak
Who it is for: Players who value cast fusion and dark themes are ambitious and accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Expect encounters, grinding, and backtracking are excessive and translation, menus, and guidance are weak.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Pixel art, music, towns, and journey have charm; Translation, menus, and guidance are weak. | Reviewed | 7.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Cast fusion and dark themes are ambitious; Encounters, grinding, and backtracking are excessive. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Pixel art, music, towns, and journey have charm; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original sfc release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Encounters, grinding, and backtracking are excessive. | Reviewed | 6.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- CAPCOM
- Publisher
- Laguna
- Release date
- 1994
- Platforms
- Super Famicom / SNES
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Main Story 100 Hours or MoreStory-driven2D GraphicsTop-downJapanese-inspired StyleFantasyTurn-based CombatClass Builds
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide2001
- Wii UWorldwide1994
- WiiWorldwide1994
- Super Famicom / SNESWorldwide1994
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