Breath of Fire 3
Breath of Fire III follows a dragon youth across years through party combat, masters, gene transformations, and a traditional JRPG journey. 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
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
Breath of Fire III follows a dragon youth across years through party combat, masters, gene transformations, and a traditional JRPG journey. Genes, masters, and party building have depth, while coming-of-age story, art, and music endure. Encounters and the desert section slow pacing, and dated menus, guidance, and loading remain. This assessment covers the catalogued PSP release and its period hardware conditions. This description covers the original psp 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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Breath of Fire III follows a dragon youth across years through party combat, masters, gene transformations, and a traditional JRPG journey.
Genes, masters, and party building have depth, while coming-of-age story, art, and music endure. Encounters and the desert section slow pacing, and dated menus, guidance, and loading remain. This assessment covers the catalogued PSP release and its period hardware conditions. Overall, its main strengths are Genes, masters, and party building have depth; Coming-of-age story, art, and music endure. Its material limitations are Encounters and the desert section slow pacing; Dated menus, guidance, and loading remain. 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
- Genes, masters, and party building have depth
- Coming-of-age story, art, and music endure
Weaknesses
- Encounters and the desert section slow pacing
- Dated menus, guidance, and loading remain
Who it is for: Players who value genes, masters, and party building have depth and accept the language and handheld limits.
Play notes: Expect encounters and the desert section slow pacing and dated menus, guidance, and loading remain.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Coming-of-age story, art, and music endure; Dated menus, guidance, and loading remain. | Reviewed | 7.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Genes, masters, and party building have depth; Encounters and the desert section slow pacing. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Coming-of-age story, art, and music endure; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original psp release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Encounters and the desert section slow pacing. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- CAPCOM
- Publisher
- CAPCOM
- Release date
- 2005
- Platforms
- PlayStation Portable
- 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
- 2D GraphicsThird PersonTurn-based CombatStory-drivenFantasyMain Story 100 Hours or MoreJapanese-inspired StyleClass 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
- PlayStation PortableWorldwide2005
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