Ranking the Breath of Fire series [Breath of Fire I, II, III, IV, V DQ, VI]

Last year, I went on a Breath of Fire binge, where I played through , reviewed and created other content for all of the games in the series. There are some seriously amazing titles in this series, so it doesn’t come to any surprise as to why Breath of Fire is so adored by JRPG fans across the globe. Unfortunately, the series has been dead for nearly two decades (unless you count Breath of Fire 6)

This video will act as a countdown, looking at how I personally rank each of the games in series. This is just my opinion, and it may be different to yours, so don’t be upset if I don’t but Breath of Fire 6 as number 1.

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The titles I'll be ranking:
I Breath of Fire 1
II Breath of Fire 2
III Breath of Fire 3
IV Breath of Fire 4
V Breath of Fire 5
VI Breath of Fire 6

[PsychoSavage]

BOF3 will always be one of my favorite rpgs of all time really wish sony remaster it in some way for the ps4/ps5

[ToastyTravis]

BoF4 is amazing, the story was so spot on. It's been hard to find that sense I felt when I first played it, and certain scenes stick with me to this day. The graphics are amazing and it holds up so well today.

[maniacal]

The sheer amount of time I spent playing and replaying BoF3 over and over and over...even today it stands up as one of the best RPGs ever made.

[tommotm]

I can understand your ranking, and you were almost spot on with my own ranking list.
For me Breath of Fire 3 is my favourite game of all time, it was my first introduction to JRPG's so BoF3 is to me what FF7 is to a lot of others.
Just wish Capcom would return to this series and do it justice

[gaspump]

The best part of BoF2 is when you realize Katt isn't wearing any pants. Ever.

[vitinho]

I wish with all my heart, that capcom would release at least a hd collection, for the hole franchise... A sequel or reboot would be a dream

[glue]

Man, thank you for doing this. It's been more than a decade since I played BoF4 and I still miss it even to this day. That game is very special to me.

[martinm]

BoF3 comes out just a little bit ahead of BoF4 for me strictly because of Rei and Teepo. Their involvement in the story is just so powerful, especially Teepo.

[faidou]

I'm still sad that Suikoden is getting a spiritual successor and not Breath of Fire. To be honest, I'm close to giving up hope that a spiritual successor to Breath of Fire will ever be.

[TZ]

3 and 2 at the top. In 4, I just never felt like the team got to stack up and power up. The ending snuck up on me!

[crazebamm]

BoF4 is def my number 1. The music, the visuals, it’s just perfect.

[thlittleleopard]

2 is my fave of the series. Then 3, 4, 1 and 5 (in that order.)

[CaptainMauser]

I only played the third game on psx and it was one of the better rpgs on the console

[TheCompletionist]

Another great ranking of a beloved jrpg series. It's always going to come down to breath of fire III or breath of fire IV when it comes to the absolute best of the series but it really goes to show you that the ps1 really knew what it was doing when it came to making great timeless jrpg's. Personally I've only ever completed breath of fire I and breath of fire III but when I get more free time in my life I would eventually love to give the other entries a try because it seems like I have a lot of great things to look forward to.

[TakahiroShinsaku]

Wow, its interesting that you also see the 4th one as First place, its the same for me. Although i love both 3 and 4, but the 4th has so much extra charm for me that i decided to have it the first place, especially because the Fou-Lu parts and the music of the game, also the combo and teacher system, love the fairy village more in the 4th. The Fou-lu parts also did remind me on Inuyasha back in the times i used to watch a lot of that anime, and inuyashas brother kind of reminding me of Ryu´s other half.
Also 5th one was the worst for me(a i didnt play the other ones) it just felt wrong to be game over if one is tranformed into dragon, that was what had make the series so great in the first place(especially as you mentioned in the 3rd one).
The 5th one felt like Capcom made it, just to show us the series died with it(would explain the dragon counter...)

[ty_sylicus]

I've only played the first four games and only enjoyed III and IV. These two are absolutely wonderful memories for me.

BoF I and II were on GameBoy Advance but were a bit too retro for my taste.

[tannersanchez]

I loved this list but the one thing that didn’t excite her about 4 was that Ryu’s narrative was so minor compared to Nina/cray. Ryu just didn’t feel like the MC to me

[RockPaperShiv]

I played BOFII as a kid and it was so awesome to me. I would rank it II, III, I, IV, V but I like them all including V

[Lxcomments]

Thanks for this!!
I only ever played BOF III back in the day, curiosity (as to what happened to the franchise) brought me here. Glad I played the one I did!

[Kintaku]

It’s hard me to rank these but if I had to:

1) Breath of Fire 3
2) Breath of Fire 4
3) Breath of Fire 5
4) Breath of Fire 2
5) Breath of Fire

The first game is solid but is a product of its time. 2 was really good but had slightly too many random battles. The 3rd game will always be my favorite for the storytelling and the characters. Rei is amazing.