Breath of Fire: Definitive Edition
ブレス オブ ファイア 竜の戦士 · Breath of Fire: Ryuu no Senshi
ThegreatBen's long-running overhaul of the first Breath of Fire, reworking its balance and pacing to feel closer to the later games in the series.
What it is
Breath of Fire: Definitive Edition is an improvement hack by ThegreatBen for Capcom's first Breath of Fire on the SNES. It aims to bring the 1993 game closer to the conventions of its sequels with balance, pacing and quality-of-life changes, plus a reworked take on parts of the story.
What's new in 4.1
- A shared experience pool, so characters who join late or sit on the bench never fall behind in levels.
- Wavy building effects added to the towns of Prima and Arad, and the torches removed from Prima.
- A fix for broken tiles in the desert.
Options
Alongside the main patch there are variants that cut the random encounter rate by 50% or 75% (based on Ok Impala!'s encounter rate work), and versions that also double gold and experience and make running from battle always succeed.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the US release of Breath of Fire, following the instructions on the hack's page. Credit goes to ThegreatBen, and to Ok Impala! for the encounter options.