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Breath of Fire IV

In a far-away world, two continents float, separated by a vast swamp-land. For eons, no contact existed between the two continents because ships couldn’t sail across the expanse. At last, when the historic first contact was made between the two powers, war erupted! After long and costly fighting between the Fou Empire in the west and an alliance of countries in the east, both sides exhausted all their strength and resources. With no other alternative, the two powers agreed to an armistice. One year later, Princess Elina vanished. She had been traveling in the east from town to town, exploring

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April 25, 2025
Platforms
Windows
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Capcom, GOG
Publisher
Capcom
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In a far-away world, two continents float, separated by a vast swamp-land. For eons, no contact existed between the two continents because ships couldn’t sail across the expanse. At last, when the historic first contact was made between the two powers, war erupted! After long and costly fighting between the Fou Empire in the west and an alliance of countries in the east, both sides exhausted all their strength and resources. With no other alternative, the two powers agreed to an armistice.

One year later, Princess Elina vanished. She had been traveling in the east from town to town, exploring battlegrounds and visiting war veterans. Her trail vanished in a small town near the front line. Nobody knew her whereabouts! The Eastern Alliance wanted to avoid sending a large army to the front. Such a move would be a political blunder, breaking the armistice and stirring up hostilities. It became impossible to carry out a large-scale search for Elina. Time passed... with no sign of the princess.

Elina’s sister, Princess Nina, finally makes up her mind. She leaves on a journey in search of her sister – by herself. Ryu Ryu meets Nina while he is lying unconscious on a street in a desert town in the eastern continent. His race and native land are unknown. Ryu has a Dragon’s Eye, which empowers him with the amazing abilities to transform into a dragon and summon dragons.…

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★ 9.2/10GOG · 1,191 ratings
GOGLast checked November 1, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
I could cry. My favorite game ever made, finally available again after so long. Only days away from my wedding, feels like a dream come…
★ 5 / 5
I played this game only once on the PSX, but it holds a special place in my heart. The music and atmosphere are simply breathtaking.…
★ 5 / 5
As much as I love 1, 2, and 3. It can't be argued that BoF4 literally brought with it a new generation of RPG fans.…
★ 5 / 5
I want to cry! I missed this series so much. Its been 20+ years. This series is nowaday almost forgotten. Hell, people were not even…
★ 5 / 5
I do have a small preference for BoF3 over Bo4 (wink wink nudge nudge) but BoF4 is still one of the staples in PlayStation1 out…
★ 2 / 5
This is just a bad port. Issues: 1) This game says it has controller support, which is technically true but just barely. The d pad…
★ 5 / 5
Just a suggestion for other players. Graphics: IMO Point sampled texture filtering with 640x480 32 looks the best. But that is just me... on my…
★ 3 / 5
Thank you for making this available. I'd rather not review the game but the porting job. It's mostly good. You can play it from start…

Most recent8

★ 5 / 5
I remember playing this on the PSX. On it again and it didn't loose the charm. A must play for every JRPG fan.
★ 3 / 5
It is a very good game, but it would be a much better experience if it had many improvements on gameplay. This is the very…
★ 5 / 5
Its 26 years since release, I finished this game 5 time since then and its still in my top 10 of best games ever....
★ 5 / 5
This game is a master piece and underrated! More people need to play this game and try to make capcom produce a remake or remaster.…
★ 5 / 5
very good jrpg game great of all time i love always play with joy ^^
★ 5 / 5
This is one of my all time favorite JRPH series. I wish there were more of them!

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