Breath of Fire IV

From the Devs

Story
"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."

Characters
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 amazing abilities to transform into a dragon and summon dragons.

Nina
The princess of Wyndia, a town of the Fae tribe (winged folk). Nina meets Ryu on her journey to seek her lost sister Elina. Though somewhat naïve, Nina is skilled in Healing magic.

Scias
A mercenary soldier, Scias was hired by the eastern side during the war. Scias becomes the party’s watcher. He is very quiet and aloof from the world. Scias can perform a powerful double attack with his sword.

Cray
A young leader of the Woren tribe (cat people) in the eastern alliance, Cray joins Nina to search for Princess Elina, his childhood friend. He has a strong sense of responsibility and acts as the leader of the party. His high offensive and defensive abilities are very dependable.

Ershin
Ershin wears completely sealed armor to protect her from any kind of curse. Since she wears the armor all the time, no one knows her real face or background. She meets the party in a mysterious place polluted by a curse and decides to join them.

Ursula
Ursula is a middle-class leader of the Fou Empire. She came to the eastern continent in search of dragons, and meets up with Ryu and his companions. Ursula was brought up in the military, and knows very little about worldly concerns. She is excellent at attacking with both magic and weapons.

Fou-Lu
Fou-lu unified the western continent single-handedly with his paranormal powers. He became the first emperor of the Fou Empire several hundred years ago. Despite his youthful look, he has mystic dignity. It is said that he predicted his own resurrection as he passed away.

All 2 localizations of the game included (English and Japanese)
Improved DirectX game renderer
New rendering options (Windowed Mode, Vertical Synchronization Control, Gamma Correction, Integer Scaling, Anti-Aliasing, and more)
Improved audio engine (restored missing environmental sounds and audio configuration)
Improved keyboard and mouse support
Improved Warehouse and Crane minigames
Improved F9 exit screen
Issue-free battle and combo system (all crashes have been fixed)
Issue-free cutscene scripting
Issue-free task switching

Graphic Option Settings Overview
"Display mode" - Provides the control over monitor resolution and refresh rate.
"Presentation" - Provides the control over presentation mode (fullscreen / windowed).
"Aspect ratio correction" - Provides the control over image aspect ratio correction.
"Scaling method" - Provides the control over image scaling mode (how image is scaled on a monitor).
"Vertical synchronization" - Provides the control over vertical synchronization (frame synchronization).
"Gamma Correction” - Provides the control over gamma correction (image brightness).
"Anisotropic filtering" - Provides the control over anisotropic texture filtering technique (texturing quality).
"Antialiasing" - Provides the control over anti-aliasing technique (3D geometry edges smoothing).

※WARNING※　The difference of each settings may be difficult to distingush depending on the environment

FEATURES:
Awaken your sense of adventure and explore a dynamic 3D world with a diverse cast of characters rendered in detailed pixel art.
Master an array of skills and magic to unlock strategic victories in battle as you go head to head with unique enemies using powerful "Dragon Transformations" and combo actions!
Follow the intertwining stories of Ryu and Fou-Lu to their thrilling conclusion in this classic RPG adventure.

"Texture filtering modes can be changed via DirectX Settings configuration tool.

Press F9 key on the keyboard to return to main menu or quit the game."

This re-released version of the game was co-developed by GOG.