The battle system in Breath of Fire IV is ok, but not better than Grandia, Chrono Cross, or Vailyre Profile. Still, the game is fun to play and has lots of Mini-Games in it. I didn't enjoy it much, but a lot of people did. 3 out of 4 people found this review helpful. I've enjoyed these games as much if not more than the Final Fantasy Series because of the interesting, colorful characters, and the ability to choose and create certain elements in the game.
Battles are more involving, what with the character-swapping and combo systems.
Easier than previous games in the series. This latest incarnation in the Breath of Fire series isn't too great a step up from the last Playstation game. The 3D world is more detailed this time. However, the characters are still great fun to use in battle, if anything else because of their voice samples. I'll admit that the characters in BoFII were a lot cooler, but the way the story let you follow the fates of two Dragon-morphing characters here is pretty neat.