I played Breath of Fire on the SNES back when it first came out. It was my first RPG and quickly became my favorite. I returned to it about 10 years later, still loving it, but finding it to be easier than I remembered.

I returned to it again using this hack, hoping for more of a challenge and a grand experience. I was not left disappointed.

Pros:

• Story makes a lot more sense
• Karn’s Doof transformation isn’t superseded by Puka due to MP
• Leveling feels good. It really feels like you are getting stronger as you progress.
• Bosses are challenging with the HP pool you are given
• Sounds is amazing - just like the SNES
• Color is amazing - just like the SNES

Cons:

• The first time you run into the “Midget” enemy is not fun. A group of 3 is way too overpowered for just Nina and Ryu.
• Magic damage doesn’t seem scaled correctly for the new HP pools of your characters. Zog’s fire magic easily kills Nina and Bleu in one hit. The same can be said for some of the enemies’ magic in the dream world.

Notes:

• The Rudra Dragon shrine is no joke. If you go in as soon as you can, getting critically hit once will likely mean you have to start over.
• Nina’s levels come fast… TOO FAST. And then they just stop around 45. It’s like hitting a wall. This allows your other characters time to level up to her spot, but it doesn’t feel good when she just stops leveling all together.
• Gobi’s flee market has new items! I found 3xS.Helm, 2xS.Armor, and 1xS.Arms. These overpowered items only show up once in a blue moon (I must have spent 5 or 6 hours looking for them). The appearance rate must be mad low. I wish there was more information on these occurrences.
• Unless you rock the Agni dragon in the final fight, you’re going to have one hell of a battle ahead of you.

TL;DR: I highly recommend this hack.