Capcom's Beloved RPG Breath of Fire IV Back From the Dead on PC, 25 Years After Original Launch

Breath of Fire IV is backmost from the dormant connected PC, 25 years aft its archetypal launch.

Capcom’s much-loved role-playing crippled archetypal launched connected the PlayStation successful Japan and North America successful 2000, past successful Europe a twelvemonth later. The PC larboard came retired successful Europe and Japan successful 2003.

It revolves astir a antheral called Ryu (not that different Capcom Ryu) who tin crook into a dragon. He teams up with different warriors to forestall an emperor from destroying the world.

As portion of its ongoing Preservation Program, GOG has afloat updated Breath of Fire IV for modern PCs and released it DRM-free connected its platform.

The enhanced mentation is afloat optimized for modern systems, with Windows 10 and 11 compatibility. There’s some English and Japanese localizations, on with improved graphics powered by an upgraded DirectX renderer, caller show options similar Windowed Mode, V-Sync, Anti-Aliasing, and refined gamma correction for amended visuals. The audio motor has besides been upgraded, restoring missing biology sounds and adding caller configuration options.

Breath of Fire IV isn’t the lone classical crippled revived connected GOG today. The database beneath includes Ultima Underworld 1+2, arsenic good arsenic Ultima 9. This means the full Ultima bid is present preserved and disposable wrong GOG’s Preservation Program.

Here’s the afloat list:

● Ultima Underworld 1+2

● Ultima 9: Ascension

● Worlds of Ultima : The Savage Empire

● Ultima Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams

● Worms: Armageddon

● Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood

● Realms of the Haunting

● Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

● Stonekeep

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