Similar to, Breath of Fire III, Breath of Fire IV is a menu-battle RPG that inherits many aspects of its predecessor, and creates new depths to gameplay via a variety of mini-games. When played, these mini-games enhance certain abilities, and add new skills that can be learned from training under masters as well as from enemies. These skills and ability enhancements, when combined with a new combo system, allows players to enhance the effects of attacks or create new spells. Breath of Fire IV features 3D backgrounds and 2D sprite-based characters. ~ Steven Sloboda, All Game Guide