History YMMV / BreathOfFireII

* ArcFatigue: Clearing Bow's name, during which several, more important story events happen before it could even reach its conclusion. The heroes will finally catch up with the thief [[spoiler: in [=SimaFort=].]] Thing is, because a rather long story event takes place there, not to mention the sheer size of the place, there's a chance the player might not even realize that their quarry is ''even there''.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Nina of this game is considered to be the best incarnation by the series's fans. This version of Nina is praised for her cool design with the black wings, not being a ''DamselInDistress'' as her introduction has her fighting off her enemies, and her tragic backstory.

** Highfort is an unforgiving level. It begins with a PointOfNoReturn, then you lose three characters and are forced to spend most of the dungeon as Sten, who has to deal with a DuelBoss and wandering trough a maze full of RandomEncounters (including horsemen who love to spam [[OneHitKill Death]]) - hope you had the foresight to use him a fair bit before now given how LeakedExperience isn't a thing in this game. Even after the party reunites, you can still be accidentally warped back to the entrance by stepping at the wrong platform. To makes things worse, there are two bosses in the end, one of which has a powerful Typhoon spell which deals great damage to the whole team.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Rather hard to believe that ''this'' game was actually pretty dark and ballsy for its day. Likewise, it can be hard to believe that the CorruptChurch and ChurchOfEvil was actually something almost never seen in games before at the time. (Same with ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' and ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', although many people didn't know about the latter until the internet, and in the case of the former, the Playstation version is a little more known.)

** ''Any'' enemy that has stat-modifying spells like Def-Up. Such enemies almost always come in groups of two or greater, and all of these spells share an animation that takes 8-9 seconds to go through, which is much longer than most spells in the game. Since the enemy AI prioritizes such magic above everything else, they ''will'' spam it with impunity in the first few rounds of the fight, meaning a single round of combat can take almost a whole minute to finish.

** Highfort is an unforgiving level. It begins with a PointOfNoReturn, then you lose three characters and are forced to spend most of the dungeon as Sten, who has to deal with a DuelBoss and wandering trough a maze full of RandomEncounters (including horsemen who love to spam [[OneHitKill Death]]). Even after the party reunites, you can still be accidentally warped back to the entrance by stepping at the wrong platform. To makes things worse, there are two bosses in the end, one of which has a powerful Typhoon spell which deals great damage to the whole team.

* ThatOneBoss: Algernon and her two flunkies. One flunky will heal a single person for 100 HP, while the other hits the party for about 30 damage per turn. Killing a flunky will grant you 1 turn of relaxation before it regenerates. You can't keep up with that kind of damage or healing so early in the game, so you have to juggle between killing the flunkies, healing yourself and killing the boss.

* CompleteMonster: [[SinisterMinister Father Habaruku]] is the founder of the [[PathOfInspiration St. Eva Church]], which [[YourSoulIsMine steals the souls]] of its believers in order to power up [[BigBad Deathevan]]. His favorite method for winning followers seems to be replacing respected members of various communities with literal demons that disguise themselves as those people. In order to gain control of the church, Habaruku had his kindly predecessor Ganer Bateson -- [[TheHero Ryu Bateson]]'s father -- removed from the position before having him strapped to a horrible demonic contraption with his life energy itself used to power it for about ten years.

* CompleteMonster: [[SinisterMinister Father Habaruku]] is the founder of the [[PathOfInspiration St. Eva Church]], which [[YourSoulIsMine steals the souls]] of its believers in order to power up [[BigBad Deathevan]]. His favorite method for winning followers seems to be replacing respected members of various communities with literal demons that disguise themselves as those people. In order to gain control of the church, Habaruku had his kindly predecessor Ganer Bateson -- [[TheHero Ryu Bateson]]'s father -- removed from the position before having him strapped to a horrible demonic contraption with his life energy itself used to funnel power to Deathevan. For about ''ten years''.

* ArcFatigue: Clearing Bow's name, during which several, more important story events happen before it could even reach its conclusion. The heroes will finally catch up with the thief [[spoiler: in Simafort.]] Thing is, with a rather long story event taking place there, not to mention the sheer size of the place, there's a slight chance the ''player'' might not even realize that their quarry is ''even there''.

* BizarroEpisode: The [=SimaFort=] scenario is profoundly silly in what is a fairly serious game. It involves tracking down an ex-girlfriend and collecting ingredients for a cook-off, all in an attempt to prove a Jean's identity as prince of [=SimaFort=], about which only one person cares in the first place (Jean's sister Petape), and the chain of events are never again mentioned outside of once, vaguely and in passing, during a recap of the game's possessed bosses. The sequence could be edited out without disrupting the plot if it weren't also where you find the thief you've thus far spent the whole game searching for.
* CompleteMonster: [[SinisterMinister Father Habaruku]] is the founder of the [[PathOfInspiration St. Eva Church]], which [[YourSoulIsMine steals the souls]] of its believers in order to power up [[BigBad Deathevan]]. His favorite method for winning followers seems to be replacing respected members of various communities with literal demons that disguise themselves as those people. In order to gain control of the church, Habaruku had his kindly predecessor Ganer Bateson--also [[TheHero Ryu Bateson]]'s father--removed from the position before having him strapped to a horrible demonic contraption with his life energy itself used to power it for about ten years.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The good ending, wherein [[spoiler: Ryu's father crashes the township in front of the final dungeon to seal it away forever.]] However the effect is simply superimposing the sprite in front of the background layer - and the door still has an obvious opening.
* ThatOneBoss: Algernon and her two flunkies. One flunky will heal a single person for 100 HP, while the other hits the party for about 30 damage per turn. Killing the flunky will grant you 1 turn of relaxation before it regenerates. You can't keep up with that kind of damage or healing so early in the game, so you have to juggle between killing the flunkies, healing yourself and killing the boss.

** The Highfort is an unforgiving level. It begins with a PointOfNoReturn, then you lose three characters and is forced to spend most of the dungeon as Sten, who has to deal with a DuelBoss and wanders trough a maze full of RandomEncounters (including horsemen who love to spam [[OneHitKill Death]]). Even after the party reunites, you can still be accidentally warped back to the entrance by steeping at the wrong platform. To makes things worse, there are two bosses in the end, one of which has a powerful spell "Typhoon", which deals great damage to the whole team.

** The first half of Infinity, the final dungeon. The enemies are a massive step up from the rest of the game and come in droves, the random battle frequency is as bad as ever, and it just keeps ''going'' and ''going''. It feels like the enemies were balanced for parties full of perfect-fusion characters - but several of them spam Death, and it's as accurate for ''them'' as it is you. And characters lose their fusions when they die (and also if they are removed from the party for whatever reason, ie in cutscenes). Best part? There are ''no'' save points until you reach Dragnier!
* ThatOneSidequest: Learning the "Boombada" spell requires you to donate over 2000 coins at the Namanda shrine [[PermanentlyMissableContent during your first visit there]], then return to play a RhythmGame, where you have to memorize sound beats and press either A or B at the right moment to play the song.

* ThatOneSidequest: Learning the "Boombada" spell requires you to donate over 2000 coins at the Namanda shrine [[PermanentlyMissableContent during you first visit there]], then return to play a RhythmGame, where you have to memorize sound beats and press either A or B at the right moment to play the song.

** The first half of Infinity, the final dungeon. The enemies are a massive step up from the rest of the game and come in droves, the random battle frequency is as bad as ever, and it just keeps ''going'' and ''going''. It feels like the enemies were balanced for parties full of perfect-fusion characters - but several of them spam Death, and it's as accurate for ''them'' as it is you. And characters lose their fusions when they die. Best part? There are ''no'' save points until you reach Dragnier!

* CompleteMonster: Father Habaraku, founder of [[PathOfInspiration the church]], which steals the souls of its believers in order to power up the BigBad. His favorite method for winning followers seems to be replacing respected members of various communities with literal demons that disguise themselves as those people. He also replaced a man who used to be in charge of the church, a priest who was such a compassionate, big-hearted, and lovable character, [[spoiler: and your father]]. He got booted off the scene so that Habaruku could take over, then [[PlayerPunch strapped to a horrible demonic contraption and his life energy itself is used to power it for about ten years]].

** The Highfort is an unforgiving level. It begins with a PointOfNoReturn[[note]]you can save the game, but cannot leave the fort; and to makes things worse, this game only allows for '''one''' save file per playtrough, preventing you from creating a backup save[[/note]], then you lose three characters and is forced to spend most of the dungeon as Sten, who has to deal with a DuelBoss and wanders trough a maze full of RandomEncounters (including horsemen who have the [[OneHitKill Death spell]]). Even after the party reunites, you can still be accidentally warped back to the entrance by steeping at the wrong platform. To makes things worse, there are two bosses in the end, one of which has a powerful spell "Typhoon", which deals great damage to the whole team.

* ThatOneLevel: The first half of Infinity, the final dungeon. The enemies are a massive step up from the rest of the game and come in droves, the random battle frequency is as bad as ever, and it just keeps ''going'' and ''going''. It feels like the enemies were balanced for parties full of perfect-fusion characters - but several of them spam Death, and it's as accurate for ''them'' as it is you. And characters lose their fusions when they die. Best part? There are ''no'' save points until you reach Dragnier!

* BizarroEpisode:
** The [=SimaFort=] scenario is profoundly silly in what is a fairly serious game. It involves tracking down an ex-girlfriend and collecting ingredients for a cook-off, all in an attempt to prove a Jean's identity as prince of [=SimaFort=], about which only one person cares in the first place (Jean's sister Petape), and the chain of events are never again mentioned outside of once, vaguely and in passing, during a recap of the game's possessed bosses. The sequence could be edited out without disrupting the plot if it weren't also where you find the thief you've thus far spent the whole game searching for.

* GoddamnedBats: ''Any'' enemy that has stat-modifying spells like Def-Up. Such enemies almost always come in groups of two or greater, and all of these spells share an animation that takes 8-9 seconds to go through, which is much longer than most spells in the game. Since the enemy AI prioritizes such magic above everything else, they ''will'' spam it with impunity in the first few rounds of the fight, meaning a single round of combat can take almost a whole minute to finish.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Rather hard to believe that ''this'' game was actually pretty dark and ballsy for its day. Likewise, it can be hard to believe that the CorruptChurch and ChurchOfEvil was actually something almost never seen in games before at the time. (Same with ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' and ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', although many people didn't know about the latter until the internet, and in the case of the former, the Playstation's a little more known.)