Epic Battle Fantasy 5

The cats are not catting, and i love it

I played EBF4 an absolute ton on Kongregate as a kid and it made me fall in love with JRPGs as a genre, 5 is all that game was and then some, it's absolutely fantastic and surprisingly content heavy despite being a flash game and the developer deserves every penny. Thank you Matt for such a huge part of my childhood!

This game has my favorite turn-based RPG battle system, and I've played a decent number of them. The characters and world are goofy and likable. It doesn't take itself seriously at all and is great fun. The soundtrack is amazing. You don't need to have played the other games in the series to enjoy this one, and I do feel it is a case of the creator really perfecting their formula through practice and iteration. Strong recommend as long as you aren't looking for really deep story or worldbuilding; this game is not that kind of super-serious that inspires hours long video essays. It's fun that you just sit down and enjoy.

Not the biggest fan of certain features, but it's actually a good RPG when you're looking at the mechanics.

Peak adventure

it was perfect. perfect everything down to the last minute details

Better than Undertale.

Fun I lowkey haven't even finished the game. The extra content is worth it.

8.7/10 (Best JRPG)

EBF5 is the zenith of turn-based RPGs. And you can start here and ignore the others, though I would still recommend EBF4 if this interests you.

This isn't about capturing nostalgia or trying to trick you into playing with retro style chibi uwu anime clickbait. Decades of passion and love for games as a whole have brought EBF5 to maturity.

Every single enemy design is unique, their variants are unique, the hordes you fight are intentionally designed to be work together or combo off each other in cool ways. It is something special when having the very first starting enemy show up in a mash near endgame still gives an appropriate challenge and has ways to attack you or assist enemy allies beyond just hitting harder.

There's SO much thought put into the player experience and consideration for the player's time that is really really refreshing. As you kill monsters, you get gold, XP, and materials.
Gold goes towards buying cheap and effective items (that also heal a percentage of health, so they're ALWAYS useful!), and otherwise go towards paying for equipment in shops or materials.
XP goes towards skill points, letting you decide what you want to unlock per character or upgrade, and giving you a refund of points if you want to forget a skill!
Materials are used to upgrade your equipment which is where whole LAYERS of awesome choices come into play. You can read your in-game monster manual and see which monsters drops which materials, letting you grind if you want to upgrade your favorite weapon or armor early, OR you can sink your gold into buying material if you're pretty close. Early-game materials become VERY common later on and cheap to buy, so you're never missing out!

Every single weapon and armor has unique effects that IS useful for whatever the dominant element is in your area, OR can be used to combo with other equipment or other allies or other skills -- there's so many choices! Your beginning armor and weapon might be something you use end-game. All things scale, all things have value, all things are awesome.

If you want to see what a turn-based, menu-based, RPG can do even after all these years, this is it. The music is fantastic, the combat is solid, the effects are dazzling, the music is awesome, the mechanical depth is unmatched, the loadouts are seemingly infinite, the characters are endearing, the humor hits well, the drama is engaging, the story is not meant to be the focus, but OH MY GOD the bosses and final boss are spectacular. There is a TON of optional side content to do, and I do HIGHLY encourage you try it as you go along. It makes for a great challenge, forces you to try new strategies that you will end up using more and more, and gives you new equipment and skills that will be useful later on. And it ALSO scales to your level, so there is literally nothing missable here, you can come back to it anytime, it's extremely fair and this game does so much to respect your time and rewards that time with a fantastic experience.

Everything has depth, everything clicks into place, everything is a banger. The nature of the game does expect you to be able to exploit elemental weaknesses and use your turns efficiently, but with equipment skills being more common now, there's lots of strategies you can employ that aren't purely rock-paper-scissors.

Don't be intimidated by the length or how many hours it CAN take to beat. I think by design, you are encouraged and rewarded to do what's most fun for you. Turn the difficulty down if you want to grind or get through an area quicker. Crank the difficulty up if you want to put your skills to the test or hunt achievements. Heck - this is literally built-in: You can start a boss fight on easy, scan them, Flee (you can always flee), put together a loadout, and then hop back in at the difficulty you prefer! Or take them on at the hardest difficulty for the cheevo, then back to a lower one for the kill/capture.

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EBF5 is the result of a lifetime of inspiration and passion and creating art and wonder and something great for anyone and everyone to enjoy. It is the utmost. It's memey. It's intense. It's techno beats while you pull off epic over the top skills. It's constant progression that feels earned and will keep surprising you with new options.

It's very approachable, worth your time, and I guarantee you will find something to love here.

Excelente RPGzinho irreverente da época dos joguinhos em flash! Várias criaturas fofinhas pra bater.

Heard the OST in a Roblox game and had to see what was worthy of such a peak soundtrack, the answer being that peak is deserving of peak.

This game is simply amazing, down to the characters, the combat, and the story. I often wish there was more to this game or even a sequel would be nice.
if you like games like Turn Based RPGs, Goofy Characters, or even collecting items. I suggest you get this game,

I find most players would enjoy this game, whether that be the people who wanna challenge and play on the hardest difficulty and later challenges, to the people who just wanna enjoy progressing and learning about the game.

I've played the earlier games growing up, and you don't need to get the other games to understand the story. But if you want to see how the other games are like, than you can also get them, each character acts somewhat a little different, but nonetheless great games

The best thing about EBF5 if that they made the cat playable.



I have only one complaint about this game, I unlocked every medal (Achievements) but I somehow lost all of my medals. I still have my files and whatnot, and i even have the Achievements corresponding to the medals, Yet I have to replay the game to get it all back.

I could probably fix this, but I'ma use this excuse to replay the game to earn it all back :)

Beli gud

nice

played all 5 versions of this game when i was a child so.
i don't think i have to say anything more.

Great game

epic

it's called a turn based rpg because it's based

I have put over 100+ hours into the mobile port of this game and was finally able to snag the steam version. This is one of the most fun RPGs that I have ever played, up there alongside Earthbound and Undertale.
IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET SUCKED INTO and the story is thoroughly enjoyable. I love the main characters and their quirks, with Natalie being my favorite. She's so goofy LOL
This game has changed my psyche, in such a good way. I love this game with a passion

> play game (on epic
> spend 2+ hours on a single battle
> lose said battle
> get mad >:^(
> turn off child friendly mode
> hapy agen :^)

Flash game that epic.

Lance

A truly wonderful game worth the money.
It (and the whole series) was (were) the first and will forever remain as the greatest RPG games to me.
The story,while being simple,got me so hooked that I didn't notice about 29 hours went by.The experience of playing the old Flash version and never getting past the Greenwood was the constanst call back in my mind and as I played through and through until the very end,I always was happy.This is truly a wonderful game,especially if you are revisiting the series after a few years on old Flash ones
IT.IS.WORTH.ALL.OF.IT'S.COST
THANK YOU,MATT ROSZAK!

Feels like stepping back in time. And I mean that in the best way possible.
If you played the Newgrounds flash games as a kid or even if you didn't and just enjoy RPGs, this is 100% worth playing.

10/10 would be recommended palworld again

More seriously, this is a criminally unknown game. Why am I one of the few people I know that know of it? It's amazing.

it was good

it's peak.

The best JRPG ever made.

GOATED franchise.

I grew up with the first 3 EBF games. I loved them all, enjoyed 4 to a great extent all through middle school. By the time this game came out I was in Junior year of high school, playing all of these big name RPGs, but something about EBF always keeps me coming back for more. I will say that as someone who greatly enjoyed the 4th game, I wasn't too sure about the hard reboot, but I can see why it needed to be done, considering 4 ended with 2 gods deciding to just leave after we beat them up, but the reboot part has since grown on me and I appreciate the way that the game handles everyone meeting up. I highly recommend this game for anyone who enjoys more old school RPGs that still have some modern upgrades that you wouldn't see in older titles.

Game feels far more punishing than the previous entries in the series. You have to constantly think about medals and trying to capture every boss, because if you don't, you better PRAY that creature respawns somewhere! On top of the cooldown system feeling like a step backwards from the earlier games that run on MP, this just makes for a miserable, tedious experience where every step of your adventure needs to be meticulously planned out if you want to access everything you can before NG+.

Final boss was very generic, felt that there was something missing. NG+ was just replaying the game with all our endgame gear. Personally I preferred, the free version of 4 but I played that game ages ago so that opinion is laced with nostalgia.

its an awesome game

It's peak

It's a good time

A really great turn-based RPG game with some mechanics to learn and tons of skills. I have played EBF 3 and 4 before this and they are really good game. But, after playing EBF 5, i'm sure that this is one of the best turn-based game i've ever played. This game mix the element of turn-based game, exploration, secret finding, and a little bit of grinds. Some concepts in this game are also really spectacular. I personally would recommend to go for hard/epic difficulty so that you can actually learn the mechanics in this game and actually play (i think) how the game was intended to be played. Normal difficulty or below can just be completed by just "brute forcing" the enemy(my experience tho, not sure about others). But, after getting 100% of the achievements in this game and opened a secret room that required all achievement to be completed, the room and the afterword/story felt a bit anti-climatic. Other than that, EBF 5 is really a good game.

Overall, 9/10. If you like turn-based game, go try this game out!

I have played it in a different device. This game is definition of fun game and what games are meant to be. %100 worth!

Another great entry in the EBF series.

This is the best JRPG I’ve played in recent years. The story boldly breaks the fourth wall, packed with countless references and Easter eggs that add charm. The gameplay is extremely player-friendly while still offering deep exploration and engaging mechanics. With an abundance of side quests, there’s never a dull moment. I love EBF5, just as I sense that Matt is deeply devoted to the art of gaming.

This is a bit long so, sit in for a little read and i hope the dev sees this PLEASE MATT READ THIS

what an improvement over 4, this is massive and a lot better than it's predecessor, i've finished this game on my phone (which btw i'd rather be paid than be "free" in the way it currently is, pay for the rest of the content)

and i've been playing to finish the game with its full content on pc now, its great the pretty old honestly, humor is a little out of date but then again the people who play the game are probably over 20 or older by this point so it still hits, you still laugh.

animations are tight, simple but effective, some are flashy just in the right way and some are simple just the perfect amount.

gameplay wise is the biggest change, you get 5 characters this time and there's no more mana (thank you Matt) and while some people might prefer having mana and NoLegs as a summon, i say, THANK GOD, variety, omg its an entirely new skill set to use and learn, its an entire character with it's own interactions and equipments and uses, it expands the game in a much better way than just give everyone 10 new skills, and no mana is amazing the cooldown system is MUCH better, some cooldowns are a bit much being honest but that's no issue considering i dont have to worry about running out of mana using the big titty, the mage, after using 4 spells.

it makes the game a bit easier tho which is where im gonna be complaining a bit, 4 is a lot harder, no doubt no discussion, some enemies feel pretty bullshit in this game, but then again you really dont have to worry about anything other than your health, you dont have to manage mana anymore which was a big part of 4 if you were playing on a difficult above game journalist, having to strategize what skills to use so you dont run out when its most important was a pretty difficult thing to do having you waste a turn just to recover the mana.

another issue with the game is the framerate and peformance, i know the animations are clearly not animated on 60fps but, the mobile version has an option for it, you can make unlimit the fps on mobile which is weird that it's not an option at all on pc, but animation apart, the game runs kinda bad, it still feels like its a game programmed for Flash which rarely ever ran properly even on powerful machines, which is very apparent on menus and such where the game wouldnt need to limit the framerate due to animation reasons, if there's more than a few particles on the screen the game kinda dies and, i can send my specs, its not my computer, maybe its some spaghetti code, what game doesnt have some right? but still, 2018, its 2025, please fix the framerate and give us the secret options from mobile to pc.

now on a personal complaint, the scaling, i play purely on 200%, call me a masochist, i LOVE challenge, but there's challenge, and then there's putting 4 enemies with 100k hp while your characters still have at best 5k hp, i have my Matt be a brick shithouse on the defense and magic defense stats, i maxed the most amount of resistances on him, he has auto revive, regen, EVERYTHING to make him last the longest and tank a lot and for the biggest part of the game, he still gets one shot by most enemies at his level, i know its supposed to be hard, but some manual input on the difficulties is needed rather than just scaling stats by 200%, it's challenging, but not in a fun way, you have to FULLY max out damage on a single turn on most of the time a single target and still watch as 3 out of 5 characters get one tapped by most enemies, difficulty needs a change, no surprise there i'm hoping.

I really did not have to 100% this game 6 times and amass 1200 hours in it but the characters and art have so much charm, the gameplay is one of my favorites of the RPG genre. It's just the right amount of strategic where it's doable for casual players but still challenging for the experienced. Also Lance is one of the funniest video game characters ever holy shit

already played the series since EBF2 on the website. EBF5 does have a lot of additional features than the previous series (especially the feature to catch monsters), as well as some changes for example not using mp and adding a couldown mechanism, I think it's quite okay but to be better it's better to add both mechanisms to make it more challenging and exciting. from some designs in EBF5 it looks quite different from the previous series for example seen in the mobs, they have a pretty good design. however the design on the skill limit break 7th haven natalie and the Lance's pistol model both I don't like, kyuunn on EBF3 and EBF4 are much cuter! (not gonna lie). as a fan of "lance" the lance pistol in EBF3 and EBF4 which is in the form of a gunblade is honestly very cool and intimidating (it's a shame EBF5 doesn't use it anymore even though for me it's one of Lance's characteristics). some other unique designs are on the equipment where if you use the right set then the design will change and adjust to the set for example Maid cat. some of the accessories are no longer just random accessories that are just attached, but also some can be earrings, necklaces, faces and also pets. overall this EBF5 game is no less exciting than the previous series, providing new features from the previous series as well as new equipment, accessories, weapons and new Foes making this series much more exciting and interesting!. love it!

Very good RPG that has decent humor, mechanics, characters, attacks, and overall charm. Worth a play if you have the time.

This game has EVERYTHING a gamer would want in a turn-based RPG. Not only is the soundtrack top-notch, but the story is funny AND awesome! I would be remiss if I didn't mention that while the gameplay is simple, it still has soooo much replay value. 10/10 would highly recommend!!!

this game is so goo liekf omg i lvoe the overall gamepaly the stroy THE CHARACTERS THEYRE SO FUNNNNNN def recommenf its so silly this def is my new all time fav game :3 also rlly fun world building i loveeee all the diff areas

I fantasise abt this

Fun game.

Erm