Final Fantasy Legend III

About This Game

Gameplay

Final Fantasy Legend III, known in Japan as SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha, is a role-playing video game set in a science fiction-based world where players take on the role of a four-person party as they travel between environments in different time periods. The party explores different environments from a top-down perspective, talking with characters to advance the narrative, using shops to buy and sell items and equipment, and entering battles during exploration. Players choose their basic characters from two different races, humans and mutants, who have different ways they can raise their experience levels. Travel between eras is carried out using the airship Talon, which is upgraded during the campaign to reach new areas. Battles play out using a turn-based combat system, where party members attack enemies using their equipped weapons or magic spells. Humans raise their level using experience points in battle, while mutants raise their attributes and skills based on usage in battles.

History

Production began in 1990, following the completion of the previous game. At the time, developer Square had started production on two parallel projects; the third Game Boy SaGa title, and a Super Famicom entry titled Romancing SaGa begun at the request of the console's manufacturer Nintendo. Series creator Akitoshi Kawazu was completely occupied with developing Romancing SaGa, making Final Fantasy Legend III the only series title he was not involved in. Production was given by Kawazu to a newly-founded Square studio in Osaka, with Chihiro Fujioka producing the game. The world used design elements and motifs from science fiction, traditional fantasy, and referenced Norse mythology.