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System: Super Nintendo (Super Famicon)
Title: Seiken Densetsu 3
Publisher: Squaresoft
Circa: 1995
Overall Rating: 92%
Intro
I’ve written an article telling about the game, but if you’re looking for something more factual this would be what you’d want. This game never made it state-side officially, but it still enjoys some popularity among those who played Secret of Mana. I heard about this game back in high school from a friend as a ROM. While RarityGuide does not endorse ROMs and avoids them as much as possible (as the authentic game and console is preferred by all here), for a game like Seiken Densetsu 3 (SD3 or Secret of Mana 2) we make an exception.
Story
The story of the game depends on the character you pick as your lead. Hawk is trying to save his beloved, Duran is out for revenge, Angela escapes to try to save her land (and her life) from her mother, Kevin is out stop his father from invading the human lands, Lise is trying to help her land return to peace with their neighbors and Charlie is trying to save her friend.
Regardless, each character must seek out the head priest in Wendel to learn more about their fate that meeting with the fairy has brought on them. All of them journey all across the land seeking out the mana stones and working to right things in the world.
There are three main story lines that the game follows, each leading to a different end stage. Every character has a different ending as well, which makes for a good bit of variety in game play.
Gameplay
At the beginning of the game, you get to choose 3 of the 6 characters. Every one of them is different in what they can do. Angela and Charlie, for example, are the main spell casters but Charlie naturally leans toward support and summons magic while Angela is more battle focused magic. Every character will follow something of a similar plot with many of the same major land-marks within the game but it’s simply a question of how they get to the end and where the end game is for them.
The biggest difference in this game was the introduction of the class system used where at two points in the game you choose light or dark for each character. Each results in a very different style that the character follows. While the character changes visually, the class change has no effect on the story. Still, the changes in game play style can be...
Read the full review here:
Seiken Densetsu 3, Legend of the Holy Sword 3 reviewed
Title: Seiken Densetsu 3
Publisher: Squaresoft
Circa: 1995
Overall Rating: 92%
Intro
I’ve written an article telling about the game, but if you’re looking for something more factual this would be what you’d want. This game never made it state-side officially, but it still enjoys some popularity among those who played Secret of Mana. I heard about this game back in high school from a friend as a ROM. While RarityGuide does not endorse ROMs and avoids them as much as possible (as the authentic game and console is preferred by all here), for a game like Seiken Densetsu 3 (SD3 or Secret of Mana 2) we make an exception.
Story
The story of the game depends on the character you pick as your lead. Hawk is trying to save his beloved, Duran is out for revenge, Angela escapes to try to save her land (and her life) from her mother, Kevin is out stop his father from invading the human lands, Lise is trying to help her land return to peace with their neighbors and Charlie is trying to save her friend.
Regardless, each character must seek out the head priest in Wendel to learn more about their fate that meeting with the fairy has brought on them. All of them journey all across the land seeking out the mana stones and working to right things in the world.
There are three main story lines that the game follows, each leading to a different end stage. Every character has a different ending as well, which makes for a good bit of variety in game play.
Gameplay
At the beginning of the game, you get to choose 3 of the 6 characters. Every one of them is different in what they can do. Angela and Charlie, for example, are the main spell casters but Charlie naturally leans toward support and summons magic while Angela is more battle focused magic. Every character will follow something of a similar plot with many of the same major land-marks within the game but it’s simply a question of how they get to the end and where the end game is for them.
The biggest difference in this game was the introduction of the class system used where at two points in the game you choose light or dark for each character. Each results in a very different style that the character follows. While the character changes visually, the class change has no effect on the story. Still, the changes in game play style can be...
Read the full review here:
Seiken Densetsu 3, Legend of the Holy Sword 3 reviewed
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