Romancing SaGa 3

Romancing SaGa 3 is a Squaresoft RPG, released in 1995 in Japan (as Romanshingu Sa・Ga 3) for the Super Famicom.

History of the Game
The fan-based English translation project for Romancing SaGa 3 was completed in the Summer of 2000. SaGa Frontier for the PSX is the sequel to Romancing SaGa 3. Romancing SaGa 3 is also known as SaGa 6, and SaGa Frontier is also known as SaGa 7. The on-going characteristic of the SaGa series is emphasis on replay value. In the beginning, players get to choose which character will be the main character. Each character has their own storyline. In the game, not only do players get to go through the character's quests, but also have the option of going through a great deal of side quests.

Characters
At the beginning, there are 8 main characters to choose from:


 * Julian, a swordsman


 * Thomas, a merchant


 * Elen, a settler


 * Sarah, Elen's younger sister


 * Harid, a mercenary


 * Michael, the Marquis of Loanne


 * Katharina, the royal bodyguard


 * Monica, Michael's sister

Main Plot
The plot revolves around an event named "The Death Eclipse" which hits the Earth every 300 years. The Star of Death is a star that travels before the sun, occurring a deadly eclipse. Blocking the sun, it then radiates a powerful energy that kills any newborn life on the planet, be it plants, animals, monsters, or humans. However, one day, about 600 years ago, when the Death Eclipse hit the land, a newborn human child survived before the mortal grasp of the star. Gifted with incredible power, this child grown up and became a powerful king, naming himself "The Devil King". He ruled with an iron fist over the land, lavishing terror all over the land and destroying countries that didn't pleased him. With Pidona as its capital, he ruled the world, and eventually even opened the Abyss, freeing the fearsome Devil Lords to serve him. But one day, the Devil King vanished, and by that mean, the Devil Lords were left without anyone to contain their infinite maliciousness, and so they started a rule of destruction and terror over the condemned world. However, 300 years after the last, the Death Eclipse occurred again. And then again, a single child survived and been blessed by the Abysses. However, he didn't grown as a devil this time : Growing up in a desolate land ruled by the Devil Lords, he became a true hero, and supported by many strong allies and legendary artefacts, he became the Holy King and vanquished the terrible Devil Lords, which were brought back to the depth of the Abyss, once again closed. This all started a new age for the world under the peaceful watch of the Holy King. However... Around 15 years, the Death Eclipse occurred at new, and the time when the blessed child will be revealed draw nigh. No one know yet who it is, and if he will be a King of Salvation... Or a King of Destruction ?

Battle System
Players get to choose what a character will specialize in, and whether or not to strengthen their physical or magic power. If a player constantly has a character attack, then their strength will grow along with their TP (tech points). If a player constantly has a character attack with a specific weapon, then they will learn special attacks that use only that weapon. Special physical attacks use up TP. If a player constantly has a character use magic, then their magic power will grow along with their MP (magic points). If a player constantly has a character attack with a specific element of magic, then their magic power with that element will grow, and magic attacks (obviously) use up MP. Characters that you have more focus on physical attacks have a tendency to get higher maximum HP than characters that you have more focus on magic attacks. Items need to be individually equipped with characters in order to use them in battle. Each character has eight slots in their inventory: four for weapons, shields, and items and four for armor and accessories.