While Kanami had made small appearances in both of the previous games, it is here where her name and much of her personality are revealed.
Several important aspects of the series' setting of The Continent are also introduced in this game, including the stalwart northern nation of Helman, the almighty beings that hold dominion over Monsters known as Dark Lords, and the Dark Sword Chaos, one of the only weapons capable of defeating them.Īlong with including return appearances from major characters such as Princess Lia Parapara Leazas and the Four Witches of Kathtom, Rance III is notable for being the formal debut of Kentou Kanami, Lia’s hapless personal Ninja and one of the series’ most iconic characters. While the tone is still largely tongue-in-cheek, the stakes are significantly higher and a greater amount of emphasis is placed on telling a dramatic narrative.
Rather than having to resolve an incident within a single city, Rance is tasked with ending a major international conflict, and must travel through two countries and face off against an entire army in order to do so. To go along with its more detailed gameplay, Rance III features a much grander plot than either of the games that came before it. Whereas its predecessors were small-scale adventure games with limited dungeon exploration that largely isolated the player to a handful of areas, Rance III is a feature-length RPG that spans across several locations and includes much more involved dungeons that, for the first time ever, allow the player to take direct control of the titular protagonist as he traverses through them. Rance III marks a major turning point in the Rance series in many regards. Originally released on Octofor PC-9801, X68000 and FM-Towns operating systems, it was later ported to Windows 95 using the company's SYSTEM 35 engine as part of the Alice's Cottage 456 compilation disc on December 12, 1997. Rance III: The Fall of Leazas is the third installment of Alicesoft's flagship Rance Series.
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