Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy III introduced the revolutionary Job System that became a franchise staple. Four orphaned warriors of light embark on a quest to restore balance to a world threatened by the Cloud of Darkness, with 22 unique job classes to master.
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Story
An earthquake opens up a previously hidden cavern in Altar Cave near the village of Ur on the Floating Continent. Four young orphans explore the new cave, fighting a monster which turns out to be a test of strength from the dying Wind Crystal. Dubbing them the Warriors of Light, the crystal grants them the last of its power and instructs them to restore balance to the world. The Warriors set out to explore the Floating Continent, which has seen increased attacks from monsters.
On their journey they aid the princess Sara in pacifying a rogue djinn, find Desch during a quest to destroy a tower threatening the region, and gain access to the airship Invincible from Cid. The Warriors also receive power from the Fire Crystal, which is under attack from servants of the mage Xande. After gaining the Invincible, they go beyond the Floating Continent for the first time in their lives, finding the surface world almost entirely flooded. On the surface, they complete further trials, receive the blessing of the Water Crystal, and help Alus reclaim his kingdom from his possessed father.
The warriors then meet with Doga and Unei, who reveal Xande resents the gift of mortality their master gave and attacked the Crystals to halt time's flow, an attack which caused the Wind Crystal to raise the Floating Continent to safety. Gaining the final blessing from the Earth Crystal, and taking keys from Xande's most powerful servants, the Warriors and their allies break into his stronghold the Crystal Tower. The Warriors of Light defeat Xande, but are too late to stop the imbalance he started, which summons the Cloud of Darkness who absorbs Xande and states its intent to return existence to the void. The Cloud of Darkness kills the Warriors, but Doga and Unei sacrifice themselves to revive them, allowing the Warriors to enter the world of darkness where the Dark Crystals reside and ally with the original Warriors of Darkness.
The Warriors of Darkness sacrifice themselves to weaken the Cloud of Darkness, allowing the Warriors of Light to defeat and drive it back. The Crystals are revived and the world's balance restored, and the Warriors and their allies return to their old lives.
Gameplay Systems
Final Fantasy III is a role-playing video game in which the player takes on the role of four unnamed warriors embarking on a mission to save their world from darkness. The party explores the world on foot, using a chocobo , by boat, and eventually by airship. Towns are visited to progress the main quest through interactions with characters, resting at inns to recover health, and buy weapons, items and equipment from dedicated shops using gil, the in-game currency. The overworld map opens up based on the player's progress through the story.
While exploring the overworld and dungeon environments, the player is pulled into random encounters with enemies; the display is split between the players on one side of the battle field and enemies on the other. The combat system uses a turn-based design carried over from earlier games; the party members can attack, defend, perform a special action, or use an item which can heal or remove negative status effects. Once all characters' actions have been selected, combat plays out between them and the enemy. If the same enemy is targeted with two attacks and the first kills it, the next attack defaults to the next living enemy.
The party gains currency and experience points , which adds to a character's experience level and raises their health and attack power. If the party is defeated, the game must be reloaded from a previous save point. A notable part of combat is a character class -based job system, which unlock dedicated abilities when equipped. The party starts out with the default Onion Knight job, but can gain and change jobs.
Jobs include warriors, monks, black and white mages, ninjas, dragoon and summoners. Each job has a specific actions; summoners can call summoned monsters into battle to deal heavy damage, ninjas can steal, and dragoons can perform a jump attack. What job a character has equipped also changes what weapons and equipment they can use, and how the character levels up. Both changing jobs and unlocking job abilities are controlled with "capacity points" which are awarded to the party after battle, allowing the player to switch jobs at any time outside combat.
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About Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy III is a classic video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System on January 1, 1990. Developed by Square and published by Square, this title has become a beloved entry in the retro gaming library.
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