Grandia III

Background

You play as 16-year old adventurer Yuuki, along with the brother-sister sidekicks Alfeena and Emerius. The battle system will be similar to Grandia Xtreme as you will have a time bar but this time there will be real-time encounters.

Features

• Romp through vibrant and colorful fantasy locales and natural environments
  
• Stunning cinematic sequences are animated by hand without the use of motion capture
  
• Scan surroundings to look for search points or treasure chests
  
• Ply the skies by plane to journey from one place to another
  
• Use your sword in the "random encounter free" field to destroy objects or stun enemies before attacking
  
• Seamless transition from field screen to battles with over-the-top animations
  
• Semi real-time battle system allows for fast paced action and strategizing with a Command Wheel that breaks the RPG mold of typical command text windows
  
• Perform and link up Aerial Combo attacks for massive damage
  
• Multiple auto-battle settings for each character dictate fighting strategy in addition, utilize the Strategy Advice System for tips during critical moments in battle
  
• Control conversation flow during special event scenes

International release dates:
Japan: Q3 2005

Official URL

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