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Breath of Fire III

A MYSTERIOUS POWER...AN UNLIKELY HERO...A CLASSIC ADVENTURE... The lone survivor of a legendary dragon clan, a rebellious youth embarks on a great journey. One of discovery... and danger. The classic…

60 11 September 1997

Breath of Fire III is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Capcom, released 11 September 1997 on PlayStation.

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What Breath of Fire III is

Breath of Fire III is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Capcom and released in 1997. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Breath of Fire III is a role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom originally for the PlayStation console as part of the Breath of Fire series. It was released in Japan on September 11, 1997, and in North America and Europe in 1998. It is the first game in the franchise to feature three-dimensional graphics and voice acting. On August 25, 2005, the game was ported and released for the PlayStation Portable handheld system in Japan, and was also released in Europe on February 3, 2006.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Breath of Fire III holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average. Players rate it 69, 9 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Breath of Fire III launched on 11 September 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, GoldenEye 007 and Resident Evil: Director's Cut. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, GoldenEye 007, Resident Evil: Director's Cut.

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When did Breath of Fire III come out?
Breath of Fire III was released on 11 September 1997 for PlayStation.

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