Final Fantasy III
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Final Fantasy III is an adventure developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV, released 28 July 2021 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Android.
What Final Fantasy III is
Final Fantasy III is an adventure game developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV and released in 2021. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
An earthquake opens up a previously hidden cavern in Altar Cave near the village of Ur on the floating continent. Four young orphans under the care of Topapa, the village elder, explore the earthquake's impact and come across a crystal of light. The crystal grants them a portion of its power, and instructs them to go forth and restore balance to the world. Not knowing what to make of the crystal's pronouncements, but nonetheless recognizing the importance of its words, the four inform their adoptive family of their mission and set out to explore an overworld outside the area in which they were brought up, in order to bring balance back to the world. Their adventures lead them to discover…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy III is the 300th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy IV in 2021. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.
How it was received
Final Fantasy III holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Final Fantasy III launched on 28 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book and Road 96. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book, Road 96.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Final Fantasy III yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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