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Lands of Lore III

Coppert LeGré, our 16 year old hero, is a bastard child of a prominent nobleman. But even the fact that he is a nephew of the king won’t help him clear his name from the unjust charges of murdering his own…

43 3 March 1999

Lands of Lore III is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Westwood Studios, released 3 March 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Lands of Lore III is

Lands of Lore III is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1999. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story takes place some time after Guardians of Destiny, and is based on the adventures of Copper LeGré, the son of Eric and fourth in the line of succession, whose uncle Richard rules the Lands. In the beginning of the game, Copper's father and two half brothers are slain by a dreadful rift hound, and Copper's own soul is torn from his body. As a result, Copper must not only retrieve his soul, but also settle the allegations now leveled against him as he was the only survivor. As the new sole heir to the Kingdom of Gladstone, many believe he orchestrated the whole incident with his father and brothers. Coupled with that is the fact that he is the result of an illicit affair between his…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Lands of Lore III holds a critic score of 43 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 29 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Lands of Lore III launched on 3 March 1999, within three weeks of Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill and Syphon Filter. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill, Syphon Filter.

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When did Lands of Lore III come out?
Lands of Lore III was released on 3 March 1999 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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