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Wizardry Empire III: Ancestry of the Emperor

The third game in Starfish's Empire spin-offs to the Wizardry franchise. The basic flow of the game is the same as before, first creating a character, forming a party at the bar, embarking on dungeon…

25 December 2003

Wizardry Empire III: Ancestry of the Emperor is a strategy developed by Starfish, released 25 December 2003 on PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2.

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What Wizardry Empire III: Ancestry of the Emperor is

Wizardry Empire III: Ancestry of the Emperor is a strategy game developed by Starfish and released in 2003. It is available on PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The third game in Starfish's Empire spin-offs to the Wizardry franchise. The basic flow of the game is the same as before, first creating a character, forming a party at the bar, embarking on dungeon exploration, and proceeding with the story while defeating enemies and collecting items. The characteristics of each character are divided into a wide variety of races such as humans and elves, and occupations such as warriors and magicians, so the feature of this series is that you can perform a wide range of battles and explorations.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Wizardry series

Wizardry Empire III: Ancestry of the Emperor is the 35th of 48 entries we hold in the Wizardry series. The next entry was Wizardry Xth: Zensen no Gakufu - Academy of Frontier in 2005.

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What it launched against

Wizardry Empire III: Ancestry of the Emperor launched on 25 December 2003, within three weeks of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, Zuma Deluxe, Sonic Heroes and NFL Street.

Released around the same time: Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, Zuma Deluxe, Sonic Heroes, NFL Street.

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When did Wizardry Empire III: Ancestry of the Emperor come out?
Wizardry Empire III: Ancestry of the Emperor was released on 25 December 2003 for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2.

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