Many years ago, a mysterious group of monsters called "Kaibutsu" appeared in Durham Kingdom and ravaged the land. No one was able to resist their power, that is, until a hero named Carolus emerged. He was able to defeat the Kaibutsu leader, who happened to be his sister, and save the nation. After this, the people made him their king, that now, after 65 years, still rules the lands through his vassal dukes.
We play as Vance, the young bartender of the town of Somerset, that is rather bored and believes he needs some excitement and some big money. So he starts a journey with the intention to become a mercenary. Soon Vance finds himself getting mixed up in a conflict and 2ventually becomes the nation's hope to stop the return of the Kaibutsu.
We play as Vance, the young bartender of the town of Somerset, that is rather bored and believes he needs some excitement and some big money. So he starts a journey with the intention to become a mercenary. Soon Vance finds himself getting mixed up in a conflict and 2ventually becomes the nation's hope to stop the return of the Kaibutsu.
Three the Hard Way is a complete epic fantasy rpg with lot of content and many interesting features: the game includes a peculiar anti-grinding levelling system, minigames, choices and paths that may lead to different dungeons and boss battles, and there are nine permanent party members, plus four other temporary allies. Moreover the game includes puzzles, an arena, gambling and some minigames.
A spin-off called The Queen's Court was planned but never realized. However it was not a direct sequel, it was set years after the events of the previous game and was going to be a fantasy life simulator.
A spin-off called The Queen's Court was planned but never realized. However it was not a direct sequel, it was set years after the events of the previous game and was going to be a fantasy life simulator.
Random Fact: at a certain point there is the choice to
three paths. Taking the boat trip to Dillon will let the player obtain
an extra party member, Roper, and also meet a ninja girl called Miaka:
this is a reference to Iishernon's first complete game, Miaka's Great
Adventure. It will be posted here here too someday. However there are
also many other cameos in the game, like a scene with RpgAdvocate, the
game developer best known for the series Phylomortis.
Final Verdict: Three the Hard Way is a complete adventure, despite leaving some
unfinished business, and lot unexplained. But I liked it this way, this
is not a conventional game (no levelling, impossible 100% completion in a
single playthrough) and story (different paths and choices, no real
heroes), and I was surprised at each turn! Defending a town using an
army? Who would have expected that? A beauty contest among the female
party members? Oh yes, there is this too, and it's even optional! Three
the Hard Way starts as your average jrpg, but then it becomes something
else, and epic story with lots of original characters, good and bad. And
no, not every bad one is on the enemy side, and not every good
character is in the pary, so this is a really complex but fun adventure.
Concerning bugs and problems I experienced an odd one: during the final parts you may choose your party members for the final mission, and as I specified before, Clifton and Roper hate each other so you cannot have both. I chose Roper (of course!) BUT during the story parts I got both characters' dialogues as if Clifton was present too! Well, at least this spared me to do another playthrough of that part using that weakling just to witness what he had to say!
Concerning bugs and problems I experienced an odd one: during the final parts you may choose your party members for the final mission, and as I specified before, Clifton and Roper hate each other so you cannot have both. I chose Roper (of course!) BUT during the story parts I got both characters' dialogues as if Clifton was present too! Well, at least this spared me to do another playthrough of that part using that weakling just to witness what he had to say!
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