Jue Zhan San Guo is an unlicensed game for the Game Boy Advance, released in 2003.
Plot
The overall plot is based on the Chinese historical fiction novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, with Liu Bei (ruler of Shu) as the main protagonist and Cao Cao (ruler of Wei) as the main antagonist.
Gameplay
Jue Zhan San Guo is a tactical role-playing game in which the playable characters move around a field and attack each other. Every character has HP as well as EP. HP is health which, if brought to zero, causes the affected character to disappear. EP is a separate energy meter for special elemental-based attacks. Liu Bei being defeated always results in an instant "Game Over" even if the player's other characters are still usable. Gaining enough experience points allows one to level up, and each character must be strengthened individually, regardless of the team which they are on. Throughout the game, the player can buy items, some of which can revive vanished player characters, and some of which may poison, paralyze or even tranquilize the victim. Teams are color-coded; the player's team members wear green and blue while the artificial intelligence's team members wear red, orange and yellow.
There are several types of fighters:
- foot soldiers - they fight with swords at a close range
- guards - they are similar to foot soldiers, but use spears and are stronger
- knights - they ride horses and can therefore travel longer distances in a single turn
- archers - they can attack from a distance
- spellcasters - their preferred melee weapons are either mallets or fans, but they frequently use EP attacks from a distance
Development
The game shows signs of being developed by Vast Fame, the most prominent being the sound engine, which is stolen from Smilesoft's Keitai Denjuu Telefang series.
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