The war had been raging on for quite some time; seemingly forever. In the year 214, however, the Almekia Empire finally achieved a victory over the country of Norgard, their bitter rivals. Though it ended the war, Admiral Zemeckis of Norgard had other plans up his sleeve...
In the following year of 215, he assassinated King Henguist, Almekia's widely loved ruler. With the fallen king lying at his feet, Zemeckis proclaimed himself the new emperor and began a dynasty of terror. With a lust of hate in his eyes, the new ruler named his conquered land as the Esgares Empire and unleashed brutal assaults on the neighboring countries located in Forsena.
Zemeckis didn't account for the Knights of the Rune, however. Born with magical runic abilities, these warriors are looking to police Forsena from the evil tyrant's wrath. And although it will be an uphill battle against armies of monsters and elite warriors, the knights have vowed to succeed!
Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena is a role-playing war simulation title in the fashion of Tactics Ogre, Ogre Battle, and Final Fantasy Tactics. At the beginning of the game, players will select one of five different Knights of the Rune and defend a specific piece of Forsena. Lance is a young fourteen year old prince that has been summoned to protect New Almekia and Late Badostow; Lyonesse must defend her kingdom of Leonia; and the lord-ranked Vaynard will defend the northlands with his White Wolf warriors.
From the Strategy Map, players will organize their party members into effective attack forces, equip newly found weaponry, check statistics, and move around the map in search for enemy soldiers. Battles take place on a hexagonal piece of country land with fixed amounts of character movements and actions. Depending on the class of certain characters, as the commander, you'll order your troops to unleash rune assaults, magical spells, and attacks with bows, blunt objects, and swords.
In addition to each unit's own statistics (hit points, experience, levels), there are various Elemental colors that work in conjunction with attacks and other offensive measures. Each color represents a different faction; White is a sacred holy power, Black offsets good with evil, Green represents nature, Red is the color of flame, Blue is for aerial elements, and Gray is a neutral color. When an elemental Red unit attacks an opposing Blue element, the damage inflicted is raised 20 percent. If a Black colored unit attacks the holy White color, the damage is raised by a certain percent, or vise versa.
GRAND EDITION VERSION:
The remake of the game released in 2000 had many significant changes, including:
- Multiplayer game mode: allowing up to 6 players, each controlling a nation.
- The Esgares Empire became a fully playable nation, and gained plot cut scenes.
- Changes on battle mode gameplay: Like on the Fire Emblem series, elements became based on the Rock, Paper, Scissors rule: red is effective against green, green is effective against blue, and blue is effective against red. White and black still oppose each other.
- If, after 13 turns of battle, the attacking side has a unit over the defending side's castle, the attacking side now wins.
- Monsters became able to equip items.
- The player is redirected to a final boss, when the continent is successfully conquered.
- The original 3D opening was replaced by an anime opening.
- Many dialog-only cut scenes where replaced by anime cut scenes.
- 3D battle animations replaced by simpler and faster 2D animations.
- Major changes on soundtrack.
- New rune knights, character classes, items and monsters.
- Voice acting is present with Japanese Seiyu, including the voice talents of Soichiro Hoshi, Mitsuaki Madono and Yuri Shiratori to name a few.
Manufacturer's description:
Located in the central plains of Forsena, Almekia finally brough peace of the land by finally defeating the country of Norgard, in 214.
The long war was finally over...However, in the second month of 215, Admiral Zemeckis assasinated King Henguist of Almekia. Almekia collapsed and Zemeckis proclaimed himself emperor and established the Esgares.
He was possessed by the desire to conquer the world and began his assault on neighboring countries...You will become one of the Knights of the Rune and participate in the war for the continent. Your mission: Bring peace back to Forsena...
* Features: Polygonal fight scenes enhance your perception of reality.
* Exercise precise control over every aspect of your character.
* Massive battles alter the course of history itself.
Features:
Third person perspective
3D & 2D graphics
Cartoon graphics
Medieval Fantasy theme. |
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