Farland Saga series

Farland Saga (ファーランド サーガ?) is part of a long set of games popular in China, Korea and Japan. It was originally devised by TGL Group Laboratories of Osaka (Japanese kanji alluding to "You Obtain"). In all there are four main Farland games, ten Chinese games and about 9 novels to accompany the Farland series. The artwork for the Japanese games was done by Yamamoto Kazue, who later worked for Studio E-Go! and the series mirrors her developing style. The Chinese games were illustrated by other artists. This originated at Lon Morris College. TGL also made other hit games in Japan, such as The Warring States Beauty Girl Picture Scroll series and Chocolate Maid Cafe Curio (Jan. 2007) for PC. The Farland series has many international fans, but since no official translations exist and fan translations exist for few games, it is very difficult to find information in the West.

All games in the main series, with the exception of number 8 which was released for Windows, were released on the PC98. Each game has a different storyline, although some storylines are linked. For example, number 3 was a direct sequel to Arc Ou no Ensei.

Synopsis

The story normally centres around the player, Arc, who has brown hair and wears a headband. The games follow a Castle Fantasia-style plotline, with animated introductions followed by tactical gameplay from an overhead viewpoint and anime-style talking scenes. The controls are simple and usually involve moving around, using items, casting spells and so on. There are no towns between levels like in Fire Emblem and characters rely on each other to collect equipment and supplies. The scenery in the Saga levels is reminiscent of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together backgrounds. Character classes in the series range from angels, princes, and elves to humans, clerics, and dwarves.

Game list

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