Final Fantasy Legend III

About

Final Fantasy Legend III is a time-bending RPG where you lead a crew of four across past, present, and future to stop a flood consuming the world. Pureland’s fate hinges on collecting 13 fragments of a ship called Talon, which can warp dimensions. Combat blends turn-based strategy with equipment swaps, while exploration spans ancient ruins and futuristic cities. The story ties together multiple timelines, forcing you to solve the same crisis in different eras with varied approaches. Released for the Game Boy in 1991, this portable spinoff stands out for its clever time-travel design and compact, efficient gameplay. It keeps the core mechanics of its predecessors but adds a layer of cause-and-effect storytelling where actions in one era ripple into others. With a 78% on Metacritic, it’s praised for its clever structure and replayability. While part of a deeper series, it works fine as a standalone adventure, focusing on resource management and tactical fights over large worldbuilding.

Storyline

A creature known as the Pureland Water Entity engulfed the world in a great flood. The entity drew monsters onto the land and low lying cities have been abandoned. As a party of four warriors sets out to confront the entity, several youths from the future arrive to help, and it is realized that the Entity's destruction is occurring in the past and future as well. The group then collects pieces of the ship Talon in the past, present, and future to defeat the Entity.