Arc the Lad
Arc the Lad is a tactical role-playing video game developed by G-Craft for the PlayStation and is the first game in the Arc the Lad series. It was released in 1995 in Japan, and released in North America on…
Arc the Lad is an adventure developed by G-Craft, released 30 June 1995 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
What Arc the Lad is
Arc the Lad is an adventure game developed by G-Craft and released in 1995. It was published by MonkeyPaw Games. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game begins with a girl named Kukuru who is a member of the Sacred Clan in Seirya, a clan that protects the Flame Cion. She is sent by the mayor of her town to extinguish this flame, but once she does, a monster called an Ark Ghoul appears and Kukuru flees. Meanwhile, a boy named Arc prepares to look for his father Yoshua, who has been missing for ten years. He stumbles upon Kukuru and they both defeat the pursuing monsters. Arc makes a promise to Kukuru to reignite the flame for her, but he is quickly struck down by the powerful Ark Ghoul. As he lays defeated, Arc hears a voice call out to him. The voice is a Guardian, who revives Arc and tells him to reignite the flame. The Guardian…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Arc the Lad series
Arc the Lad is the first of 8 entries we hold in the Arc the Lad series. The next entry was Arc the Lad II in 1996.
What it launched against
Arc the Lad launched on 30 June 1995, within three weeks of Tekken 2, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat and Air Combat.
Released around the same time: Tekken 2, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, Air Combat.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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