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Tear Ring Saga

Tear Ring Saga is a tactical RPG with gameplay very similar to the gameplay found in the Fire Emblem series of video games. The player is tasked with certain objectives, commonly fighting and defeating an…

24 May 2001

Tear Ring Saga is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Tirnanog, released 24 May 2001 on PlayStation.

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What Tear Ring Saga is

Tear Ring Saga is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Tirnanog and released in 2001. It was published by Enterbrain. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

There are two protagonists in the game, Runan and Holmes, each with their own army to command. Though the two armies travel separately for the majority of the game, the cross paths at several point of the story, allowing the player to switch allocations of fighters and items amongst the two groups. Runan's story follows a strict set of scenarios where he battles against an enemy empire, while Holme's scenario allows for more freedom, allowing the player to ignore the main scenarios in favor of gathering treasure and increase the army's strength. The game takes place on an island continent called Riberia, which had long been divided and ruled under four kingdoms. However, these kingdoms were…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Tear Ring Saga launched on 24 May 2001, within three weeks of Bejeweled, Red Faction, Half-Life: Blue Shift and Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare.

Released around the same time: Bejeweled, Red Faction, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare.

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When did Tear Ring Saga come out?
Tear Ring Saga was released on 24 May 2001 for PlayStation.

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