Dragon Warrior III

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Summary

Dragon Warrior III is a top-down role-playing game in which you explore the overworld, dungeons, castles, towns, and other locations while engaging in random battles, purchasing gear, and interacting with NPCs. You and your party gain experience by defeating enemies, and when enough experience is accumulated, your characters level up and gain improved stats. The game includes a day and night cycle—while exploring, the time gradually shifts from day to night and back again; most shops are closed during the nighttime hours. You start the game with only the main character under your control, but you can quickly add three more allies to your team. Throughout the game, you can replace current party members with new recruits at any time. The available characters are grouped into six classes: soldier, fighter, merchant, joker, pilgrim, and wizard. The game introduces a unique class system that allows you to change a character's class once they reach level 20 in their original class. Characters can switch to any of the starting classes or to the sage class, which becomes available later. When switching classes, characters lose all their accumulated experience and half their stats, but they keep all the abilities from their previous class. This system lets you build versatile hybrid characters who can both fight and cast powerful spells.