Rise of the Third Power

Critic reviews

• XTXbox Tavern

  Peter Russell · Apr 03, 2022

  9.0

  If Rise of the Third Power was a ‘AAA’ game, critics would be shouting from the roof top telling you to play this game, so this is me SHOUTING FROM THE ROOF TOP, telling you to go play Rise of the Third Power! It’s only April but I’d be surprised if any game released this year knocks this off my number one spot for game of the year.

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• RRPGFan

  Neal Chandran · Mar 05, 2022

  8.1

  Rise of the Third Power offers longtime JRPG fans a taste of why they fell in love with the genre in the first place. It also allows you to pet a plethora of pooches and pussycats too! Unfortunately, the poorly chosen font, slow-paced battles, lack of fast travel through previously explored areas, and awkward attempts at comic relief bring the game down.

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• PNPure Nintendo

  Kirk Hiner · Feb 25, 2022

  8.5

  Ignore the retro RPG trappings of Rise of the Third Power; this is a great game regardless of whether you’re approaching it for nostalgic purposes. Its story is just fresh enough, its turn-based combat unique enough, to keep you firmly planted in 2022, not 1992.

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• HPHey Poor Player

  Daymon Trapold · Feb 10, 2022

  9.0

  Rise of the Third Power is a love letter to the games of my youth, and it plucks at those heartstrings with skilled fingers. With a fantastic story, fully-developed, well-written characters, gorgeously pixelated visuals, and a stellar soundtrack, this game is a must-have for fans of old-school RPGs.

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• WTWay Too Many Games

  Heidi Hawes · Feb 09, 2022

  9.0

  I was already hopeful that I would enjoy Rise of the Third Power because of just how much I loved Ara Fell, but I wasn’t prepared for just how much it would enthrall me. It’s one of the very few games in recent memory that I couldn’t put down. The story started off a little hackneyed, but this was a purposeful design choice. It doesn’t take too long to before it lets you know that there’s more going on than might first think.

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• PPCInvasion

  Joshua Chu · Feb 09, 2022

  5.5

  Rise of the Third Power squanders its potential and ultimately falls into mediocrity, with inconsistent art and sound direction and uninteresting turn-based mechanics. There's lots of good in this game, but it's not enough to outweigh the more disappointing shortfalls.

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