Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus

Some nice ideas and a much better looking game than its predecessor. Despite the brutally high difficulty Its well worth a play, just expect some serious early game grinding and high turn over of characters.

Is it just me or is this game harder on the C64 than on 16-bit machines?

I didn't like Phantasie III nearly as much as its predecessors. The graphics were improved, but lost their original charm. Also, I didn't like how you could no longer navigate through the town menus with a joystick. My biggest gripe though was the new limb-severing system during combat, which was too excessive and frankly a royal pain in the ass. Furthermore, no Greek gods to slay?! In all, III was a more polished product, but for me lacked the magic of I and II.

Okay RPG, but not on the same level as Pool of Radiance and others.

Using ascii character for the dungeon maps was kind of weak.

Having limbs MISSING was kind of disturbing. Losing a limb early on and having to hunt for a lvl3 potion (or whatever) to regrow it was a pain.

Each battle featured an immense number of physical attacks in relation to the command imputs:

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Excellent RPG, I played this to death on both the 64 and Amiga..

My first RPG! I have vivid memories of my poor character's limbs being hacked off. Played this one to death.

Very exciting RPG with the novelty feature of chopping off arms, legs, heads etc.
This happened a lot though, and might have pissed me off nowadays, but back then it was the game to play.

Awesome little game. Finally growing out of the compiled BASIC apps that made PI and PII, PIII appears to a top notch produced 8-bit game.

Monster sprites and screen maps were nice looking and the game move fast and smooth.

The only drawback is that you can make the game REALLY seem like a short adventure by stepping up the game speed and blowing right through it.

Wish someone would go on a 4th adventure with Phantasie.

Might as well come full circle. I just recently completed Phantasie III. Major improvements in game play over the previous version with respect to item distribution, training, spellcasting, attacks, and the addition of bows and arrows is a HUGE plus.

On the downside, I determined that three dungeons in the game can be skipped entirely without affecting the outcome of the game. They don't even provide any necessary hints. This must be an oversight. My only issue with P3 is while it boasts a ton of improvements, it feels 'rushed'. Worth playing? Absolutely. Time to give Nikademus the butt-kicking he so seriously deserves.

This is really the only RPG I played out of the series and I really liked it. I almost feel like playing this again one day.

Great game that came out the same summer as Pool of Radiance.

The combat system is great, with the amputations and all. However I still prefer the Phantasie I engine over this one.

This is the best RPG ever! Err, at least in 1987... Played what must have been hundreds of hours. I recently got the C64 out of storage and my diskette was dead!

I don't even know why, but I am going to say this anyway... This was simply my favourite RPG game when I was a kid??? It was just awesome.. Story, plot, fights, dungeons... All awesome. Even if you have played baldurs gate or icewind dale, story wise, this game compares. If you give this game a shot, the gameplay make up for it's lack of graphics.. Just try it!!! AWESOME!!!

I enjoyed this game very much. The world map was just the right size, the combat system good, and a well told story that made you feel it was more than just a collection of random quests.