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The War of Genesis Side Story I: Rhapsody of Zephyr (Changsegijun seo-poong-ui gwang-si-gok, 창세기전 서풍의 광시곡) is a turn-based RPG created by Softmax. The game's ambience, theme, and story follow from "The Count of Monte Cristo." Originally released for Windows in 1998, it was later ported to the Dreamcast in 2001 and the PlayStation 2 in 2004. The game has never been translated into English.
The game uses a turn-based RPG format. The battle style is a mix of the time gauge system from Final Fantasy VII and the "tilespace" system of Heroes of Might and Magic. Characters use various weapons depending on their jobs. The concept of blocking attacks exists in the game, which is represented by the "durability" of the weapons. Depending on the amount of damage blocked, weapons can be destroyed. Also, in regards to characters that use guns, ammo is sold separately, and once you run out of ammo, guns will do no damage.
The often used HP/MP system is in effect. There is also something called the soul gauge, which fills up whenever the character attacks, blocks or takes damage. When the soul gauge fills beyond certain thresholds, characters can use specific abilities, some of which are innate to the character and some of which depend on the weapons that the character is wielding.
The planet is Antaria, the same as War of Genesis II. The story takes place within the Geysir Empire, which has fallen into disarray after the death of the Dark Prince Karl Styner in War of Genesis II.
The synopsis of the game follows the book of "The Count of Monte Cristo", written by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. The innocent Cyrano Bernstein is sentenced for a crime that he does not even know of, and is imprisoned in the infamous Inferno. He meets Deimos, and therefore realizes the truth that brought him to prison. In his dying state, Deimos sacrifices himself, bequeathing the Darkblood enabling Cyrano the abilities to get revenge on his enemies. He overwhelms the sword Asura, and joins the Zephyr Falcon, the Empire Resistance, and, one-by-one takes revenge on his enemies. |
