Tear Ring Saga - Gameplay

Gameplay

Tear Ring Saga is a war simulation RPG where the player places units on a gridded two-dimensional map and attempts to fulfill the objectives in each scenario. The view returns to a larger world map once the battle ends, and the player can choose to travel to new locations as the game progresses. There are two protagonists in the game, Runan and Holmes, and the player must divide their main army into two separate armies for each protagonist. Runan's story follows a strict set of scenarios where he battles against an enemy empire, but it is possible to ignore the main scenarios to gather treasure and increase the army's strength during Holmes's story.

Though the two armies travel separately for the majority of the game, they re-combine several times to exchange items and other members. This allows the player to use units trained in Holmes's army in Runan's battles, or vice versa.