Rance Quest

Latest Information
Rance VIII, officially titled "Rance Quest," continues sometime after the events in Sengoku Rance. It is scheduled for release on August 26, 2011.

Unlike the previous title, Rance Quest is not a simulation game. It is instead a role-playing game similar to Rance 6 with a few features retained from Sengoku Rance.

Based on teaser screenshots, part of the story happens in Zeth, which explains the return of former Ice Flame members.

On May 20, 2011, a plot device was introduced to explain why characters like Kenshin begin at a low level. Rance will be cursed by Pastel Kalar, preventing him from H-ing women under level 35. And women he does manage to H will be drained to level 1 (due to the curse).

A trial version was released on May 27, 2011. Players may briefly read fourth-wall breaking conversations, explore the map, and battle once. The demo is mostly for players to test whether their systems can handle the 3D graphic-intensed game.

Minimum System Requirements

 * OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
 * DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
 * CPU: Core 2 Duo
 * RAM: 1 GB
 * Sound Card: WAVE/DirectSound
 * Graphics Card: 1024×768 Display Resolution/Full-Color/Pixel Shader 2.0/128 MB

Trivia

 * The title and logo of "Rance Quest" is a parody of the Dragon Quest role-playing game series.


 * There is a similarity between the gameplay systems of Rance Quest and Dragon Quest also (most notably the first person perspective), however whether this is an intended parody of Dragon Quest is unknown, as the battle system visibly consists of gameplay elements from previous AliceSoft titles Sengoku Rance and Toushin Toshi 3.


 * Some fans have wondered if the boxshot of the game itself is also a parody of Fire Emblem.