The first game released for Capcom's CPS III hardware, Red Earth is a fantasy-themed fighting game that combines RPG-like elements with the conventions of the fighting genre. Set in an alternate 14th century, Red Earth follows four heroes as they battle a series of bosses (in the game's single-player Quest Mode) leading up to the evil Scion, who is trying to take over the world (aren't they all?). The game is also playable as a standard two-player fighter, though with only four heroes it lacks the breadth of Capcom's usual squads of playable characters. Though the game isn't as well-known as many of Capcom's other properties, it features the same expressive 2D graphic style you would expect, and its characters have shown up in numerous other Capcom games.