
Release
Thursday, February 26, 1998
Player score
62/100
Platform families
1
Editorial overview
What it is
Ehrgeiz is a 3D fighting game that features some characters from Final Fantasy VII. Cloud Strife and Tifa Lockhart are playable in the arcade and the PlayStation versions, and Sephiroth, Yuffie Kisaragi, Vincent Valentine and Zack Fair were added to the PlayStation version's roster. Ehrgeiz differs from most 3D fighting games by drawing heavily from the concepts of wrestling games and Dream Factory's own Tobal series, which allow for full 360-degree movement and do not require fighters to be facing each other at all times.
The premise
The sword Ehrgeiz, legendarily powerful, was sealed away and could only be opened with the Ehrgeiz stone. This stone was made a prize for a fighting tournament, and whoever won, would take the sword.
More like this
DreamFactory · Namco
Connected releases
Core game only
Game data from IGDB
Play styles
Single player · Multiplayer · Split screen
Perspective
Third person · Bird view / Isometric · Side view
Themes
Action · Fantasy
Languages
2 supported
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Arcade

PlayStation 3
Gen 7

PlayStation
Gen 5

PlayStation Portable
Gen 7