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While the core gameplay doesn’t stray far from the standard JRPG format that Square themselves pioneered, the one aspect that stands out from the many other RPGs of its time is the magic system – called “Mantras.” In most games, characters acquire magic spells either from leveling up, items, or stores, but in Treasure of the Rudras, magic is written in a grimoire – a spell book essentially. The most predominant religious themes within Treasure of the Rudras are the concepts of “the wheel of time” – whereas every 4000 years the world is destroyed and recreated by a Rudra, and the name “Rudra” itself is a reference to Indian theology, which became a synonym for the god “Shiva” – the Hindu god of destruction, and for whatever reason ice spells in Final Fantasy games. Anyone who’s familiar with Square knows that they’ve always liked to incorporate elements from various religions – the religious symbolisms and spell names in Final Fantasy VI, references like the Tower of Babel in Final Fantasy IV (though it’s called the “Tower of Babil” in-game), so it should be no surprise that in Treasure of the Rudras, they chose to focus on various aspects of Indian religions.

The story unfolds from the view of three different scenarios – it’s like the assault on Kefka’s Tower except not nearly as tedious because Gau and Umaro are punishingly under leveled.

The plot focuses on the 15 days before the extermination of the human race – as many other races have already begun to disappear.