Shadow Hearts (2001)
- Developer
- Sacnoth
- Publisher
- Aruze, Midway
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Rating
- 4.0 of 5, 23 player ratings
- Where to get it
- Website
How it feels
A somber, gothic RPG that blends pre-WWI historical tension with supernatural dread, where every battle and story beat carries a weight of fate and loss.
darkatmosphericmysteriousmelancholichistoricalbroodingmoderately challengingoccult-tinged
About
Shadow Hearts is the first official game in the Shadow Hearts series and is the sequel to Koudelka. Shadow Hearts follows the adventures of Yuri Hyuga, a Harmonixer guided by a mysterious voice in his head. He finds himself thrown into the conflicts prior to World War I where he must save the world and the woman he loves from destruction.
What players say
A cult-classic JRPG drenched in Lovecraftian gothic horror set around World War I, distinguished by its tense rhythm-based Judgment Ring combat and sanity system. Underappreciated at launch with rough visuals, it earned a devoted fanbase for its unusual atmosphere and characters.
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