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Description

"Shadow Hearts" is a console-style RPG set in a historical period - China and Europe of 1913 - one year before the World War.

The game's hero is Yuri Hyuga, a young harmonixer - a man who possesses the power of transforming into demons. He meets Alice Elliot, a young British girl whose father was brutally murdered, and who is persecuted by a mysterious warlock who calls himself Roger Bacon. Yuri and Alice travel through the pre-war China, dealing with demons, evil magicians, and Japanese occupation army. The journey eventually takes them and their friends to Europe, where they have to confront their ultimate enemy, but also uncover the truth about their own pasts.

"Shadow Hearts" implements traditional turn-based combat style for the battles, adding to it a feature called Judgment Ring. Every time you perform an attack, a ring with a spinning arrow appears on the top of the screen. If you hit a critical area on the ring, your attack will be more powerful. However, missing a hit area will cancel the attack. Various types of attack have rings of various difficulty - usually, the more powerful a spell is, the smaller is the hit area on the ring. Judgment Ring is also used for other purposes - it can help you to reduce prices in stores, and is needed to solve many puzzles.

Alternate Titles

  • "影之心" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "シャドウハーツ" -- Japanese Title

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User Reviews

A brilliant and extremely underrated RPG. DarkDove (67) 4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars4.71 Stars
Sensation! Final Fantasy in 1913! Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (64776) 4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars

The Press Says

RPGFan Jan 21, 2002 93 out of 100 93
Gamezilla Jan 17, 2002 87 out of 100 87
GameSpy Jan 25, 2001 86 out of 100 86
GameSpot Dec 19, 2001 7.9 out of 10 79
Just Adventure Feb 25, 2002 B 75
GamePro Dec 12, 2001 3.5 out of 5 70
4Players.de May 28, 2002 70 out of 100 70
Game Chronicles Jan 20, 2002 6.6 out of 10 66
Gaming Target Feb 19, 2002 6.5 out of 10 65
Game Revolution Jan, 2002 C 50

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Trivia

The game's voice acting credits include Eric Stuart, Veronica Taylor, Maddie Blaustein and more. All three can be heard on the series "Pokemon" and in the game "Valkyrie Profile", while Eric has also been in such shows as "Slayers" and "Yu Yu Hakusho" and also has his own rock band.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (64776) on Apr 19, 2002.
 

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