To change locations in Shadow Hearts , the player can choose from a World Map. The world map is a stylized map of Europe and China with locations indicated by dots. Shadow Hearts uses a turn-based battle system where the player chooses actions from a menu.
The list of actions include many basic commands such as Attack, Items, and Escape. Enemies are encountered randomly and are not visible in the submap. Battle commences in a 3D environment modeled after a section of the current location. The characters and enemies stay in their respective positions and only move from their position when executing an attack.
The characters are controlled by the player and the enemies are controlled by the CPU. The party is made up of three characters and can be changed, with the exception of Yuri, by speaking with the NPC Meiyuan. Characters can be positioned either in the back row or front row. The back row is suited for characters with lower physical defense and attack while the front row is suited for characters with higher physical defense and attack.
Another aspect of the battle is the character's base statistics. SP decreases every turn and dictate how long a character can last in a battle before they become 'mentally unstable'. When SP decreases to zero, the character automatically goes into a state of berserk and the player will lose control of that character. There are also items which alleviate status ailments as well as revival items.
The Judgement Ring is a unique element in Shadow Hearts and is used in many aspects of the game including battles, minigames, and even shopping. The success of the characters actions is dependent on the outcome of the Judgment Ring.
Essentially, the Judgement Ring is a circle with different colored segments and a rotating needle which is stopped by the player's input. When an action is chosen, the Judgement Ring is presented on the screen. Players then have to watch the rotating needle carefully as it rotates and hit the colored segments. Every character in Shadow Hearts has their own unique special abilities.
These abilities include offensive, restorative and supportive spells. Every character, except for Yuri, will gain their abilities as they gain experience and level up. Yuri, on the other hand, must acquire his Fusions by collecting Soul Energy.
Malice in Shadow Hearts is the vengeance of the enemies that the party has killed. Malice accumulates every time the player finishes a battle. Most enemies give one point of malice while bosses give higher amounts. Yuri possesses an accessory called a Talisman that can display how much malice has accumulated.
It changes color from Dark Blue lowest to Red maximum. Once it has reached the maximum, the door to the dark side opens and the Grim Reaper is summoned to the real world. The Grim Reaper manifests itself as the one Yuri fears the most. Once this occurs, the party will randomly encounter the Grim Reaper forcing Yuri to fight him alone. Once inside, there are four masks Sword, Grail, Staff, and Gold that will allow the player to fight a monster to clear the malice.
This monster is a manifestation of the accumulated malice. Depending on the amount of malice, the monster will be different. The player can buy items or equipment using the in-game currency, Cash. The element that sets shopping in Shadow Hearts apart from other games is the use of the Judgment Ring.
Throughout the course of the game, the player can collect certain Guild Cards to attain different ranks. Once the player has a card, they are automatically given an option to get a discount when buying or a price rise when selling.
By collecting different guild cards, the player can receive different privileges. Once the player chooses to receive a discount a ring with three Hit Areas is presented. To be successful, all three hit areas must be hit. Depending on the item being bought or sold, the size of the hit areas and the speed of the needle changes. When the player aims for higher discount or price raise rates, they must complete individual rings for each level. Shadow Hearts takes place in an alternate reality of the real world in the year The major areas that are visited include many real locations in China and Europe.
Here is a list of the different locations found in Shadow Hearts :. Shadow Hearts takes place after Koudelka and in late , on a branch of the Trans-Siberian Railroad in Manchuria, where the Japanese army is transporting a girl named Alice Elliot, whose priest father was recently murdered in a most brutal fashion in Rouen , France. After an English gentleman by the name of Roger Bacon attempts to abduct Alice from the Japanese army himself, Yuri makes an appearance and saves her under the instruction of a mysterious voice inside his head.
Yuri and Alice barely escape Bacon and the army and begin a quest through China as they flee for their lives. In doing so, they meet and befriend Taoist adept Liu Zhuzhen and English spy Margarete Gertrude Zelle, while having to deal with the rivaling factions trying to seize control of China and Alice - namely, the Japanese army, who seeks to build a stronghold in China and spread their control through Asia, as well as the warlock Dehuai, who desires to use Alice as a part of a forbidden ritual with the intent of overpowering Japan and claiming dominance on the continent.
Yuri eventually learns from Zhuzhen that fifteen years prior, his father Ben Hyuga defeated Dehuai while working in the Japanese army's special forces and foiled the warlock's plans, but lost his life as a result. At the same time, Lieutenant Yoshiko Kawashima and her subordinate Kato aid Yuri's group from the sidelines, initially to further the army's goals, but her perspective softens after coming to empathize with Yuri's group. Dehuai reveals his plans to perform the Reverse Demon Gate Invocation to summon the Seraphic Radiance, an entity powerful enough to destroy Japan.
The group manages to defeat Dehuai, but a final interference from Bacon prevents them from stopping the summoning of the Seraphic Radiance. Yuri attempts to forcibly Fuse himself with the Seraphic Radiance, but ends up consumed by the entity which runs berserk, destroying Shanghai in an eruption of energy. Bacon retreats to Europe and the group is separated.
Six months later, the group has moved to Europe to search for Yuri. While plying themselves as exorcists, Alice and Zhuzhen encounter Keith Valentine, descendant of an ancient family of vampires.
They discover Yuri at the top of Keith's castle, having wandered there after losing his soul to the Seraphic Radiance. Alice goes into the graveyard of Yuri's mind, learning that Yuri's internal struggles have overwhelmed him as a result of failing to completely fuse with the Seraphic Radiance and his mind now drives him to suicide. Offering herself up in exchange for Yuri's soul to the Four Masks in his mind, Alice helps Yuri reconcile his fears of his heritage as a Harmonixer, saving his soul.
Keith opts to join the group out of boredom from his eternal slumber as a vampire. The group meets Margarete, who has been doing her own investigations into Bacon's past to help them track Bacon down.
In England, they meet Koudelka's son, Halley Brancket, and learn that she has been imprisoned in a mental hospital by Bacon. Despite a rescue attempt, Koudelka ends up giving herself up to ensure the group's safety. Sign up for free! What do you need help on? Cancel X. Topic Archived First Page 2 of 2.
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Sadly the series is pretty much dead along with my hopes and dreams for the future games HellsingOrg Topic Creator 6 years ago The bird of Hermes is my name eating my wings to make me tame. Love the series. Though 2 had better story and characters, 1 had better atmosphere. Being in that creepy town by the sea was one of the first Lovecraftian encounters I've had in a game. Too bad about the developer, maybe if someone acquires the rights they could at least get the Director to work contract on it to ensure it has the SH feel.
I kind of liked "From the New World" it had more of a traditional FF vibe to it then the rest of the series, I guess that's why everyone else hated it. It was also more lighthearted. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't the same as the other 2. Follow me on Youtube! More topics from this board Your Top Tech Support 2 Answers What does the error code B mean?
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