Shadow Hearts: From the New World is out

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2006-03-10 08:24pm

And it kicks ass!

I'm only an hour and a half in so far I've got nothing but good things to say. The characters are thus far all rather distinctive, stand out from each other both on and off the battlefield.

It's also probably one of the most unique parties in RPG history as thus far my group includes..

Johnny Garland- 16 year old private detective from New York
FrankGoldfinger- Somewhat dimwitted American ninja.. who recieved his ninja training in South America.
Shania- How female Harmonixer who, unlike Yuri, doesn't seem to have mastered the art of keeping her clothes on while transforming.
Natan- Big scary looking native american.. who does GUN KATA!

Haven't seen any of the old shadow heart's characters though I'm fairly certain Johnny's butler is the big stupid henchman from Covenant, but all the old favorites from the battle system return. Judgement rings, combos, and to top it off they've added a whole bunch of new features like double actions and D-Combos to.

nickolay1 · Post by **nickolay1** » 2006-03-10 08:58pm

Shame that it's available only for obsolete and inferior (to the PC) hardware.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2006-03-10 10:28pm

Squeeeeee!

I thought it didn't come out until the 17th. New game to buy.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2006-03-10 11:44pm

nickolay1 wrote:Shame that it's available only for obsolete and inferior (to the PC) hardware.

Is there some point to your post other than trolling?

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2006-03-11 01:25am

Considering I believe Shadow Hearts Covenant to be one of the best games ever made (if not THE best) I was looking forward to this game intensely. I haven't had a lot of time to put in since I got it yesterday, but what I've seen so far has been nothing but great.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2006-03-11 01:55am

I tried playing through Covenant last summer, but I just wasn't really feeling it...I don't know if I still have the tenacity for Japanese RPGs.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2006-03-11 04:26pm

I think Lenny's VA is the same as Jet from Cowboy Bebop.

Johnny sounds familiar too, but I can't place it.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2006-03-11 04:33pm

.....they've gone from the ambiguously gay duo to the flamingly gay duo.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2006-03-11 05:16pm

The Dark wrote:.....they've gone from the ambiguously gay duo to the flamingly gay duo.

The Magimel brothers from Covenant were "abiguously gay" now? There was a sidequest around collecting gay porn for Gerad for heaven's sake, not to mention the "consequences" of losing the Man Festival (getting gangbanged by The Great Gama and his Curry Pervs)!

But yeah, I certainly would agree they kicked it up a notch. Rainbow biker helmets and a store called "Just Us Guys"? Shameless.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2006-03-11 07:03pm

Kickass.

Will play it around June, but the first two were fun games and I enjoyed the whole angles they took with dialogue, and the story was decent and fun.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2006-03-11 11:57pm

The Kernel wrote:
The Dark wrote:.....they've gone from the ambiguously gay duo to the flamingly gay duo.
The Magimel brothers from Covenant were "abiguously gay" now? There was a sidequest around collecting gay porn for Gerad for heaven's sake, not to mention the "consequences" of losing the Man Festival (getting gangbanged by The Great Gama and his Curry Pervs)!

But yeah, I certainly would agree they kicked it up a notch. Rainbow biker helmets and a store called "Just Us Guys"? Shameless.

OK, fine, they went from the ambiguously gay masseuse to the moderately gay doll fashion designers to the flamingly gay bikers

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SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2006-03-12 03:49am

Frank is just plain hilarious.. though Mao has managed to unseat Natan as my favorite character.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2006-03-12 09:00pm

SylasGaunt wrote:Frank is just plain hilarious.. though Mao has managed to unseat Natan as my favorite character.

I'm not a big Frank fan so far. He is the most powerful physical character (other than a Fused Shania), but I'm at a point where there are relatively few aerial enemies, so Ninja Star isn't useful, and his special attack power sucks.

Mao, on the other hand.....good drunken kitty.

And GUN-FU rocks. Rapid Shot is just mean to two enemies.

I also find it amusing that Frank finds his weapons the same way as Joachim, while Johnny apparently has Anastasia's old camera, it is the same Lenny, one of the Magimel brothers has returned, and (minor spoiler) both of the Valentine brothers appear in sidequests.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2006-03-12 10:20pm

Oh I hardly use frank as a character but I just love watching him in the cut-scenes.. like when he used his art of hiding to "conceal" himself from the caged demons down in the lab.

And while we're on the subject of Mao.. Hehehe.. plaid.

Post by **haas mark** » 2006-03-13 05:28am

SylasGaunt wrote:Oh I hardly use frank as a character but I just love watching him in the cut-scenes.. like when he used his art of hiding to "conceal" himself from the caged demons down in the lab.

And while we're on the subject of Mao.. Hehehe.. plaid.

That photo is utterly disturbing...

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2006-03-13 09:42pm

What? Meowcus' films are classics!

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2006-03-14 01:39am

OK, now I'm starting to use Frank, since the level 2 spells suck up mucho MP. I'm debating whether to go with Johnny/Shania/Mao/Frank or Johnny/Shania/Mao/Ricardo as my main combat group. Natan just isn't doing it for me, and I don't like Hilda. She's darn powerful, but her VA drives me nuts.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2006-03-21 11:05pm

So, Sylas, have you gotten to the Darth Maul point of the game yet?

*WEG*