Shadow Hearts
| Shadow Hearts | |
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North American Boxart.
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| Developer(s) | Sacnoth |
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| Designer(s) | Izumi Hamamoto |
| Artist(s) | Miyako Kato |
| Writer(s) | Matsuzo Itakura |
| Composer(s) |
Yoshitaka Hirota Yasunori Mitsuda |
| Series | Shadow Hearts |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Shadow Hearts (シャドウハーツ Shadōhātsu?) is a role-playing video game developed by Sacnoth and published by Aruze Corp in Japan and in the United States and Europe by Midway in 2001. It 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.
With a linear storyline, random encounters, turn-based battles, and traditional elements such as hit points and magic points, Shadow Hearts plays similarly to other console RPGs. The Judgment Ring, designed to incorporate an element of chance in various outcomes based on the player's skill, is unique to the genre. There are also side-quests and an option for an additional playthrough (or New Game Plus) with the previous game's data saved to allow for completion of the monster library, to attain further collectible items or equipment, and for a statistical side-by-side comparison of the first playthrough.
The player maneuvers a 3D character in the submap, a 2D pre-rendered background representing the environment. Many items are found in the submap, typically in the form of chests, while others are marked with a shining dot. There are also items noticeable only when the player is directly in front of them. 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.
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