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Anonymous11/24/25, 02:08No.3879278
What do you think of the shadows hearts trilogy?
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Anon11/24/25, 02:13No.3879280
Literally who?
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Anon11/24/25, 02:26No.3879286
I don't know OP why don't you tell us your thoughts on them.I've heard they are hidden gems and I will probably play them at some point.
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Anon11/24/25, 03:00No.3879306
Better than Koudelka (sorry my zettai ryoiki goddess....)
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Anon11/24/25, 11:49No.3879494
I only played the first one but it was great. Just wish it had more side content.
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Anon11/24/25, 12:13No.3879506
FNW is really not a bad game. It's just a complete tonal whiplash, which is something Covenant was already toying with.
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Anon11/24/25, 18:21No.3879717
I've only played the first one and despite the two leads not being interesting characters (the protag is that annoying sex pest trope from the time) and the story being generally dull and confusing, the ending was good enough to make me look back fondly on the game. The unique setting, atmosphere, music, and combat mechanic with the ring is enough to make up for how weak everything is.
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Anon11/24/25, 18:49No.3879731
One and two were great. 3 was a joke.
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Anon11/24/25, 20:50No.3879775
Second game is the best for story but third game has the best gameplay.
Just play them in release order.
Skip Koudelka.
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Anon11/24/25, 21:13No.3879785
It's not the Sh3 we could have gotten featuring Yuri's father and his cousin.
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Anon11/24/25, 21:40No.3879795
Penny Blood RIP
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Anon11/24/25, 22:15No.3879809
The first one is mediocre but playable. The second one is the best of the trilogy. The third one just plain sucked.
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Anon11/24/25, 22:26No.3879810
SH3 was really good. I think the change from the somber nature of Yuri's story and love and the Old World and its wars to something more lighthearted fit the setting of the New World. Yuri was done, let him rest. Autists just cry about wanting the same thing over and over. Plus gyaru Native American shotacon was hot.
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Anon11/24/25, 22:45No.3879815
All three have incredibly memorable soundtracks which isn't surprising considering who worked on them. First was great for being the first to experiment with no ideas despite not refining them. Second one all but perfected what the first experimented with. The on your toes combat mechanics was novel at the time considering the genre was flooded with time based wait to attack mechanics we've all seen since the NES. The Judgement Ring is unironically one of my favorite mechanics I've encountered in JRPGs.If you're a sucker for alternate history storylines then the series is for you if that's what you're looking for in a story. Lots of cultural and historical inspiration for characters, areas etc. The third game sadly killed the series which is sad because it had the capacity to have some really good material to work with. It doesn't go off the rails so much as the alternate history gimmick previous titles did but the story and setting in general is insanely dull and unengaging riddled with side quests that are way too long and absolutely not worth it. The game once again experiments with things but a lot of the content doesn't feel like it did it better than Covenant did but in fact worse. The game literally killed the series and it's criminal how under utilized the time and setting was when it was perfectly clear it could have done so much better and keep in mind this is coming off the hype that was Covenant.If you're interested in the series play the first two and forget the third exists. And if you're an absolute masochist who just likes the franchise and characters go play Chaos Wars.
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Anon11/25/25, 01:59No.3879913
>Trilogy
Ahhh yeah, the Koudelka, Shadow Hearts 1, and Shadow Hearts Covenant Trilogy...
Hmm? What's that? New World? What on earth are you talking about? There's no Shadow Hearts by that name.
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Anon11/25/25, 03:05No.3879944
https://youtu.be/GzqYDajgANU?si=KBuNQVQrNylxQP11This one's good too
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Anon11/25/25, 05:38No.3879995
All time great town theme from 2https://youtu.be/WJlzK-06bfo?si=oHM3iTk7d1uOcYwqAll time great random battle them from 1https://youtu.be/Pdkw70m1uiE?si=y8wDntcV7J6apZlD
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Anon11/26/25, 12:21No.3880759
soundtrack discussion kills threads
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Anon11/26/25, 12:31No.3880762
Amazing games, all three. FtNW is dumb af and never surpassed Covenant, but it's still one of the best PS2 RPGs.
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Anon11/26/25, 16:47No.3880888
Played Shadow Hearts 1 last year; incredible atmosphere, great story, solid soundtrack with some pretty unconventional tracks here and there. Gameplay though is honestly kinda bad. I don't think I would've beat that game without fast forward.I've played SH2 a bit and it seemed like a huge improvement. Combat feels weirdly balanced early on though and my emulator would randomly get stuck so I've kinda dropped it since. Deffo wanna pick it up again sometime
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Anon11/27/25, 07:33No.3881241
I enjoyed 1, 2, and Koudelka. I don't dislike 3, and it's fine mechanically, but I just didn't care about the plot or any of the characters.
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Anon12/04/25, 00:19No.3884895
>What do you think of the shadows hearts trilogy?
1-Good
2-ok
3-trash
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Anon12/04/25, 22:48No.3885287
People who think New World was trash are autistic.
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Anon12/05/25, 00:22No.3885322
>twitch reflex shit in my jrpgs
Into the trash it goes.
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Anon12/06/25, 20:27No.3886192
I'm shocked it never got an HD Trilogy.
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Anon12/17/25, 02:41No.3892482
I only played Koudelka
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Anon12/17/25, 04:10No.3892512
I played some of Shadow Hearts 2 last year and I liked it a lot in terms of gameplay. That was the first time I played a Shadow Hearts game; it was the one everyone talked about.But I've been REALLY liking Shadow Hearts 3 from what I've played of it in the last, like month. I can get people preferring 2 to 3 'cus it takes itself more seriously, though.
The gameplay is a LOT more refined and a LOT more fun.
Also I just love 3's humor a ton. It's a pure and refreshing kind. No Whedonisms and none of the neurodivergent Tumblr safe-humor. Nothing particularly against them, it's just the only kind you see now.
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Anon12/17/25, 04:50No.3892521
>JUST EAT THE DAMN MUSHROOM!
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Anon12/17/25, 06:24No.3892545
Never tried it. Don't think I heard of it growing up and just recently started hearing about it. Heard its decent, so I might try it out one day once I run out of current stuff to play.
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Anon12/19/25, 19:09No.3894138
1 - great game with some flaws and rough edges2 - dog shit that ruins everything that made 1 great3 - better than 2 but still lacks everything that made 1 great
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Anon12/21/25, 03:26No.3894804
Koudelka was an amazing, well written game with an amazing setting, and mature, realistic character. Shadow Hearts 1 on the other hand, has one dimensional party members, laughably bad villains, an awful first half filled with annoying gameplay segments, underdeveloped main characters, and in general, really immature writing that's a massive step down from the previous game. Covenant fixes all this by leaning heavily into the goofy side of things instead of trying to do a serious story like SH1, and it works really well.
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Anon01/01/26, 21:00No.3901860
As someone who knows what the MCs name means, I couldn't treat it seriously
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Anon01/04/26, 04:45No.3903658
It looks like anime slop. So I don't think about it at all. Next.
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Anon01/04/26, 19:58No.3903937
Going straight into Covenant after the hands down amazing first game, by the time I was near the end of disc 1 the magic had worn off and I realized it was a worse game overall. Unfortunately it started to crash at a specific spot, so I couldn't finish it, but by then I was no longer invested in the story at all.
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Anon01/08/26, 01:34No.3905682
Thoughts on FTNW?
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Anon01/26/26, 02:53No.3915676
You get to spend a night with either Karin, Alice, Margarette, Koudelka, Shania, Hilda, or Lucia, who you picking?