Status Veever Feb 15, 2026
5 stars for the voice acting alone. Gameplay-wise it was one of the those mildly annoying titles that you probably needed to be glued to a guide you paid too much money for to not miss things. However, I really appreciate that the devs were trying various approaches between this game and Shadow Hearts to add player involvement to the …
5 stars for the voice acting alone. Gameplay-wise it was one of the those mildly annoying titles that you probably needed to be glued to a guide you paid too much money for to not miss things. However, I really appreciate that the devs were trying various approaches between this game and Shadow Hearts to add player involvement to the turn-based combat system, as that tends to be a major criticism for turn-based games. I see a lot of criticism for this game that tends to follow any praise it receives, so I'm not surprised that it earns ~3 stars consistently. This game caught me totally off guard though compared to many of the games I played from this same time period. The cut scenes alone were miles better than its PS2 Shadow Hearts counterpart (probably not a fair comparison, but whatever).
Throughout this entire game, my intrigue never wavered. The atmosphere/setting is compelling, the characters really don't get along and are cautious to share things about themselves, which added to the suspense. Overall, it just hit for me. I disagree that it should have picked survival horror or RPG. I would actively seek out more games like this if I knew they existed.
