Such an easy leveling system might bore the hardcore fanbase that still remembers Vandal Hearts from the old days, but it keeps the game moving at a swift pace. By the game's halfway mark, one of my most powerful fighters already had his skill maxed out for hammers, his weapon of choice. You won’t have to be hacking away forever, either the skill-ups come fast, negating the need for the genre norm of grinding through skirmishes. Even HP increases are gained by taking hits from the enemy without dying. To be an expert healer, you'll have to cast the Heal spell a lot. Want to become better at swordplay? Keep attacking enemies with a sword. ![]() Instead, you level up by using whatever skill you want to improve. Unlike the first Vandal Hearts, there are no classes, and you don't learn new skills by equipping new weapons and armor, as was possible in the sequel (though you can learn new spells by carrying around books). Though it maintains the grid-floored, turn-based combat that most strategy RPGs employ, Flames of Judgment strips down anything that could be mistaken as complex. If the plot seems on the nose, the combat and leveling system might as well be smashing players over the head with a club. In a shocking twist, the students set out on a journey across the land to discover the motivation behind these events, including a betrayal that has them racing to bring down an evil general. You control a young band of friends whose idyllic life in a countryside school is brought to a halt when - get this - bandits attack and pillage their hometown. Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment is positioned as a prequel to the PSone games, although the ties are minor at best, buried under the snooze-inducing weight of a hyper-traditional JRPG plotline. ![]() This PlayStation series debuted in 1996, but has been missing in action since 1999 - and now Konami is resurrecting Vandal Hearts in the form of an Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network downloadable game. When you think of Konami, what franchises come to mind? Metal Gear, Gradius, Contra, Silent Hill, and Castlevania are the frequent answers to that question, but unless you're a total strategy RPG maniac, it's unlikely that you’ll respond with Vandal Hearts.
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