Contents.Gameplay Vandal Hearts II uses a three-map layout of an overworld map, town map and a battle map. The features a basic map of the country with dots to mark the location of points of interest. Players travel over the overworld map by clicking on the points of interest and moving towards the location they have chosen.The dots on the overworld map have been divided into two sections, battle maps and town maps with all but a select few maps being re-visitable. Some locations open up only to advance the story.Town maps are a screenshot of the town with locations of interest selected from the menu on the right of the screen, featuring the local tavern, shops and little else except where the story determines otherwise.Vandal Hearts II boasts over 120 different weapon and armour combinations and the game features non-set classes unlike many other.

Warriors can be changed to Healers without any penalties. This is achieved through the armour and weapon systems, skills must be learned through equipping weapons and earning enough points to master them, while armour determines the characters hit points and magic points as well as movement rates and defence.Combat in Vandal Hearts II is done using a new Dual-Turn System, stated as being an system for tactical RPGs.

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The dual-turn system permits both the player and the computer to move one unit on the battlemap simultaneously.Plot Vandal Hearts II takes place in the country of Natra and follows the story of Joshua from childhood until adulthood, focusing his progress through the civil war that tears his home country apart. The early stages of the game introduce the hero and his childhood companions and acts as a prologue to future events in the hero's adult life.The adult stages of the game shows the country of Natra immersed in a civil war with both warring factions having foreign backers. Joshua's renegade band of outlaws gets drawn into a plot to create a third faction to end the war and restore peace.

Share this story.The last time Konami released a Vandal Hearts game was over a decade ago, so fans of the turn-based strategy series have been understandably curious about the recently-released Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment. The game, available for download on Xbox LIVE and PSN, serves as a prequel to its PSOne predecessors, but it only manages to revive the series with a middling amount of success.Like previous games in the series, Flames of Judgment won't exactly wow anyone with its story. Stars 160. Following an epic war between Balastrade and Urdu, players start out controlling war orphan Tobias as he defends his academy from unidentified invaders. Tobias then sets off to explore the world, figure out who's trying to destroy it, and gather some friends along the way.

Like much of the game, the story is a reliable standard for the genre, but it doesn't actually feel fresh. There's a definite cartoon-like quality to many of the environments and character designs, but the problem is that this style doesn't quite mesh with the game's graphics engine. This is because the graphics look like they belong on the last generation of consoles. The result is just weird and somewhat off-putting. That said, the game's voice acting, music, and sound effects are all well-done; the voice acting in particular stands out against the weird imagery.While gameplay is generic overall, there is a nice character development mechanic. In order to develop skills, you need to have your characters perform the abilities you want them to improve in: if you want to make a warrior, arm him with a weapon and have him fight more; spellcasting skills will improve the more a character uses magic. However, main party characters all have significant boosts in certain skill areas, so it makes sense to simply follow the predetermined character development path the game sets forth.Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment is one of those titles that feels like it was created for fans of the turn-based strategy genre. If you love turn-based strategy, you could do far worse, but anyone looking for a long-lasting strategy game with original play mechanics might want to consider downloading the demo first.Verdict: Download the demo.