Any of you older degenerates remember Vandal hearts?

[ghostmourn]

I loved that old game (ps1?) game. Vandal Hearts was like Tactics but a bit corny and very JPG. Anwyay Fell Seals scratches that specific itch pretty well for me.

Although those Vandal hearts spell animations are still pretty baller.

[{FC}[ZA]Althor]

Ah yes, the golden age of tactical RPGs. I played VH, FFT, and ogre tactics. I was so happy 6 Eyes decided to add a title worthy of remembering along with those predecessors twenty years from now.

[ghostmourn]

Originally posted by {FC}ZAAlthor:

Ah yes, the golden age of tactical RPGs. I played VH, FFT, and ogre tactics. I was so happy 6 Eyes decided to add a title worthy of remembering along with those predecessors twenty years from now.

Same here. I absolutly love Divinity O.S. but it doesn't quite capture the over the top almost campy feel to those old JRPG's (Well its pretty Campy - just not in the same way)

[ghostmourn]

BTW you can play Vandal Hearts in a browser now, as someone ported it to Unity or somthing simmilar- the animations & music held up well imo

[{FC}[ZA]Althor]

Well now, that IS interesting. I will do some looking,

[momodave]

It's weird. I played Vandal Hearts, but I don't remember ANYTHING about it. And by anything I include the characters, the story, what the eck happens. Probably didn't get that far ahead, and if I did, it probably didn't leave much of an impression because I actually remember most tactical rpg's I played.

[Linkedwulf]

Originally posted by ghostmourn:

Same here. I absolutly love Divinity O.S. but it doesn't quite capture the over the top almost campy feel to those old JRPG's (Well its pretty Campy - just not in the same way)

I mean Divinity O.S. is much more a successor to Baldurs Gate, Never Winter Nights or Tormented Soul than to the turn based tactical RPGs like Vandal Hearts, Tactics Ogre or Final Fantasy Tactics.

But yes i've played Vandal Hearts and Vandal Hearts II (which i personally remember even more fondly than the first one). There actually were a lot of great hidden gems that while probably not on par with the most popular ones were still pretty good.
Kartia: The Word of Fate for example. I even have fond memories of games like Monsterseed or Eternal Eyes, even if those weren't as great.

Anyway i 100% agree i'm so glad this game exists and brought back this genre in such a fun way.

[Sved]

Hold on, there is a Vandal Hearts 2? Emulators, here I come.

[ShadowDark3]

I loved Vandal Hearts, but never finished it as a kid. I remember finding it quite a bit tougher than FFT. I might have to look into that Unity version mentioned and actually beat it!

[Ash Wolf]

I finished Vandal Hearts 1 and 2. There was one called Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement which came out around 2010. Could not remember if that one was 2 or a separate entry.
Finished that one also.

[playoftheyear]

Yo. Vandal Hearts, was great good times. I think it actually had a character from Suikoden in it, played a minor role, maybe Viktor? Anyone recall?

[ghostmourn]

Originally posted by playoftheyear:

Yo. Vandal Hearts, was great good times. I think it actually had a character from Suikoden in it, played a minor role, maybe Viktor? Anyone recall?

Oh thats right they were both old school Konami creations and were somehow tied together - i had forgotten that

[AH-1 Cobra]

Yeah, I remember that game, it's pretty good. Also VH2 is even better, IMO. There was a whole lot of customization in that game, and you could mix and match a ton of stuff, for better or worse.

[playoftheyear]

Originally posted by ghostmourn:

Originally posted by playoftheyear:

Yo. Vandal Hearts, was great good times. I think it actually had a character from Suikoden in it, played a minor role, maybe Viktor? Anyone recall?

Oh thats right they were both old school Konami creations and were somehow tied together - i had forgotten that :2016whoadude:

Originally posted by ghostmourn:

Originally posted by playoftheyear:

Yo. Vandal Hearts, was great good times. I think it actually had a character from Suikoden in it, played a minor role, maybe Viktor? Anyone recall?

Oh thats right they were both old school Konami creations and were somehow tied together - i had forgotten that :2016whoadude:

I think some names just got duplicated into VH, probably out of a translation thing , maybe not the same actual characters. After doing some research on it …

[pinewoodpine]

I played VH1 and 2. I didn't finish 1 (it's too hard for little ol' me) but I did manage to finish the second one, surprisingly.

[Budoshi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7ucnb2qwU the memories.