HG writes: "There was excitement in the air when I started playing Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment a few days ago. The original Vandal Hearts, released many years ago for the PlayStation, was one hell of a fun experience in turn-based strategy. It wasn't TOO difficult, but challenged players by often giving them different objectives than the basic "you attack them, they attack you, try to win" goal. In one quest, you were attacked by possessed villagers, but instead of slaughtering the fools, you had to keep as many alive as possible while smashing the statues controlling them -- which wasn't easy, as the game's battle system boasts an instant-counterattack feature, so whenever a villager attacked a party member, they'd likely get killed by the return blow. In another, you were besieged in a city by a number of boss-level villains and their subordinates."
"A full hour devoted to this semi-forgotten Konami PS1 strategy RPG series." - Brett Elston, Patrick Kulikowski
Vandal Hearts 1 and 2 was great, but the 3rd game was not that good in comparison. I'm sure even FF Tactics was inspired by Vandal Hearts, considering it came before that.
"Here are ten Konami games that deserve a good remake." - Patrick Kulikowski
They should add Rocket Knight to that list. I don't think the revival was all that it could have been.
XGN writes: "Since 1997 works at the Vandal Hearts Konami franchise and started it on the PlayStation One. Now after a long period of time than the third part in the online stores because Vandal Hearts: Flames of Jugdment. You know this game has to offer many hours of fun or is Vandal Hearts: Flames of Jugdment you already bored after a while?"
