Shadow Hearts shows developer Sacnoth learning from some of its mistakes, but not quite enough of them. Like Sacnoth's first game, the PlayStation adventure Koudelka, it is a very fine concept ...

Shadow Hearts is the first PlayStation 2 title published by Aruze, who's taking a stab at the non-pachinko-related gaming market. With the help of developer Sacnoth, which previously worked on ...

Shadow Hearts 2 is the third role-playing game published by Aruze, which previously released Koudelka and the original Shadow Hearts for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, respectively.

Like its predecessor Koudelka, Shadow Hearts underwent IP ownership and internal struggles, becoming dormant after 2005’s From the New World. Then developer Sacnoth became part of Aruze, ...

Shadow Hearts is the first official game in the Shadow Hearts series and is the sequel to Koudelka. Shadow Hearts follows the adventures of Yuri Hyuga, a Harmonixer guided by a mysterious voice in ...

Koudelka was their first go at it, ... Shadow Hearts should meet or exceed that standard, considering its PS2-powered graphics (although some of the backgrounds appear to remain pre-rendered) ...