Shadow Hearts: From the New World

"Wow!!!"

Shadow Hearts From The New World seriously impressed me after hearing some negative things about the game. Many people said that the Voice Acting was bad but I highly disagree I think the Voice Acting is great. Being a big fan of the Shadow Hearts series I still had faith in From The New World.

Story:9/10
The story of Shadow Hearts From The New World is pretty good though not fantastic. It's about a boy named Johnny Garland who's trying to find out about his past after a car accident that made him forget everything. He now runs a Detective Agency with his butler Lenny Curtis always helping him.

Graphics:10/10
While the Graphics are a lot like Covenant they are still fantastic and very beautiful. The Graphics have improved about 25% in From The New World when compared to Covenant.

Gameplay:10/10
Shadow Hearts has still got the great gameplay going. While it does feel a lot like the other games the company that makes the game somehow keeps the Gameplay fresh and also keeps the game very fun. So far I have never got bored and are having a great time.

Characters:10/10
Wow now this seriously impressed me. After hearing the cast in From The New World wasn't great I was worried but like always the cast is great. The main reason the cast is great is because of the very weird and unique characters. For example we have the normal city boy Johnny the Indian Natan the Indian Fusing girl Shania. We also have Frank a Swordsman who makes Swords out of strange objects. And even more characters! Next we have Mao a cat who loves beer and can talk and is a female. The susprising thing about Mao is that she's Frank's Master and is a Ninja like Frank. As for our final characters we have Hilda Valentine a person who can change into a Bat or many other forms. And last but not least a mexican guy who uses a Guitar in battle Ricardo. As for the supporting cast their great also.

Music:8.8/10
The music in From The New World is pretty good and has some really good songs. But so far nothing really groundbreaking and as for the sounds their also very well done.

Voice Acting:9.5/10
Another great thing was the Voice Acting in this game. Each Voice for every character suited them well. For example Johnny's city boy voice suited him perfectly. Same with the rest of the characters except Mao... Mao sounded like a old man but she's a Female cat.

Well this ends my review personally I give Shadow Hearts From The New World a 10/10 overall.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 03/09/06