Vagrant Hearts

Horrible RPG maker game. Lots of glitches (running through walls, character background not transparent) and an extremely limited, linear game 'world'. You have at best three locations you can visit. The boss fights are without any depth. Overall a very poor experience. Don't even bother when it goes on sale.

Lovely maps and well-conceived characters with a neat story. I was really excited when I saw how much work and love this game contains. I really had the feeling this game is balanced since I didn't get much money and still had enough to buy my stuff. Or at least I thought so. That was only what it looked like at first. As I kept playing there where more and more bugs and annoying points that made me curse out loud. Some enemies can't be avoided because they are bugging. I can't even run from their fights because they start again immediately. Instead of ordinary skills I have so called 'crests' that can be found anywhere. And here's the tricky part: I have two groups I am playing with. Two different sides. And if I use one crest with group A I just can't use it for group B. So if I need some heal and already used it with one party I am pretty unlucky and have to fight without it. Sounds funny, huh? I don't even know when there's the next jump so I can unequip my crests before it...

Glaring programming issues from the get go right from the start went to the weapon shop outfitted my main 2 characters with the gear they were missing. at the start of the adventure the gear was taken away after the metting with the mayor etc. The controls are terrible there is no game pad options and there is no keyboard control set up so you must use the mouse. TLDR: game play/programming make this game not worth it to play for the story line. if there are fixes and updates I might feel like playing it again do not waste your money Sadly another terrible RPG maker made game.

[b]Short version:[/b] Between all the bugs and a fair amount of design issues, there's not much of anything left to enjoy. [b]Long version:[/b] Vagrant Hearts is a game made in RPG Maker. I'm not sure which version, XP or VX, but it is a newer engine than I have personally toyed with. Because of my experience with RPGM 2k and 2k3 I know some of the work that goes into the game, but I'm not familiar with the new sprites and music files that come with the engine. I -believe- that the maps and the music in the game are not custom made. If that is the case, it didn't hamper my experience, but it may remove any soul the game might have for people who have played other games with the same graphics. While the graphics and sounds might be fine in a vacuum, they quickly lose their charm in Vagrant Hearts. The amount of tilesets used is far lower than the amount of cities you visit, and the same grass, trees and decorative tiles are used in the forests. The same music too in some cases. Now, s...

This is once again a title that I wish I could give a neutral or 'meh' review for. For Aldorlea RPGs though, I will have to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that this is one of their better titles. But even so, the negatives outweight the positives in my review so I have to give it a thumbs down. [h1]Pros[/h1] [list] [*] Much more polished than some of Aldorlea's older games, in the sense that it starts to look less like something that came RIGHT out of RPG Maker. There is some originality here. Character sprites are unique, and they look rather decent. The character portraits for the characters are all well done. [*] The dialogue is easy to read. They chose a nice font and font color. The dialogue/interactions between the characters isn't extremely cringe worthy either. Since RPGs have a decent amount of text, I see this as a major improvement on some of the other Aldorlea titles I've played. [*] Items and armor/weapons are reasonably priced. With that being said, you ...

Vagrant Hearts is an excellent turn-based RPG that I really enjoyed and highly recommend. This game has an excellent side view turn-based battle system, and a well written and interesting story. I found myself playing this game for many hours at a time enjoying the battle system and story. The game features 10 different playable characters (though only 9 will be selectable in the end), and a unique Crest System that allows you to customize 4 different spells per party member, in addition to their own built-in abilities. I was also happy to see that I could often repeat areas for battles, and in case I missed anything. The game has a large world to explore, though you are mostly limited where you can go for most of the game. Now, I would like to speak about the negatives. The RPG maker engine is old and tired. The limitations this engine has continues to disappoint me. You can not use the Steam Overlay with this game, which means no Screenshots, Broadcasting, or talking to your frien...

I went into the game hoping it wasn’t as bad as a lot of the reviews make it out to be, but … uh, it’s certainly not great. [u]Complaints[/u] • Lots of typos. • Lots of holes in structural integrity, like the protagonist’s sprite being able to walk through a wall and (what should be) other impassable objects. • Issues with enemy encounters. A bit difficult to explain. There aren’t random encounters. The protagonist has to make contact with an enemy roaming around, but sometimes the protagonist’s sprite will walk right through an enemy and nothing’ll happen. Other times, a battle will start without running into an enemy at all. • Extremely basic … everything. The game is just kind of the embodiment of mediocrity. • Imbalanced battles. It felt like I was playing on super easy mode. If there were an auto-battle option, I could’ve just chose that each time and probably never lost. [u]Redeeming Qualities[/u] • ??? Got to a point ...

For an JRPG, it's really bad with characters that are bland and a poorly written dialogue with perpetual misspellings. The story is full of plot holes straight from the beginning. The protagonist sister has the gift to heal (as in a very low level heal spell) and for some strange reason never fully understood, an organization wants her for this cure 1 spell equivalent. Shortly after you lose her (like 1 hour gameplay in), you find a low level heal spell to equip on any party member (and this organization doesn't want the character you choose to place it on!). To me, that renders the plot moot. And the more I play it, the more the story comes off as if it were written by an 8th grader with no deep understanding of governments, societies, or politics (the creator can't even spell "politics" correctly). Save your money and buy yourself a soda and a candy bar at the gas station.

Glitchy garbage. Typos everywhere. Boring combat where every boss is a damage sponge boss where the % times it uses full party attacks determines it's difficulty. Flat characters. Did they use a lame game making program to do this? They shouldn't be allowed to publish cheap game maker crap on Steam. Learn a real programming language and then come back.

I am conflicted about this game. I played to completion (12 hours), but I'm not really sure I reccomend it. Pros: The story grabbed my interest and wouldn't let go The magic system is interesting, but could use some flushing out Music is good, but nothing terribly special Cons: The writing isn't very good, the lines often feel like a middle-school drama performance The battle system more-or-less devolves into "keep CC layered on the enemy until it dies" The world map and UI are both pretty difficult to navigate the game switches back-and-forth between 2 parties, but all your gear (including most of your spellcasting ability) stays equipped to the other party and is unrecoverable. certain areas become nearly impossible if you left the wrong magics equipped to the other party Overall I didn't hate it, but there's a *long* list of JRPGs I'd suggest you play first, and only go after this one if you've exhausted that list