SVGR: Vandal Hearts, Flames of Judgement (XBLA, PSN)

[KiLLERJA0]

was almost going to subscribe till he complained about concept art, as a gamer and some what of an artist i like concept art...

[35maz]

what about halo wars

[Sycophantman]

Wow, can't get past the braided pony hawk. Sorry, buddy, your opinions are worthless to me now.

[DoorGunnerNam67]

Hey Swag if you like tactics games, have you ever tried playing Gladius on the xbox,ps2 or gamecube?

[PhunkGamer2]

You should review Record of Agarest War for the Xbox 360.

[volvo145]

this is major suckage.

[XJVHS]

Oh man, I laughed out loud when you got to the part when you got mad about concept arts in game. You seriously are one of my favorite internet reviewers.

[StillMoridin]

i want to know if the ps3 one has trophies?i was gonna buy it tonight but i doubt im gonna find out in time -

im sick of playing ps3 games with no trophies!

[CamsEyeView]

hey swag i really like this review i mean im not a tactics person, but im thinking about getting final fantasy tactics for the PSN

however i don't fully agree with the concept art thing since i like to draw concepts for characters for my game ideas, but that is just me

but yeah they should have done something better for the loading times

overall though you did a great job swag your still one of the best reviewers on the net

[jrocjams]

@CamsEyeView fft is a great game with an epic story...although some of the pop is taken away if you are used to playing new games

[DCF363]

Nice parody of CGRHD

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[edzoologist2]

You know what is worse than Concept art? Comic book covers. You all know what I am talking about. When a game based on comics decides that a good unlockable "reward" would be to view the covers to comics books that came out forty years before the game came out. And it is worse because of the fact that concept art was actually used in the development of the game. The comic book covers weren't. So they serve less of a purpose.

[Retrogamer41]

@MegaQo Moron! SWAG here got pissed because he finds out that this review is "journalistic". & plus, he do his own thing, for heaven's sake.

[quilesboy]

I can understand getting annoyed at long load times, but there are still plenty of games that don't show anything special or dynamic during a load time

[SWAGshow]

I know, but I was pointing out that it was a missed opportunity for something better.

[waffles3537]

@SWAGshow

it doesnt ONLY show the concept art during the load times it also gives tips as well that can help beginners of the game so for you to say that the developers arent doing us a favor is bullshit get your facts right or dont review games anymore if your gonna leave out important info dipshit

[waffles3537]

@SWAGshow

@SWAGshow

it doesnt ONLY show the concept art during the load times it also gives tips as well that can help beginners of the game so for you to say that the developers arent doing us a favor is bullshit get your facts right or dont review games anymore if your gonna leave out important info dipshit

[Yuriofwind]

Man, this review made me wanna play a srpg again, last one I played was..., Disgea 2 I think. I mean regular rpgs like ff13 are great, but there's something about srpgs.., great review, I may check this out ^_^.

[Dangerouselm]

lets hope alot of guys who make games for Indie games watches this so they can pump in some more games like this in :)

[universityaffairs]

I liked your review. It was very journalistic.

[SWAGshow]

@universityaffairs How dare you!?!?  Haha, thanks.

[bobby97387]

@SWAGshow hahahahahah

[jacbros]

tales of vesperia is a good xbox game so that was a contradiction

[SWAGshow]

@jacbros I have played Tales of Vesperia; it's not a strategy RPG, it's an action RPG that is in real-time and is not turn based.

[dustinvogler]

Coolness.

[Scrotolotopus]

I don't mind the sketched concept art, but I do hate it when it's 'awarded' as a bonus unlockable.

[SWAGshow]

@Scrotolotopus Yeah, that's pretty much my point. Concept art should be something that is already unlocked in the Options section of a game; same with BGM. But in Vandal Hearts, they shove it in your face with every loading screen as if they're showing it off like it's something extra special; that's what gets me.

[evilmonkeyg1]

Happy late birthday!

[thegaminggoose]

hehe Journalistic. Don't they have that term wrong anyway as most journalism and media is sensationalized?

And yes, concept art is the pits.

[zastonecesda]

Woahmwoahmwoah...Vandal Harts II is a prequel to VH.

So if this is a prequel to VH I...TIMESPACECONTINUUM FAILZORZAAAISDALKSGHDJGKAVSFJ.­..

Divided by zero.

[DoomAndTerror]

A new Shining force would be awesome. Could finally try a tactic's game.

[reedjos08]

nice refrence to CGR

[konsonsmug]

u know kwing does journalist reviewer i think

[SWAGshow]

Nooooo, really? I had no idea. He's only my co-host on a weekly gaming podcast.

But KWING is one of the few guys that does journalistic style reviews that keep my attention for longer than 60 seconds.

[kNIGHTWING01]

Yes Slam Incom I hate those guys. Ive learned stuff about their company recently and they are total fakes anyway. So cool video man. Although I true parody should have been 1 minute of talking followed by 2 mins of gameplay footage thats a Incom parody. On another note I noticed the audio sounds a little choppy. I bet this do to with your Pinnacle software.

[SWAGshow]

If you prefer boring videos over entertaining videos, that's your prerogative.

[TravelJoe2010]

"The following is a SWAGtastic review..." would've been even better lol.

A second lol for parodying the Classic Game Room HD.

I somewhat disagree with your dislike of concept art in a game. While it feels unrewarding in something like the PS1 Final Fantasies 1 & 2, I'd like to see a Megaman game that includes concept art from previous games.

Making the map without negative space is probably a tough task without a little showing.

[card969]

i have the original vandal hearts game, and its freakin epic.

[LockDown2341]

Interesting intro. Taking a shot at the Classic Game Room reviews?

Also I think you got a bit bent out of shape over the concept art thing, of course I guess that was the point. I never minded concept art. Most times it's more then just "pencil sketches". And it's usually good enough to look at once.

That being said, game looks decent enough, though I'm not really into the tactics games really. This one doesn't seem that special, except maybe for the length.

[Ze0do0Gas]

Wait a minute, did Swag just attack Classic Game Room reviews?

[kikeangel666]

i used to love ps one vandal hearts

cuz it was diferent , blood , if one of ur main caracter dies it would never come back and diferent endings for all of ur caracters and a nice job level up ....this new game is empty

there is no class selection

there is no jobs

there is noting in this game

is sooooo damed simple game

you can be a warrior archer mage cracter all in one

there is no strategy

[sciphon27]

you think thats a lot of blood? play the original vandal hearts. Great game.

[RapperJJJ]

Great video from the intro to the pet peeve. Keep up the good work SWAG.

[CamsEyeView]

good review. im not much of a tactics person,but i have frontal mission games on my gamefly account and will make sure to do some tactic games for my blog

[FunnyJunkTV]

I think a game that did a great job with bonus content was Okami. Its concept art was so badass that they made an entire book about it!

[deshadow52]

Wow swag I guess you don't like classic game room lol, While CGR is not my favorite of game reviews he's okay.

Also really great review of this game, You seem to know a lot about tactics rpg's which I give you major props for as i have a really hard time getting in to those as I prefer a old fashioned turn based rpg (I can barely win a game of checkers let alone complete a tactics game) keep up the great work swag

[Oceanlord123]

you should try to get on like totally awesome.

[RRPGReviews]

Really good review, and very entertaining by all means, my friend. The intro managed to capture my attention, at the beginning, and the review was really well done. Better than any other review of this game, out there.

Also, I agree that Shining Force needs to be resurrected with a proper 4th entry. I'm ready for some more Tactics games for any system.

[mulvi747]

You said that there are not many games that give you 10 hours of play time on the XBLA. It is so true but Banjo-Kazooie game me 10 hours mabey you should check it out.

[iCobalt]

Haha, great intro.  "Roll that shit!" Epic :P

[8BitROB]

Excellent and fair review.

You got me at the beginning lol.

[Vkmies]

BTW: Since you said that you have played a lot of tactical RPG's, I wonder if you have played Heroes of might and magic? One of my fav series ever. Parts 2 and 3 are the best so those are the ones I recommend.

[Vkmies]

I saw what you did at the beginning there! SOmeone has been watching some classic game room!

[SWAGshow]

Not so much watching as avoiding.

[Vkmies]

hehe... I love classic game room myself. What makes you dislike it?

And now: I dont want no flame wars, just an intelligent discussion, thank you. :)

[SWAGshow]

I just find their videos rather boring, and they don't seem like reviews as much as let's plays.

[Quakeman224]

hehe. Nice Review SWAG, I did see this and that you were playing it. but Something about it just made not want to buy it, and I see why. Im sticking with FFT then.

Happy Bday Swag. wish I knew :P wanted to send a message on XBL saying happy Bday. oh well :P

but Swag, there was a Audio glitch in some parts of the video starting at 4:10

[ibbotson22]

Very good review ! nice video . Makes me want to buy the game now lol even though I don't tend to play tactics games !!

[ZexionII]

Lol, what's up with your left thumb stick? Is that to enhance your chances at a game like Raiden? Or is it because it's broken? Or what?

[SWAGshow]

it's plastic add-on called a Kontrol Freak that is supposed to be good for games with a lot of back and forth like driving games.

[Orbitary]

I think one reason why we haven't seen a SF4 yet, is due to the fact that Camelot (the original developers of the series) were bought out by Nintendo. Sure, Sega could always outsource development over to another studio, but that could potentially risk another SF:Neo.

The Golden Sun series is probably the closet we'll get to the SF experience.

[SWAGshow]

Ah yes, the Golden Sun games definitely were a lot of fun, but it just makes me want SF4 all the more!

[Minifisen]

i hate concept art too -_- And that letter is awesome! i want that game!

[backtoklondike]

I loved the intro. But SWAG does not lost odyssey count as tactical rpg

[roundtr1p]

@backtoklondike Rofl no it doesnt.

[Desmora]

Thats because it isn't...

[jkgatling]

good review but sega wont stop doing sonic spinoffs cuz they roll in the moolah

[yoruninoru]

give us that tactical strategy game companies!!!

[HalfBlindGamer]

Haha, that's one of the best intro's to a review ever, awesome stuff SWAG!

I'm not to much of a fan of strategy RPGs, I'm more for instant action ;) But fun review regardless!

I did notice that the audio quality of your voice recordings was a bit off at times. The camera bits sound excelent, but the voice over put over the gameplay sounds of much lower quality, like it's recorded in a very low bitrate or something.

Oh, happy birthday by the way! And let us know what answer you get ;)

[froman46992]

Classic Game Room is the boss fool he kicks review ass

[IGFBP5]

well written letter!!!

[OGRMaster]

Wow! This was the most amazing episode of SS! Thanks. Entertaining indeed

[reviewmaster007]

lol, nice tip for classic game room!

[adrianmarti]

Haha. Good review, SWAG. The blood in this game looks like red clouds like in Fable.

[Bakemon13]

Нice CGR parody! XD

[jacktchance]

Lol, Classic Game Room