Koudelka

[Korian]

For some reason I have 2 new copies of this game.

Is it worth a play-thru? How long is it?

[Jetman]

No. One of the worst games I've ever played. Get rid of both of them immediately. seriously.

[George]

This was the spiritual predecessor to Shadow Hearts, wasn't it? I heard it was kind of average.

[MechDeus]

I remember liking it but I got annoyed enough at the weapons breaking every couple minutes that I didn't get too far.

[Compass]

This is an underrated gem in my opinion. I loved it from start to finish -- definitely more than the first Shadow Hearts.

Interesting, complex characters with great voice acting; buttoned-down environment, but with plenty to do (I hate sprawling emptiness); beautiful CG. Everybody complained about the battles, but I didn't see anything glaringly wrong there.

This was one of those games that grabbed me. I stayed focused, finishing it in less than a week. Admittedly, this always makes me like a game much more than if I drag it out over months or years.

[Dolemite]

I've heard both awesome (characters, story) and horrible (battles, load times) things about this game.

If I saw it somewhere cheap I'd probably grab it. How much for one of your two copies, Kor?

[Jetman]

This is an underrated gem in my opinion. I loved it from start to finish -- definitely more than the first Shadow Hearts.

This has to be drunken nostalgia or something.

Interesting, complex characters with great voice acting;

lol . Interesting and complex ? how? Even the design of the two to three characters ingame seemed uninspired.

buttoned-down environment, but with plenty to do (I hate sprawling emptiness); beautiful CG.

lol X2 . Maybe. maybe in yesteryear PSONE standard the CG might be considered alright, but beautiful? And I thought you were an RPG afficiondo? Sprawling environments and exploration are the meat and potatos of the genre. Not sub-par Resident Evil hallways with horrible looking and long loading battles every few steps.

Everybody complained about the battles, but I didn't see anything glaringly wrong there.

wow, I guess everyone is guilty of liking shit games that no one else can get into for some reason or another, but never in all my days would I have expected someone to actually enjoy Koudelka. Negative respect points for Compass.

[kingoffighters]

Now I don't feel so bad that Compass didn't like my purchase of Lumines 2, Legos Star Wars 2 and Call of Duty 2.

[Jetman]

I've heard both awesome (characters, story) and horrible (battles, load times) things about this game.

If I saw it somewhere cheap I'd probably grab it. How much for one of your two copies, Kor?

Dole, I have a copy of Pryzym the Last Unicorn laying around here somewhere its......:

an underrated gem in my opinion.Interesting, complex characters with great voice acting; buttoned-down environment, but with plenty to do (I hate sprawling emptiness); beautiful CG.

Ill sell it to you for $50.

[Compass]

Koudelka is actually a really cool hybrid RPG/SH game. I forgot about its inventive and genuinely creepy enemy designs. And no, my fondness is not nostalgia. I was in love at the time I played it (prolly two or three years ago), and immediately even bought a HUGE poster on ebay (it's really cool, too, I'll try to upload a pic).

The characters were complex and interesting to me in so much as their backgrounds, Koudelka in particular. Did you finish the game, Jetman? The CG segments get better and better as the game goes on. In fact that's one of the few things even the detractors agree the game did really well, so I'm not sure where you're coming from there.