You control your unit of soldiers whom you command across an isometric grid in order to kill all of your enemies. Vandal Hearts doesn’t take any major risks, and rather performs as any other tactical RPG. Now it falls on you to rid the land of corruption…even though at this rate it will just be corrupted in a number of years.Īs for the game play itself, it’s rather straightforward. This is readily evident in the first chapter as your unit witnesses first hand the massacre of priests by Spite’s Crimson Guard. You begin your mission by ridding bandits in the countryside and preventing unrest, but you quickly see that Ishtaria’s ruler (definitely not a dictator) Hel Spites is corrupt. The son of a traitor, Ash is often cast aside and belittled by his superiors…except for his immediate officer/long time family friend Clive Beckett. So, now where do you fit in all this? You take control of Ash Lambert, one of the main soldiers of the Ishtarian Security Forces. That’s kind of a lot to absorb in the first three minutes of the game, which is my biggest peeve with Vandal Hearts: It provides too much back story too quickly and that makes it too easily forgotten.
Another leader known as Arris the Sage radicalized the citizens and toppled the Ashah Dynasty, laying the foundation for diplomacy and a republic. This resulted in the formation of the Holy Ashah Dynasty, which ruled as a monarchy until 15 years prior to the game’s events. Vandal Hearts is a story of political corruption at its core, as it begins thousands of years prior with the messiah Toroah spreading his teachings across the land and his followers taking power.
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