Has anyone played Shadow Hearts 2? (JAP)

u forgot one 'k' Ex-Mania. lol. wuts shadow hearts 2 like? and i didn't know u new japanese.

I can read all the Kanji's, and know the basic hiragana and katakana, and from that I can guess what the story is mainly about.

Shadow Hearts 2 's storyline is... post World War I (year 1915), and the background... well, it was difficult for me because I've never played Shadow Hearts 1...

However, the story, characters, graphics, music are great. It has a similar battle system to that of Grandia, with a nifty combo system implanted.

The characters are mostly unique, for instance, the "hero" (anti-hero..) of the story has a special morph systems which he can turn into different ...Monster? (Fire/Ice/Wind/Dark/Earth/Air) and he has his special Souls meter which is needed for upgrading the individual element.

Blah blah blah...

where did u learn Japanese??? i would like to no.

The game sounds pretty cool, might pick up a copy when it goes NA.

Since the Kanji's are just Chinese characters, I know those pretty well. (Some kanji's don't actually mean the exact thing as the Chinese, but slowly and slowly I know what they all mean after playing different games)

Hiragana and Katakana I learned in school and college. Not that I can speak them perfectly...

Definitely pick this up. Since Azure isn't a well-recognized company, people may overlook the game..

where did u learn Japanese??? i would like to no. The game sounds pretty cool, might pick up a copy when it goes NA.

What exactly does the HDD drive for FFXI do? I have seen it in GMR Magazine but haven't figured out the point to it. If Shadow Hearts 2 is as good as you say it is then I am getting it the first day of its release.

Well, it allows you to play it, It is something like 8+ gigs, nor sure of the exact number since it gets bigger with expansions and updates. When you first get it, it has normal non expansion FFXI, Tetra master and a playonline thing pre-installed that takes up about 12gigs. should I go on?

The original was very good, in my opinion. I'll definately grab this one when it reaches the North American shores (if it does).