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commandant) wrote2012-03-27 07:52 am
commandant) wrote2012-03-27 07:52 am
TALES OF HEARTS VS. TALES OF GRACES
So yes I got Graces like a week ago. I am almost done with the main plot because it was Spring Break and I don't have a life.
And the further I got the more I was like "THIS GAME REMINDS ME A LOT OF HEARTS." Which in some ways is understandable because Graces and Hearts are the 11th and 12th games of the series respectively! Some of it could also be contributed to me being a crazy person. BUT EITHER WAY I AM GOING TO TELL YOU HOW I FEEL THEY ARE SIMILAR HERE. The first thing was the music in Barona (WHICH I CAN'T FIND ON YOUTUBE, WHY DOES THE GRACES SOUNDTRACK NOT EXIST ON YOUTUBE?) it sounds very much like music that could be in Hearts, to me anyway. BUT NOW ONTO ACTUAL DESCRIBABLE THINGS.
Hearts: you start the game by meeting a young girl who shortly becomes an emotionless husk of a person. You spend the first half of the game trying to fix her.
Graces: you start the game by meeting a young girl who has no memories and presents as an emotionless husk of a person. You spend a large part of the game trying to figure out who she is and where she is from, and later you must fix her.
Hearts: Kunzite is a mechanoid (which is like an android but not) who at one point struggles with what he wants to do and what he was programmed to do. He wants to protect Richea.
Graces: Sophie is a humanoid (which is like an android but not) whose recalling of what she is programmed to do provides an issue with what the party wants her to do. She wants to protect Asbel. (Also her default gauntlets are similar in design to the Mechanoid armor in Hearts.)
Hearts: Kunzite is from the dead planet Quartzia. Quartzia was far more technologically advanced than Celland, where everyone else is from. Quartzia was destroyed by the Quartz's own creation, Gardenia. The final boss is from Quartzia (Creed), as is the aqua-haired Richea, who travels with the party for quite a while. The party goes to Quartzia at one point.
Graces: Sophie is from the dead planet Fodra. Fodra was far more technologically advanced than Ephinea, where everyone else is from. Fodra was destroyed by the Fodran's own creation, Lambda. The final boss is from Fodra (Lambda?), as is the aqua-haired Emeraude, who travels with the party for quite a while. The party goes to Fodra at one point.
Hearts: Chalcedny is a young blond man with high standing who is at times your enemy and other times your friend.
Graces: Richard is a young blond man with high standing who is at times your enemy and other times your friend.
Hearts: Creed takes over Shing's body at one point.
Graces: Lambda takes over Richard's body for the majority of the game.
Hearts: There is military-based drama involving Innes, the oldest human party member. The story arc involving it ends with the death of her friend/love interest Isaac. He asks her to look after his child with his dying breath.
Graces: There is military based drama involving Malik, the oldest human party member. The story arc involving it ends with the death of his
friend/love interest Kurt. He asks him to look after his child. And by child I mean the revolution IT STILL COUNTS.
Hearts: Towards the end of the game, Celland is overrun with bizarre otherworldly monsters. (Zerom)
Graces: Towards the end of the game, Ephinea is overrun with bizarre otherworldly monsters (the monsters coming from Lambda's cocoon.)
THATS ALL I 'VE GOT FOR NOW. I'm not trying to say that Graces is bad or unoriginal because of this, I just thought it was interesting that these similarities exist.
And the further I got the more I was like "THIS GAME REMINDS ME A LOT OF HEARTS." Which in some ways is understandable because Graces and Hearts are the 11th and 12th games of the series respectively! Some of it could also be contributed to me being a crazy person. BUT EITHER WAY I AM GOING TO TELL YOU HOW I FEEL THEY ARE SIMILAR HERE. The first thing was the music in Barona (WHICH I CAN'T FIND ON YOUTUBE, WHY DOES THE GRACES SOUNDTRACK NOT EXIST ON YOUTUBE?) it sounds very much like music that could be in Hearts, to me anyway. BUT NOW ONTO ACTUAL DESCRIBABLE THINGS.
Hearts: you start the game by meeting a young girl who shortly becomes an emotionless husk of a person. You spend the first half of the game trying to fix her.
Graces: you start the game by meeting a young girl who has no memories and presents as an emotionless husk of a person. You spend a large part of the game trying to figure out who she is and where she is from, and later you must fix her.
Hearts: Kunzite is a mechanoid (which is like an android but not) who at one point struggles with what he wants to do and what he was programmed to do. He wants to protect Richea.
Graces: Sophie is a humanoid (which is like an android but not) whose recalling of what she is programmed to do provides an issue with what the party wants her to do. She wants to protect Asbel. (Also her default gauntlets are similar in design to the Mechanoid armor in Hearts.)
Hearts: Kunzite is from the dead planet Quartzia. Quartzia was far more technologically advanced than Celland, where everyone else is from. Quartzia was destroyed by the Quartz's own creation, Gardenia. The final boss is from Quartzia (Creed), as is the aqua-haired Richea, who travels with the party for quite a while. The party goes to Quartzia at one point.
Graces: Sophie is from the dead planet Fodra. Fodra was far more technologically advanced than Ephinea, where everyone else is from. Fodra was destroyed by the Fodran's own creation, Lambda. The final boss is from Fodra (Lambda?), as is the aqua-haired Emeraude, who travels with the party for quite a while. The party goes to Fodra at one point.
Hearts: Chalcedny is a young blond man with high standing who is at times your enemy and other times your friend.
Graces: Richard is a young blond man with high standing who is at times your enemy and other times your friend.
Hearts: Creed takes over Shing's body at one point.
Graces: Lambda takes over Richard's body for the majority of the game.
Hearts: There is military-based drama involving Innes, the oldest human party member. The story arc involving it ends with the death of her friend/love interest Isaac. He asks her to look after his child with his dying breath.
Graces: There is military based drama involving Malik, the oldest human party member. The story arc involving it ends with the death of his
friend
Hearts: Towards the end of the game, Celland is overrun with bizarre otherworldly monsters. (Zerom)
Graces: Towards the end of the game, Ephinea is overrun with bizarre otherworldly monsters (the monsters coming from Lambda's cocoon.)
THATS ALL I 'VE GOT FOR NOW. I'm not trying to say that Graces is bad or unoriginal because of this, I just thought it was interesting that these similarities exist.