Hearts of Chaos

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Hearts of Chaos is a single player casual role playing game. It was developed by Warfare Studios and was released on January 6, 2017. It received neutral reviews from players.

RPG veteran Warfare Studios (Vagrant Hearts, Ashes of Immortality, Shining Plume) is back with a new tale in this exciting, story-driven RPG.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 14 reviews

story3 negative mentions

The game features an interesting premise where the main character and his friends embark on an adventure to stop the end of the world after a dire fortune telling.
Some players found joy and hope in the game, appreciating its ability to provide a brief escape from personal struggles.
For fans of RPGMaker games, it may serve as a nostalgic or introductory experience to the genre.

The gameplay is criticized for having poor controls, boring mechanics, and a lack of engaging content.
Visuals and dialogues are described as outdated and cringe-worthy, failing to capture players' interest.
The game is seen as a low-effort RPGMaker asset flip, lacking originality and quality, with many technical issues and poor design choices.

story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is criticized for its outdated visuals, cringe-worthy dialogue, and a lackluster plot that fails to engage players. It revolves around a clichéd moral about perseverance, but ultimately feels like a poorly executed RPG Maker project with uninspired gameplay mechanics. Overall, the narrative is deemed poorly written and unoriginal.
- “Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
- “The visuals are like from 2010, the dialogues are cringe, the plot does not grab at all.”
- “He even ran out of other people's ideas to steal for the plot here, so you have a 'birthday party', but it goes disastrously wrong and you are plunged into a crap RPG Maker asset flip.”
- “Gameplay mechanics are the same as every bad RPG Maker game, while the story is poorly written and boring.”
gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is criticized for its poor controls and lack of originality, resembling low-quality RPG Maker titles with repetitive mechanics and unengaging content. Players find the experience dull, compounded by subpar visuals and a weak narrative.
- “Honestly, I expected a cool battle, but got a raw game with crooked controls and boring gameplay.”
- “Like most RPG Maker shovelware and asset flips, the game features extremely low-quality copy-pasted 2D retro pixel art, looks awful, and has even worse gameplay.”
- “Gameplay mechanics are the same as every bad RPG Maker game, while the story is poorly written and boring.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players express frustration with the grinding aspect, noting that the lack of random encounters and minimal rewards from battles make it difficult to effectively gain job experience. This design choice leads to a sense of futility in grinding efforts.
- “Hope you love grinding job experience in a game where you can't grind because there are no random encounters, and encounters give nothing towards your jobs.”
- “The grinding feels pointless when the rewards are minimal and the encounters are so rare.”
- “I spent hours grinding, only to realize that the progression is painfully slow and not worth the effort.”
graphics
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are criticized for their outdated quality, reminiscent of 2010, with poor fullscreen support and a lack of HD options typical of RPG Maker games. This results in a subpar visual experience that fails to meet the expectations of modern PC gamers.
- “The visuals are like something from 2010; the dialogues are cringe, and the plot does not grab at all.”
- “As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer.”
monetization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization aspect of the game is criticized for being a blatant cash grab, lacking originality and quality, and relying on poorly executed stock assets. Reviewers express concern that such practices tarnish the reputation of amateur developers and contribute to the proliferation of low-quality games on platforms like Steam.
- “It's horribly basic, riddled with grammatical and spelling errors, full of stock copy-pasted RPG Maker assets. No real game development has taken place here; this is just a cash grab, shovelware polluting Steam for profit.”
- “This kind of cash grab construction kit shovelware from bad actors like Andorlea gives amateur developers a bad name.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is noted for its calming and soothing qualities, providing a relaxing experience that can help players feel at ease.
- “I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”