In this episode we cover Shadow Hearts Covenant on PS2 and how it improves over its predecessor. We also cover a pair of Indie RPGs, the beautiful cyberpunk vistas of The Ascent and the charming tribute to old school favorites in the genre: Cristales.

In the intermission section we have Josh’s takes on Bravely Default 2 and his latest mobile game obsession focused in the Far East. Jeremy covers the barebones RPG Dungeon Encounters on Switch.

Music in this episode, our opening Big Baddies chiptune by Harris Heller.

2:00 Town of Twilight from Shadow Hearts Covenant

29:10 Icaro from Shadow Hearts Covenant

46:00 The Under World Battle Theme from Dungeon Encounters

1:04:00 Dragon Feud from The Ascent

1:04:30 The Cathedral of the Mothers Cristales

1:22:30 Floodside District and The Walled City of Saint Clarity Cristales

1:26:00 The Tale’s Conclusion Cristales

SPOILERS

1:34:30 The Final Battle Cristales

We welcome any feedback, and look forward to our next episode on Tales games new and old.