Realized with completely new characters, Shadow Hearts: From the New World offered an even more ridiculous brand of humor that carried very little of the series' original spirit. A major contender for the most bizarre JRPG cast of all time. The previous game's mechanical bloat was simply redistributed across the battle party, while a few tweaks at least made its linear combo system more viable in regular battles, although the dungeons were disappointingly simple this time. Besides the eclectic character roster, much of this game feels rather pedestrian, and too often seems like a weird collection of leftovers from Shadow Hearts II.