Koudelka

Koudelka (1999)

by Sacnoth, Infogrames, SNK
Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Tactical
Themes:Horror, Survival
Game modes:Single player
Story:Koudelka is the precursor (prequel) to Sacnoth's Shadow Hearts series. Shadow Hearts takes place in the Koudelka universe and features various locales and characters from Sacnoth's debut work.
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user avatar@wismouser avatar@wismo
January 29, 2025
The gothic elements on this game were top notch for his age, also the performance on the voice acting was surprising for being a PS1 game, gameplay could be annoying but felt satisfying once being overpowered or taking advantage of buffs and -debuffs, the characters got charm and its a pretty underrated cult game. Please bring it to GOG aside of having it DRM-free so other people can experience it.
user avatar@Alhalloruser avatar@Alhallor
January 29, 2025
I buy'd this for like 30€ for my PS 2. It's a very charming game from a forgotten developer. The systems are clunky but were really cool to play around with. The secrets are still blowing my mind (save the game at 01:11:11 and if you reload you get an exclusive item! Sounds like a total playground rumor but it actually works here!) The voice acting is surprisingly good and I had a lot of fun with it. I hope others have the chance to relive this.
user avatar@barosansuser avatar@barosans
January 29, 2025
a good game, a clever mix of turn-based rpg and survival with weapons that deteriorate with use and ammunition to find for the guns. riddles that get the brain working without being overpowering, it's the kind of game we should be seeing more of these days. I hope the game will be re-released on GOG and played again, with good quality French voice actors.
user avatar@Pesixouser avatar@Pesixo
January 30, 2025
Man oh man i would love to play this gem again. I remeber it had like 6 discs or something for the PS1 and i was so scared to play it, wanted my mother to be next to me :D The story was insane, the battle styles and the bosses - "Gooooood soup" had me going up and down. Would love the chance to replay it
user avatar@zylo4uuser avatar@zylo4u
January 31, 2025
I bought this game from a friend on playstation when i was still in school. Now i am almost 40 and still play it on my ps3 which can read my psx disks. Its a superb mix of strategy and horror. Even my mom played it back in the days.
user avatar@Blue-Novauser avatar@Blue-Nova
February 02, 2025
I really, really want to play it not on an emulator. It is one of those unique PS1 era games that got undeservedly forgotten. The re-release of all Shadow Hearts games would be great, too!
this game absolutely needs to be brought back,it is pretty much criminal to have forgotten this amazing game,just like the shadow hearts series,please bring them all back
user avatar@Steve_Loderuser avatar@Steve_Loder
February 10, 2025
omg please bring this out i spent hours upon hours playing this on ps1, the turn based system was easy the story line alone was incredible this generation need to understand what games are its not the graphics its the story and gameplay and this is essential to all gamers
user avatar@hellsrealmuser avatar@hellsrealm
February 09, 2025
a very rare game that i randomly stumbled upon back then i never understood what it was so i just bought the game just to find out the third disc doesn't work at all so i had to buy another copy which was fine. it definitely felt like a fantastic dark horror rpg game that you can literally rename anything like weapons and certain items. which was hilarious cause i remember acquiring a bible a weapon and renamed it the bible thumper! it was great since one of the main character was a priest like character that could easily bring the wrath of god upon his enemies lmfao! i love how you could add stat points into characters after they level up which was fantastic like diablo idea. need this game to be put into GoG for such a rare game and treasure! it must be protected at all cost!
This game is amazing, with an annoying gameplay sometimes, but fantastic lore and bosses (the final one is the hardest), and i really wish there were more games like that.
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