Owing to my near complete lack of morals and my appreciation of free stuff...

I have been playing Tales of Hearts...Please don't look at me like that...=(

I also have screenshots...=D Here they are in semi-chronological order of capture: (FYI, they were take within an hour of playtime, so aren't too spoilery...There's also a lot of them...)


Shing Meteroyte's Profile...(I actually had a pic before this, but I saved over it...)


Skit time! Kohak, after I rescued her and her bro(?) from the beach, is there on the right...As in ToI, some of the skits (like this one) have a choice to make, which probably affects the relation level between chars...I think I made the wrong choice on this one, 'cause they looked pissed at me...


First Fight! Yeah, tutorial on how to attack...There's more later on Arte use, guarding, and targeting...Notice the blue bar above the character status...That's the ToH version of the Chain Capacity from ToDR (and ToD2? I don't recall...) That means no TP...


Hisui Hearts (Kohak's brother, I should guess) gave me some book thing after my first fight...This unlocked what I'm guessing is actually a weapons upgrading ability. By using materials I gather from fights and materials chests (pic later), I can upgrade my equipped weapon. I don't have a pic of it, but from what I can see, I can only equip two accessories, so this upgrading screen is the only way I can get stronger equipment-wise. Here, I'm getting my first Arte. I don't know what it is, though...Apparently, Shing smacks the ground in front of him...It's not Demon Fang, though...


A treasure chest with a life bottle. If you look on the bottom screen, there's a map. The brown icons are treasure chests, the multi-colored ones are material chests, while the red bar is an exit to another screen. The arrow, of course, is me.


End battle screen. Not the same fight as the first one. As you can tell, I wasn't doing very well...My max health is 600...


The material chest. I don't recall what was in this one, but this is actually my second time on this map, since I went back to the village to heal. The material chests respawn upon exiting and entering. The first chest I opened had some turtle shells or something.


Whoo! I'm lvl 2!


Back to weapons upgrading. This time, I have the materials (since it's highlighted in black) to upgrade my EG (i.e., the Chain Capacity-like thing) by one point...to 17. My skill uses 7 EG, btw.


As you can see here. The game automatically put the skill in all the slots, btw.

I'm going to need a few more posts for images...

More upgrades...I have no idea what I'm upgrading...=|


All right, back to the plot...Stuff happens...I don't know Japanese...


I got something before that, though...


More stuff happ- HOLY...That guy just blasted Kohak...D=


That guy turns to blast Shing when he attacks, but is intercepted by...I think it's Shing's dad...


Shing is pissed...


After some more stuff happens, we go back to Shing's home in the village, where I get a notice about something...


Oh yeah, and Hisui knows healing, I think...


Slightly confused about what to do, I notice a bubble over Kohak's head (no image). I click Spaceb - er...'A' by here and suddenly I become a ball of light (anime pic later) and go inside her...I don't mean like that...I mean...like what you do in Ar Tonelico, I think...This is where I end up...


That number down there reminds me of ToS' Niflheim and soulfire...It's damn close, too, since each step makes the number decrease...

One more post...

I go up a level in this dungeon place...As you can see, the bottom screen map is incomplete...


Soulfire Regen Box...Cures 10 soulfire. Fighting does too. The red circle in the map is up a level, blue is down. There's also Green boxes, which have items.


It's that chick from the opening...=O


Stuff happens...Here's an anime pic of Kohak sleeping...Third anime scene I've seen including the opening...


That's Shing as the ball of light...He's exiting this time...


Pretty flower comes out of Kohak's body...is this metaphorical or something...?


More stuff happens, and Hisui takes Kohak away with him. Here's the save point by the house! ...Oh, and I think Shing's dad died...


Saved, and went to take a shower...

So, that's all the pics I took so far. More notes:
1. So far, I've only played as Shing, as you can see, since Kohak and Hisui didn't get to be in my party...
2. For now, I've only seen Auto and Semi-Auto mode...
3. There is no three...
4. Kohak shows off a ton of leg...>.>...
5. There are some of the weirdest pig-rabbit crossbreeds in the village...
6. Right now, I have two levels of Chain Capacity-like thing...A red and a blue...Red is higher than blue...

So, yeah...You can yell at me for stealing, now...=(

Uh, I have a confession to make. I've been playing Hearts since the 15th. So Isenet, we're both guilty. <3 By the way, do you have an SN anywhere for MSN or AIM? Because I want to chat with j00 already.

More importantly, this topic is VERY useful Isenet. This will help in the "Information" topic if you ever make one. If not, I can just make it for you and give you an obvious credit tag.

By the way, you're an admin now. Also, just to clear up some things:
- The guy who was after Kohak and Hisui is a girl.
- The dude who saved Shing is his grandpa, not his dad.
- The stuff you are upgrading have different symbols:

Fist/Arm: Parameter Stats. HP, Agility, Attack, etc.
Foot: Skills such as backstep, dash, magic guard, and more
Blue Symbol: Something to do with the bottom gauge and other stuff
Purple Symbol: Techs/Spells but I think you know that already

Anyways if you want to delete my post to monopolize the topic, go ahead. Continuing this topic would be great. One last thing: If you get stuck anywhere - ask me because I already have the 6th character.

w00t...! High-five for being netpirates...=| And, yeah...you can find my MSN in my profile...(What, tell you directly? That's just too easy...) I often forget to turn Messenger on, though...>.>...

Mmm...I'll see about it...

Whee...! And...yeah...Definitely didn't figure the plot-related stuff out...I have yet to have the materials for Blue Symbols, but I did a Foot symbol for when Hisui got into my party...Purple was pretty obvious since they basically tell you you have Artes during the battle tutorial afterwards...>.>...

The topic's a touch messy, since I go in and out of using correct grammatical punctuation and my usual ellipses...I might just make a cleaned up version later and delete this topic...If I have the time...Which means if I remember...<.<...
I just met Innes...=|...I'm pretty sure that's her name...it's kind of blocked on the official page...

Of course, that just means I have a pic of her...

All right, good to hear. :'D Of course, I can make the tutorial/information topic for you if you'd like. I can use Hi Ougis now. ~.~

Anyways, keep it up. xD Meanwhile, I shall make the Sypnosis/Character topic like I usually do with other Tales games.

I wish my computer can run Hearts...
It looks really good so far from all I've seen.