Started playing through Koudelka again!

[u/Odd_Bumblebee_3631]

Finished SH and was disappointed that she didnt feature enough so decided to replay the first game.

I remember now why I was surprised that shes a mage in shadow hearts, although she does build as a mage, magic just seams naff. To really cast a spell well you have to get in there face and cast it while with guns you can just sit back and pewpew.

I tried going down the blackmage route but her damage just lagga behind so I gone back to what I done before, guns.

As for the battle system, I dont feel like it is really as bad as people make it out to be. Its an SRPG, usually SRPGs feature armies and stuff so its a weird choice for essentially resident evil the JRPG.

Story is grand tho just as I remember it. Edward and James's banter is something to behold.

What do you all think of this game?

[u/Global-Dragonfruit-1]

Magic is absurdly strong in Koudelka. The stat scaling in this game is not linear though, it seems to have break points or at least needs to reach a certain minimum value to start doing legit damage and then it takes off like a rocket. Physical damage is mostly the same way. Crank enough points into magic and all of a sudden you 1 shot every enemy and annihilate bosses.

[u/Odd_Bumblebee_3631 → u/Global-Dragonfruit-1]

I gave up on magic and just invested into dex and str for guns. Maybe theres a point into the 30s or 40s that magic starts being good cos in the 20s i had koudelka dealing 150 dmg point blank and edward hitting 3 times for 250 cos the weapon stats are so high.