Vandal Hearts II (Vandal Hearts II – Tenjou no Mon): Simultaneous movement removal patch

Vandal Hearts 2 is a tactical game with a unique combat system: Both Player and CPU characters move simultaneously. Although it looks interesting at first, it gets a little boring after a few hours of gameplay. The player is tempted to guess the enemy's movement as the AI is not very smart. When the guess is right, the game becomes very easy. If the guess is wrong, the player misses a move and this almost always turns into a character's death.

This hack removes simultaneous movement from the game and makes the gameplay similar to Vandal Hearts 1. The only problem is that, in order to facilitate game hacking, the enemy starts the movement each turn. But this is not a problem that spoils gameplay.

Moreover, there has been no change to the AI. This hack simply changes the way characters are moved. Ideally the AI should be adapted as well. Maybe this can be done in future work.

If you have played Vandal Hearts 2, you should try this improvement.

Feel free to report bugs or your thoughts on this hack.

Vandal Hearts 2 (Psx)
Simultaneous movement removal patch

by denim - https://www.romhacking.net, https://www.romhacking.net.br
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Vandal Hearts 2 is a tactical game with a unique combat system: Both Player and CPU characters move simultaneously. Although it looks interesting at first, it gets a little boring after a few hours of gameplay. The player is tempted to guess the enemy's movement as the AI is not very smart. When the guess is right, the game becomes very easy. If the guess is wrong, the player misses a move and this almost always turns into a character's death.

This hack removes simultaneous movement from the game and makes the gameplay similar to Vandal Hearts 1. The only problem is that, in order to facilitate game hacking, I had to let the enemy start the movement each turn. But I think this is not a problem that spoils the gameplay.

Moreover, there has been no change to the AI. This hack simply changes the way characters are moved. Ideally the AI should be adapted as well. Maybe this can be done in future work.

If you have played Vandal Hearts 2, I invite you to try this improvement.

To use it, apply the patches using xdelta directly in the bin file.


Compatible files
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These patches are compatible with the following version of the game:

Vandal Hearts II (USA).bin
size: 287.437.920 bytes
CRC32: FF5B1F25


File/ROM SHA-1: 520F0A39FE0741E92F83AFBAF9E69268A13F6DB5
File/ROM CRC32: FF5B1F25