A clear and transparent influence/inspiration for Psychonauts and also possibly the literal worst game I have ever played. I am convinced that this game was originally going to be Alundra 3, but it got rushed out with the name "Dual Hearts" around the time Kingdom Hearts got released in order to confuse parents and get them to buy this instead. It's the "Ratatoing" of video games.

Not a single soul on any planet in any solar system in any universe in any timeline playtested this game, particularly on Hard Mode. The final boss is almost certainly impossible on this difficulty and, according to gamefaqs anyway, you can't even 100% the game due to DPS checks that are impossible to make in this setting. I did beat it, to be clear, but it required a game shark at the very final phase of the final boss.

At least the art director clearly had fun with this game. No one else ever will.

Reviewed on Feb 07, 2024


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