Shadow Hearts: Covenant is a role-playing video game developed by Nautilus and published by Aruze in Japan and Midway in rest of the countries in 2004. It is a direct continuation of Shadow Hearts and the second official game in the Shadow Hearts series. The game features two DVD-ROM discs instead of the usual one, which provides, according to the publisher, over forty hours of gameplay.
The game is also known as Shadow Hearts II (シャドウハーツII, Shadō Hātsu Tsū?). This is the name used within the game itself: the name Shadow Hearts: Covenant was used only on the American and European packaging and in advertising.
The story starts a year and a half after Shadow Hearts in the midst of World War I. The heroes are drawn into an intriguing plot involving the demons of demonolatry, the chief advisor of the tsar of Russia and a man from main character Yuri's past.
It was named IGN RPG Vault PS2 Game of the Year for 2004.
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