Shadow Hearts: Beyond Good and Evil

Shadow Hearts IV (シャドウハーツIV, known in America as Shadow Hearts: Beyond Good and Evil) is a Lovecraftian-Inspired Horror JRPG developed by feelplus and published by Aruze in Japan, Capcom in Europe, and XSEED and Sony Computer Entertainment in North America. It is technically the 5th game in the Shadow Hearts series, the 2nd game to recieve a M rating from the ESRB, and the 1st game to be released on PS3 and PS4.

Story
The game takes place in 1942, 13 years after the events of "Shadow Hearts: From the New World". The game starts with the protagonist Alice Garland (no relation to Alice Elliot from Shadow Hearts) being sent to Germany by Allied forces to rescue a British Paratrooper named Henry Iasant from from captivity. After finding him, they look for an exit, when they encounter a test being done by Nazi soldiers, and one of them accidentally summons a Lovecraftian monster, which murders his entire squad (including him) and a group of Allied soldiers being held captive. They try to run, but they are cornered, but just before they are killed, Alice suddenly transforms into a Demon, and violently murders the creature and blacks out. The rest of the game is about Alice, Henry and company trying to discover the true intentions of the Third Reich, and Alice getting used to her newly found powers as a Harmonixer.

Gameplay
The Gameplay is similar to the other Shadow Hearts games, but with a few added mechanics. Like previous installments, the game uses the Judgement Ring system, which has you hitting points on the ring to perform basic attacks, critical hits, and combo attacks (when you are partnered with other party members). The game also uses a 1st person shooter mechanic, where if you use a ranged weapon (revolvers, rifles, throwing knives, ect.), you aim and fire at the enemy you have targeted. You also can use Fusion to transform into Demons. Every member of the party has Sanity Points, which go down every turn (due to the horrific enemies you fight), and if they go down to 0, that party member goes Berserk (or Insane), where they can not be controlled, and randomly use items on, cast spells on, and attack the enemies, other members of the party,and themselves.