Omi's Video Game Vault: Koudelka
2Released for the Playstation 1 in 2000. Developed by Sacnoth and published by Infogrames. A turn-based horror RPG. This game is actually the prequel to the Shadow Hearts series on PS2. This and Shadow Hearts are most well known for it's messed up monster designs. Some of them are pretty cool. Anyway,your characters become more proficient with weapons and magic the more they use them,making them more powerful or allowing you to attack multiples times in one turn. This plays more like a traditional survival-horror game than an RPG at times. There's no shops,limited items,fixed camera angles,and you can only save at certain spots. Even armor is a rare commodity that's mostly only dropped by enemies. In addition to Koudelka,you also get party members Edward and James. Played up to fighting the first Boss of the game at the Herb garden area.