Anyone know a lot about Vandal Hearts 2?
Oct 8, 2015 15:44:37 GMT -5
Post by ReyVGM on Oct 8, 2015 15:44:37 GMT -5
I'm trying to gather information about all the ending variations the game has, and I was wondering if anyone has something to add to what I've already found.
There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the endings, and unfortunately, the info on GameFAQs is incomplete (I've already gone through all the FAQs and forum threads). It doesn't help either that there are no sites with info about the all the choices you make during the game and how it affects the endings. No wikias, no fansites, not even youtube has videos. There are ton of 100% ending videos, but not of the others.
Maybe there's a Japanese site with all the info I need? Who knows.
Thankfully, if you open the Vandal Hearts 2 disc with notepad, you can find the entire dialogue in plain text. That was helpful, but since it is not in order, it's a bit difficult to pinpoint where exactly that scene happens. I'm still a little confused on some aspects, specially if there are additional scenes to find, but these are the endings in the game:
A) Best Ending:
It shows Adele as queen, trying to get a peace accord to pass. Dukes and Emperors are placing blame on each other. The queen goes outside, the hero appears, they kiss. You get a scene that says "END" and you see 4 circles on the bottom-right. The first circle (leftmost) is lit.
-Additional Scene if you got 100% Weapon Find: Instead of getting the "END" scene, you see the hero trying to return the V-Hearts Sword, and Ash from the first game appears. You get an image says that says "You are the weapon master" and you'll also get a code to unlock Advanced Mode.
How to get this ending?
You get it by selecting to "Make Amends", "You take care of her (Rosaly)", and entering the Yuri battle with the V-Hearts sword. This will guarantee that your childhood friends (Adele, Clive, Yuri) will live.
As long as Adele is alive, this ending will play. I think that if you let Clive and Yuri die, Adele will kill herself or turn evil (which makes you fight her on the last battle, and you have to kill her yourself).
So to assure Adele will never die or turn evil, you have to select "Make Amends" when given the prompt. As long as you save your other friends, she will not die.
There's also a much earlier choice when Nicola asks you what you want, I've read that you could get different outcomes if you select "Make a girl happy" or "I want to Become the king". But I don't think that's right because I didn't see anything that resembled another ending in the text script.
B) Bad Ending 1:
It shows a kid calling out to the hero, who is now a mayor. He says that the hero's wife, Rosaly, is giving birth. The kid asks if he was really a knight and the hero tries to convince that being a hero is not about killing people. You then get the "END" screen, the second circle is lit.
How to get this ending?
I'm not completely sure because the ending doesn't reference who is dead or alive (only rosaly). I assume that if the hero married Rosaly, then that means Adele is dead. Clive would also be dead because otherwise Rosaly would end up with him. I assume Adele must die on her own during the game (read ending C for more about that).
Yuri can be either dead or alive, it doesn't make a difference in the ending. I tried one save that had the Vandal Hearts (Yuri alive), and one save without the Vandal Hearts (Yuri dead) and I got the same ending.
C) Bad Ending 2:
You actually fight Adele in one of the last battles.
Then it shows the hero in front of Adele's grave. Clive and Rosaly appear, they talk, the hero takes off in his horse. Then you see the hero & horse on a cliff, he looks to the right and sees child versions of him and Adele. You then get the "END" screen, the third circle is lit.
-Additional scene: if Yuri is alive, you get additional dialogue when Rosaly says that Natra Church was funded by Yuri and that Yuri explained to the people what Nivarth did properly.
After that short addition, Ending C continues normally.
How to get this ending?
I think you have to fight and kill Adele yourself to get this ending, otherwise, if she died on her own, you would get ending B (I think!).
Clive (and Rosaly) must be alive of course. Yuri can be dead or alive, the only difference would be a small text addition that references Yuri.
D) Horrible Ending:
It shows the hero as the emperor, he's tyrant/dictator. Adele's ghost appears. Then an assassin tries to kill him, but it was all a ploy to have an excuse to invade another country. Then you get an epilogue saying how he was killed by a family member when he reached 85 years old. You then get the "END" screen, the fourth (and last) circle is lit.
How to get this ending?
I fought Adele in the last battle, but I assume if she died on her own earlier in the game, it could count the same. I assume Clive and Yuri should be dead too if the hero turned out to be so evil.
I read in one of the FAQs that one of the ending shows Adele commit suicide by jumping off a balcony. I don't know if that's true though. If it happens, then it happens during the game and not during the ending.
Does anyone else have anything to add about an additional scene I might have missed?
There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the endings, and unfortunately, the info on GameFAQs is incomplete (I've already gone through all the FAQs and forum threads). It doesn't help either that there are no sites with info about the all the choices you make during the game and how it affects the endings. No wikias, no fansites, not even youtube has videos. There are ton of 100% ending videos, but not of the others.
Maybe there's a Japanese site with all the info I need? Who knows.
Thankfully, if you open the Vandal Hearts 2 disc with notepad, you can find the entire dialogue in plain text. That was helpful, but since it is not in order, it's a bit difficult to pinpoint where exactly that scene happens. I'm still a little confused on some aspects, specially if there are additional scenes to find, but these are the endings in the game:
A) Best Ending:
It shows Adele as queen, trying to get a peace accord to pass. Dukes and Emperors are placing blame on each other. The queen goes outside, the hero appears, they kiss. You get a scene that says "END" and you see 4 circles on the bottom-right. The first circle (leftmost) is lit.
-Additional Scene if you got 100% Weapon Find: Instead of getting the "END" scene, you see the hero trying to return the V-Hearts Sword, and Ash from the first game appears. You get an image says that says "You are the weapon master" and you'll also get a code to unlock Advanced Mode.
How to get this ending?
You get it by selecting to "Make Amends", "You take care of her (Rosaly)", and entering the Yuri battle with the V-Hearts sword. This will guarantee that your childhood friends (Adele, Clive, Yuri) will live.
As long as Adele is alive, this ending will play. I think that if you let Clive and Yuri die, Adele will kill herself or turn evil (which makes you fight her on the last battle, and you have to kill her yourself).
So to assure Adele will never die or turn evil, you have to select "Make Amends" when given the prompt. As long as you save your other friends, she will not die.
There's also a much earlier choice when Nicola asks you what you want, I've read that you could get different outcomes if you select "Make a girl happy" or "I want to Become the king". But I don't think that's right because I didn't see anything that resembled another ending in the text script.
B) Bad Ending 1:
It shows a kid calling out to the hero, who is now a mayor. He says that the hero's wife, Rosaly, is giving birth. The kid asks if he was really a knight and the hero tries to convince that being a hero is not about killing people. You then get the "END" screen, the second circle is lit.
How to get this ending?
I'm not completely sure because the ending doesn't reference who is dead or alive (only rosaly). I assume that if the hero married Rosaly, then that means Adele is dead. Clive would also be dead because otherwise Rosaly would end up with him. I assume Adele must die on her own during the game (read ending C for more about that).
Yuri can be either dead or alive, it doesn't make a difference in the ending. I tried one save that had the Vandal Hearts (Yuri alive), and one save without the Vandal Hearts (Yuri dead) and I got the same ending.
C) Bad Ending 2:
You actually fight Adele in one of the last battles.
Then it shows the hero in front of Adele's grave. Clive and Rosaly appear, they talk, the hero takes off in his horse. Then you see the hero & horse on a cliff, he looks to the right and sees child versions of him and Adele. You then get the "END" screen, the third circle is lit.
-Additional scene: if Yuri is alive, you get additional dialogue when Rosaly says that Natra Church was funded by Yuri and that Yuri explained to the people what Nivarth did properly.
After that short addition, Ending C continues normally.
How to get this ending?
I think you have to fight and kill Adele yourself to get this ending, otherwise, if she died on her own, you would get ending B (I think!).
Clive (and Rosaly) must be alive of course. Yuri can be dead or alive, the only difference would be a small text addition that references Yuri.
D) Horrible Ending:
It shows the hero as the emperor, he's tyrant/dictator. Adele's ghost appears. Then an assassin tries to kill him, but it was all a ploy to have an excuse to invade another country. Then you get an epilogue saying how he was killed by a family member when he reached 85 years old. You then get the "END" screen, the fourth (and last) circle is lit.
How to get this ending?
I fought Adele in the last battle, but I assume if she died on her own earlier in the game, it could count the same. I assume Clive and Yuri should be dead too if the hero turned out to be so evil.
I read in one of the FAQs that one of the ending shows Adele commit suicide by jumping off a balcony. I don't know if that's true though. If it happens, then it happens during the game and not during the ending.
Does anyone else have anything to add about an additional scene I might have missed?