The story begins as Johnny Garland, a young, 16-year old detective who lost his father, sister and his memory in an accident, accepts an investigation to track down a criminal suspect who escaped from custody.

As he closes in on the suspect, Johnny witnesses a supernatural occurrence - a huge monster appears from a green light known as the ""window"" and swallows up the criminal. Apparently, a series of horrific incidents similar to this have been plaguing the cities across the nation. Johnny's female counterpart is 21-year-old bounty hunter Shania, a Native American who is searching for these mysterious windows and determined to fight them using her spiritual powers. Together, they travel around the states and are joined by other characters.

• Series trademark Judgment Ring battle system makes a return with improvements - ""Stock System"" allowing players the option of executing a ""Combo"" command with a second character or ""Double"" command enabling a character to perform two different actions in one turn.
• A completely new story and set of new characters will make the title easily accessible to newcomers of the series with its unique style and sense of humor.
• A cast of well-drawn, entertaining characters with distinct personalities and reappearances by a few of the series' favorites.
• Experience a higher level of realism with easy to navigate, visually-stunning backgrounds, special lighting and illumination effects.
• Huge production values with dramatic events unfolding through high quality graphics, CG cut scenes, impressive sound effects and voice overs.
• Up to 60 hours of enthralling game play.
• Movie-type storyline
• Atmospheric high-end CG cut-scenes.
• Aid your quest by playing and exploring various mini-games and side-quests to gain extra bounty!
• Travel across America, explore familiar locations
• Meet with mythical and historical characters. Will they assist or hinder your quest?!
• Newly improved features to the series trademark 'Judgement ring battle system'.
• Multiple endings and surprising twists in storyline where you determine the end.
• New 'Stellar chart' system feature to unlock hidden secrets, bonuses and power-ups!
• Character morphing ability.