Valkyria Chronicles... PC?! - by Malf
Renzatic on 21/11/2014 at 02:02
Quote Posted by faetal
I like it. It's
EXTREMELY Japanese, especially the whole "hey guys, we've all signed up to risk our lives in the futile defence of our tiny nation against a superpower but it's all so carefree like we just signed up for summer camp or something" vibe.
I said just about the exact same thing to Sulp only the day before. "Hey guys! We're at war! What a great time to discover the power of friendship!"
That said, it does look like it's getting a little more grim and serious the farther in you go.
faetal on 21/11/2014 at 10:14
Yeah, I don't doubt it, but it is highly amusing. They're dishing out dangerous critical missions with the same tonality of announcing that there's a big basketball game with a rival college or something. It's wacky, I like it.
Tony_Tarantula on 28/11/2014 at 04:00
Quote Posted by Renzatic
I said just about the exact same thing to Sulp only the day before. "Hey guys! We're at war! What a great time to discover the power of friendship!"
That said, it does look like it's getting a little more grim and serious the farther in you go.
Mixed. The plot matter becomes very grim and serious, but the upbeat personalities of the main characters and art style mitigate the dark themes that pop up later in the plot.....and at no point does it become remotely as other anime type plots with similar story elements
e.g. Code Geass
henke on 4/12/2014 at 18:56
On the final battle now. Clearly there's some trick to beating this fight but I haven't figured out what it is yet. On turn 7 now but no closer to victory than I was on turn 2.
henke on 5/12/2014 at 15:20
All done! Had a bit of a scare when my saves up and vanished, but some shuffling around of files in the game directory cleared that up. That last fight was tough, really tough. I'd only done 3 skirmishes so I didn't have my units and tanks leveled up very far, but I got it done, eventually. And that post-credits sequence had me smiling from ear to ear. :cheeky:
Valkyria Chronicles is a damn great game. Better than XCOM! There, I said it! Mainly thanks to the story and the characters. As fun as I had with XCOM I still couldn't be bothered sticking with it after I got bored of the gameplay because I wasn't particularly interested in what happens at the end(I'm guessing they defeat the aliens?).
God I hope they port VC2 & 3 to PC as well. I'd love more games set in this world, and the plot descriptions of the sequels sound great.
zajazd on 6/12/2014 at 16:37
This game is a waste of life. Most of the time is spent staring at screen doing nothing while AI makes its turns. What a disappointment. I always wanted to get this game for PS3. Glad I got free copy for PC.
henke on 6/12/2014 at 18:08
It probably doesn't need saying that zajazd is talking dumb bullshit, but zajazd is talking dumb bullshit. The enemy turns in VC take no longer than enemy turns in TBS games in general.
zajazd on 6/12/2014 at 21:14
You are wrong.
icemann on 7/12/2014 at 04:07
I have a very hard time believing that. I've watched videos of people playing the game, and they were pretty A typical length of turn based strategy games.
If you've played anything JRPG turn based prior (eg Disgaea) then waiting the general length should be part and parcel for you.