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Other Games => ... and all the other things floating around out there => Topic started by: Nightmare798 on November 26, 2014, 04:13:41 pm

Title: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Nightmare798 on November 26, 2014, 04:13:41 pm
Currently playing this, great game so far. It is a hybrid of real time, and turn based JSRPG. You have a number of command points you can spend on controling your units and issuing orders (those are special abilities that have widespread use, for example, temporary stats increase, or calling an air strike). The graphics hold up pretty well, just dont expect some kind of max payne 3-like goodness, this game is styled as a watercolor painting in motion, with anime-ish 3d cell shaded models. It has a pretty good story, set in fictional europe during the WW2. The main protagonist is a student named Welkin Gunther, a son of great WW1 tank commander from a country called Gallia, who surprisingly has completely different idea of life than his late father. Gallia is unfortunately caught in the middle of conflict between two great superpowers, The Imperial Aliliance, and Atlantic federation.

The whole world depends on a multipurpose ore called ragnite and it´s scarcity becomes a reason for the Imperial alliance to declare war upon the Atlantic Federation and subsequently Gallia, that is known to hold abundance of this ore. When Imperium attacks Welkins´s hometown of Bruhl, he chooses to help a young woman, commander of Bruhl´s town watch named Alicia Melchiott, to evacuate the citizentry of Bruhl. After those events, those two are conscripted to the militia, among with many others, to defend their country.

The game inlcudes stuff like building up your own squad, adding soldiers from one of five classes available. each and every soldier has their own quirks and perks, making it truly feel like you are commanding real people, not just some grey mass of grunts. The game has great lenght, easily jumping over 60 hours. However, this is also due to the fact, that the difficulty ramps up considerably after every chapter, making you replay some missions twice, if not more. But in the end, it does a great job in keeping the game fun and challanging.

The music is an instant classic, akin to games like Breath of Fire V and final fantasy, albeit more military themed.

The port is a job well done, inlcuding a variety of graphical settings, that proves that it is infact possible to do a great port from PS3 to pc (LOOKING AT YOU ROCKSTAR, YOU BUNCH OF LAZY bundle of sticksS) for a solid price of 20 dollars.

That about covers it. It is a great lenghty game with interesting story and plot twists for a price some would call bargain. A rare game indeed, fool would be the one missing up on this.



 
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Nightmare798 on November 27, 2014, 05:43:04 pm
*BUMP*

Added video.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Kafein on November 28, 2014, 05:19:05 pm
I have this on PS3 and it really is a great game.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: chesterotab on November 29, 2014, 01:24:34 am
use gedosato (http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?tag=gedosato) to downsample if you have extra VRAM to spare, looks really good with this engine.

the english audio is way worse than the japanese audio, luckily they allow you to switch it easily in the options.

great game, slow start though.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Nightmare798 on November 29, 2014, 09:57:28 pm
Quote from: chesterotab on November 29, 2014, 01:24:34 am
use gedosato (http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?tag=gedosato) to downsample if you have extra VRAM to spare, looks really good with this engine.

the english audio is way worse than the japanese audio, luckily they allow you to switch it easily in the options.

great game, slow start though.

I honestly do not know what is the appear in japanese audio. I do not want to be rude to you guys who like it, but to me, japanese audio sounds goofy and over-the-top most of the time. Maybe I did not see enough anime or something, but I just dont get it. I mean, it seems stupid to me to play or listen to a medium that uses language that I do not even understand.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Vibe on November 29, 2014, 10:31:22 pm
Quote from: Nightmare798 on November 29, 2014, 09:57:28 pm
I honestly do not know what is the appear in japanese audio. I do not want to be rude to you guys who like it, but to me, japanese audio sounds goofy and over-the-top most of the time. Maybe I did not see enough anime or something, but I just dont get it. I mean, it seems stupid to me to play or listen to a medium that uses language that I do not even understand.

Goofy is better than the super cheesy english voice overs. They just have better and more fitting voice acting.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on November 30, 2014, 01:10:23 am
Looks interesting but I have this strange allergy about the strategy genre. Normally the RTS tag is always a turnoff.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: chesterotab on November 30, 2014, 10:07:36 am
Quote from: Nightmare798 on November 29, 2014, 09:57:28 pm
The whole appeal for me is that, generally, the primary voice work is given much more polish than the secondary voice works. So being a japanese game, the japanese voices will be more professional and natural sounding. In this game in particular, the english voices are pretty bad for most of the characters.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Polobow on November 30, 2014, 02:31:02 pm
Have been playing it. A pretty fun game. Just don't mind the grading system of the missions and you'll have fun.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Kafein on November 30, 2014, 06:53:35 pm
Quote from: Daunt_Flockula on November 30, 2014, 01:10:23 am
Looks interesting but I have this strange allergy about the strategy genre. Normally the RTS tag is always a turnoff.

It's not RTS at all, there's actually some elements of strategy in it.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: SixThumbs on November 30, 2014, 07:25:58 pm
It's a 3rd-person tactical-RPG. I have the second one for PSP but I couldn't get past the long intro/tutorial and the juxtaposition of kawaii anime tropes with a backdrop of war.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Kafein on November 30, 2014, 08:02:16 pm
Quote from: SixThumbs on November 30, 2014, 07:25:58 pm
It's a 3rd-person tactical-RPG. I have the second one for PSP but I couldn't get past the long intro/tutorial and the juxtaposition of kawaii anime tropes with a backdrop of war.

The second one on PSP isn't all that great. The scale is too small.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: SeQuel on December 01, 2014, 12:28:33 am
Quote from: chesterotab on November 29, 2014, 01:24:34 am
great game, slow start though.

I bought it a while ago when it came up on the store and noticed how it had a REALLY slow start. I gotta push myself through it and I'm sure I'd like it but its rough.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Ikarus on December 01, 2014, 01:53:35 am
Could you somewhat call it a "ww2 based" Fire Emblem?

Cause I liked Fire Emblem.
And I always restarted a mission before I let somebody of my team die (because in FE your units will be dead for the rest of the game, which made me play through some missions 10 to 20 times so I won´t loose my precious characters  :oops:)

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Taser on December 01, 2014, 02:03:19 am
If it is kind of like that.. a ww2 fire emblem sort of thing.. I'd get it. Fire emblem was so fun.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: lombardsoup on December 01, 2014, 02:22:06 am
Always liked SRPGs for some reason even though I avoid most other Japanese games.  Grew up on Super Robot Wars, etc
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on December 01, 2014, 01:47:49 pm
Quote from: Kafein on November 30, 2014, 06:53:35 pm
It's not RTS at all, there's actually some elements of strategy in it.

I guess I should at least try seeing some gameplay videos as soon as I find the time. I keep visiting this thread at such inappropriate times that all I can do is drop a comment and leave.

Anyway, Sega has delivered a proper authentic game to the PC platform after such a long while. My most favorite gaming system brand (former) of all times surely deserves a chance.
Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Nightmare798 on December 03, 2014, 02:13:00 am
Quote from: Ikarus on December 01, 2014, 01:53:35 am
Could you somewhat call it a "ww2 based" Fire Emblem?

Cause I liked Fire Emblem.
And I always restarted a mission before I let somebody of my team die (because in FE your units will be dead for the rest of the game, which made me play through some missions 10 to 20 times so I won´t loose my precious characters  :oops:)

(click to show/hide)

I cant really say, as I have not played fire emblem. Imagine gameplay of worms with enemies firing as you move, and combine that with anime-themed story of WW2. That is roughtly what valkyria chronicles is.

On the topic regarding japanese voices: it is hard to determine quality of voices in language you know next to nothing. I dont want to offend anyone, but honestly, how well do those who watch subbed anime/play subbed games know the language? And the VA is pretty good in my opinion. Much better than Metal Gear: revenguanghnce, or The last remnant (TLR is not THAT bad, but much worse than this IMO).

I honestly find myself grabbing my ears much more times over subbed animes, than over the one with english dubs. But that is my preference, And I do not intent to press it on anyone.

Title: Re: Valkyria Chronicles
Post by: Nightmare798 on December 03, 2014, 09:17:20 pm
Quote from: Daunt_Flockula on December 01, 2014, 01:47:49 pm
I guess I should at least try seeing some gameplay videos as soon as I find the time. I keep visiting this thread at such inappropriate times that all I can do is drop a comment and leave.

Anyway, Sega has delivered a proper authentic game to the PC platform after such a long while. My most favorite gaming system brand (former) of all times surely deserves a chance.

I added up a video for gameplay and story evaluation that you can check out, provided you have the time to do so.

EDIT: sorry for double post