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.
