A new character trailer has been released, this time featuring Alicia, this time however more than just the trailer has been released. The “book” style apperantly plays into the gameplay and story as the game menu is a book and the story follows a single story, likely a diary of one of the characters. In battle it is a curious mix of real time with pause and strategy, where you run around in real time but attacks are made in a paused mode and you make each unit’s move in turn using this method. Being defeated doesn’t immediatly result in death, instead the character will be “pushed down” and a medic can be called to recover them. Inbetween battles players can train their troops, and do R&D to improve weapons for the characters or upgrade the tank. An interesting tidbit is that the game can be , but apperantly does not have to be installed on the harddrive, coming in at a whopping 3.3 GB, and with load times at a paultry 15 seconds without an install one has to wonder what the point is.
Yet more Valkyria goodness. This video introduces Zaka “the Mosquito”, leader of the group. I’d be interested to learn how he got that nickname! Apperantly Zaka is also related to Isara, making it one big happy family. It should be interesting as family dynamics are rarely explored in RPGs. (more…)
Here’s a new trailer for Valkyria Chronicles. It showcases one of the main characters, Largo Potter, a gruff, ugly guy with a big gun. When I first saw screenshots for this game, I was rather turned off by the art style and the color palette, but I’ve changed my mind. It works and I’m really looking forward to it. It’s due out on the PS3 in Japan on April 24th and is slated for US release in the Fall.
Anyway here are my stats:
Rank: Chuu-kyuu
Completion Rate: 10.7%
Time: 28:30
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Still don’t really like the combat in the game, and it really got to me in the later fights but I didn’t have any real problems against anyone save for one boss near the end. The story is one of the best I’ve played (even though I have to admit I didn’t 100% understand all of it… I got maybe 95% of the main story) and the ending is just ridiculously awesome.
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For me, the game is a solid 90% or 95%. FYI I think the first RGG was probably an 85% game, so I think this one is a bit better for a lot of small reasons (better loading, more enjoyable mini-games, story is more epic and grand, etc.) I think if the combat was smoothed out a bit more it would be good. I’d like it if certain strings were cancelable or if you could have a make a combo feature or something like that.
This is something that’s probably not your area of expertise, but do you know if we will ever see any of the Japanese PlayStation 1 titles coming over here within the PlayStation Store? I know it’s not quite your area.
JH: I’m pretty darn sure they will, but I don’t know which titles.
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