Valkyria Chronicles™

If you've seen any memes surrounding XCOM, the same applies to this game. Your units will miss the broad side of a barn constantly and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. Unless you're able to see down the enemy's throat, every single point of damage is a gamble where the house always wins. It's annoying, it's frustrating, it's infuriating. There is zero satisfaction to be had in the combat. But the real reason I stopped playing this game is because the localization is APPALLING. The english acting is of course godawful, but even with the japanese voices the subtitles are butchered, making all of the characters talk like mentally stunted children and turning scenes with any actual gravitas into cringe-inducing garbage. The day of AI translation cannot come soon enough.

got three times to the same place, with breaks of 7~8 years in between, and every time i progress to a certain point...it just gets SO boring and repetitive that I give up. 3rd time is my last.

It's p good, but there's a few things I personally felt off about. Nothing major, mind you, but the occasional graphical bug during dialogue (ALL the time in character portraits when speaking), being unable to walk up specific platforms outright, and the tank controls being extremely stiff (like, more than normal. It was a specific chapter) was kinda questionable to me until I found out they were all seemingly tied to the refresh rate of my monitor. At least for the platform bugs and tank controls, they immediately ceased upon this revelation and went away when I swapped to 30 fps but.....its hard to get used to that. That said, story is alright with some good moments here and there, but it is mostly simple. Not that straightforward is bad, but it did feel like you were just going through the motions most of the time. Character wise, there's only like 5-7 relevant characters to you as a player, some of those you don't even play as (they just happen to be with your party or closely tied by affiliation). It does feel a bit strange because there's like 50 playable characters at your disposal and basically none of them have their own dialogue or lines during the story; just some details sprinkled into their bio every so often. Different in the DLC where this all changes ofc, but we're talking main game. Majority of gameplay can be boiled down to the tank rampaging through everything with a few infantry picking up the pieces and capturing objectives, but the game does switch it up every so often with "unique" gameplay elements or story-related beats. This game has Marina in it tho so at the end of the day no biggie.

Отличная, стоящая особняком от остальных представителей жанра тактика. Прошёл все миссии, включая бонусные (разблокируемые) и получил огромное удовольствие, хотя иногда поддушивался, если в миссии было слишком много юнитов с обоих сторон. При этом разработчики приложили все усилия, чтобы игровой процесс вам не наскучил. Карты, условия победы, доступные ресурсы для боя выжимали максимум из довольно простой боевой системы. Омрачает этот факт туповатость ИИ, которая в тупую компенсируется обилием ходов у компьютера и бесконечными подкреплениями. Хитрых манёвров от ИИ ждать не стоит, но условия и задачи боёв сглаживают этот момент. Сюжет в целом скорее инфантильный, хотя и попытается показать расстрелы гражданских, пытки, концентрационные трудовые лагеря и прочих спутников войны. Но показано это довольно мягко и поверхностно. Сами герои довольно мягки, словно они не на войне. Арт соответствует духу истории. Но при этом за историей персонажей всё равно интересно наблюдать. К ним привыкаешь и привязываешься.

Marking as "I Don't Recommend" due to three chapters (7,14,15) having terrible game design, where you're supposed to "approach it differently" but has no direction on what to do, and it hit by trigeering events mid-combat, making for a frustrating gaming experience. Actualy won those by doing some cheese strategy like positioning units before enemy spawn and save scumming. The Good: - Liked the story, plot twists and character development - Gameplay is great when it's not BS - Reminds me of X-COM, (mostly) without the RNG problem The Bad - Graphics may be a bit jittered (at least of my RX 9070 XT, I expected more sharpness) - Game rewards how fast you end the batters, andit's usally not an interesting approach (kinda makes the levels feel lame) The Ugly - Bad chapters wiith frustrating design - Infinite Respawn on some events - Difficulty spikes ouit of the blue

Combat is weird mashup of turn-based and real time. You get to move until your AP bar is drained, which is fine. But, you only get to attack once regardless of AP remaining and your target gets to counter-attack repeatedly until you end your turn. That's right you attack once and then your target just keeps shooting you until you end your turn. It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen in a game.

战场女武神是唯一一个让我重视每一个士兵的游戏，那么大一个连队每个人有自己的故事，真的让人认为他们就是与自己朝夕相处的战友，而不是一个可以牺牲的棋子或者NPC，每次被打倒的时候也深刻体会到了战争的残酷与无情。 游戏独特的画风和玩法再过10年看也不过时，可惜先玩了4代回过头看1代总觉得有所欠缺，但仍不失为一款佳作。

Valkyria Chronicles is an okay game, with some really fun stages and memorable characters. If you're a fan of tactical games, it's definitely worth playing. The art style does a lot to carry the game, as it still feels timeless and enjoyable to this day. The game starts off a bit slow and boring in terms of missions, but the later stages become much more fun as they introduce elements that make you more aware of your surroundings and decisions. Unfortunately, at least for me, the story is mediocre at best, since some notorious anime tropes are present. While yes, IT IS an anime-style game, the over-exaggeration and ridiculousness of certain situations completely ruin some key moments in the story.