 |
| I got the game digitally but have the boxart since its pretty nice. |
Genre: RPG.
Developer/publisher: Sega
Platform: PS4.
Official Site: N/A
Developer/publisher: Sega
Platform: PS4.
Official Site: N/A
Release date: 17-5-2016.
This was yet another game I got on a sale and decided this was up next in my backlog.
Wait its all sega? always has been. I did try out valkyria revolution once which I also
bought on a sale but I couldn't get into it? i'm pretty sure it was the story-telling perspective
that put me off. Oh well here I am trying to give the valkyria series another try!
I don't think there are any main plot spoilers but I do discuss some stuff
so it is not completely spoiler-free but hey this game is from 2008
so if you haven't yet played it or have plans don't read!
Pro's
- Good story and cast of characters.
- Nice artstyle and fitting BGM.
- Figuring out and completing the fights gives a sense of victory.
Con's
- Survivability can at times be too RNG dependant, leading to needing to savescum.
- Can't skip prebattle scenes or fastforward enemy turns.
- Easy to miss sidestories if you purchased them later since they get placed alongside older chapters.
Storywise I liked the beginning, tis a story about war which isn't fun and it is serious, still
it was easy to feel and understand SOME of the characters as the story progressed.
It was also quite realistic and at times a little unpredictable, yet sometimes
it is also a little predictable in a good way. Due to that I was easily hooked.
Unfortunately as the game went on the pacing was too fast and ended up spending more
time in battles so by the time and important event happened related to a character all
I was like wtf are you serious? just like that really?! This game does the bare minimum
to flesh out its characters if you don't get the sidestories as early as possible AND go
back to read them since they get put between old chapters which was pretty bad design.
Maybe it was a me problem since the only thing I grinded for was the penetration order
which needs sniper rank15, most money went into weapon/tank upgrades so yea I didn't
get most side stories till way later when I had money to spare. Fun beach episode but that was the
only one I could read normally, the bread episode was nice but by then it was the end of the game.
Also forget getting any scenes with NPC characters they get nothing at all and you basically
gotta headcanon it yourself which I dislike. The only characters I actually cared for
were Alicia and Welkin, also Faldio I guess? Isara,Rosie and Largo grew on me
but they were just kinda there and part of the team.
I felt really bad for Selvaria and Maximilian was just a massive jerk and that's putting it nicely.
They tried to pull a pity card on him by giving us some last minute backstory but that was
too little too late and honestly I felt more about Faldio than that stupid jerk.
Imagine Lelouch telling C.C to die, yea I went there. I basically convinced
myself that this guy was Lelouch at his utmost worst which is a lot.
The Code Geass jokes don't end here because LMAO @ Faldio.
Honestly I do like this game, good story&cast and the gameplay is interesting and finishing
the game or certain battles did gave a sense of victory and the ending was very good
but you know it is also too much RNG so I find myself having to save too much
just to make any decent progress, chapter 17 was a complete nightmare for me.
Let me explain... a unit can dodge and survive the turn but also could get Ko'd. Basically
nothing is guaranteed, units can miss point blank range but on the retry just score x3 times
in a row and there is nothing like a probability to hit, proficiency is random too
which can either lead to having the best time ever or the worst. Also metal allergy?!
is that even real? or suddenly getting moody that you can't even do anything are you serious.
I'm all for a little randomness and can deal with the proficiency stuff but at times all I wanted
was to take out a heavy tank and I know I could but it keeps missing till suddenly
rngesus said yes, you will hit the tank and it will explode. I know good positioning can
change the outcome of the turn too but man so much trial and error I am tired.
I hated how saving/loading was literally the only way I could get shit done
suddenly I miss the utawarerumono series that just had turn-redo.
So once again old game is old despite it touching up on the graphics.
I don't regret playing this but man... it was exhausting trying to figure it out the right tactics
especially with my pea brain and making many a mistake. Its easy to say its not for everyone
but hey I still tried! and had some fun while stepping away from it all with
a sense ofvictory which is better than nothing or only a relief that it was over
like with a certain DLC that came too little too late!
More ramblings after the jump but I basically just summed up the best and worse
incase you don't want to skip to my final thoughts.
