Valkyria Chronicles™
Review For Valkyria Chronicles PC
Review by : Joell Joelly
Pros
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Great story.
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Lovely anime art style.
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Great voice acting. (English and Japanese)
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Unique blend of real time and strategic gameplay.
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Challenging.
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Tons of management/upgrade options.
Cons
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Matches can take a long time. (not necessarily a con)
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Frustrating menu system.
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Enemy turns are not skippable, or able to be sped up.
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Some ‘strategic’ choices have to be made without the necessary information.
– Real player with 191.8 hrs in game
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Summary
It maintains by having a lasting appeal with a diverse set of memorable and unique characters, a satisfyingly emotional and well thought out story with simple, yet strategic gameplay that offers freedom through various tactics. Despite all of this, there are certainly questionable flaws, yet they’re completely smothered with the games overarching enjoyment and charm which ultimately pushes the game in a familiar but fresh direction.
Story
Valkyria Chronicles takes place in a fantasy setting similar to Earth which introduces the story with two waging superpowers, the autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance and the loosely-united democracies of the Atlantic federation. This engagement is known as the EW2 or the Second Europan War. Both powers are reliant on a resource called Ragnite which fuels and controls both factions economies. Overtime, the Ragnite lessened and became more scarce causing the Empire to declare war against the Federation, sparking the EW2.
– Real player with 107.2 hrs in game
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
Quick Summary
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (VC4) is a turn-based strategy jrpg where you command units in third-person mode. It is a great war story with amazing, charismatic, and memorable characters. It is a difficult game and the harder missions will require thinking, planning, and some trial and error. An easy mode is available, but planning will still be required.
Pros
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Awesome characters
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Great voice acting
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Harder missions require a lot of strategy if that is what you are looking for
– Real player with 125.8 hrs in game
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Stepping into the shoes of yet another soft-spoken armour commander, we are offered a surprisingly deep journey as the story progresses from carefree summer skirmishes to a gruelling and brutal war campaign of attrition with all the sacrifices and tribulations it entails.
For those who played the first the game, Valkyria Chronicles 4 will offer a greatly improved gameplay experience, class balance tweaks as well as a selection of fantastic mission maps and a surprisingly deep story with an extra treat of small episodes that reveal deeper personalities and motivations of your squadmates. It might sound trite, but that is how one can learn to look past superficial appearances and learn to connect with fellow human beings on a personal level. Emmy Mistral’s penny pincher trait used to be infuriating until one learns he compulsive saving is driven by
! desire to save up as much money as possible since her mother is sick. With numerous examples like these, it becomes easy to see how a lot of reflections offered by the game are transferable to the real world.
– Real player with 104.5 hrs in game
Wander Stars
Wander Stars is a turn-based RPG with roguelite elements where you make your own attacks by combining words to make your own fighting techniques. Learn new words to collect, combine, and experiment to discover enemy weaknesses, synergies, and strategies that will help you win your battles!
The story of Wander Stars follows Ringo, a young martial artist looking for her brother, and Wolfe, a mysterious scoundrel running from his past, as they join forces in an unlikely partnership to collect the pieces of the Wanderstar Map.
Key Features
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Make your own attacks - Collect and combine different types of words to make your own fighting techniques like a SUPER AWESOME FIRE KICK!
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An anime you can play - Each run plays like an anime episode where you experience the adventure through exciting cutscenes and intense battles.
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Wander into adventure - Explore every place you visit through a randomized map and find treasures, rivals, special events and more!
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Binge and reruns - Replay episodes to learn hidden aspects of the story, find any events you missed, and train to earn permanent upgrades.
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Agarest: Generations of War Zero
Agarest: Generation of War Zero is a prequel the Agarest: Generation of war game that came out back in the 2007. If you played the other agarest series you know what you’re going into but if you haven’t well lets just say it’s gonna be pretty interesting. Now onto the breakdows:
The Pros
(+) Tons of skills combination to choose from
This is self-explanatory I think. As you progress the story and complete side quest you will unlock more skills to improve you’re party. Always check the estorica book for combination list. Don’t just throw random skills in each character. If you do that you won’t survive the end game.
– Real player with 180.3 hrs in game
As with the Origional, Zero is a true work of art. The Generation system is vastly improved from the original, and the affection system adds its own level of stratagy. The gameplay, while at first glance appears simple, is, in a word, “Multi-Layered”. Mastering Esoterica and Combination arts is key to not only surviving some of the most difficult battles, but also recieving some of the best items in the game. With that in mind, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the Agarest Wiki that contains truely invaluable information on the game itself.
– Real player with 164.9 hrs in game
Alder Forge
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An Adaptive Turn-Based RPG, and an easy-to-use Combat System.
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A Story-Driven Adventure through the eyes of the 5 Members of your Party.
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A Cast of Characters with their own stories and a unique world, handcrafted and built for your enjoyment.
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An easy-to-use Camp Menu and Crafting System with equipment, party, and skills management.
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Special Skills for each Player Class, unlocked either by solving mysteries, finding new Anima Stones, or just Leveling Up.
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Plant harvesting and Alchemy Craft made simple to help you easily acquire usability drinks during or out of battle.
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Fight, Explore and Walk the path of heroes in the world of the Alder Forge.
The Alder Forge story is set in the western part of the Ertheryan Continent, the game will take you during its 4 chapters to the Duchy of Elysia, the Kingdom of Royne, the Mighty Kingdom of Orvys, and the Atlas Court (The seat of your employer). In your adventures you are going to face a dark plot that will try to engulf the continent and break the two centuries lasting peace, meanwhile, you will discover that nothing is ever simpler than that while facing the complexity of human behavior and the lines that draw good and evil in each character you encounter throughout your journey, secret organizations, political entities, and other groups, each has their agendas and plots, meanwhile, the 5 protagonists will be in the center of those events.
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Adriel: Party Leader, known by his intelligence, pragmatism, and powers, Age:21
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Mirabelle: Anima Caster, funny with a massive appetite, but serious when things get heated, Age:13
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Cassandra: Heavy Arms, and the strongest defense of the team, Age:21
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Leo: Archer and a disciple of the legendary Dead Eye, fun and quick to spot threats, Age:22
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Fiona: An Elysian Knight, serious and unforgiving, she’s equal if not stronger than Adriel, Age:21
The Alder Forge environment was carefully designed to convey the world you will engage and invest your time in, but it is also full of enigma, hidden secrets, and backstories, each element placed, sculpted, and handcrafted is there for a reason, The Fate of Ertherya is now in Your Hands.
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
Amazing JRPG, honestly good storyline but if you don’t pay attention to the walls upon walls of text in the game then you might get lost between doing missions or how to get the next mission.
Amazing game and decent soundtrack too.
– Real player with 293.1 hrs in game
After playing this game for 166 hours, struggling collects all achievement replay again and again. but I’m just very satisfied with this game. whether the story makes various cases And what I like the most is the Digimon battle scenes. It reminds me of my childhood. When I sit and watch Digimon through cartoon programs on television in the morning. This game really reminds me of my childhood. all charming of Digimon evolution. how overcoming difficult enemies, Everything is doing very well. I recommend it for those who like Digimon.
– Real player with 166.3 hrs in game
Disgaea PC
Note: If you’re able to, get “Disgaea 1 Complete” on the PS4 or Nintendo Switch instead. Since that one has remastered sprites & additional features which will make your experience much more enjoyable, also includes additional characters.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had a fascination with numbers going up. Seeing small numbers turn to big numbers is something I absolutely love in video games, and Disgaea is the perfect game for this. They go overkill with numbers. Personally I never write reviews, but I have to for an amazing game like this. I’ve gotten every single achievement for this game so I believe I have a good idea of everything this game contains.
– Real player with 361.8 hrs in game
As of the moment I’ve never completed this game to the end. When I do - and I’m sure eventually I will as I do enjoy it - I’ll probably redo this review. But for the time being it has left me with an impression.
I won’t spoil anything in detail.
My look into Disgaea
You basically take control of a trio of protagonists in this game. Laharl (prince of the underworld), Etna (one of the prince’s demon vassals), and Flonne (an angel). The basic jist of the story is Laharl spends his time in the game exerting how awesome he is by winning fights - which is pretty accurate to how the player themself probably feels as well. The other two protagonists mostly spend their time trying to bring about a softer side to the prince. There are a ton of plot holes throughout the game’s story but I don’t feel they matter since the game never tries to take itself seriously. It’s always cute, silly, or badass. Things as random as having to fight the Power Rangers takes place in this game after all. It’s never really serious - at least not as far as I’ve gotten.
– Real player with 225.8 hrs in game
Guardians of Greenheart
I am appreciated for the high-difficult enemy that required careful planning to ensure victory with minimum cost. The art is beautiful and the story is straight to the point.
However, over the first hour of my playtime, the grinding has became too much. In the very first battle, you will be pitch against a big bad enemy that can one-shot (in which it did) your character should you had not debuff them. Beating that big bad was hard, but that okay, no problems.
However, when that very same kind of big bad which would reappeared in the next dozens of battles, the game became too much monotone and boring, for by the 3rd battle, you have already mastered what combo should you use.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation
Graphics
(This part is the same in Rebirth1-3)
As in all Neptunia games we have gorgeous art in visual novel segments by Tsunako. In gameplay segments: adequate quality for characters and attack animations. Nothing too fancy but good enough. Sadly ps2 or even ps one quality for dungeons. Massive reuse of assets.
8/10 for visual novel segment.
5/10 for the rest.
Sound
While this game shares the solid soundtrack of other Rebirth games, the fact is that in this case it’s somewhat underwhelming.
New enemy characters (Warechu, Underling) are given their own theme which is great, it feels like the track definitely fits them but that’s exactly the problem. Since you will have to fight those characters routinely then this will be the track about which you will think when remembering this game. It fits them, but it utterly lacks any energy or drama. It is pretty sad that the only time you will hear the great “Dancing girl” will be during a fight with a generic monster…
– Real player with 195.3 hrs in game
Before i start this review i want to say that I am a fan of the hyperdimension games, they are my main reason for enjoin rpg games with their wild stories, great music, and solid gameplay. Now with that out of the way let me review this game. I will do it in a pro / con style and finish with my conclusion.
Pro:
It is more neptune. The game takes everything from the first game and uses it here. Same combat style, music style, everything is pretty much the same but now we have the ability to have 4 party members in combat at the same time. This is not ground breaking in any fashion but nice to see that.
– Real player with 112.8 hrs in game
Light Fairytale Episode 1
I originally bought this game out of boredom. Having played everything in my library over again looking for a refreshing narrative; something I could hover my cursor over and think, “this, this is well written.”
I eventually bought a kindle and put a Hiatus on gaming for several months, disappointed at the lack of any new titles containing a decent narrative. I initially broke this hiatus at the release of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and I was happy with what the game offered. Yet, still, the narrative end of the game felt passive and only served to augment the gameplay.
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
Definitely can’t recommend this game as a stand-alone, though that may change if/when he releases the complete story and bundles them together in some way. But as it stands, it is a very incomplete and barebones jrpg. But let’s start with some positives.
Positives
• Music: Definitely was the best part of this game. All the music sounds really good and enjoyable enough to listen to outside of the game.
• Setting: While it really does come off being a pretty generic jrpg world, it is interesting enough to keep your attention.
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game