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[grandwizard]

Port sounds great, but I have a question for someone who already has it and hopefully they can confirm or deny without breaking any kinds of embargos:

Are the controls in these screenshots:

http://www.incgamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/valkyria-chronicles-5-1024x576.png
http://www.incgamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/valk-chronicles-2-1024x576.png

The extent of the keyboard bindings? The reason I ask is I use a non standard controller and would like to make my controller profile before release, if these are all of them I can do that.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Port sounds great, but I have a question for someone who already has it and hopefully they can confirm or deny without breaking any kinds of embargos:

Are the controls in these screenshots:

http://www.incgamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/valkyria-chronicles-5-1024x576.png
http://www.incgamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/valk-chronicles-2-1024x576.png

The extent of the keyboard bindings? The reason I ask is I use a non standard controller and would like to make my controller profile before release, if these are all of them I can do that.

Well going off the stream that was on the game supports non standard controllers and uses the Button 1, 2, 3, etc... prompts with them.

 

[leng jai]

This game is going look incredible on PC.

 

[grandwizard]

Well going off the stream that was on the game supports non standard controllers and uses the Button 1, 2, 3, etc... prompts with them.

Indeed, however mine is using mouse and keyboard emulation not directinput, but it is nice it supports those as well as they are kind of a dying breed.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Bought it to support more consoles games on PC and to thank Sega for listening, going in almost blind, all I know it's similar to Fire Emblem.

you're in for a treat

 

[CertifiedFP]

oh cool there's keyboard prompts

it's beautiful ;_;

Goddamn seeing that makes me cry.

That efficient and full use of 16:9 real-estate compared to VC2's 4:3 command view and negative-space everywhere around it.

 

[ramuh]

Good for SEGA. I hope the fans buys this up, so we can see future games.

 

[Grief.exe]

Told you guys Valkyria would creep up to the top of the Steam top sellers list as we get closer to release. Increasingly competitive time period for launch right now.

Important to note that it has held the top revenue spot on GMG since it was announced.

 

[Almighty]

Well I am happy that the port seems to be pretty good as that was my biggest fear. Now Tuesday cannot come soon enough.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Tight optimization means the new porting house can do a lot with CANVAS; being able to play this close to or better than the PS3 experience on middle-tier PCs means SEGA can target the JRPG and strategy audience more effectively. Great to see it rising the charts! I'm getting nothing but good vibes about this port.

Hopefully it sells enough to finance a new game set in Fhirald.

 

[chaobreaker]

I only have a surface level understanding of what VC is about but I pre-ordered it a week ago regardless. It looks like something I might enjoy. I'm super into turn based strategy RPGs like Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics, and XCom.

If this plays nothing like I expect it to be then it's all on me for jumping the gun.

 

[Astarte]

Well, I'm preloaded and ready. Time to kill some loli Nazis.

You don't even kill little girls in this game. You kill grown ass men.

 

[chaobreaker]

You're fighting against loli nazis in this game?

 

[leng jai]

How long in this game? Anyone know roughly how many hours of cutscenes there are?

 

[-MD-]

How long in this game? Anyone know roughly how many hours of cutscenes there are?

My first playthrough was like 30 hours.

 

[texhnolyze]

What jumped out at me was the excellent performance on a moderate system. The game isn't very graphically intensive, but seems to be well optimized.

I have a similar system and am pretty happy.

How long in this game? Anyone know roughly how many hours of cutscenes there are?

30-40 hours on average according to this site
http://www.howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=10876

 

[Weiss]

You're fighting against loli nazis in this game?

One of your soldiers is a twelve year old girl, actually.

One of the bigger disbelief suspension breakers was all the teenage war recruits.

 

[chaobreaker]

Are you given incentives to replay the campaign or game in general once you beaten it (ie NG+)?

 

[jim-jam bongs]

You don't even kill little girls in this game. You kill grown ass men.

Ass men?

 

[Astarte]

Are you given incentives to replay the campaign or game in general once you beaten it (ie NG+)?

A ranking everything, testing out different weapons and finding out that scouts are horrifyingly broken...

Ass men?

Oh god

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Are you given incentives to replay the campaign or game in general once you beaten it (ie NG+)?

There's New Game+, yes. Game adds a new squaddie + cutscenes and other items escaping my thought.

No, you don't fight Nazi lolis in VC. Might as well ask if there are waifus, to which I'll say

Spoiler

yes

.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Also this release has the DLC included so you still have Behind her Blue Flame story to go through as well as the Edy Detachment missions.

 

[AzureSkies]

Does anyone know if I can still get the $14 GMG discount after release?

My credit card hasn't arrived yet.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Wow the site even gave the campaign a shout out, very cool of them.

Interesting that there's basically only 2 graphics options though. Game is gonna look great.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

I'm so excited for this.

VC is one of my favorite games of all time (and VC3 is no slouch either), so I just can't wait to play this again on PC.

Can't believe this is happening. >_<

 

[texhnolyze]

One of your soldiers is a twelve year old girl, actually.

One of the bigger disbelief suspension breakers was all the teenage war recruits.

Didn''t they recruit teenagers in real life wars too?
Not as cute as in the anime/games though.

 

[chrominance]

Didn''t they recruit teenagers in real life wars too?
Not as cute as in the anime/games though.

Depends on the country, obviously, but yes. Also, technically the cast of VC1 are volunteer militia, not army; their involvement is more like townsfolk taking up arms in the face of an imminent invasion than being signed up for a draft and given proper military training.

 

[Ermac]

Will I be able to max this out with my GTX480/i7?

 

[Abilidebob]

Will I be able to max this out with my GTX480/i7?

Looking at the graphical options is there anything to "max"?
Unless you're talking about using Gedosato to get the most juice you can from it.

 

[spiritfox]

I don't suppose anyone knows how the port works with 360 controllers? Does it even work?

 

[chrominance]

I don't suppose anyone knows how the port works with 360 controllers? Does it even work?

Yup, 360 controllers work fine. The first screenshots of the PC version showed 360 button prompts.

 

[Corpekata]

I don't suppose anyone knows how the port works with 360 controllers? Does it even work?

Some of the press photos for the game show the 360 icons. I would wager it'll work just as well as it does in most games.

 

[Lain]

Who's making the official thread for the game tomorrow?

 

[SpikedGunner]

Who's making the official thread for the game tomorrow?

Durante

 

[InfiniteNine]

Who's making the official thread for the game tomorrow?

Durante!

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Who's making the official thread for the game tomorrow?

Durante. By and large he's reposting the old OT, but with addendum for PC buyers.

 

[R10Neymarfan]

Durante are you going to post the new OT yet? It's two days till release

 

[InfiniteNine]

Durante are you going to post the new OT yet? It's two days till release

New rules state new threads need to be posted on the release date now.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Ignoring that, I'm raffling a key for the upcoming release, expect results 12 hours from now.

 

[Mr. Desu]

Ignoring that, I'm raffling a key for the upcoming release, expect results 12 hours from now.

Thanks for the giveaway!

I passed over this on PS3, so I'll (hopefully) be getting it sometime now that it's on PC! I honestly don't know why I never picked this up, seeing as I had plenty of opportunity to do so.. Oh well.

 

[Kieli]

Durante. By and large he's reposting the old OT, but with addendum for PC buyers.

As awesome as Durante is... why doesn't he allow another person to make a fresh OT if he's just going to copy and paste an old one?

 

[Rhaknar]

One of your soldiers is a twelve year old girl, actually.

One of the bigger disbelief suspension breakers was all the teenage war recruits.

why? its a anime (style) game, not company of heroes. 12 year old warriors / soldiers / fighters / what have you are a staple of that

 

[Wedge7]

Wow, that review posted makes things seem very positive! Cant wait, gonna be one of the first games in a while that I'm purchasing that I'm gonna be playing immediately, not just purchasing and throwing on the huge backlog list.

 

[Lain]

Durante

Durante!

Durante. By and large he's reposting the old OT, but with addendum for PC buyers.

Ohhh that feels pretty apt.

 

[Firebrand]

Ignoring that, I'm raffling a key for the upcoming release, expect results 12 hours from now.

*salute*

Glad to hear it they seem to have put some effort into this port, it deserves it.

 

[Paz]

Ignoring that, I'm raffling a key for the upcoming release, expect results 12 hours from now.

Thanks for the generosity, first giveaway I decided to enter

Been waiting a long time to play through this game, I got given a copy for free when I worked at Sega but it was during crunch and so I didn't boot it up for ages, turns out the disc was borked and by the time I knew there were no more copies left. Yay for convenient/cheap DD PC releases.

 

[Anteater]

HOLY CRAP VC HAS VSYNC SETTINGS

BEST GAME EVER

Seeing the effort SE put into FF13 this picture actually made me tear up a bit, haha

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Are graphics options set prior to game launch via an external window or can you change options in-game?

 

[Passive Assassin]

HOLY CRAP VC HAS VSYNC SETTINGS

BEST GAME EVER

kreygasm

 

[androvsky]

why? its a anime (style) game, not company of heroes. 12 year old warriors / soldiers / fighters / what have you are a staple of that

Teenage war recruits happened in real life, especially in the time period VC is trying to fictionalize.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_use_of_children

The Germans equipped an entire SS Panzer Tank Division and manned it with 16 and 17-year-old boys from the Hitler Youth brigades. As Germany suffered more casualties, more teenagers volunteered and were accepted, initially as reserve troops but then as regulars. The German ethic of the boy soldier not only encouraged such service but towards the end of the war, the Germans even drafted boys as young as 12 into military service. These children saw extensive action and were among the fiercest and effective German defenders in the Battle of Berlin.[102]

And in WWI, there was an 8-year-old boy serving in the Serbian army after his parents, grandmother, and seven siblings were killed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momčilo_Gavrić
What makes VC odd is the girls of various ages fighting, but that happened in real life too, it was just quite a bit rarer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipers_of_the_Soviet_Union
Unless, of course, it's a tiny European country caught in the middle of a much larger conflict, not entirely unlike the setting of VC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans#Women

And if you think it feels a bit weird to get into real-life unpleasantries of WWII when talking about a colorful, fanciful Japanese video game, uh, think of this as a good warm-up.