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[LurkerPrime]

That makes VC about $10 USD. It's a great turn-based/real-time JRPG hybrid and a pretty good PC port to boot.

IIRC this is the lowest it's been so act now, while supplies last. It's not a daily or anything, so who knows how long it'l last.

Update: An even better deal has appeared (Steam version):

$8 / 8€ on GMG with voucher

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/de/en/pc/games/rpgs/valkyria-chronicles/

20PERO-FFDIGI-GAMESX

I'm not sure how long the sale is on... probably a day or two, so act now.

And yes, GMG is a legit digital retailer. Just make sure you're using the promo codes and you'll often get great deals.

 

[Spaghetti]

excellent game. buy buy buy.

 

[Weetrick]

Awesome. I've been waiting for a sale to try it out! Thanks.

 

[gngf123]

Everyone, go buy it. It is a really good game.

 

[Nubian Star]

Great!I bought it when it was full price. The weird thing is the save screen looks just like 3 ps3 save system.

 

[kubus]

Europe too! €9,99

Link to store page in case people didn't realize the banner in the OP is a link

Spoiler

like me

 

[YianGaruga]

Good thread title

 

[jediyoshi]

Do it for Marina.

 

[Warrior_Keoni]

Incredible game for a great price!

 

[TekGryphon]

Such an over-rated game. Neither myself nor my friends enjoyed it.

You hear all these people talking about what a great Strategy RPG it is, but its audience is geared to one group: anime fanatics.

It's one of the shallowest RPGs you can ask for. On the story side, you have zero interaction, just watching stilted anime slides that drag on forever. On the mechanic side, advancement is as vague as possible. Instead of advancing soldiers, you just advance soldier types, and instead of picking how you advance them, you just move them along a linear progression path. Leveling them up is just holding down a button while your XP fills a bar, then "ding!" they level up and you assume something changed.

It's also one of the shallowest Strategy games. The enemy AI is pathetic, and will frequently waste turns bouncing units back and forth in the fog of war rather than take another shot with a unit that's clearly in LOS. Enemies are clearly running under a very simplistic script that can easily be abused, and it sucks all the challenge out of the game once you understand the massive gaping holes in the AI's capabilities.

Worse is the nature of the port itself. We're talking Dark Souls bad, but without the fan patch to fix it. 70% of your time in-game will be spent meandering through menus, yet you can't even use the fucking mouse. I remember it takes almost a dozen key presses just to save the game, and that's something you need to remember to do because the game doesn't auto-save between chapters. Have a game crash (which will happen) and you could lose hours of progression.

It's just a mess, and I'd only recommend it for people desperate to consume some B-tier anime story in a D-tier game.

 

[oneida]

buy it.

 

[motorised mallard]

Such an over-rated game. Neither myself nor my friends enjoyed it.

You hear all these people talking about what a great Strategy RPG it is, but its audience is geared to one group: anime fanatics.

It's one of the shallowest RPGs you can ask for. On the story side, you have zero interaction, just watching stilted anime slides that drag on forever. On the mechanic side, advancement is as vague as possible. Instead of advancing soldiers, you just advance soldier types, and instead of picking how you advance them, you just move them along a linear progression path. Leveling them up is just holding down a button while your XP fills a bar, then "ding!" they level up and you assume something changed.

It's also one of the shallowest Strategy games. The enemy AI is pathetic, and will frequently waste turns bouncing units back and forth in the fog of war rather than take another shot with a unit that's clearly in LOS. Enemies are clearly running under a very simplistic script that can easily be abused, and it sucks all the challenge out of the game once you understand the massive gaping holes in the AI's capabilities.

Worse is the nature of the port itself. We're talking Dark Souls bad, but without the fan patch to fix it. 70% of your time in-game will be spent meandering through menus, yet you can't even use the fucking mouse. I remember it takes almost a dozen key presses just to save the game, and that's something you need to remember to do because the game doesn't auto-save between chapters. Have a game crash (which will happen) and you could lose hours of progression.

It's just a mess, and I'd only recommend it for people desperate to consume some B-tier anime story in a D-tier game.

*lights the Durante signal*

- edit -

You are free to not like the gameplay or story or specific mechanics but you couldn't be more wrong about the quality of the port.

 

[YianGaruga]

Such an over-rated game. Neither myself nor my friends enjoyed it.

You hear all these people talking about what a great Strategy RPG it is, but its audience is geared to one group: anime fanatics.

It's one of the shallowest RPGs you can ask for. On the story side, you have zero interaction, just watching stilted anime slides that drag on forever. On the mechanic side, advancement is as vague as possible. Instead of advancing soldiers, you just advance soldier types, and instead of picking how you advance them, you just move them along a linear progression path. Leveling them up is just holding down a button while your XP fills a bar, then "ding!" they level up and you assume something changed.

It's also one of the shallowest Strategy games. The enemy AI is pathetic, and will frequently waste turns bouncing units back and forth in the fog of war rather than take another shot with a unit that's clearly in LOS. Enemies are clearly running under a very simplistic script that can easily be abused, and it sucks all the challenge out of the game once you understand the massive gaping holes in the AI's capabilities.

Worse is the nature of the port itself. We're talking Dark Souls bad, but without the fan patch to fix it. 70% of your time in-game will be spent meandering through menus, yet you can't even use the fucking mouse. I remember it takes almost a dozen key presses just to save the game, and that's something you need to remember to do because the game doesn't auto-save between chapters. Have a game crash (which will happen) and you could lose hours of progression.

It's just a mess, and I'd only recommend it for people desperate to consume some B-tier anime story in a D-tier game.

Most of the world confirmed weeaboo

 

[cwistofu]

Such an over-rated game. Neither myself nor my friends enjoyed it.

You hear all these people talking about what a great Strategy RPG it is, but its audience is geared to one group: anime fanatics.

It's one of the shallowest RPGs you can ask for. On the story side, you have zero interaction, just watching stilted anime slides that drag on forever. On the mechanic side, advancement is as vague as possible. Instead of advancing soldiers, you just advance soldier types, and instead of picking how you advance them, you just move them along a linear progression path. Leveling them up is just holding down a button while your XP fills a bar, then "ding!" they level up and you assume something changed.

It's also one of the shallowest Strategy games. The enemy AI is pathetic, and will frequently waste turns bouncing units back and forth in the fog of war rather than take another shot with a unit that's clearly in LOS. Enemies are clearly running under a very simplistic script that can easily be abused, and it sucks all the challenge out of the game once you understand the massive gaping holes in the AI's capabilities.

Worse is the nature of the port itself. We're talking Dark Souls bad, but without the fan patch to fix it. 70% of your time in-game will be spent meandering through menus, yet you can't even use the fucking mouse. I remember it takes almost a dozen key presses just to save the game, and that's something you need to remember to do because the game doesn't auto-save between chapters. Have a game crash (which will happen) and you could lose hours of progression.

It's just a mess, and I'd only recommend it for people desperate to consume some B-tier anime story in a D-tier game.

I'm not going to touch your feelings about the game, but it takes literally 3 button presses to save.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Such an over-rated game. Neither myself nor my friends enjoyed it.

You hear all these people talking about what a great Strategy RPG it is, but its audience is geared to one group: anime fanatics.

It's one of the shallowest RPGs you can ask for. On the story side, you have zero interaction, just watching stilted anime slides that drag on forever. On the mechanic side, advancement is as vague as possible. Instead of advancing soldiers, you just advance soldier types, and instead of picking how you advance them, you just move them along a linear progression path. Leveling them up is just holding down a button while your XP fills a bar, then "ding!" they level up and you assume something changed.

It's also one of the shallowest Strategy games. The enemy AI is pathetic, and will frequently waste turns bouncing units back and forth in the fog of war rather than take another shot with a unit that's clearly in LOS. Enemies are clearly running under a very simplistic script that can easily be abused, and it sucks all the challenge out of the game once you understand the massive gaping holes in the AI's capabilities.

Worse is the nature of the port itself. We're talking Dark Souls bad, but without the fan patch to fix it. 70% of your time in-game will be spent meandering through menus, yet you can't even use the fucking mouse. I remember it takes almost a dozen key presses just to save the game, and that's something you need to remember to do because the game doesn't auto-save between chapters. Have a game crash (which will happen) and you could lose hours of progression.

It's just a mess, and I'd only recommend it for people desperate to consume some B-tier anime story in a D-tier game.

Well that's just your opinion. And its mostly in the minority.

 

[pahamrick]

Such an over-rated game. Neither myself nor my friends enjoyed it.

You hear all these people talking about what a great Strategy RPG it is, but its audience is geared to one group: anime fanatics.

It's one of the shallowest RPGs you can ask for. On the story side, you have zero interaction, just watching stilted anime slides that drag on forever. On the mechanic side, advancement is as vague as possible. Instead of advancing soldiers, you just advance soldier types, and instead of picking how you advance them, you just move them along a linear progression path. Leveling them up is just holding down a button while your XP fills a bar, then "ding!" they level up and you assume something changed.

It's also one of the shallowest Strategy games. The enemy AI is pathetic, and will frequently waste turns bouncing units back and forth in the fog of war rather than take another shot with a unit that's clearly in LOS. Enemies are clearly running under a very simplistic script that can easily be abused, and it sucks all the challenge out of the game once you understand the massive gaping holes in the AI's capabilities.

Worse is the nature of the port itself. We're talking Dark Souls bad, but without the fan patch to fix it. 70% of your time in-game will be spent meandering through menus, yet you can't even use the fucking mouse. I remember it takes almost a dozen key presses just to save the game, and that's something you need to remember to do because the game doesn't auto-save between chapters. Have a game crash (which will happen) and you could lose hours of progression.

It's just a mess, and I'd only recommend it for people desperate to consume some B-tier anime story in a D-tier game.

 

[TekGryphon]

*lights the Durante signal*

I'm well aware how vitriolic and fanatical this game's fans are, you don't need to light any signals.

One of the only games I've seen that actually has a massive thread on Steam dedicated to organizing people to down-vote any negative reviews on the game. I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

That comment wasnt about fans; Durante is the guy that you referred to who fixed the Dark Souls port.

Woops. Point still stands.

 

[Fedora Royale]

Great game at a great price. If you were on the fence, now is as good a time as any to buy it!

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Most of the world confirmed weeaboo

Has to be 90+ to be a good game, gosh you noob!

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

It's one of the shallowest RPGs you can ask for. On the story side, you have zero interaction, just watching stilted anime slides that drag on forever.

JRPGs typically don't have much if any player agency on the story at all.

 

[gngf123]

Worse is the nature of the port itself. We're talking Dark Souls bad, but without the fan patch to fix it. 70% of your time in-game will be spent meandering through menus, yet you can't even use the fucking mouse. I remember it takes almost a dozen key presses just to save the game, and that's something you need to remember to do because the game doesn't auto-save between chapters. Have a game crash (which will happen) and you could lose hours of progression.

The lack of mouse driven menus is pretty much the only thing "wrong" with the port. It is absolutely nowhere even close to being Dark Souls bad. On the whole it is a perfectly serviceable port.

It also doesn't require even close to that many presses to save.

 

[chrominance]

....so anyways

Sale's on for the next 47 hours or so, seems to be a late weekend deal or something. Have at it!

 

[MikeE21286]

I have the ps3 version. Significant reason(s) to buy again?

 

[Bog]

Is this much improved over the PS3 version?

 

[TekGryphon]

I'm not going to touch your feelings about the game, but it takes literally 3 button presses to save.

Just looked it up.

F-S-S-Space-Space-Space-S-S-S-Space

10 keys to get into the menu, save, and get out.

This is part of what I'm talking about. I'm not going to surprise anyone in the world by pointing out that anime fans are some of the most painful people to debate with, as 99% of their rebuttals to any criticism will be a circle jerk of one-sentence categorical rebuttals or, as in this case, outright bullshittry.

My review is my own. I expect this thread to be filled with hundreds of posts of praise, nearly all of them by people with anime avatars, but my purpose is to warn those that aren't desperately on the hunt for B-tier anime in a D-tier game - avoid this game.

 

[pahamrick]

I have the ps3 version. Significant reason(s) to buy again?

Is this much improved over the PS3 version?

Only real advantages is it includes all DLC from the PS3 version, able to render at higher resolutions, better frame rate and far faster loading times.

Just looked it up.

F-S-S-Space-Space-Space-S-S-S-Space

10 keys to get into the menu, save, and get out.

This is part of what I'm talking about. I'm not going to surprise anyone in the world by pointing out that anime fans are some of the most painful people to debate with, as 99% of their rebuttals to any criticism will be a circle jerk of one-sentence categorical rebuttals or, as in this case, outright bullshittry.

My review is my own. I expect this thread to be filled with hundreds of posts of praise, nearly all of them by people with anime avatars, but my purpose is to warn those that aren't desperately on the hunt for B-tier anime in a D-tier game - avoid this game.

I think the biggest issue is last time you brought up that post (is it the same exact one? I should see if you just copy and pasted it) you tended to ignore people who brought up legitimate points against your claim.

 

[ATXAlchemy]

I have the ps3 version. Significant reason(s) to buy again?

It comes with DLCs?

 

[billmcdougal]

I'm well aware how vitriolic and fanatical this game's fans are, you don't need to light any signals.

That comment wasnt about fans; Durante is the guy that you referred to who fixed the Dark Souls port.

 

[TheMoon]

IIRC this is the lowest it's been so act now, while supplies last. It's not a daily or anything, so who knows how long it'l last.

Maybe look at the store page and see the countdown^^

SPECIAL PROMOTION! Offer ends in 46:48:51

 

[gngf123]

I have the ps3 version. Significant reason(s) to buy again?

Resolution, load times, and framerate improvements mostly.

At launch there was glitch that made scout rushing less effective when playing at 60fps. Not sure if that has been changed, though. I wouldn't say "fixed" because a lot of people thought it improved the game.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Just looked it up.

F-S-S-Space-Space-Space-S-S-S-Space

10 keys to get into the menu, save, and get out.

This is part of what I'm talking about. I'm not going to surprise anyone in the world by pointing out that anime fans are some of the most painful people to debate with, as 99% of their rebuttals to any criticism will be a circle jerk of one-sentence categorical rebuttals or, as in this case, outright bullshittry.

My review is my own. I expect this thread to be filled with hundreds of posts of praise, nearly all of them by people with anime avatars, but my purpose is to warn those that aren't desperately on the hunt for B-tier anime in a D-tier game - avoid this game.

If I change my avatar, will my opinion be more valid?

 

[poodpick]

You don't need to be so antagonistic with your opinion. Do you get this mad when people recommend other games that you don't like?

 

[Wario64]

I don't like anime and I like Valkyria Chronicles also I have no avatar

 

[mejin]

Such an over-rated game. Neither myself nor my friends enjoyed it.

You hear all these people talking about what a great Strategy RPG it is, but its audience is geared to one group: anime fanatics.

It's one of the shallowest RPGs you can ask for. On the story side, you have zero interaction, just watching stilted anime slides that drag on forever. On the mechanic side, advancement is as vague as possible. Instead of advancing soldiers, you just advance soldier types, and instead of picking how you advance them, you just move them along a linear progression path. Leveling them up is just holding down a button while your XP fills a bar, then "ding!" they level up and you assume something changed.

It's also one of the shallowest Strategy games. The enemy AI is pathetic, and will frequently waste turns bouncing units back and forth in the fog of war rather than take another shot with a unit that's clearly in LOS. Enemies are clearly running under a very simplistic script that can easily be abused, and it sucks all the challenge out of the game once you understand the massive gaping holes in the AI's capabilities.

Worse is the nature of the port itself. We're talking Dark Souls bad, but without the fan patch to fix it. 70% of your time in-game will be spent meandering through menus, yet you can't even use the fucking mouse. I remember it takes almost a dozen key presses just to save the game, and that's something you need to remember to do because the game doesn't auto-save between chapters. Have a game crash (which will happen) and you could lose hours of progression.

It's just a mess, and I'd only recommend it for people desperate to consume some B-tier anime story in a D-tier game.

 

[MikeE21286]

Thanks all, I'll probably pass on the sale but looks to be a great option for others to jump in!

 

[TekGryphon]

If I change my avatar, will my opinion be more valid?

No. Addressing the points in my review will make your opinion more valid.

Shame that won't happen.

 

[cwistofu]

Just looked it up.

F-S-S-Space-Space-Space-S-S-S-Space

10 keys to get into the menu, save, and get out.

This is part of what I'm talking about. I'm not going to surprise anyone in the world by pointing out that anime fans are some of the most painful people to debate with, as 99% of their rebuttals to any criticism will be a circle jerk of one-sentence categorical rebuttals or, as in this case, outright bullshittry.

My review is my own. I expect this thread to be filled with hundreds of posts of praise, nearly all of them by people with anime avatars, but my purpose is to warn those that aren't desperately on the hunt for B-tier anime in a D-tier game - avoid this game.

Y to Menu
down, down (are we really counting cursor movements?)
A to save
A to confirm
B to get back to the game

This is no different from most other games, especially JRPGs. Autosave would have been nice, that's true.

And the only one here getting vitriolic or overly defensive is you, bub.

EDIT: just realized you were including exiting out to Windows. But then we're not talking about "a dozen button presses just to save the game."

 

[Kusagari]

Just looked it up.

F-S-S-Space-Space-Space-S-S-S-Space

10 keys to get into the menu, save, and get out.

This is part of what I'm talking about. I'm not going to surprise anyone in the world by pointing out that anime fans are some of the most painful people to debate with, as 99% of their rebuttals to any criticism will be a circle jerk of one-sentence categorical rebuttals or, as in this case, outright bullshittry.

My review is my own. I expect this thread to be filled with hundreds of posts of praise, nearly all of them by people with anime avatars, but my purpose is to warn those that aren't desperately on the hunt for B-tier anime in a D-tier game - avoid this game.

The game was critically acclaimed when it came out and was critically acclaimed again when the Steam port happened.

You can criticize it all you want but acting like the only people who like it are anime fanatics is a bad look.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

No. Addressing the points in my review will make your opinion more valid.

Shame that won't happen.

What does B-Tier Anime mean? What would A Tier and C Tier be?

 

[TekGryphon]

You don't need to be so antagonistic with your opinion. Do you get this mad when people recommend other games that you don't like?

You call me antagonistic, yet anyone reading this thread is going to go "Damn, he called it like it was".

I said my review was going to be met by a never-ending circle jerk of one-liners and gifs. I was right.

 

[kcp12304]

On Sale for some reason? Welcome to PC gaming.

 

[Jotamide]

Just looked it up.

F-S-S-Space-Space-Space-S-S-S-Space

10 keys to get into the menu, save, and get out.

This is part of what I'm talking about. I'm not going to surprise anyone in the world by pointing out that anime fans are some of the most painful people to debate with, as 99% of their rebuttals to any criticism will be a circle jerk of one-sentence categorical rebuttals or, as in this case, outright bullshittry.

My review is my own. I expect this thread to be filled with hundreds of posts of praise, nearly all of them by people with anime avatars, but my purpose is to warn those that aren't desperately on the hunt for B-tier anime in a D-tier game - avoid this game.

 

[YianGaruga]

You call me antagonistic, yet anyone reading this thread is going to go "Damn, he called it like it was".

I said my review was going to be met by a never-ending circle jerk of one-liners and gifs. I was right.

We get it, you were looking for a deeper experience and went in with the wrong expectations. Please stop being so dismissive of others opinions.

 

[CertifiedFP]

Just looked it up.

F-S-S-Space-Space-Space-S-S-S-Space

10 keys to get into the menu, save, and get out.

This is part of what I'm talking about. I'm not going to surprise anyone in the world by pointing out that anime fans are some of the most painful people to debate with, as 99% of their rebuttals to any criticism will be a circle jerk of one-sentence categorical rebuttals or, as in this case, outright bullshittry.

My review is my own. I expect this thread to be filled with hundreds of posts of praise, nearly all of them by people with anime avatars, but my purpose is to warn those that aren't desperately on the hunt for B-tier anime in a D-tier game - avoid this game.

With the way you're going about this, all the people you're trying to "warn" are going to see is some random pedantic whining to peddle opinion as TRUTHFACT™.

Also, it only takes a few button presses to hit the save button. Probably only a few milliseconds slower than your mouse would reach it. At worst. If this is about no quicksave... Tell me, how many JRPGs ported to PC have had a quicksave button?

 

[loganclaws]

Such an over-rated game. Neither myself nor my friends enjoyed it.

You hear all these people talking about what a great Strategy RPG it is, but its audience is geared to one group: anime fanatics.

It's one of the shallowest RPGs you can ask for. On the story side, you have zero interaction, just watching stilted anime slides that drag on forever. On the mechanic side, advancement is as vague as possible. Instead of advancing soldiers, you just advance soldier types, and instead of picking how you advance them, you just move them along a linear progression path. Leveling them up is just holding down a button while your XP fills a bar, then "ding!" they level up and you assume something changed.

It's also one of the shallowest Strategy games. The enemy AI is pathetic, and will frequently waste turns bouncing units back and forth in the fog of war rather than take another shot with a unit that's clearly in LOS. Enemies are clearly running under a very simplistic script that can easily be abused, and it sucks all the challenge out of the game once you understand the massive gaping holes in the AI's capabilities.

Worse is the nature of the port itself. We're talking Dark Souls bad, but without the fan patch to fix it. 70% of your time in-game will be spent meandering through menus, yet you can't even use the fucking mouse. I remember it takes almost a dozen key presses just to save the game, and that's something you need to remember to do because the game doesn't auto-save between chapters. Have a game crash (which will happen) and you could lose hours of progression.

It's just a mess, and I'd only recommend it for people desperate to consume some B-tier anime story in a D-tier game.

Thanks for this review. I always hear praise about this game but no one says exactly why the game is good, I suspected it was mostly people in love with the art style/presentation.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

I said my review was going to be met by a never-ending circle jerk of one-liners and gifs. I was right.

I don't even like Valkyria that much and I think your review is terrible.

 

[demidar]

No. Addressing the points in my review will make your opinion more valid.

Shame that won't happen.

The only valid point you brought up is the pathetic AI. Try again son, this time with more thought and less attempts to discredit the other side, 'k? I really don't want to just say you suck ass at the game/are a big whiny baby but all your current posts point that way.

 

[Mesoian]

Such an over-rated game. Neither myself nor my friends enjoyed it.

You hear all these people talking about what a great Strategy RPG it is, but its audience is geared to one group: anime fanatics.

It's one of the shallowest RPGs you can ask for. On the story side, you have zero interaction, just watching stilted anime slides that drag on forever. On the mechanic side, advancement is as vague as possible. Instead of advancing soldiers, you just advance soldier types, and instead of picking how you advance them, you just move them along a linear progression path. Leveling them up is just holding down a button while your XP fills a bar, then "ding!" they level up and you assume something changed.

It's also one of the shallowest Strategy games. The enemy AI is pathetic, and will frequently waste turns bouncing units back and forth in the fog of war rather than take another shot with a unit that's clearly in LOS. Enemies are clearly running under a very simplistic script that can easily be abused, and it sucks all the challenge out of the game once you understand the massive gaping holes in the AI's capabilities.

Worse is the nature of the port itself. We're talking Dark Souls bad, but without the fan patch to fix it. 70% of your time in-game will be spent meandering through menus, yet you can't even use the fucking mouse. I remember it takes almost a dozen key presses just to save the game, and that's something you need to remember to do because the game doesn't auto-save between chapters. Have a game crash (which will happen) and you could lose hours of progression.

It's just a mess, and I'd only recommend it for people desperate to consume some B-tier anime story in a D-tier game.

This is, quite literally, the only negative review I've ever seen for this game. The only one.

 

[Alucrid]

Thanks for this review. I always hear praise about this game but no one says exactly why the game is good, I suspected it was mostly people in love with the art style/presentation.

that's because we're all on segas payroll


penny candy for everyone

 

[BinaryPork2737]

I don't like anime and I like Valkyria Chronicles also I have no avatar

You're obviously an anime fan in denial.

Why else wouldn't you have an avatar and like Valkyria Chronicles?