Based on the trailer and everything I've read about it, this game is capitalizing on the name and the acclaim of Valkyria Chronicles but doesn't embrace what made the first game great. No amount of telling me I'm not seeing it right is going to change that for me.
This is the problem with all of the "this isn't Valkyria chronicles!" posts.
This is explicitly not Chronicles, and has been made clear since the first announcement of this title. The standards one places on Valkyria Chronicles means absolutely nothing because this Valkyria Azure Revolution is something different intentionally so.
If they had named it Valkyria Chronicles 4, then i would say you'd have a point.
But they are are not saying, nor have they ever said that this is a Valkyria Chronicles game, or that fans who wanted Chronicles should be suckered in by this title, they said the exact opposite infact.