baphometbones
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Baron said:
Good news, Amazon just put a hold on my bank account for 56.99! That means it should be shipping out today. Keep an eye out for yours.
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Valkyria Chronicles |OT| Beautiful art meets genre-redefining gameplay
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Good news, Amazon just put a hold on my bank account for 56.99! That means it should be shipping out today. Keep an eye out for yours.
baphometbones
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sillymonkey321 said:
Wow, that's a steal. I figured it would be another $15 giftcard with purchase deal, but it looks like that will be the in-store price. Much better considering those Circuit City giftcards might not be worth anything soon :lol
radiantdreamer
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Considering what happened with me and EBgames, I think I'll wait until Futureshop has it in stock. That might be a week or two later... 
At least that will give me enough time to beat Castlevania...
Gonna be checking FS stock DAILY until it arrives!
At least that will give me enough time to beat Castlevania...
Gonna be checking FS stock DAILY until it arrives!
â Narayan
Member
My copy and artbook have been backordered.
Well, I still haven't finished Fallout 3 - and I still need to play LittleBigPlanet more. So, I'm fine waiting.
Well, I still haven't finished Fallout 3 - and I still need to play LittleBigPlanet more. So, I'm fine waiting.
Katana_Strikes
Member
My god this game is a tougie. CH7 was a complete bitch. Literally
V good game but hard.
V good game but hard.
Xisiqomelir
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Why do you betray me this way, Indie Game Store
I gave you my money in hopes of joy, and instead I get 2 days of pain
I gave you my money in hopes of joy, and instead I get 2 days of pain
Die Squirrel Die
Member
Katana_Strikes said:My god this game is a tougie. CH7 was a complete bitch. Literally
V good game but hard.
I'm retrying that battle for a third time. It's the first fight where I have been saving after every shot, and reloading if I miss. Cheap I know, but necessary I feel.
Volcynika said:
Awesome.
Die Squirrel Die said:
Hey, no weaksauce allowed.
Die Squirrel Die
Member
The Hug Dog said:
Yep. You can save after every character's move if you want. Although I'd recommend having a separate battle save, from your chapter select save. While you can get back to the 'book mode' from a mid battle save, it's needlessly convoluted.
If you need to do that in chapter 7 already then I implore you to rethink your tactics, otherwise the later battles could get painful. If you don't have enough money to buy all the normal unit upgrades available to you you could also try some skirmishes.Die Squirrel Die said:
(though the first few battles after that one get easier again in my experience, so don't worry too much)
Facism
Member
The Hug Dog said:
up, when you're at the command screen, press triangle, choose System and then Save.
Chapter 7 was tough alright. I lost an Engineer and Shocktrooper. Barely won it because of Attack Up orders and 3 Lancers using the main target as cover from that glowing wench.
[edit]Also, fuck Hans at the beach. He's almost a shitty friend from the recent Sonic the Shytehog games.
Die Squirrel Die
Member
Durante said:
I've researched all the tech upgrades I can so far. It's how I judge my skirmish grinding, I play them until I have enough for all the available upgrades, then press on with the story.
I'm not sure I need to do it, to be honest. This is my third attempt, but the first two attempts failed because of dumb mistakes on my part (first time I had a poorly chosen team, the second time I positioned the Eidelweiss badly, only had one CP left and saved, then the Batomys would blow me up in one hit with its cannon, and I had no backup save). But I'm at the point where I just want to finish this battle and move on.
Yeah, that's exactly how I am handling it, but now I have 3 unplayed skirmishes...Die Squirrel Die said:
I completed that mission on my first try. However, I did lose something like 4 or 5 units the turnDie Squirrel Die said:
the reinforcements showed up, because they had a full bar of stored up CP -- I had eliminated all of the easily killable targets early and the CPU had no way of using up his CP :lol
Die Squirrel Die
Member
Quick question
When the Bartomys' radiators show, how long do they stay exposed for? Is there a time/turn limit?
Volcynika said:
ohh awesome. That's one less thing to worry about
radiantdreamer
Member
Die Squirrel Die said:
WIN. Now I can play this game in manageable chunks of time!
BLADE:[shivers] Oooooh, so exciting!
Holy shit, I'm in love. The music brings back fond memories of FFT and the main character is quite likable, not emo or fighting for personal reasons. I know it's not technically impressive but the game is beautiful and has it's own charm. This game is seriously going to eat into my LBP play time, it's so good. I hope everyone in this thread gets a copy, it doesn't seem like they're shipping a lot of copies to stores.
Volcynika said:
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Die Squirrel Die
Member
Okay, I am seriously stuck.
I have too much of a migraine to try again tonight.
Selvaria is just too strong. Plus the Batomys always seems more interested in using his back cannon to instantly kill the Eidelweiss rather than shoot his was through the walls, and expose his radiator. The only FAQ, either the person is not a native speaker, their English is not great, or they are terrible at giving clear explainations. Probably the most annoying thing about the stage is that there are no special troops to take down the enemies CP per turn. They just build up an insane amount of it. By the time Selvaria arrived they had a full go, and could just blast throughme.
I have too much of a migraine to try again tonight.
Here's how I did it (note that it was my first try so it's unlikely to be the ideal way):Die Squirrel Die said:
In the first two turns I killed off all the non-Batomys units using a sniper and shocktrooper that I sent up on the cliff in the back. At the same time I used the Edelweiss to start taking out cannons on the Batomys, while always making sure to end up outside its shot zone at the end of my turn and using a mechanic to keep it at full health.
Then I continued destroying turrets, and at some point the Batomys starts to expose its radiators (as long as you shoot down all the obstacles). I first destroyed the one on its left, which turns out to have been lucky since Selvaria always accompanied it on its left. I just stayed out of her sight on the other side of the Batomys and went up to destroy the other 2 radiators when I got the chance.
Then I continued destroying turrets, and at some point the Batomys starts to expose its radiators (as long as you shoot down all the obstacles). I first destroyed the one on its left, which turns out to have been lucky since Selvaria always accompanied it on its left. I just stayed out of her sight on the other side of the Batomys and went up to destroy the other 2 radiators when I got the chance.
Hope this helps!
Die Squirrel Die
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I took out the normal units, and the guns within a couple of turns. My biggest difficulty was in where to position my tank. Are the Batomys' cannons, meant to be able to kill it in one shot? Even with all the defensive upgrades possible? And as I said, the Batomys seemed to stop moving just before it came to my south-west camp. I only had one radiator to go, but it wouldn't move on to the next wall and expose it.
Die Squirrel Die said:
I just kept my tank very far away from it after destroying the turrets, since I came close to losing it. I only managed to get the final radiator pretty close to my final southeastern camp. To me it seemed like it shot (and consequently opened up) only every 2 turns
Die Squirrel Die
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I'll give it a try tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.
Facism
Member
Durante said:
This is what i did. Kept the tank at the main Command Post after taking down the turrets. used 3 Lancers to take down the radiators, luckily the left radiator was the first to go, so i could maneuvere the Lancers to the right hand side of the tank and use it as cover from the reinforcements. Kept an Engineer with the Lancers so they always had 3 rockets each turn, and used the Attack Up orders so the remaining radiators (and then the tank itself) were down in 4 moves total
The position of the EdelWeiss at the main CP meant it could attack the big ass tank with relative safety after the radiators went down.
The position of the EdelWeiss at the main CP meant it could attack the big ass tank with relative safety after the radiators went down.
The first battle that i realised you could permanently lose soldiers. Hard times losing Edy.
Facism
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Durante said:
Didn't want to go through the battle again
Only saved at the beginning.She got caught on the wrong side of the map when
the reinforcements came and that blue glowing bint used 3 moves to get to the tank and then pwn her with magic bullshit rays. Couldn't afford to get a scout out to rescue her as the scout would have bitten it too.
Facism said:
"that blue glowing bint used 3 moves to get to the tank and then pwn her with magic bullshit rays" :lol
That's how I felt when she appeared. Her hax just wasn't fair. I actually tried to nuke her with my expanded payload mortar to see if I could at least do 1 point of damage or knock her around a bit but no dice
That's how I felt when she appeared. Her hax just wasn't fair. I actually tried to nuke her with my expanded payload mortar to see if I could at least do 1 point of damage or knock her around a bit but no dice
Mission 7 - Battle of Barious - Batomys Tank
Challenging level, almost unfair when their reinforcements arrive and you're positioned unluckily.
Challenging level, almost unfair when their reinforcements arrive and you're positioned unluckily.
Once you've survived Selvaria rushing towards Batomys (and have people outside of her line of sight), it's actually quite fun. I positioned Edelweiss to protect my Lancers from Selvaria, and making sure the Batomys cannons couldn't target me. Selvaria won't stray away from Batomys to pick off your units in hiding (phew!). If Batomys isn't progressing, then something is probably blocking it (I wonder if Selvaria can block its progress - you're fucked if that can happen)
rykomatsu
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Volcynika said:
no Selveria Bles for Whorecoregamer01
yet
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Volcynika said:
FUCK YEAH!!!!
rykomatsu said:no Selveria Bles for Whorecoregamer01yet
Stop calling me by that name.
It is absolutely annoying.
I'm buying the game when it goes on sale at Circuit City even though I don't have a PS3. SEGA needs to know that they still have fans in the US who enjoy their unique Japanese games. If this game doesn't sell enough they will think the US doesn't care for Japanese games anymore and we will only get Published crap like Iron Man and Hulk. We will also get games like Mad World that are made for the US.. but no unique Japanese style games.
Facism said:
Regarding the reinforcements:
The reinforcements including evil valkyria will barge down the ramp towards the huge tank. I just put rosie slightly to the right of the top of that ramp, she mowed down every single trooper except evil valkyria in one enemy turn. The radiators were easy to take out with Alicia and a grenade.
This is the only level i S:ed so far i think. Except it looks like A is the best grade in EU version.
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