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Valkyria Chronicles |OT| Beautiful art meets genre-redefining gameplay
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Gamer @ Heart
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At what rate should i be doing skirmishes after every main story battle so that i am always ahead of the curve?
When do i get Vyse?
Any word on trophies?
Does New game plus alow me to use my upgraded characters and all?
Any secret tips for weapons, characters, upgrades, or tactics i should know about before i miss the opportunity to get or use it?
Are there level caps?
When do i get Vyse?
Any word on trophies?
Does New game plus alow me to use my upgraded characters and all?
Any secret tips for weapons, characters, upgrades, or tactics i should know about before i miss the opportunity to get or use it?
Are there level caps?
Die Squirrel Die
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Gamer @ Heart said:
Opinions will differ, but between main battles I did skirmishes until I had enough to buy all the available R&D upgrades.
The pool of recruits is randomly selected at certain points. I'm not sure when exactly, maybe each chapter, maybe every other chapter. If you really want Vyse and Aika as soon as possible, save before going to the HQ and checking the recruit list. If they aren't there reload. AFAIK you should eventually get everybody anyway, except for 5 special recruits, who have special conditions to meet before they show up.
None, it's probably not likely though.
Yes, weapons, upgrades and levels all transfer over.
There are special enemies that you can kill for weapon drops. They all have unique names, rather than the generic 'Shocktrooper' or 'Sniper' or 'Light Tank' etc. They only appear on main mission stages, and once you beat a main stage you cannot replay it until the 'new game +'. I don't know if there's a special unit on every stage.
The level cap is 20. At level 11 the class upgrades to 'elites'.
Gamer @ Heart said:
At any rate you feel comfortable with. You could probably complete the entire game using only the experience you get from the story missions. As Strategy-RPGs go, this one skews heavily towards the strategy end of the equation.
Gamer @ Heart said:
Vyse (and Aika for that matter) are both recruits just like any other, and new recruits show up randomly after every chapter. If he's not there when you first gain the ability to hire recruits, check back after every mission.
Alternately, you can save your game before going to HQ after a chapter ends, and if he's not there reload the save and check again. You'll get a different set of recruits.
Gamer @ Heart said:
No official word that I'm aware of. I wouldn't hold my breath, personally.
Gamer @ Heart said:
That's the word on the street. I haven't beaten the game myself, so I don't know for sure.
Gamer @ Heart said:
Like, in terms of permanently missable things? The only things that you can't get anytime I believe are the weapons you get for killing enemy aces. The aces only show up in particular chapters, and you can only do each story chapter once.
Personally, I hardly use most of the weapons dropped by the aces. Missing some isn't a big deal.
Gamer @ Heart said:
Levels go up to 20.
Edit: gah, beaten.
Gamer @ Heart
Member
Thanks guys. Im loving the game alot, but part of me wishes the game looks as good as the stylish CG cut scenes the game uses. It seems so within reach!
Die Squirrel Die
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speedpop said:
They would be.......if Aika was a shocktrooper, rather than a scout.
Ohhhh burn!!!!!
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Fuck this duel.
I barely got all the turrets and two radiators and then they get a "kill everyone they want" turn? Then I have to hopefully have the next people survive so the last radiator can go? How the fuck is this supposed to be possible do I need to level up my Lancers to 12 or something?
â Narayan
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I just beat Chapter
. I now have 34 hours clocked in.
Fuck, man.
FUCK... Just... FUCK! I've never said
Meanwhile, my troops are now
and the Edelweiss
is a monster. You've got to love the
, too. 
11
Fuck, man.
Isara.
"NO!" to any fictional character's death more than ever.
Meanwhile, my troops are now
Elites
2
Shamrock
Dice said:
Ain't Chapter 7 grand?
Keep everyone away from the northeast corner of the map when you go to blow up the second radiator, since that's where Selvaria and her posse show up. If they can't see anybody they'll just run toward the Batomys, and you can pick everyone except Selvaria off with Snipers without anybody putting themselves in real danger.
Selvaria's shots don't hurt the Edelweiss, so you can then just park it in front of her to keep whoever you send to destroy the last radiator safe from her interception fire.
If you're in the mood to make it hilariously one-sided you can also deploy 3 snipers from your main camp before you destroy the second radiator, then have them run up onto the "stage" part of the ruins, snipe one of Selvaria's soldiers, end their turn, use another CP on them, have them shoot another soldier, then run back down toward the camp. If they're on the far side of the stage when your phase ends then Selvaria won't see them and will run toward the Batomys. You can wipe out all of Selvaria's soldiers before they get a single turn.
Selvaria's shots don't hurt the Edelweiss, so you can then just park it in front of her to keep whoever you send to destroy the last radiator safe from her interception fire.
If you're in the mood to make it hilariously one-sided you can also deploy 3 snipers from your main camp before you destroy the second radiator, then have them run up onto the "stage" part of the ruins, snipe one of Selvaria's soldiers, end their turn, use another CP on them, have them shoot another soldier, then run back down toward the camp. If they're on the far side of the stage when your phase ends then Selvaria won't see them and will run toward the Batomys. You can wipe out all of Selvaria's soldiers before they get a single turn.
Ha ha, Chapter 15.
I just finished the first battle in one turn while killing two enemy aces. Anybody know if there are any more? I got the tank destroyer and the Shocktrooper hiding in the grass in the northeast. I still had 2 or 3 CP left at the end so if there's just one or two more I could probably take them out too while still one-turning it.
â Narayan
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Yeah, that would pretty much be amazing.speedpop said:
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Thanks for the tips, it probably would have taken me a while to figure that out.ixix said:
Even so, it was so damn tricky figuring out what kind and how many units to have where. I thought I had my Lancers up enough but it took a couple more levels to barely tip the balance to get those turrets down in time. Meanwhile some really bad luck got both engineers insta-killed so that was a trouble all it's own, then it got worse when Vyse was surprisingly taken out and a sniper wasted two shots failing to avenge him (shooting into the 4% of the circle which was not the dude's head). I really had to stick some Lancers necks out to attack and fetch the dead guys.
Something troublesome which ended up being useful was that they captured my lower left base. It seemed they didn't want to run it over unless it was mine but I sent Alicia there and her awesome dodging made them waste a lot of turns. That allowed me to save turns to pull out enough guys to spawn the snipers and get them ready before reoccupying the base and sending her up to drop a grenade the radiator on the next turn. Then my snipers were out in the open but I found if you move fast enough Selvaria doesn't get her attack out before stopping.
Even with all that, I barely had enough turns to kill the enemy team (the snipers were more accurate than usual) and pull my snipers out so she'd run around back. Unfortunately she wiped out Alicia, but then all the CP from the the following action-empty turn allowed me to move the tank to block and sneak an engineer I deployed before to save her and blast the last radiator. Thing is, even with the tons of extra CP as I had (on accident), I could just barely redeploy the 4 lancers and finish off the Batomys. I mean I guess the tension does have a kind of thrill, but it was just too long of a process.
Now I'm about to go into "Reunion"
Something troublesome which ended up being useful was that they captured my lower left base. It seemed they didn't want to run it over unless it was mine but I sent Alicia there and her awesome dodging made them waste a lot of turns. That allowed me to save turns to pull out enough guys to spawn the snipers and get them ready before reoccupying the base and sending her up to drop a grenade the radiator on the next turn. Then my snipers were out in the open but I found if you move fast enough Selvaria doesn't get her attack out before stopping.
Even with all that, I barely had enough turns to kill the enemy team (the snipers were more accurate than usual) and pull my snipers out so she'd run around back. Unfortunately she wiped out Alicia, but then all the CP from the the following action-empty turn allowed me to move the tank to block and sneak an engineer I deployed before to save her and blast the last radiator. Thing is, even with the tons of extra CP as I had (on accident), I could just barely redeploy the 4 lancers and finish off the Batomys. I mean I guess the tension does have a kind of thrill, but it was just too long of a process.
Now I'm about to go into "Reunion"
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
RpgN said:
Exactly, people don't understand that originality is a pretty subjective term.
Valkyria Chronicles like Skies of Arcadia, Grandia 1, Lunar, Lunar 2, Tales of the Abyss, and many other games are character driven. The main storyline is weak, but the focus of the game is the strong development of the main cast, the villains, and the secondary cast of characters.
In my humble opinion, I prefer having a strong character driven storyline because a story driven storyline can get stale after the first playthrough. If the cast's strong development and charm is strong enough, it can make the next playthroughs just as compelling because you care about the characters and you feel a certain bond with them.
Pop On Arrival
Banned
Been staying away from this thread as I haven't gotten confirmation when my copy was gonna arrive. Now I know I'm gonna get my hands on it on the 28th, and I would just like to say: FUCK YES.
Finished the game. Endgame spoilers below.
I'm a bit disappointing at the final boss battle. Managed to beat the final boss in three turns for an A rank on my first try without using saves. Had troupers take care of the nearest towers and a sniper for the towers on the other side. Then I'd just pair up three troupers and let them group shoot at the boss a bunch of times. Wasn't even close to dieing.
buffi said:
Heh, it could actually be done in two turns too
.Hcoregamer: Eh, Abyss' main storyline wasn't weak at all. One of the more solid Tales plots around. It had great character and main story development. Though, in general Tales are very character driven. Even that doesn't save some of the games though. Tales of Rebirth, urgh. But I figured as much many folks wouldn't like the story to Valkyria. It's one of it's weakest points.
jaundicejuice
Member
Picked up my pre-ordered copy Valkyria Chronicles on Friday, finally. I imagine the delay was due to the addition of the dual language cover art and manual. Blarg. I popped the game in late last night and ended up playing until four in the morning.
So far the final game is everything the demo hinted that it would be.
So far the final game is everything the demo hinted that it would be.
I did it in one turns. ^_^kiryogi said:Heh, it could actually be done in two turns too
Buffi: It's not disappointing really. You just figured out the strategy.
Edit: People remember this old awesome music? ^_^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTgQ-MaB8V0&fmt=18
I'm not sure if it is him, Masaharu Iwata, or Hayato Matsuo who did this one, but you can sure tell that this theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqyBBIstLYM&fmt=18 and that Ogre Battle theme work so well and sound good playing endlessly.
I wish they orchestrated that Ogre Battle theme. It's my favourite music from the SNES console.
Red Blaster
Member
Started yesterday and I'm already at Chapter 7 which looks to be a total ass beating for my guys. Game's real good, though I was surprised to find how there's barely any RPG components in the game aside from the character traits. It errs way more towards games like Silent Storm and X-Com. Rather progressive title in that respect, culling ideas from Western strategy games.
Fuck a duck, DO NOT GO TO THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR THE GAME. Spoilers afoot.
Fuck a duck, DO NOT GO TO THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR THE GAME. Spoilers afoot.
25.5h for meTuxBobble said:
I did all of the skirmish missions and side quests so it should be possible to clear the game in under 15-20h easily if you rush through it (don't do that).
Some people seem to take upwards of 40h though, and I have no idea what the hell they are doing
30 hours for me.TuxBobble said:
I had super grinded though. Everyone but engineers were level 20. Engy was at 16.
I think leveling had really helped me get along with the story. It would have taken longer for the story mode if I didn't. Also, I probably spent like 35 hours since I reloaded a lot. 8P
Farnack said:
There actually existed an orchestral arranged album sorry if you pretend it doesn't exist (as I have read not a few negative opinions on this).
jaundicejuice
Member
"Bang, bang baby!" Aikia's my favorite scout simply because she says that every time she offs an Imp.
I've made it up to the fifth chapter and am absolutely loving Valkyria Chronicles. I just love the gameplay, how it's action oriented but remains a strategic experience. I love how you where you place your units, the direction they're facing, who they're grouped with matters. I love how a battle can end on an enemy phase because of how well you placed your units. An enemy unit breaks cover and gets absolutely destroyed. I like how you level up a class and not an individual, that you equip the whole and not just any one member. Instead of growing to rely on the few characters you use you're free to experiement with newer additions without being punished. I love the episodic, history book presentation that allows you to save when ever you want. You don't have to watch cutscene after cutscene if you don't want to. You can save anytime you want. The game feels well-paced, everything is just moving along at a decent clip. The battles and cutscenes don't just drag on and on.
The weird anime-isms--the cast is just so positive, earnest and upbeat, which is kind of an odd juxtaposition with the settings and theme of the game--are starting to become really endearing. I haven't liked a group of characters this much since Dragon Quest VIII or Persona 3.
I've made it up to the fifth chapter and am absolutely loving Valkyria Chronicles. I just love the gameplay, how it's action oriented but remains a strategic experience. I love how you where you place your units, the direction they're facing, who they're grouped with matters. I love how a battle can end on an enemy phase because of how well you placed your units. An enemy unit breaks cover and gets absolutely destroyed. I like how you level up a class and not an individual, that you equip the whole and not just any one member. Instead of growing to rely on the few characters you use you're free to experiement with newer additions without being punished. I love the episodic, history book presentation that allows you to save when ever you want. You don't have to watch cutscene after cutscene if you don't want to. You can save anytime you want. The game feels well-paced, everything is just moving along at a decent clip. The battles and cutscenes don't just drag on and on.
The weird anime-isms--the cast is just so positive, earnest and upbeat, which is kind of an odd juxtaposition with the settings and theme of the game--are starting to become really endearing. I haven't liked a group of characters this much since Dragon Quest VIII or Persona 3.
Red Blaster
Member
Be sure to set aside plenty of time before tackling Chapter 7. Took me almost 2 hours to finish the hellish battle of attrition. Lost some good troops in the process, RIP Claudia and Yoko.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Kittonwy said:
Sweet, so after wards will you take the cause of posting this in every PS3 recommendation thread?
"Buy Valkyria Chronicles!!!!"
Or should I do it? :lol
Die Squirrel Die
Member
Chp15 end spoilers.
Okay it's a bit cliche, but it was immensely satisfying for Gen.Damon to be killed by his own hubris and arrogance.
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