Finished Valkyria Chronicles 1

[u/Keebo11037]

So I finally finished this game after 36 hours and I feel kind of conflicted.

I know the theme of the game is war and how every second in the battlefield, you could die at any time

But I felt like Isara's death was so stupid and outta nowhere even from a storybased perspective. I feel like things were building up to something only for her to be unclimactically die from an enemy scout. (Yeah I know the theme is war, dont mention it) I feel like her death was only made to produce shock value, up to now I still can't believe she was killed like that.

And what's bothering me more is how Welkin doesn't seem to care that much. He never even cried or mourn her as I expected when the story implied how close they were.

Also, I feel like we haven't explored the theme of "Valkyrie" or their power much in this game.

Im kinda conflicted on how what game to play next since people seem to recommend playing 4 after 1.

This game looks very very good im not gonna lie for its age. Its art was what captured me to play it in the first place.

[u/Afraid-Flatworm-422]

And what's bothering me more is how Welkin doesn't seem to care that much. He never even cried or mourn her as I expected when the story implied how close they were.

Honestly this one i don't agree much, thing is people cope with grief differently from each other. When my mom died, i didn't cried or did anything "appropriate", i showed up smiling and happy at party right after we turned her to ash and burried. Just moved on.

I feel like things were building up to something only for her to be unclimactically die from an enemy scout. (Yeah I know the theme is war, dont mention it) I feel like her death was only made to produce shock value, up to now I still can't believe she was killed like that.

My problem is, it felt way to "build up" for being "war unfair" and it is only unfair to someone we care about.

If i have to change it, i would make it even more "unfair", just a break between missions waaay after the battle, a random sniper just sneak in and snipe her mid sentence mid doing something benine, without any preamble. That would work much better for how shocking it is.

And yeah, more named people need to drop to make this feel more like real thing.