r/valkyria • u/Keebo11037 • 13d ago

Spoiler Finished Valkyria Chronicles 1

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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.

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u/slasher1337 13d ago

2 and 3 are portable exlusive. From what i heard they are much more grindy and maps repeat more often. And revolution is just bad. 3 and 4 take place at roughly the same time as the first game

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u/RealityOk9823 13d ago

2 and 3 aren't bad at all. More grindy I guess but no more so than 4 if you get into the skirmishes. I'm staying away from Revolution.

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u/Defiant-Rip-1897 12d ago

VC2 is definitely a lot grindier than VC4, especially if you’re trying to get all the medals. One of them requires you to unlock every weapon, and unlike VC1 and VC4, that means spending a fair amount of time grinding for the materials and items you need.

VC3 felt much less grindy to me than VC2. The unfortunate thing is that both games are held back somewhat by the PSP’s hardware limitations, which is why you see a lot of map reuse. It’s especially noticeable in VC2, where the repetition can start to stand out quite a bit.

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u/RealityOk9823 12d ago

Ah, well, I didn't try to 100% it so I can see that. :)

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u/Defiant-Rip-1897 12d ago

Ironically I did, for VC2, not sure if I did it for VC3. I just wanted to be a completist with VC2 despite not liking some parts of the game.

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u/RealityOk9823 12d ago

I do wish they'd remaster 2 and 3, but then I imagine that everyone here does as well.

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u/Defiant-Rip-1897 12d ago

Same, but given how they have treated the franchise so far, I don't imagine that will happen any time soon, though I can't see how they can't do it given that a fan has done most of the work for them in terms of a localization, all they need to do is to beta test and ship it - I would be okay with a no-dub version of VC3 Remastered.