Leif Johnson: "Revolution" is such a nice, punchy word. Generally, it's even a positive word, or so we're generally led to think as we're on the "right" side of a bevy of revolutions ranging from the American to the sexual. But let's be honest—change isn't always good. However noble intentions may be, sometimes a revolution ends up making things worse than they were before. And that, sadly, appears to be what happened with Valkyria Revolution.
Gary Green said: I’m always happy to stick up for an underdog. I’m nice like that. It does sadden me when a perfectly serviceable game gets dragged through the wringer of critique, simply because other games have handled similar themes and gameplay with better results over the years. Despite this, I don’t really feel like I’ve done Valkyria Revolution justice in previous drafts of this review. Time for a re-write. Let’s do this properly. Valkyria Revolution might not be perfect, but it still deserves its chance to shine.
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "What I aim to examine in this article is the output of each of the major localization companies, in terms of what they released, what they chose not to release (including when they localized titles for other platforms but skipped the Vita version), as well as some brief commentary on the quality of their translations, before providing an overall rating on their support (outstanding -> amazing – > good -> solid -> poor).
A large part of the reason I love Vita so much is thanks to its brilliant selection of Japanese games and that’s really what I want to celebrate here, but also lament some of the missed opportunities we had along the way."
The world of Valkyria Chronicles is more accessible than ever, making it a great time to get into the hybrid strategy franchise. But where should players start? Check out a guide for getting the most out of your time in Europa.
Sega should have just released VC3 instead
I don't understand why the Dynasty Warriors-style appeals to many people?, they are always so low rated.
How you go from a tactical turn based strategy rpg to a mindless hack and slash. smh
Game sucks. I'll be deleting it when I get home. Gott make space for Crash B.
I take IGNs reviews with a grain of salt. I am a little sketchy though if the battle system was changed.
ok my game came in the mail and i just finished the prologue. I like the game. Would I have liked that there was more animations done during cutscenes besides adding mouths moving? Yes it would have been better. However, the gameplay is fine. I liked it alot actually. They complained that the guns weren't useful which is just stupid to me. They were very useful in just the first prologue. To begin with i aimed at the head instead of the body like i'm sure ign didn't do because once i got a headshot the guy went down instantly. Second, I shot from cover as a surprise attack and was able to get the drop on the army. However, guns are a SECONDARY weapon meaning you're not supposed to rely heavily on them. I spent more time slicing up people. The only real reason I can see people not liking this is if they're not a fan of action japanese role playing games. IGN also complains about the story. I think it has a mix of personal vengeance mixed with lots of explanations about the politics of it all. In short i feel that the reviewer for ign basically wanted to skip through everything and get a review out quickly instead of taking a moment to enjoy the game.
Edit: Also there are tons of japanese video games where the guns don't do as much damage as the sword for ign to complain about this is just dumb. They seemed to love FF XV even though swords and guns don't make sense in that game.