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Valkyria Chronicles |OT| Beautiful art meets genre-redefining gameplay
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Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Firestorm said:
Sorry, my 360 is offline.
No gamertag for me.
SabinFigaro
Member
Yeah, I got 100% back in January, at the end of my third playthrough. Golden Arms of Gallia was my last medal obtained, as I always played for the quickest route, not necessarily the most enemies killed.Baha said:
Which would also be unattainable, given the structure of certain missions. However, I think some good (hypothetical) gold trophies would be to 1-turn certain "difficult" missions or skirmishes.hwateber said:
Haunted
Member
What's 'worthy' of an achievement is highly subjective.Hcoregamer00 said:
I'm torn between just giving them away to everyone who plays the game (move your player, beat level 1, defeat one enemy etc) and making them as tedious and hard as possible (beat the game 3 times, beat the game without getting hurt once, collect every weapon in the game) so everyone who cares about them is pissed off.
Yeah, I'm an ass.
Seriously though, there's nothing wrong with a healthy mix. Some SP, some MP, some easy (getting them while progressing through the game), some hard (tedious cumulative shit), some rewarded when doing specific things at specific points in the game.... Variety is best, imo.
Sad that VC doesn't have trophies, though. They could have used those as reward for the stupid
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Perhaps I'm late to ask this, but when does the anime start? I beat the game a week or so ago, and it was great. I don't think I'm going to be going through for a new game+, but I'll probably get the DLC when it comes out. I just don't have the time to invest in mastering games anymore :\
I stole my friends PS3 and finally had a chance to play the demo
Some quick thoughts
The presentation is mind blowing. Mind blowing. My mind, it is blown. Seriously, the technical proficiency on display, the cleanliness of the UI and the stunning artistic style. Beautiful, beautiful game.
The gameplay feels extremely solid, just from one demo level. The thought of many battles and unit customization and upgrading makes me drool.
Tanks!
The music is absolutely wonderful. Between the flowery euro-fantasy intro text and the music, you could have fooled me into believing I was playing a new FFT (then I saw the music was done by Sakimoto, should have known)
On the down side
The character designs and the feel of the voice acting is completely repugnant to me (see post above for more in the Do Not Want camp)
Somewhere between size 37 gears of war boots and this is a happy medium.
This game is another tipping the scales to push me to buy a PS3, if the full version maintains this level of quality... yeesh. I can overlook the wretched character stylings (and the plot? good, bad?) if the gameplay and presentation stay that good.
Really impressed. Someone should have dragged me into this thread kicking and screaming months ago!
Some quick thoughts
The presentation is mind blowing. Mind blowing. My mind, it is blown. Seriously, the technical proficiency on display, the cleanliness of the UI and the stunning artistic style. Beautiful, beautiful game.
The gameplay feels extremely solid, just from one demo level. The thought of many battles and unit customization and upgrading makes me drool.
Tanks!
The music is absolutely wonderful. Between the flowery euro-fantasy intro text and the music, you could have fooled me into believing I was playing a new FFT (then I saw the music was done by Sakimoto, should have known
)On the down side
The character designs and the feel of the voice acting is completely repugnant to me
(see post above for more in the Do Not Want camp)Somewhere between size 37 gears of war boots and this is a happy medium.
This game is another tipping the scales to push me to buy a PS3, if the full version maintains this level of quality... yeesh. I can overlook the wretched character stylings (and the plot? good, bad?) if the gameplay and presentation stay that good.
Really impressed. Someone should have dragged me into this thread kicking and screaming months ago!
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Defuser said:The anime website is updated with Isara,Selvaria and Maximilian.
Selvaria looks alittle off. Atleast somethings are right :lol
D:
My Uncle put on a movie while I was in the shower, and I come out to find my Valkyria Chronicles disc face down in a pile of dust on the entertainment center. I blew off what I could, but there's still some on it, and a giant ass finger print. I keep my discs in immaculate condition, and to have one of my favorites tarnished like this...
I know it's dumb, but I'm mad.
My Uncle put on a movie while I was in the shower, and I come out to find my Valkyria Chronicles disc face down in a pile of dust on the entertainment center. I blew off what I could, but there's still some on it, and a giant ass finger print. I keep my discs in immaculate condition, and to have one of my favorites tarnished like this...
I know it's dumb, but I'm mad.
radiantdreamer
Member
Defuser said:
Man... Isara looks TOTALLY messed up. Her eyes are too big, too sharp, and she has make-up on. She needs to look more like Shinobu from Love Hina.
Selveria on the other hand, is a little off, but still much more accurate. Now I kinda want to watch the anime.
Paracelsus
Member
Super Lelouch confirmed.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Defuser said:
Damn, they sure messed up the character design.
I agree with the post that said that Isara should look like a slightly grown up shinobu, after all, that is what she looked like in Valkyria Chronicles.
just got to the *real* game yesterday
it's SO freaking good. everything about the game is just awesome.
my only real complaint is how enemies keep shooting you after you've done your move, but that's nit picking, I guess.
headquarters and stuff, now I can level up and upgrade
it's SO freaking good. everything about the game is just awesome.
my only real complaint is how enemies keep shooting you after you've done your move, but that's nit picking, I guess.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Yazuka said:
"Yo Sega, get the DLC online so you can have my money"
Augemitbutter
Member
Victrix said:The character designs and the feel of the voice acting is completely repugnant to me
Somewhere between size 37 gears of war boots and this is a happy medium.
This game is another tipping the scales to push me to buy a PS3, if the full version maintains this level of quality... yeesh. I can overlook the wretched character stylings (and the plot? good, bad?) if the gameplay and presentation stay that good.
Really impressed. Someone should have dragged me into this thread kicking and screaming months ago!
do it! i wasnt a fan of pointy-chin anime either, but im easier to impress with good gameplay and music anyway. you could always switch to japanese voice acting if you prefer, thats what i did.
this game was one of my best experiences on HD EQ yet.
Victrix said:
Maintains the demo's level of quality? The full game far exceeds it. I really enjoyed playing the skirmish from the demo, but I had no idea how well the rest of the game had come together. It's a fantastic game with a surprising amount of depth and features. There is a reason why so many in this thread have marveled at how this game continues to become more intriguing the further you advance into the game. It's in my top 5 for 2008 without question.
BTW, I immediately changed the audio to the Japanese track with subtitles. I didn't care for the dubbing.
"so we're going to adapt this game into an anime. It has a sweet ghibli like look to it already so I presume we'll just stick to tha.."
"No. make it more generic. Bigger eyes! Less expression in the characters faces!"
"and what about the canvas look..?"
"No. Needs to look like everything else. Make it all perfect and digital and shiny. No unique qualities!"
"No. make it more generic. Bigger eyes! Less expression in the characters faces!"
"and what about the canvas look..?"
"No. Needs to look like everything else. Make it all perfect and digital and shiny. No unique qualities!"
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
the TMO said:
The Manga is crap, don't even bother. You would think that a videogame with the manga artstyle would transition easily to manga, but apparently it isn't.
The anime character designs are shit.
Anime
-vs-
Videogame
The Videogame version of Selvaria is superior.
radiantdreamer
Member
you didn't have to state the obvious.
I'm still on the last chapter... haven't had time to play it. ;_;
I'm still on the last chapter... haven't had time to play it. ;_;
Hellsing321
Member
Hcoregamer00 said:
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Hellsing321 said:
It really doesn't matter if everything else is crap.
Hellsing321 said:
But of course in a shameless display of spin Hcoregamer00 used a picture that cuts Selvaria off at the clavicles so that the credulous reader is left unaware of the oft-maligned anime producers' mammarian accomplishment. Tsk tsk. Credit where credit is due if you please, sir.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Making it look like a Ghibli production ala the game itself would require actual money to be spent on the project.
Or hiring Ghibli.
I'll still watch it though.
Or hiring Ghibli.
I'll still watch it though.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
RurouniZel said:
I guess I was spoiled by the Tales of the Abyss anime, because it was a game to anime transition that had great character designs and high production values.
Boy is the anime going to suck since it seems to be missing the amazing musical score and the great character designs. Hopefully it doesn't fall in other aspects like storyline, pacing, production values, characterization, and many other things.
Who am I kidding, it will suck ass. Hopefully it doesn't scare people away from the amazing game.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
ianp622 said:
That is impossible, since Sega owns the engine and everything that comes with it.
The best they could have hoped for was an anime with an extremely high budget (like Tales of the Abyss).
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
ianp622 said:
Nope, not even close.
There is a reason why the anime designs are so crappy.
It's being made by A-1, which is part of Aniplex, which is part of Sony.
Seriously, anyone who was expecting the anime to mimic the watercolor-esque look of the game either don't know much about anime production or was delusional - there is just no way they would be able to justify the costs of producing something like that for a non-established IP like VC, especially if it's going to be a series and not an OVA/movie.
Seriously, anyone who was expecting the anime to mimic the watercolor-esque look of the game either don't know much about anime production or was delusional - there is just no way they would be able to justify the costs of producing something like that for a non-established IP like VC, especially if it's going to be a series and not an OVA/movie.
Hcoregamer00 said:
The funny thing is the anime Selveria looks much closer to your avatar pic than it does the cutscene you posted; virtually the same pose and everything. It's really not that bad.
Besides, making the anime using the game engine would be a) obscenely expensive, essentially tying up a game studio to make a TV series instead of a game, and b) off-putting to anime audiences accustomed to 2D hand-drawn animation.
In other words, save your undiluted hate for everything that isn't the game... you'll need it when we find out how they've screwed up the story. Trust me, I'm a Sakura Taisen fan. I know how these things work.
Edit:
The only anime I can think of with such a look is My Neighbors the Yamadas, probably Studio Ghibli's greatest commericial failure. I think Gonzo can do some pretty good CG work, they might have been able to pull it off... before they cut 87% of their staff.