Serenade_King
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I haven't played enough and I'm sadly at work so I can't check online but maybe the bras are like in SK in that they change depending on the clothes you wear, and the lottery/printer is just for the panties.
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Valkyrie Drive -Bhikkhuni- |OT| Weaponized women powered by pleasure
- Thread starter Dark_Tzitzimine
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Oh yeah, you are right. Consider the complaint retracted then.
On another note, is there a way to review tutorials after you closed them? I missed what the hearts in the dining hall are for.
Dark_Tzitzimine
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There should be a Practice or Training mode on the main menu. That's where I first went to so I could learn the game, though it seems you learn it just fine in Story Mode.
Remember that there's a quick & easy trophy for going into Free Training.
Not seeing them on the Vita PSN store, but they're on the website along with the "swaying accessories" items. Thanks for that...bought!
Ok, I was in the wrong control mode. The select button switches the controls and you can ONLY get out of that view/mode if you are on the default controls and hit X. This combined with the fact that you have to be on the right step and hit [ ] with no prompt to get into that mode is kind of annoying. I don't get why it's not a prompted menu option to get into view mode and just pressing the O button to get out. Weird.
Dark_Tzitzimine
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Now that people are playing the game, I think is a good time to post this video again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lslK86-AtPc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lslK86-AtPc
Man, what is going on with my copy. Actually had it crash twice when trying to leave the dressing room, then twice would just stay on a black screen when I'd try to enter the store.
Thankfully, the game seems to autosave, so I never lose any data, but this is kind of annoying. At the very least, I take the time to sync my trophies since you can't do it while the game is running.
Also glad the game lets you quickly level up relationships via dining room. I was fearing it'd pull a Neptunia Action U & force you to play as a pair as the only way to level them up.
Thankfully, the game seems to autosave, so I never lose any data, but this is kind of annoying. At the very least, I take the time to sync my trophies since you can't do it while the game is running.
Also glad the game lets you quickly level up relationships via dining room. I was fearing it'd pull a Neptunia Action U & force you to play as a pair as the only way to level them up.
Serenade_King
Banned
Yeah, I had my game crash twice and have been reading how other people are also having diferent crashes from my own so I stopped playing and I'm waiting for a patch. On the positive side of things I'm replaying NieR, I'm getting closer to the platinum trophy so hopefully I can get it before continuing VD. 
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
The game has autosave enabled by default an while I haven't had a lot of issues with the dressing room/store, you can avoid those crashes entirely by accessing the Dressing Room/Store from the Main Menu instead of the going through the Cafeteria.
Honestly, once you unlock all the romance segments between all the girls, there's no reason to use the cafeteria ever again.
Honestly, once you unlock all the romance segments between all the girls, there's no reason to use the cafeteria ever again.
Pretty much, not to mention I've gotten over 50 of those "romance novel" things, & need about 12 or 13 more to have them all despite not even unlocking the last character yet & just finished chapter 2.
Also close to getting everything from the printer, just 14 more, but the grind is real & semi-more annoying because you gotta play that quick mini-game to increase your chances. Though at this rate, a 7% to 11% increase is barely worth it...
Also close to getting everything from the printer, just 14 more, but the grind is real & semi-more annoying because you gotta play that quick mini-game to increase your chances. Though at this rate, a 7% to 11% increase is barely worth it...
Dark_Tzitzimine
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Oh you're gonna love the grind for the final five sets. At that point the most you can get on percentage is 5% (and I think it goes even lower). So yeah, is better if you put a movie and spam the printer while watching it.
I'm not sure if is an actual thing or I was seeing things but it seems there's a hidden multiplier in the printer. The longer you go without getting a new underwear, it increases until eventually it grants you a new one.
All I've noticed is if you hit X while the marker is in the middle, it'll increase your chances by 1.5, so if you're at 8%, it'll up it to 12%, or if you're at 50%, it increases to 75%.
3rd character completed with all their relations maxed out. Think I have about 8 or 9 more at this point.
& it looks like I might finally at the point where you unlock Koharu based on the "drive" title. Will try to get a decent amount in since I might stop for a bit to try that Neptunia vs. Sega Hard Girls game.
3rd character completed with all their relations maxed out. Think I have about 8 or 9 more at this point.
& it looks like I might finally at the point where you unlock Koharu based on the "drive" title. Will try to get a decent amount in since I might stop for a bit to try that Neptunia vs. Sega Hard Girls game.
Zambayoshi
Member
Had a Vita crash (infinite loading screen) just after beating a mission. I was not happy, because it did not save...
Well, I just failed the tutorial for the Phantom Delude. Honestly the prompt makes very little sense to me. I tried locking on and dashing in when the attack telegraph begins but I never managed to dodge at the right time. It's really difficult to judge and oftentimes it seemed like I wasn't even dashing into the hitzone for the attack. I wish that the tutorial had been a bit clearer and I still have no idea how to do it correctly.
Guess I'd better hope for a decent youtube tutorial.
Guess I'd better hope for a decent youtube tutorial.
Dark_Tzitzimine
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The timing for Delude is pretty strict and is something that you can only achieve with a lot of practice but hopefully this video will help you there
https://youtu.be/8uiEO8HuY18
Best I can suggest is try to learn to dodge, attack, dodge. That way, you get rid of the cooldown after her attacks/combos. But yeah, Mana isn't all that great, especially when it comes to boss fights. Doesn't help the more into the story I get, the more I dislike her & hope she can redeem herself by the end of the game.
Damn, out of tickets to do the heart mini-game, & they cost a lot in the store. Even worse, there doesn't seem to be anything that keeps track of how many times you've done it.
Any suggestions as to grinding for money?
Damn, out of tickets to do the heart mini-game, & they cost a lot in the store. Even worse, there doesn't seem to be anything that keeps track of how many times you've done it.
Any suggestions as to grinding for money?
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Pretty fair review of the game
https://www.ticgn.com/review-valkyrie-drive-bhikkhuni-vita/
I going to quote the handy guide an user posted on Gamefaqs about Mana
Aside of that, the only other advice I can offer is to make sure you enter into Final Drive ASAP.
Rule of thumb is that any long mission with many enemies is good to grind for money. Other than that, going through the game earning SS ranks in hard should give you enough money to buy anything on Etch's store and then some.
https://www.ticgn.com/review-valkyrie-drive-bhikkhuni-vita/
I going to quote the handy guide an user posted on Gamefaqs about Mana
Aside of that, the only other advice I can offer is to make sure you enter into Final Drive ASAP.
Rule of thumb is that any long mission with many enemies is good to grind for money. Other than that, going through the game earning SS ranks in hard should give you enough money to buy anything on Etch's store and then some.
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Man, Viola and Manpukumaru look really good in Mamori's clothes.
EDIT:
PQube is having a contest for free MireMamo codes until tomorrow
https://twitter.com/PQubeGames/status/788375358697504768
EDIT:
PQube is having a contest for free MireMamo codes until tomorrow
https://twitter.com/PQubeGames/status/788375358697504768
I finally unlocked Momo as a playable character. As someone that likes to replay story missions a few times for score/money it really irked me not being able to select her as a partner for Mana.
I'm getting a bit better at using the phantom moves (still not Phantom Delude) and combos so I feel like I'm edging towards a basic literacy of the combat systems. If you want to get the drop on one of the other playable girls you have to be really on top of the dash charge because they recover so quickly when stunned or launched. I do wish that heavier enemies and bosses were susceptible to at least some of those moves, so far nothing seems to work on them except Revenge and (presumably) Phantom Delude. I don't understand why they would put so much variety into the Phantom and launch systems and then have enemies that you can't do anything but whale on for a couple of minutes.
Minor Gripe: I do find it a bit disappointing that when you fight the other girls in story mode they default to their standard outfits. It's bizarre seeing them in the dialogue wearing whatever outfit you dressed them in and then wearing their basic outfit in the battle. I think it was a missed opportunity not to have them wear the customized outfits when you fight them.
I'm getting a bit better at using the phantom moves (still not Phantom Delude) and combos so I feel like I'm edging towards a basic literacy of the combat systems. If you want to get the drop on one of the other playable girls you have to be really on top of the dash charge because they recover so quickly when stunned or launched. I do wish that heavier enemies and bosses were susceptible to at least some of those moves, so far nothing seems to work on them except Revenge and (presumably) Phantom Delude. I don't understand why they would put so much variety into the Phantom and launch systems and then have enemies that you can't do anything but whale on for a couple of minutes.
Minor Gripe: I do find it a bit disappointing that when you fight the other girls in story mode they default to their standard outfits. It's bizarre seeing them in the dialogue wearing whatever outfit you dressed them in and then wearing their basic outfit in the battle. I think it was a missed opportunity not to have them wear the customized outfits when you fight them.
CielTynave
Member
Finally got the game the other day, already put a few hours in and liking it so far but there's a few things that bug me about it. I really wish the game had an option for just turning off the story voices, since it's a lot easier for me to get engaged with sub only games when I turn off the voices, but it makes the battles seem kind of lifeless without them.
Second is that some of these Phantom Dash techniques are a pain in the ass to do, and I completely failed to do the one the game tried to teach during the Kongo fight, although since I'm just playing on normal so far it doesn't seem like it'll even be necessary to do.
Also, did I completely miss a tutorial or did the game not mention anything about Drive Breaks? I had no idea they existed until Momo used on on me when I was fighting her...
Second is that some of these Phantom Dash techniques are a pain in the ass to do, and I completely failed to do the one the game tried to teach during the Kongo fight, although since I'm just playing on normal so far it doesn't seem like it'll even be necessary to do.
Also, did I completely miss a tutorial or did the game not mention anything about Drive Breaks? I had no idea they existed until Momo used on on me when I was fighting her...
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Something to keep in mind when fighting the girls regarding the Phantom moves is that they remain stunned longer the higher your drive level is. So while they can recover almost immediately when you are Drive 1, launching them while in Final Drive will actually allow you to use the phantom moves on them.
And yeah, is pretty odd the bosses are reverted to their default outfits when they remain customized on every other mode.
Well, you can low all the volume of the voices in the setting menu. Is not the same as an option to turn off the voices but is there.
The Phantom Maneuvers become easier to do the longer you play, is all about muscle memory. And yeah, Phantom Deludes are a bitch to pull off.
IIRC the tutorial present in training mode is where the game informs you about Drive Breaks.
And for anyone trying to get all the lingerie in the panty printer, a gamefaqs user did a pretty interesting discovering
CielTynave
Member
Fucking hell, how long until I stop playing as
Mana/Viola and get to beat the shit out of them? Just did the part where they fought Momo/Manpuku and I think these two need to get their faces caved in and soon.
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Well
All in all, I have to say I'm impressed by the writing in the game. All the characters are pretty well handled.
Mana won't get her comeuppance until the last third of the game but damn if isn't so satisfying when it finally comes. Viola changes earlier (around the half of the game or so) thanks to Koharu.
All in all, I have to say I'm impressed by the writing in the game. All the characters are pretty well handled.
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Yes, you can still dump money in the printer after getting all the lingerie. It works exactly the same as it does when you get a repeated one, the game takes it back and gives you a small amount of points as compensation.
Waiting until you have all the lingerie to go for the million points trophy is the optimal course of action, since you can get two trophies at once: have one million of points and spend a million of points in the printer.
Waiting until you have all the lingerie to go for the million points trophy is the optimal course of action, since you can get two trophies at once: have one million of points and spend a million of points in the printer.
Awesome, thanks
Crap, you have to have it all at once? Guess I should've waited, then.
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Well no, you don't need to do them at once. Is just less time consuming.
EDIT: Sure, the game doesn't look that good in close up or bigger resolutions but damn if isn't so pretty to look at in the Vita's screen
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
The first batch of costumes for Valkyrie Drive are up on the PSN, The Paradise Swimsuit set.
EU
NA
Oddly enough, the NA PSN has a bunch of more DLC available than the EU one. Among them the full SK accessory set
EDIT: The paradise set includes the black variants of the costumes.
EU
NA
Oddly enough, the NA PSN has a bunch of more DLC available than the EU one. Among them the full SK accessory set
EDIT: The paradise set includes the black variants of the costumes.
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
Just the alternate colors and short sleeved versions of the girls' regular costumes.
Serenade_King
Banned
Really? That sucks. I guess I'll go and look at the Japanese store to see what are the future DLC costumes and if I care for any of them. The Senran Kagura Versus games inclided some really good ones like the SV military costume (that wasn't used in EV sadly).
I would say possibly yes. The fact there's less characters means they're allowed to feel more unique, and while it's a bit slower than SV or EV, it still feels fun being able to rack up combos & getting your attack power raised via the Phantom stuff. Plus you actually have to work your way to be in your most powerful form, compared to SK where you just want to get the transformation done quickly so you can have all your move, but that's the only time you do it. Here, you need to level up to get more powerful transformation, so they feel like you earned them & more satisfying when you get the Final Drive.
Though story/character-wise, that's more up in the air. I'm honestly kind of skipping most of the story part just so I can go back to hacking & slashing.
It's not, at least in my opinion. The combat might be a bit better, but the dialogue is really awful. Whenever Manpukumaru says something I audibly groan and just mash the X button to get through it since she's such a terrible character. I don't like Mana, either, and the other characters are just kind of bland IMO. I'm not someone who hates anime tropes either, since I loved the Senran Kagura games and a lot of the characters. I put the game on hold after getting about halfway through it, will probably go back to it when I have nothing else to play.
Manpukumara is basically how to do a Katsuragi-style character wrong...& taken to the nth degree. Granted, sure, one could argue Katsuragi was also a bit one-dimensional with "she loves boobies, that's her character trait", but she still had moments that didn't revolve around that. 99% of the dialogue I remember of Manpukumara is "OM NOM NOM I'M HUNGRY CUZ I LIKE FOOD SO I LIKE TO EAT, CAN I EAT YOU, CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP".
At the very least, she's actually a bit fun to play as, but the same can't be said for her dialogue. As for Mana, she unfortunately isn't as fun & I feel like I dislike her the more the story unfolds.
At the very least, she's actually a bit fun to play as, but the same can't be said for her dialogue. As for Mana, she unfortunately isn't as fun & I feel like I dislike her the more the story unfolds.
Yeah, plus the fact that there's just so much dialogue between missions turned me off from the game. I don't really want to just skip it since I want to see what happens, but the dialogue is just really badly written and it becomes a chore to sit through 5+ minutes of it at a time.
Dark_Tzitzimine
Member
I'm surprised by your reactions, I've been enjoying the story. And I think is easily better written than any of the Senran Kaguras.
The pacing is excellent and it builds the builds the girls personalities pretty damn well. Mana despite doing some pretty bad stuff is actually justified on her actions and I did feel bad that she was pushed to the extremes by the circumstances. Another great thing is that unlike SK, you don't find any of that "I wasn't trying!" BS. When a character loses a battle, is not ignored and nearly every time is what kickstarts the development on the characters.
Manpukumaru is freaking adorable, she's just too earnest and sincere. And she drops some surprisingly insightful comments every now and then. It comes to a point where she's the one being rational while the other girls become swept by their emotions.
And oh boy, that twist at the middle of the story is simply wonderful.
The pacing is excellent and it builds the builds the girls personalities pretty damn well. Mana despite doing some pretty bad stuff is actually justified on her actions and I did feel bad that she was pushed to the extremes by the circumstances. Another great thing is that unlike SK, you don't find any of that "I wasn't trying!" BS. When a character loses a battle, is not ignored and nearly every time is what kickstarts the development on the characters.
Manpukumaru is freaking adorable, she's just too earnest and sincere. And she drops some surprisingly insightful comments every now and then. It comes to a point where she's the one being rational while the other girls become swept by their emotions.
And oh boy, that twist at the middle of the story is simply wonderful.