Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition

VERY narrowly misses the recommendation line. This game is like diving through the sewers in search of gold. The most important thing to know going in is that this is a story told through a game, and pretty much every mechanic pushes towards that end. The "chapter-book" system, the way missions unfold, and the game progression are all tied very closely to the story. This would be fine, but many of the cutscenes are so agonizingly bad that I debated dropping the game outright because of it. The gameplay itself is good, but not spectacular. There's a lot of QoL improvements from VC1, but also many returning issues (enemy turns take WAY too long, invincible enemies that run across the ENTIRE map and do sizeable damage, no mid-mission saving when the missions can take an hour). While [i]better[/i] than VC1, the gameplay loop still fails to respect the player's time. Now the story is a tough one. With minimal spoilers, what I can tell you is that the plot jumps erratically between "war is hell, there are no good guys" to "oh he looked up my skirt it's time to have an anime moment" while [i]simultaneously[/i] betraying its own message via comically cliche cartoon villains. BUT... there's some really good stuff mixed in there, things that are hard to really talk about without massive spoilers, so you'll just have to take my word for it. Basically, the story is at its best at the 2/3rd's point. Whereas the first game had a storyline that felt mostly consistent in tone and presentation, VC4 struggles to answer if it wants to be a narrative on the complexity and struggles of war or a cliche anime romcom. If you can (somehow) enjoy early 2010's anime humor, then I guess you'd enjoy this game. Otherwise, you're going to have to trudge through the sewage to find those story bits of gold. At least the squad roster is enjoyable. 5/10, genuinely disappointed in this one.

The first game was levels better. I'm not saying the first game didn't have its issues, but it had a compelling story, interesting characters and a reasonable level of difficulty. This game introduces huge maps, long waits for enemy turns, and battle mechanics that are just not needed and frustrating. I can't push myself to grind through long, huge maps (levels) while there are enemies and bosses with cheat codes enabled. (it's that bad) Some bosses bring enemy units back from the dead, or make them invulnerable to fire (when only vehicles are supposed to be able to travel through them) don't get me started on the "Snow Witch" or the "Sky Bombs" Sometimes it feels this game is just hard for the sake of being hard, and it doesn't need to be. It's trying to outdo everything the first game did, and it really didn't need to, it just needed new locations, new characters, and good story. The Quality of Life updates are welcomed, but again, I really don't need bosses with semi-god mode enabled while they decimate every unit I have on the map. And I'd actually think about my movements or try harder, if the story are compelled me to, which it doesn't, the story is just boring. Most of the characters are bland at best. I enjoy the game a little, probably because I'm trying to re-capture the magic of VC1, but it isn't VC1, it's just pretending to be. Maybe that's the issue, this game is trying to be VC1, but it's just trying way too hard.

ラズというキャラクターがストーリーや世界観をぶち壊しにしてる。 というよりもこのキャラをきちんと扱えない脚本家がおかしい。 幼稚園児に作らせたのか？ 敵部隊を発見↓ ラズが静止を振り切り一人でつっこむ↓ ばれて返り討ち↓ 部隊や仲間が危機に晒される↓ 謝罪も処罰もなし しかも1度ではない。 意味不明。 それからオープニングの開幕の集合写真で銃口を味方に向けてる 作ってる最中に誰も突っ込まなかったのか？ 戦場のヴァルキュリアは1と3をプレイし楽しめたが 自社の優れたIPを台無しにするSEGAにうんざり。

Oh dear. I really, really wanted to like this and for it to be an improvement of the promising (but sadly console-constrained and grindy) original. I gave it a fair amount of hours so it's not as if I didn't try: And some times it *was* good: the turn based tactical combat, when it was on point, had an enjoyable (though lightweight) feel to it and it was satisfying to clear a level. As the game wore on however, the core dynamics became more and more irritating. The slow and repetitive cut-scenes and transitions that added nothing were a slog, and the story wasn't exactly riveting.... but it was the innate mechanics of the battles, the heart and soul of the title, that just defeated my patience. As other reviewers have pointed out, the 'tactics' become less and less important, and guessing the correct sequence of solving the puzzle of the map becomes paramount. That is often trial and error, restarting over and over as lame tricks such as indestructible Valkyria and OP 'kids' with crossbows that can one-shot your tanks (even *before* your turn takes place) just makes it a frustrating grind. I gave up at that late stage (17) as instead of getting better, the whole edifice just became even more boring and painful. It's not as if you can really sink any emotional investment into the cardboard cut-out anime characters. NPCs are quite literally faceless too, so it's hard to care about the killing of thousands of such minions (on either side). They'd have to completely re-engineer the engine for VC5 but I'd still be interested in what the developers come up with. From this lazy re-hash, I'm not hopeful that that'll ever transpire however...

On my way to painfully finish that game. Not that it's hard or anything, just constantly, terribly cringe. I've seen people recommend VC4 saying nonsense like "It's an improvement over the first VC, the graphics, the artstyle, the characters, the voice acting, the story are all better...", well, that's either a lie, or these people got brain damage, anyway they're free to enjoy mediocrity and have terrible taste. Anyway, pick what they say about the game and picture the opposite. The graphics are the same than in the first game, and that's great, nailed the cell shading. The artstyle is significantly worse because it is less related to the lore and story than in the first game, anyone dresses in ways that makes 0 sense, antagonists are dressed like clowns... The characters... nah man, the first game nailed the characters, their personalities, their interactions, in VC4 it's all messed up, who tf wrote those dialogues? No one speaks like that. I could pardon when the first game acted a little shonen like from time to time. But here it's constant high school musical bullshittery, forget about the horrors of war and the emotional moments when a beloved character passes away or when you succeed in a mission, they'll be none of that, VC4 talks to idiots and you'll 100% predict the plot all the time. The voice acting? My Hero Academia level. It's beyond terrible, everyone is an absolute moron. The story is in the same vein, so lame that it'll become tiresome quite fast, I just can't finish the game yet because I have to take breaks. You'll defeat and visually kill annoying antagonists multiple times and they always somehow reappear in the next chapter (???) The plot never explains anything, there's a lot of inconsistencies and it's over the top compared to the first game (you thought VC was borderline ridiculous at times? well we've gone full circus mod in this one) The gameplay is the same, same mechanics, the only place where the game shines. But the difficulty makes no sense at times, your best bet is to always find a way to cheese the game. You're rewarded for speedrunning the combat missions. So what's good about it compared to VC? There's one new class, they use mortars and that's a nice addition. Navigating the UI and the controls have been polished. Same engine, same graphics. That's about it, it's like they wanted to make another game but a had 5 year old to do the character designs and scenario. I can't recommend this pile of garbage if you've enjoyed the first game, however I guess it can be a nice entry into the series if you haven't played any other. But I'd still recommend playing the first Valkyria Chronicles over this one, go on, it's not really expensive and it'll be worth it.

虽然这位队员是个害死友军一船几百号人还差点害死我们这一船人的间谍，但她现在很痛苦你们就不要逼问她了！—— 多次因为抗命差点害死全队的人如此说道。 好啊那不问了，因为我们是朋友啊！—— 包括队长在内的其他人如此说道。 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈你们只是失去了生命，主角们可是差点就失去了友情和羁绊啊！ 这SB编剧就该拉出去枪决。 虽然作为一款44块的另类战棋挺不错的，但我早已被小日本特色的SB三观恶心坏了。

it is unfortunate that one of the best strategy games ive ever played is buried inside of some of most absolutely trash anime dialog ever conceived

他のシリーズもSteamで出してほしい

如果是单论游戏性和质量，我觉得这作品是不错的。 但是，这个剧情，这个沟槽的剧情，哇主角团全员双标狗两边高层没一个是人，恶心呐恶心，全篇就对面儿坦克王牌大叔算个相对正常的人物儿了，后面更是突然明白凯伊（哥哥）怎么突然疯了，游戏是好游戏，剧情是真依托