Incline The Valkyria Chronicles Thread

[WhiskeyWolf]

I think you answered the question yourself.

So I made a wise decision to not bothering with it and I could look forward to play this game without any prejudgements based on it's adapation?

Yes.

 

[Perkel]

Found amazing deal:

http://www.dealzon.com/deals/valkyria-chronicles-pc-dl

13,85$ instead of 17,99€ which is like 30% difference.

So how the anime representative of this? I tried to watch it, but it was too mediocre to capture an attention for more than a few episodes.

As i liked VC1 i tried to watch it.
Frankly game is way better written. Anime gone full weaboo and like you i said fuck it after like episode 3.

I am planning to do VC1 --> VC3
fired up VC3 for a while and seems from first few minutes to fix VC2 writing problems.

Gonna try VC1 on hard.

 

[Grinolf]

Frankly game is way better written. Anime gone full weaboo and like you i said fuck it after like episode 3.

Well, I didn't have any problem with 'weabooism", whatever that means, but with how the anime, that being centred purely around a specific conflict, didn't spent any efforts to make said conflict interesting, as I didn't see any reasons to care about either side. And characterwise, protagonist was too blatant copy of Wenli, his friend looked like someone who would just die in the middle or the end of the series, and main heroine was simply boring. The jewish sister was ok though.

 

[Avellion]

Early impressions from people who played the PC version have said that the game is surprisingly well optimized and ported to PC, with load times being extremely small.

Maybe Creative Assembly can learn a lesson or 2 (Yes, yes, I know, optimizing total war is a lot harder than optimizing Valkyria Chronicles, just taking a jab at how badly optimized those games are regardless).

On a serious note, it is nice to hear that the port is not a lazy one, I seriously have had enough of those.

 

[victim]

Am I the only one who thought 2 was better. Yes, the story in 2 makes you cringe a bunch but the story in 1 is trying to be serious and I feel this game does better to keep things light. I also think the gameplay improves quite a bit in the second one.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Based on the 10 pages before your comment, yes, yes you are.

 

[victim]

Based on the 10 pages before your comment, yes, yes you are.

Well, its not really possible for me to take a game series like this too seriously (even with the World War II overtures) and in 2 I was expecting to roll my eyes constantly anyway. And the game play undeniably improved IMO.

I also played 3 which went back to the more serious tone and made a few extra strides in gameplay. For me it took a big step back by encouraging so much class shifting. Basically killed my desire to finsihed VC3.

 

[kentable]

Thanks for the discount tip Perkel. I found a similar deal under GreenmanGaming VIP section. But wtf, 25 gig install? I guess it's time to install a new HDD or three.

 

[Perkel]

Its only 15GB and it is dual audio also game has ton of good quality CGI in between missions.

 

[Perkel]

for people looking for good review:

 

[Morgoth]

Spotted @GAF:

 

[Perkel]

Game apperently doesn't have any upper limit on resolution.

Durante posted 8k setting at 144hz

 

[Diablo169]

http://www.pcgamer.com/valkyria-chronicles-pc-port-analysis-durantes-verdict/

Looks like a decent port. I've no idea what this game even is, but i'll look into it since the developers actually seemed to give a shit about porting to PC.

 

[Luka-boy]

This is... beautiful.

 

[felipepepe]

Can't wait for the game to unlock and this thread turn into a debate about squads WAIFUS!

Been ages since I played it, so it will be like everything's new... except for the level layouts, that I somehow still remember most.

 

[Luka-boy]

Fuck it, pre-purchased. Durante's word is all I need.

Can't wait for the game to unlock and this thread turn into a debate about squads WAIFUS!

Preemptive "Jane is best waifu".

 

[Siveon]

Someone remind me to sell my PS3 copy, clearly this version is the only one I should care about.


Thank America for Veteran's day tomorrow. All that free time just to play Valkyria Chronicles.

 

[LusciousPear]

ugh now I need to find a Tactical Waifu

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

ETA 10 hours and today it the Polish Day of Independence. How very appropriate.

 

[RK47]

If this requires a $60 gamepad to play, I'm out.

 

[Martius]

http://www.pcgamer.com/valkyria-chronicles-pc-port-analysis-durantes-verdict/

Controls in menus are mapped directly from the console version, without mouse support.
As for the second point, it certainly came as a shock to me initially, recalling the dark times of keyboard-only controls in Japanese PC ports. However, after playing the game with mouse and keyboard for about 6 hours I can say with confidence that it’s merely a minor inconvenience. This is due to two reasons: as I’ll detail later, mouse support is great in the central meat of the game—its tactical battles; and the keyboard controls work fast and intuitively in the menus, with a great default set of keybindings.

If thats true then its not that bad. I was afraid of no mouse support at all but I think we can endure menus without it.

 

[Perkel]

If this requires a $60 gamepad to play, I'm out.

If you play console port game without pad you are doing it wrong.

doing it right:

Get working used DS3 pad
get BT3.0+ dongle
get motionjoy 7.0+
get "better DS3" program.
add better DS3 to startuplist

if you do it this way DS3 will function absolutely the same as if your PC would be PS3.

 

[RK47]

Ok fuck you.

 

[Martius]

Hm, I dont know why but I can play it right now! Maybe its some bug or just nice surprise from Sega. I will see how it playS with mouse and keyboard.

 

[Perkel]

UNLOCKED. TO YOUR STATIONS PEOPLE.