Incline The Valkyria Chronicles Thread

[Morgoth]

http://www.destructoid.com/maybe-valkyria-chronicles-isn-t-dead-after-all-316435.phtml

Sega has filed a trademark for something called "Aoki Kakumei no Valkyria" (Valkyria of the Blue Revolution), which may or may not be the next entry in the Valkyria Chronicles franchise.

This better be not some Vita shit.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Didn't later games become shit and what we got is the best one?

 

[ZoddGuts]

They were handheld games, the limitations of the hardware hurt the sequels.

 

[Corporate_Jew_Master]

I got bored during the armored train bossfight. Haven't picked up since.

Does the game get any better after that?

 

[BlackAdderBG]

I got bored during the armored train bossfight. Haven't picked up since.

Does the game get any better after that?

No if you didn't like it until then,as that was one of the most interesting maps for me.The game opens up on second play ,when orders and potentials are fun to mess with.

 

[Corporate_Jew_Master]

It was mostly the vast distances on that map that took 10 minutes to traverse.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

I can guess ,you moved all characters every turn,I did the same first time.Game is not designed that way or they did poor job with giving a lot of characters and deploy points and made unlocking the good stuff slow and for the game+ mode.All tactical/strategy games have that scenario/map structure that if you don't want to replay them to see where and when the ambushes/choke points/spawns directions etc. are, you have to move slow and cautiously.In RTS case it's first turtle,defend the AI scripted push then amass units and go crush ,repeat for next mission.
In VC you pick 2-3 OP characters(good potentials-double move,double shot,ammo replenish,never miss,evade) and use them a lot with OP orders(unlock potential,scout,mortar,def up) to clear maps fast.But that require to like the combat/gameplay in first place and strong will to endure the animu shit(that is not that bad compare to most).

 

[omega21]

What got me was how the rankings were designed around speedrunning, and yeah how it's not necessarily optimal to use all your force.

 

[deuxhero]

Yeah, you could lose your entire squad, minus the gameover if killed, and still get an s-rank if you got a scout to the flag in time.

 

[SwiftCrack]

Does anyone even use shocktroopers? (Besides Rosie for the bonus movement).

 

[Hellraiser]

Why wouldn't you use shocktroopers? They tend to make most of the kills in my playthrough. They're best at defending and in tight corridors.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Does anyone even use shocktroopers? (Besides Rosie for the bonus movement).

Only if they got double shot to kill tanks.

 

[Grinolf]

I used to sent shocktroopers firs as scouts were very vulnerable to interseption fire and before getting 7 shots upgrade struggled against ebemy shocktroopers. But since dangerous interseption fire at release was just a bug that was fixed just sending scouts could be more effective now. Didn't play the game after a fix to be sure about it.

 

[SwiftCrack]

That's kinda what I'm experiencing now. A scout can just move that much farther if you plan a little bit (taking out one or two dangerous enemies with a sniper, for example), leaving shocktroopers far behind on the map.

 

[deuxhero]

Shocktroopers exceed at defense which makes them useless because rankings and missions so heavily favor offense.

 

[Grinolf]

Snipers are very unreliable before getting their skills and upgrades and could easy waste 2-3 AP before killing a single enemy. While Shocktroopers could kill every infantry enemy with close to 100% chance as ling as they are in range. And sniper usefulness is very dependant on map. Also they have stuff like flamethrower that could easily kill 2-3 shocktroopers in the cover just for 1 AP.

 

[DwarvenFood]

Fuck yeah, armored car level in TWO FUCKING TURNS!

N... nani ?!?!

 

[Hellraiser]

N... nani ?!?!

I think I also did that mission in two turns. It was pretty easy.

 

[abnaxus]

With double movement scout like Aika and good weapon you can probably do it in one turn.

 

[Perkel]

With double movement scout like Aika and good weapon you can probably do it in one turn.

Once you git good in vanilla VC you can finish 50% of missions in one turn. In modded it isn't option anymore

 

[Morgoth]

http://gematsu.com/2015/11/sega-trademarks-valkyria-azure-revolution

Sega Games has filed a trademark for “Valkyria: Azure Revolution” in Japan following its trademark for “Aoki Kakumei no Valkyria” in mid-October.

“Valkyria: Azure Revolution” would be the official English title for “Aoki Kakumei no Valkyria.” We previously translated it as “Valkyria of the Blue Revolution.” “Aoki Kakumei no Valkyria” and “Valkyria: Azure Revolution” are two separate trademarks filed by Sega.

 

[Perkel]

Weird.

Maybe after PC release and overall sales of VC1 they changed their minds and decided to do actually proper VC game instead of shitty handheld spinoffs ?

It's not like they need new engine or do realistic graphics.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

It's Sega, they couldn't find their own ass with both hands, whatever it will be it won't be on PC. I just feel it.

 

[Perkel]

Ok i just found out that VC sold 500 000 coppies on steam (via steam spy).

Basically game sold more than 1mln coppies and went into very profitable territory for SEGA considering it wasn't super expensive title to make.

All hype aboard. I think this will be proper VC in vein of VC1 not VC2 or 3 and will be PC/console game. Maybe they will go into deal with Sony to promote game on consoles (which means no xboxone version).

If they will go into deal with Sony i assume they will reveal it at Sony E3 press conf and will probably release game something like summer (fall is usually overcrowded by biggest games)

 

[Perkel]

More interesting stuff.

Trademark was made by SEGA Games not SEGA networks. Later one is their mobile division which only does mobile games where first one doesn't do any mobile games.
So we are looking at either handheld game 3DS/Vita or proper PC/console release.

Why i think it is not handheld ?

- VC2 and VC3 sold even worse than VC1 on proper consoles.
- 3DS crowd is mostly DS crowd which didn't play PSP games thus no following
- Vita is dead basically so releasing anything other than port on it is idiotic.

Meanwhile:
- PC is probably currently the best selling (# wise not money wise) platform for VC which means should sell a lot when they release sequel
- They can struck deal with Sony for promotion (which doesn't mind PC versions of games) and get E3 stage
- Creating game for both handhelds and PC/Consoles is like making two games so either handheld OR PC/consoles