Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition

Where to begin with VC4...It's a tough one to recommend but also harsh not to. Coming from VC1, what we have here is the exact same gameplay, which is a plus, but a vastly inferior story and story telling. Huge emphasis on the latter because for 80% of the game, the story was padded and disoriented and quite frankly...boring. The last 20% is VC at its best with great moments and focused story telling. If only the whole game was this focused, this would have been a great game. Gameplay wise, even though it's the same, the difficulty here is mostly artificial with mediocre stage design. Most missions rely on dashing through with a scout to get it done quick to receive an A rank. For the most part, the game is on the easy side with the exception of the bosses that show up in some missions and just dash through your squad while having the potential to 1 shot anyone. You are then left wondering how its even fair but a few reloads and some luck and you'll get through. Speaking of reloading, you can save many times mid mission so you can test whatever strategy you want without worrying too much about failure. Definitely a plus in my books. Characters and VA were mostly average exc…

Genuinely an improvement over VC1. It's very rare that I disagree with popular criticisms of a game but this really is better than the first - longer, too.

Trial and error for strategy isn't fun. Having to retreat across a map with 0 visibility and next to no cover, blindly stumbling into enemies with both, some of which are grenadiers who can instantly kill you and make you instantly fail the mission. And all with 0 checkpoints? Just bad game design requiring you to reload over and over and blindly blow up areas where you only know on your 2nd playthrough contain enemies. Stick with the first game, the art is better and the gameplay is more enjoyable.

We're in a forest, at night, in the rain. It happens.

like hogs of war its pretty good

Great tactical turn-based RPG game. Love it, and have always appreciated the Valkyria Chronicles and game series. Highly recommend the game for all the things you will explore with this, the amount of hours you will play, and the amount of time you will enjoy it. Only downside to this game and the prime reason for a negative review, Denuvo. While this game, and SEGA keeps using Denuvo, I will not be recommending those games while Denuvo is still in use.