Valkyria Chronicles

[frogbeastegg]

At last a PS3 game which makes me say "I've got to get it!"

The game looks incredible with its unique art style, and deserves to be seen in motion.

[Kekvit Irae]

White hair everywhere? Check.
"Alternate history"? Check.
Bad voice acting? "Let's go kick this war in the teeth!" "Squad Seven, move out!" Check.
Plot revolving around "war, love, and revenge"? Check.

This game completes my checklist for your standard JRPG. And I only got 2 and a half minutes into the video.
I do like the transition between strategy and FPS modes, so I may give it a try sometime.

[johnhughthom]

Demo was quite fun though reviews were mixed, seemingly it has almost MGS4 level cut scenes which is what has put me off up to now. I may give it a go after Christmas, only PS3 game I'm even vaguely interested in.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I quite enjoyed the demo on my friend's PS3, might try and pick it up used or cheap in the future.

Of course, I liked the corny fictional countries in Ace Combat, so the "alternate history" bothers me not at all...

[Husar]

The demo wasn't bad, for a JRPG anyway(I'm not a fan of that genre).
Might give it a try sometime but if the english translation is so bad, maybe I should see whether I can get the german one cheap.

[frogbeastegg]

Strategy RPG =/= JRPG. There's quite a bit of difference between the two.

The review doesn't make me think SRPG much, TBH. It puts me in mind of squad tactics games like Commandos and Desperados, but with less of the stealthy-stealthy sneak-sneak and more of the Weeee, rockets!

I'm still waiting for the PS3 to release a decent exclusive RPG. :thinks: Or indeed any exclusive RPG. The ones I know of are all work in progress.

Think I will give it a go this weekend.