Valkyria Chronicles

Original title: Senjo no Varukyuria: Garian keronikeruzu

Video Game
20082008
TT

IMDb RATING

8.5/10

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The Empire's Imperial Army has invaded Gallia. A young man, Lt. Welkin Gunther, the son of the late Gen. Belgen Gunther, forced himself to enlist in the militia and forming Squad 7, making h... Read allThe Empire's Imperial Army has invaded Gallia. A young man, Lt. Welkin Gunther, the son of the late Gen. Belgen Gunther, forced himself to enlist in the militia and forming Squad 7, making him the tank commander/1st Scout leader where he commands a battle tank "Edelweiss" and dri... Read allThe Empire's Imperial Army has invaded Gallia. A young man, Lt. Welkin Gunther, the son of the late Gen. Belgen Gunther, forced himself to enlist in the militia and forming Squad 7, making him the tank commander/1st Scout leader where he commands a battle tank "Edelweiss" and driven by her sister Isara Gunther who joins as the mechanic. Also joining him are over 50 un... Read all

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Directors
- Gary Dunn(development director)
- Shuntaro Tanaka(chief director)
- Takaharu Terada
Stars
- Dave Wittenberg(English version)
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey(English version)
- Fred Tatasciore(English version)

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Isara Guntheras Isara Gunther
(English version)
(voice)
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Steve Blum

Zakaas Zaka
(English version)
(voice)
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Kari Wahlgren

Irene Elletas Irene Ellet
(English version)
(voice)
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Robin Atkin Downes

Faldio Landzaatas Faldio Landzaat
(English version)
(voice)

Julia Fletcher

Capt. Eleanor Varrotas Capt. Eleanor Varrot
(English version)
(voice)

John DeMita

Kreis Czhernyas Kreis Czherny
(English version)
(voice)

Patrick Seitz

Leon Schmidtas Leon Schmidt
(English version)
(voice)
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Kate Higgins

Princess Cordelia gi Randgrizas Princess Cordelia gi Randgriz
(English version)
(voice)
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Dwight Schultz

Prime Minister Maurits von Borgas Prime Minister Maurits von Borg
(English version)
(voice)
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John DiMaggio

Gen. Georg von Damonas Gen. Georg von Damon
(English version)
(voice)
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Candi Milo

Homer Peronas Homer Peron
(English version)
(voice)
(as Candy Milo)
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Chris Edgerly

Drill Instructoras Drill Instructor
(English version)
(voice)

Cindy Robinson

Marina Wulfstanas Marina Wulfstan
(English version)
(voice)

Daniel Sexton

Directors
- Gary Dunn(development director)
- Shuntaro Tanaka(chief director)
- Takaharu Terada
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The Empire's Imperial Army has invaded Gallia. A young man, Lt. Welkin Gunther, the son of the late Gen. Belgen Gunther, forced himself to enlist in the militia and forming Squad 7, making him the tank commander/1st Scout leader where he commands a battle tank "Edelweiss" and driven by her sister Isara Gunther who joins as the mechanic. Also joining him are over 50 units including Alicia Melchiott, the girl whom Welkin met just before the attack of the Imperial Army and a 2nd leader of the Scout units. Brigitte "Rosie" Stark, a former bartender and singer and the leader of the Shocktrooper units. Largo Potter, the leader of the Lancer units. Welkin must use all his strategies and put an end to the war. —Anonymous

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Trivia
Three protagonist characters from the video game Eternal Arcadia (2000) (Skies of Arcadia in US) make an appearance in this game. Vyse and Aika appears as recruitable soldiers by the name Vyse Inglebard and Aika Thompson while Fina (though her name was never mentioned in this game) appears as the Medic to assist on evacuating fallen allies.

Goofs
During the Chapter 14 cut-scene called "Awakening" where Faldio uses the Valkyrur's lance to awaken Alicia, the subtitles were incorrect because it did not match Faldio's voice dialogue. The subtitles reads, "Awaken, Valkyria. Your foe aims to rob this land of peace... Kill them all!" The correct subtitle would've been, "Arise, Valkyria. Your adversaries want to bring a war to this land... Kill them all!" as Faldio would say that for the voiced dialogue.

Quotes
Welkin Gunther: People are animals too.

Connections
Featured in Zero Punctuation: Valkyria Chronicles (2009)

Soundtracks
A Love Passed On
Lyrics by Taihei Sato
Composition by Hitoshi Sakimoto
English Lyrics by Justin Morris, Jack Fletcher
Vocals by Hedy Burress
(US version only)

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Top review

9/10

World War 2 style anime tactical RPG

Anime style story-driven tactical RPG about courageous Squad 7 of militia fighting a hostile nation that invaded beautiful and peaceful country of Galia.

PROS:

Beautiful comic book style graphics.

The game uses fictional countries and nations, but definitely has a WW2 feel. If you like WW2 themes (I do), the game is great.

Fine character development and touching story.

Good voice acting.

Good music.

Lots of tactical options. Every unit serves its purpose. Multiple options to win every battle.

Some levels are challenging, but as a person that sometimes has to refer to tutorials and FAQs, I was able to complete all by myself.

MEH:

AI moves might be better. There are times when enemy is able to ruin you, but instead of destroying one tank, delivers equal number of attacks on both your tanks. So you have a feeling that AI goes easy on you. There is no difficulty setting.

Japanese dev had to squeeze a cute winged piglet there. It serves no purpose at all.

There are times where it is sort of naive, but it's still good.

CONS:

Controls are sort of clunky, definitely prepared for gamepad, not a mouse.

Your tanks get stuck.

Some parts are unskippable, which may be painful, because sometimes you know you royally screwed up after enemy's first move and you'll need to reload from save for sure, but surprise surprise, you have to wait for enemy's all moves to do anything (it can take 2-5 minutes).

As you can see, important stuff in the game is really good. There are some nuisance bugs and glitches, but it's all within norms. I recommend Valkyria Chronicles wholeheartedly.

GAMEPLAY 8/10

GRAPHICS 9/10

AUDIO 9/10

STORY 9/10

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