9.1 out of 10

Valkyria Chronicles

First seen: 18 april 2008

Information found in: from 144 sources in 20 countries.

Best Price: $33

  • User Score (40)
    9.6 9.6 from 40 reviewers
  • Expert Score (88)
    8.6 8.6 from 88 reviewers
  • Gameplay (24)
    9.3 9.3 from 24 reviewers
  • Graphics (33)
    9.4 9.4 from 33 reviewers
  • Sound (34)
    9.2 9.2 from 34 reviewers
  • Storyline (6)
    9.3 9.3 from 6 reviewers
  • Control (4)
    9.3 9.3 from 4 reviewers
  • Lifespan (3)
    8.3 8.3 from 3 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • amazing visuals, mostly good voicework, specific frustrations, just plain fun, good storyline
  • some annoyingly inconsistent mechanics, the horrendously out, the third, a tad self, no 1080p

In 1930s Europa, tensions rise to an all-time high between the continentâ.

  • Genre: Action
  • ESRB Rating: T - (Teen)
  • ESRB Descriptor: Violence Mild Language Animated Blood Mild Suggestive Themes Use of Tobacco

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Reviews of Valkyria Chronicles

  1. Turn-based strategy for emotional cripples.

    Reviewer: Gameplayer
    24 November 2008
    Overall 9
    8.5
     

    For strategy nuts, this is almost worth buying a PS3 for. Read more

  2. Valkyria Chronicles

    Reviewer: GameSpot
    25 November 2008
    Overall 9
    8.5
     

    But in a game as smart and delightful as Valkyria Chronicles, it's easy to look past these issues and take comfort in its fun and intelligent take on a genre that has plenty of room to grow. Yet while it is a fantastic new step forward for strategy RPGs, it's a lovely and enjoyable game in its own right, and if you own a PlayStation 3, you should also own a copy of Valkyria Chronicles. Read more

  3. Valkyria Chronicles Review

    Reviewer: PALGN
    25 December 2008
    Overall 9
    8.5
     

    The pesky thing about a genre is that it can often be confined to its conventions. Turn-based RPGs don’t allow you to move around too much in the heat of the battle. Shooters don’t allow you to allow take turns or have a break. One way around such inconveniences is for developers is to merge genres together. Often these haven’t come off quite as well as gamers would have liked, as the numerous generic open-ended titles of the past five or so years have shown.... Read more

  1. Valkyria Chronicles

    Reviewer: Zefix, MyPS3
    12 June 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Review of Valkyria Chronicles Written by Zefix Valkyria Chronicles is one of the titles that unless your a RPG fan, you might never have heard of. Its rare to find in some of the game stores and pretty much lacked marketing effort by SEGA who localised it. Valkyria Chronicles is definitely a game you should into if your never played a RPG game before, whether your not from the FF generation or simply never bothered in checking into the RPG genre. Valkyria Chronicles... Read more

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