- Story: 180 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 148 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Performance: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 13k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The plot is pretty good in most area while few scenes are a bit “awkward” in terms of sudden shifts between a sad event to a “positive motivation”.
The gameplay in Valkyria Chronicles is turn-based, but it is very unique because once you click on a character to choose, you can actually control the character to move to any location in third-person you like as long you have enough Action Points (basically, the movement bar).
Reviewers argued that Scouts are too overpowered, but in my view, it is best to say that scouts are too reliable since they have the most movement bar and top-tier weapons like the ZM Kar 8 (the game's version of Soviet PTRS-41 that can obliterate any enemy, even medium and heavy tanks if you shoot it in the back).
TL;DR This is a fun, tactical, turn-based JRPG with a good story, fun gameplay, and neat visuals.
The art style and animations were top quality and the voice acting was also pretty good.
Gameplay is still very engaging and strategic with dozens of playable characters (each with their own likes/dislikes and advantages/quirks) to allow you a large range of freedom about who you want in your team and with how you want to enjoy the game.
+1 more players loved
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Full controller support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
Should I buy it now?
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The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.
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