Video Review: Valkyria Chronicles II
This is a review for the tactical roleplaying videogame Valkyria Chronicles 2 by SEGA for the Playstation Portable.
Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Aug 31, 2010
This is a review for the tactical roleplaying videogame Valkyria Chronicles 2 by SEGA for the Playstation Portable.
I don't think the PSP gets a fair shake. Between the poor decisions from the top brass over iteration after iteration of the hardware, constantly having to fight against piracy with seemingly useless firmware updates, having an arguably useless physical medium and a sort of "second class citizen" status on PSN, the little portable has a terrible stigma that can cause the uneducated to simply look past it. However, there have always been a slew of excellent games made for the little black handhel...
Valkyria Chronicles II is enjoyable, as long as you are not opposed to skipping story. Don’t go through what I did. Ignore the completionist in you and just press start. The long winded dialogue that spews out of anime cliché’s is agonizing. Every time the character’s mouths would finally shut and I’d start a new mission, my sleepy eyes would widen and I’d find a smile back on my face. Valkyria Chronicles II, for the PSP, is set in an alternate 19II0’s Europe and takes place two years after th...