Well know that I've finally beat Valkyria Chronicles I can safely say...

[Torillian]

BengaBenga said:
Can someone that played both this and some Fire Emblem games what the differences are?
And I agree that it's a shame that games like this and other great SRPGs don't sell very well most of the time. Guess it's too hardcore...

Well I've only played Fire Emblem Wii a little bit, but I'll do my best.  First off is that VC has no melee as well as no grid system.  In VC you move a certain amount of distance, and you can do an action at any point, and continue moving afterward.  The setting makes it so that everyone is using a gun and noone uses a melee weapon.  When you aim your weapon you do so in an FPS style.  Final difference is that in VC if a character's health goes to zero they don't automatically die, but they will die if you don't save them within three turns, or before the enemy touches their body. 

 

Those are the big differences as far as battle mechanics go.