While I have never played valkyria chronicles, I have played FE RD. Its one of the few sRPGs I've played (other than Shining Force, and games similar but I digress). Anyway, I love FE RD. I have to admit though that the difficulty of the game frustrated me multiple times. I've even let a few people die because I was like "If they can die that easily, who cares about them!!!" I can see how this would turn people away from the game. I think I've actually played a valkyria chronicle game (If the name Silmeria or however its spelled is familiar to you guys then yeah I have), but I'm not sure so I wont comment on it. But compared to other sRPGs that I've played, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn takes the cake. It had a great story (and I'm always a sucker for a good story), a good strategetic game play (I mean your not supposed to always win, come on thats kind of boring), a boat load of characters to choose from (always a plus), and character structure. You could actually get into the character's lives and stuff. That was interesting in itself. And it wasnt so linear that you were required to get all the characters or have all the characters in the end. I like a game where each time I play it over I find something new and yeah I did in FE RD. Well thats my opinion on FE RD but I cant really compare it to Valkyria Chronicles cause I'm not sure if I've played one of the games.
