Hey all. Been a lurker for some time. I had to sign up and show my support for this game though, as insignificant as it may be! :P

I purchased VC in early december and finally started playing January. Well, I just beat it a few nights ago, and I'm still slightly sad that it's all over. This was a game that had had me feeling bittersweet towards the end. I wanted to see the end, but I also wanted the experience to last as long as possible.

I've been a gamer for a decade now. This is among the best games I have ever played. It caught me by surprise really. I must say, in a sea of 'insert generic FPS' here, this game is bodly refreshing. The artistic style is superb. I thought the story really picked up and I was definitely attached to the main characters. Gameplay was a blast, and it all felt very polished and nearly perfect to me.

Here's copy a blip from my Sega forum post.

"I can't help but feel aggravated at my fellow Americans for purchasing the tried and true aliens invading X world FPS games, or shallow western RPG with mediocre stories over this gem. Oh, don't forget the blood and vulgarity! We all know that constant F-bombs and realistic blood splattered all over the walls makes a game epic! I guess I shouldn't blame them. VC was released at a time when the western behemoths were hitting the market. Being  a niche SRPG and poor advertising in the US definitely didn't help either."

Anyway, I strongly recommend this game to *anyone*. Grab it before you have to scour Ebay and Amazon for marked up copies. Also- The OST is great. Youtube, "Valkyria Chronicles OST - Succeeded Wish ( Without Vocal )" ^^

EDIT: My wish is that we'll see a prequel (Alicia's parents, Gunther, Largo/Varrot/R, EW1) or Arcadia title in the future. With the poor sales though, I guess this won't be happening. Does anyone think another Japanse title in the VC series will be developed? If so, I'll just have to grab it.

I agree with everything.

It's tons of fun and I'm about to order the OST.

I hope someone brings anime on BRs in the west.

BTW maybe we should start flooding Sega of America/Europe with questions about DLC ?

Or, you can just watch the serie when it comes out via downloaded torrents and then buy it when it's out on BR.

I believe the DLC will hit Europe and the US around mid to late March.

DLC? O_O

The game has been ordered and will arrive in two weeks tops I hope ^^

* has become another VC follower ^^

It's not worth 60$ for me.

I'm holding out for a price drop.

@ destiny blade: good luck finding one, as it is being discontinued in several stores, making it even more scarce to find. And to be honest, if a title like this doesn't warrant 60 dollars, which one is? :-/

My Wallmart is full of copies. If I want it, I'll go there and buy it.

I'm just afraid I won't like it, and money is pretty tight. So I don't want to end up blowing money on it when there are games I'm more confident in like Star Ocean 4. I would have bought it if it were 40$.

I know but I'm not so optimistic to have 100% certainity anyone will release it on BR as the amount of series released that way in West is still pretty low.

Fair enough :)

Can't you rent it for a day or two then and see if you like it?

Or like me, try the demo and then look at the prologue online and then decide? :)