Valkyria Chronicles

[Eight Rooks]

It's a myth that Skies was an all-female team. Surely.

Could be. I did see it referenced in several reviews, though. Perhaps - as Flabio said - people took 'design team' to mean the whole development studio.

Napple Tale was the other game I remember from the DC era which was supposedly developed solely by women, though again, no names or hard facts to back that up.

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You only get a damage bonus when a shot hits the head, other body parts give normal damage, front, sides or back. Sometimes sneaking up behind enemy soldiers won't let you hit their heads due to their backpack. I don't remember if a sneaked soldier loses his counterattack though.

You can replace a fallen soldier when he/she is rescued (ally gets near and calls the medic) or when he/she dies (medic doesn't arrive in 3/4 turns or enemy gets near).

Thanks for that info, I put it to good use last night. Ive made it to Chapeter 6 now, and in the last mission I accidentally walked Alicia into an ambush and she got slaughtered. I was made up she retreated rather than died Guess prominant characters can't be lost forever lol......

Is it possbile to kill all yoru characters? What i mean is, is it possible to kill all the soldiers who are 'expendable' ie not plot driven. Or is there a constant flow of random team mates throughout the game?

Had a cringe-tastic moment when they started talking to the pig and it responded with a 'moink!' Deary me......... that had to be a female dev member who came up with that part surely!

I love the way you get more and more tips on playing the game as each mission progresses. Its so satisfying when you team members up for maximum damage, lol.

Lovely game!

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[spagmasterswift]

Had a cringe-tastic moment when they started talking to the pig and it responded with a 'moink!' Deary me......... that had to be a female dev member who came up with that part surely!

Thats just a cue that you need to get in touch with your feminine side.

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Thats just a cue that you need to get in touch with your feminine side.

Spags, I am very in TOUCH with my female friends, i'll have you know

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[briareos_kerensky]

Is it possbile to kill all yoru characters? What i mean is, is it possible to kill all the soldiers who are 'expendable' ie not plot driven. Or is there a constant flow of random team mates throughout the game?

You get a constant flow throughout most of the game but there's a finite number of soldiers, each has its own personality and there are no randomly generated characters. Some of them will join after you meet specific conditions, some based on mission number.
Minor spoiler...

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one medal is awarded when a character with all personal traits and capabilities unlocked dies (lost forever).

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You get a constant flow throughout most of the game but there's a finite number of soldiers, each has its own personality and there are no randomly generated characters. Some of them will join after you meet specific conditions, some based on mission number.
Minor spoiler...

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one medal is awarded when a character with all personal traits and capabilities unlocked dies (lost forever).

Couldn't resist reading your spoiler, and I can say that I 'can't/won't' meet that condition. well not on my first play through anyways........ But thanks for the heads up

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[saif]

Don't forget to read the backstories for the characters - always fun.

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Played a lot more of this in the weekend, so far clocking up around 17 hours, which has flown by....... I encountered Maximillion

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on that big ass tank of his, that battle was a bit hairy at first and, but i managed to get through it. When his reinforcements came helping, it got ridiculously hard, as the woman (forgot her name) with the lance, took out my Vyse and Aika with a single hit each! I was NOT happy, as i want to have a 100% squad and no deaths. Dreading I would have to restart the mission, I knuckled down and managed to take out good ole Max's tank, before she got another chance to retaliate. Good job i saved up my turns, as I just used my engineer to keep reloading Largo's lance to take out the behemoth! I was chuffed with myself as it was my first attempt

Im on Chapter 9 now and so far the range of missions have impressed me, as in the beginning it was mostly about taking the enemy out, equiped and prepared, but they are begining to range in size, range and difficulty. Although I do enjoy the smaller missions as they are less daunting and more stealth like.

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I am at the part where the princess is kidnapped, and the whole team is in pursuit, a plane has been revealed, which makes me ponder all kinds, like air strikes and perhaps battles by sea as well, oh the mind wanders....... Or maybe im working myself up to be dissapointed

I look forward to getting back to it tonight lol..........

One thing I want to ask is, when you capture an enemy camp and it gives you the option to retreat the unit. Is that to retreat the entire battalion or just that individual member? I think what i want to know is, if I bring a troop member in that is ill suited to the missions, is there a way to change the member at will? Or do i need to have them shot down, then have Fina come 'retreat' them?

Also, when a member gets taken out, I understand that if the enemy reaches them before one of your own guys do, its game over for your character, does the same apply to the enemy? or am i wasting my time doing the same with them?

Ive done a few skirmishes now, but there are some missions, like the desert ones which I just don't fancy doing again.........

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the mission with the sandstorms was a long and tedious one for me, as it was the first time id used and faced off against snipers. The enemy had a trench where shock troopers hid and it annoyed the hell out of me taking them out, as they were always crouching (which made them harder to kill) In the end i used the Edelwise to drop a few bombs on their annoying back sides, whilst sneaking men around the perimeter to flank their base from the side.

I've been buying the side stories from the journalist, and I enjoyed Largo's

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vegetable

side mission. The story is slowly but surely unravelling itself, at a steady pace. Ive also managed to use up all the space for upgrading my tank - DOH! So far top stuff and very impressed with this game

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[saif]

Tank upgrades can be taken off for better parts remember.

"Retreat" is for that unit and can be used to move characters between bases (respawn them at another base) which is very useful for the slower units (lancers!).

[superkully]

This game has sat in its cellophane for about a year - you lot reminded me I had it

[Paddy]

This game has sat in its cellophane for about a year - you lot reminded me I had it

That is not only naughty but a waste. Start it and after an hour's play if you don't want to carry on, fair enough...

...but be warned, it's not easy to put down.

[superkully]

That's exactly why I didn't open it ;-)

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That's exactly why I didn't open it ;-)

I was in teh same boat as you over Christmas, but as part of my bettering myself every year, Ive decided to look past all this sealed nonsense Ive adopted over the years and jus play the games, Ive enough clutter in my space to last me a life time........

Had a quick blast on this last night and Chapter 9 is a tricky one, though I think ive figured it out, so i should be fine on my next go, i hope Stupid cramp city streets, where tank can't fit!

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[hush]

i've been playing this off and on since it come out , think i am only on chapter 4 so i have a long way to go, i may play it when Batman is done and dusted

[mekanor]

so trying to play this now and because of the wonders that are forced patches, I cannot even get to the title screen. I load the game, it asks me to update, I select yes and the screen just goes blank. If I leave it long enough the ps3 reboots or something but I go back into the game and it again asks me to update. rinse, repeat.

don't think I'm meant to play this game. I left if for ages but after finishing infamous today I thought I'd try it again.

Deleted all the game data and tried the game. This time it actually installed the patch fine and then got into the game. However, it never moved from the 'now loading' screen. It wasn't frozen, the thing was still doing its little animation, but no progress.

I'd like to play the game but I shouldn't have to jump through hoops to get to it. sadly I may just stick it on ebay.