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The problem lies with the animations, or I should say the lack of animations. Graphically the game is beautiful to look at, utilizing the new Gouache rendering engine that gives the world a painted-like style. The presentation problems don’t end there, as the visuals and cinematics are frankly not up to par. Save for the two leads and a few other secondary characters, none of your squad mates are terribly interesting in the end and offer “comic relief” that is too jarring of a tonal shift to really justify. You have the veteran drunkard, the foppish aristocrat, the lazy girl, and the teenage valley girl all a part of the cast. Save for a few moments here or there that grow the characters both in terms of narrative and gameplay, most of them ultimately don’t go beyond these designated personality traits, some of them bordering on annoyance. Most of the characters are relatively bland and have cliched traits that present a “form” of personality. The problem is the presentation of the entire narrative, which is sorely lacking throughout Revolution. On the surface, the premise is a winner, offering a lot of political and personal intrigue set along the backdrop of the rich lore that has been established in the Valkyria series. The game also takes place during the Industrial Revolution instead of a World War 2 setting and follows a wholly different narrative structure that, while intriguing on paper, is squandered in practice. As a spinoff, some of the tactical elements remain, but it is rather bare-bones in comparison to the rest of the series. Unfortunately, as the first major release for consoles since Chronicles, Valkyria Revolution just doesn’t hold a candle to its predecessors.

When Sega announced Valkyria Revolution, many fans were subsequently upset by the jarring change from the tactical RPG of Chronicles to a more action-RPG style, leading Sega to emphasize the game as a spin-off rather than a continuation of the Chronicles series.

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Even the more accessible Remastered edition for the PS4 is difficult to track down, but the series has a loyal legion of fans who hope that more games make their way to Western shores. Valkyria Chronicles is one of those true cult classics in gaming, a title that everyone knows about but few have played because of its limited run on store shelves during the PlayStation 3 days.