Thread 717876247

What went wrong?

>>717876247 (OP)
bad voice acting and incoherent story. Other than that it was a kino game with the only problem being it not getting a sequel.

No SOVL.

>>717876372
The japanese va is alright
>>717876951
This just isn't true

>>717876247 (OP)
don't mind me, just being the best Valkyrie Profile game

They kinda messed up by putting the einherjars' stories in the background compared to the first game, and the whole dimension/time travel plot with Lezard feels kinda bad and nonsensical if you didn't play the first game and got the best ending.
Other than that it was just a bit too much for casuals who just want to mash X through everything and want to watch cutscenes, it's not a hard game but it does force you to pay attention.

>>717876247 (OP)
I liked it more than the first game.

>>717876372
>bad voice acting
Wrong
>incoherent story
Wrong.
>it was a kino game
Yes.

>>717876247 (OP)
It's was a pain in the ass to emulate for the longest time.

>>717876247 (OP)
Movement in combat doesn't add anything positive or engaging, only cheese potential
Platforming in most areas is worse
Einherjar are downplayed, with their backstories shoved into optional logs instead of being the focus with full cutscenes

>>717876247 (OP)
Huge departure from the first game in terms of structure. Einherjar became almost entirely irrelevant with their stories just being text dumps. New combat system was spammy and worse than the original. Character models had weird faces and animations.

>>717877146
Reminder that the Japanese version was fully voice acted and the western release cut it down to just battle shouts.

>>717876247 (OP)
Its strange how the game just has grid based movement I would've opted for what the PS1 game did with 3D PS2 graphics (four niggas in a cross from a diorama from the side) but iirc they wanted to do a SRPG like game since like the first one, also dark fantasy elements gone,eviscerated for a more subdued generic JRPG one, no more seeing people die in front of you as you recruit them.

>>717877894
>Its strange how the game just has grid based movement
It doesn't though.

>>717877972
Sorry not grid-based but you can dash, but if you move normally the enemies move on the arena as well. yeah,

>>717876247 (OP)
>What went wrong?
Lenneth Valkyrie is gone, and it was you who killed her. IT WAS YOU!

>>717878916
>my Lenneth Valkyrie, why most you torment me so? I only sought to create this new realm to escape the anguish in my heart... I only wanted to be united with her... that is all I ever wanted, all I ever asked for...

>>717879192
>I grant you the rights accorded to the enemy of the gods. you will live from now and forever, in an endless cycle of rebirth, condemned in each life to be hated, feared, scorned, punished, and obliterated
>always with the screech of insects buzzing within your skull, ANTS GNAWING AT YOUR EYEBALLS, FOREVER AND EVER

>>717877480
Same here. I think I just really like having a battle map to move around in and the benefits of being able to move party members in different groupings.

>>717877146
>You don't play as the ultra sexo Valkyrie
Piece of shit.

>>717877596
because the ps2 emulator got released years later, you retard

I played OG Valkyrie Profile this year for the first time and I didn't really like it. The presentation is great and the OST is fantastic, but the combat was meh, the level design is annoying as hell that progressively gets worse, and it has some of the most jank platforming I've ever experienced in a 2D game. The first half of the game was alright but goddamn did the second half test my patience.

I guess I ruined it for myself after seeing it get praised for so many years and setting my expectations too high, but it sure is a just Tri-Ace game through and through. High highs but very low lows with so much jank.

the fact that i didn't know it existed and thought chronicles was the first entry

>>717876247 (OP)
i didn't even know it existed. it had 0 advertising.

Nothing. I liked it and am replaying it RIGHT NOW using only Alicia. It's easier than using a full party somehow.

i prefer the gameplay in silmeria over lenneth

One notable thing i'd mention is how forgettable the music is, i'm personally fond of the battle theme and the track that plays when you fight hrist but that's about it.

2bh i hate the cringe story in both games, i've put up with both stories because they both have the aesthetics to carry it