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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Bebpo on August 20, 2010, 05:03:24 PM

Title: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: Bebpo on August 20, 2010, 05:03:24 PM: No, me neither.

But I do like good art! And Valkyria had lots of it. It also had a 400 page artbook in Japan that would cost you like $80+ to import and be full of moon language.

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4537137916_d3e2c5df4f_b.jpg)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/4537134716_b954e89bc8_b.jpg)

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4537139676_a1634f2f3c_b.jpg)
video here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/4536496007/in/photostream/

Luckily for you, Udon is bringing it out in ENGLISH in Jan for $33 on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1926778162/). That's 400 pages of great art like this for $33.
I will be buying!
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: Positive Touch on August 20, 2010, 07:23:39 PM: did they ever end up bringing over the mega man & okami books?
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: FatalT on August 20, 2010, 07:30:45 PM: I enjoyed it. I loved the mechanics of a semi-shooter game strategy RPG.
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 07:34:31 PM: Great game. Best strategy rpg since Final Fantasy Tactics. Stick to shitty Nippon Ichi games.
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: iconoclast on August 20, 2010, 07:39:25 PM: I might get this. I love art books, but I normally don't buy them since I just spend my money on new games instead.
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That and they're usually scanned online anyway.
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Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: magus on August 20, 2010, 08:08:48 PM: Quote from: Himuro on August 20, 2010, 07:34:31 PM
Great game. Best strategy rpg since Final Fantasy Tactics. Stick to shitty Nippon Ichi games.
my bitterness-o-meter exploded :smug
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: BlackMage on August 20, 2010, 10:28:36 PM: it was pretty good but for some reason I lost interest before I beat it.
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: demi on August 20, 2010, 10:58:36 PM: I havent put time into Valkyria but I hate art books because they are a waste of money and get zero use.

Nobody is gonna visit your house and pluck the "Valkyria Chronicles Artbook" and be like "Wow gee this is interesting! Thank you for letting me read this!"

GET FUCKING REAL
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: G The Resurrected on August 20, 2010, 11:05:53 PM: bought the game full price at retail launch and its still sealed. ::)
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: Bebpo on August 20, 2010, 11:23:27 PM: Quote from: demi on August 20, 2010, 10:58:36 PM
I havent put time into Valkyria but I hate art books because they are a waste of money and get zero use.

Nobody is gonna visit your house and pluck the "Valkyria Chronicles Artbook" and be like "Wow gee this is interesting! Thank you for letting me read this!"

GET FUCKING REAL

but, but...I've done that with people (including girls) :'(

Everyone loves good art!
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: originalz on August 20, 2010, 11:30:50 PM: I've gotten a few artbooks that came with games or whatever, I usually just look through it once, put it away somewhere, and never look at it ever again. Although, I'm not the kind of person to go to art galleries either, so maybe I'm just not the target market.
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: BlackMage on August 20, 2010, 11:37:07 PM: Quote from: originalz on August 20, 2010, 11:30:50 PM
I've gotten a few artbooks that came with games or whatever, I usually just look through it once, put it away somewhere, and never look at it ever again. Although, I'm not the kind of person to go to art galleries either, so maybe I'm just not the target market.

yeah they need to cater to us masturbate-to-cartoon-porn types!
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: iconoclast on August 20, 2010, 11:47:33 PM: Quote from: demi on August 20, 2010, 10:58:36 PM
I havent put time into Valkyria but I hate art books because they are a waste of money and get zero use.

Nobody is gonna visit your house and pluck the "Valkyria Chronicles Artbook" and be like "Wow gee this is interesting! Thank you for letting me read this!"

GET FUCKING REAL

:lol who cares if other people look through it? part of the appeal for fans of the series is to see how the character designs came together through various stages of concept art, usually with commentary from the artists (like so (http://imgur.com/aKFDv.jpg)). and then there's just a bunch of nice art to appreciate.

an art book and a making-of featurette are the only two things that i want out of limited editions. everything else is worthless junk. actually, a bonus soundtrack CD is good too, but i just download those anyway.
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: BlackMage on August 20, 2010, 11:59:59 PM: Quote from: iconoclast on August 20, 2010, 11:47:33 PM
Quote from: demi on August 20, 2010, 10:58:36 PM
I havent put time into Valkyria but I hate art books because they are a waste of money and get zero use.

Nobody is gonna visit your house and pluck the "Valkyria Chronicles Artbook" and be like "Wow gee this is interesting! Thank you for letting me read this!"

GET FUCKING REAL

:lol who cares if other people look through it? part of the appeal for fans of the series is to see how the character designs came together through various stages of concept art, usually with commentary from the artists (like so (http://imgur.com/aKFDv.jpg)). and then there's just a bunch of nice art to appreciate.

an art book and a making-of featurette are the only two things that i want out of limited editions. everything else is worthless junk. actually, a bonus soundtrack CD is good too, but i just download those anyway.

"first i drew a head, then a body.. some clothes.. yeah that's right i put a pocket there.. and some belts" :lol
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: demi on August 21, 2010, 12:24:51 AM: Quote from: iconoclast on August 20, 2010, 11:47:33 PM
usually with commentary from the artists (like so (http://imgur.com/aKFDv.jpg)). and then there's just a bunch of nice art to appreciate.

"The wavy haired look is similiar to the final design to Ai Ebihara"

This is the single most useless thing ever. Just FYI. I'm glad this... thing, is similar to the final design to... this thing
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: iconoclast on August 21, 2010, 12:33:56 AM: That was just one random example that I found off google. But it is interesting to see if one character looked completely different during the concept stages. There are usually more substantial comments, like what they were going for and why it didn't work, that type of thing.

Or it can just be filled with pages of nice art. I'd buy a Demon's Souls artbook in an instant if it was filled with this type of stuff: http://sarshelyam.brinkster.net/poop/DemonsSouls/demonssouls_jjoy_wallpaper_01.jpg
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: BlackMage on August 21, 2010, 12:34:28 AM: Quote from: iconoclast on August 21, 2010, 12:33:56 AM
That was just one random example that I found off google. But it is interesting to see if one character looked completely different during the concept stages. There are usually more substantial comments, like what they were going for and why it didn't work, that type of thing.

Or it can just be filled with pages of nice art. I'd buy a Demon's Souls artbook in an instant if it was filled with this type of stuff: http://sarshelyam.brinkster.net/poop/DemonsSouls/demonssouls_jjoy_wallpaper_01.jpg

..yer a homo
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: demi on August 21, 2010, 12:40:53 AM: here u go iconoclast. another amazing artbook to add to your coffee table.

(http://i38.tinypic.com/2lwm14m.png)

i'm really curious where they got the design ideas from. i can't wait to read their comments.
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: iconoclast on August 21, 2010, 12:43:19 AM: thx for the heads up. pre-ordering now.
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: Wario64 on August 21, 2010, 01:20:09 AM: i havent bothered touching my copy of valkyria chronicles, it has no trophies

i need platinums
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: iconoclast on August 21, 2010, 02:43:26 AM: :( The lack of trophies really is the worst thing about VC. Would be amazing if they started working on VC3 for PS3, then decided to go back and patch them into the old game while they were at it...
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on August 21, 2010, 05:25:49 AM: Loved the gameplay, the music, the graphics/art style. Heck, even the plot was good (anime-ish WW2, hey not bad).

I still haven't finished it, some of the level designs are just awful and the enemy AI is kinda dross. There seems to be lots of great stages in the game and a handful of really shitty ones and I keep getting stuck on those and only coming back to the game about eight months later.

Still, I like it a lot, I'd say its an almost great game that's weighed down by some occasional flaws.
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: MoxManiac on August 21, 2010, 10:04:11 AM: Yeah I do, though things get degenerate towards the end (scouts = overpowered)
Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 21, 2010, 12:56:13 PM: Quote from: demi on August 20, 2010, 10:58:36 PM
Nobody is gonna visit your house and pluck the "Valkyria Chronicles Artbook" and be like "Wow gee this is interesting! Thank you for letting me read this!"

GET FUCKING REAL

Amano got me laid when I was in college

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Title: Re: Do YOU like Valkyria Chronicles?
Post by: tiesto on August 21, 2010, 10:44:58 PM: Played it, beat it, loved it. Probably my favorite PS3 exclusive (honestly didn't like what I played of Demon's Souls at all).