Today's Valkyria Chronicles 2 update isn't as big as the previous ones, but at least we get sone information on a new character: Forster Clementia (that is featured in a new video).
Forster is a scientist that lives in a small castle connected to the academy via a drawbridge, and often appears on the premises of the school. She has made a name for herself in the study of artificial valkyrie, and seems to know a lot about the valkyrie race in general. She also seems to have a deep connection with the empire.
The mysterious scientist that also happens to be a sexy lady was, indeed, another anime stereotype that Valkyria 2 was missing.
The rest of the update is another video about Aban feasturing a runin with Juliana Eberhart, and a gameplay video showing how battlefield orders will work, that will be very familiar to the ones that already played Valkyria Chronicles.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
New Videos for Valkyria Chronicles 2: Familiar Faces
My job willl still keep me busy until the end of the week, preventing me from updating the blog regularly, but of course I can't miss reporting the thursday Valkyria 2 news.
Many were wondering if characters for the previous games were to make an appearence in Valkyria 2, given that the game is set two years after the first. Looks like we have our answer, as Alicia Melchiott and Welkin Gunther are both part of the cast. Each of them has a new movie.
Alicia is now taking care of the bakery in the Lanseal Academy, and Gunther, that now works as an university teacher, ofter goes to see her.
Both will also appear as playable character when "certain conditions are fulfilled" and will play prominent roles in the story.
We already chaught a few glimpses of Princess Cordelia, but now she finally has her own video. Her new appearence reflects the change in her personality. In the two years passed between the two games she has grown greatly as a ruler, and she's no more ashamed of hr Darksen identity.
There's also a new video about the BLiTZ system, that explain multiple battlefield areas. While in Valkyria Chronicles battlefields had a single area, Valkyria Chrocnicles 2 will feature battlefields formed by multiple maps, linked through the bases. Once a base is captured, the player will be able to move his soldiers through it to another area.
The blog shows several new pictures and quite a few further bits of information. By buying the 6th volume of the Valkyria Chronicles anime DVDs players will be able to unlock two guest characters. A special anime version of Alicia and Lamarr. Also, Two guest characters (the support soldier Minc and the sniper Julius) will be coming from the manga "Valkyria Chronicles: Wish your Smile", that will be published in the new Famitsu Web manga page "Air Raid", starting tomorrow (November the 13th). Of course we don't know if those characters will appear in the western version of the game, and how they'll be unlocked.
Many were wondering if characters for the previous games were to make an appearence in Valkyria 2, given that the game is set two years after the first. Looks like we have our answer, as Alicia Melchiott and Welkin Gunther are both part of the cast. Each of them has a new movie.
Alicia is now taking care of the bakery in the Lanseal Academy, and Gunther, that now works as an university teacher, ofter goes to see her.
Both will also appear as playable character when "certain conditions are fulfilled" and will play prominent roles in the story.
We already chaught a few glimpses of Princess Cordelia, but now she finally has her own video. Her new appearence reflects the change in her personality. In the two years passed between the two games she has grown greatly as a ruler, and she's no more ashamed of hr Darksen identity.
There's also a new video about the BLiTZ system, that explain multiple battlefield areas. While in Valkyria Chronicles battlefields had a single area, Valkyria Chrocnicles 2 will feature battlefields formed by multiple maps, linked through the bases. Once a base is captured, the player will be able to move his soldiers through it to another area.
The blog shows several new pictures and quite a few further bits of information. By buying the 6th volume of the Valkyria Chronicles anime DVDs players will be able to unlock two guest characters. A special anime version of Alicia and Lamarr. Also, Two guest characters (the support soldier Minc and the sniper Julius) will be coming from the manga "Valkyria Chronicles: Wish your Smile", that will be published in the new Famitsu Web manga page "Air Raid", starting tomorrow (November the 13th). Of course we don't know if those characters will appear in the western version of the game, and how they'll be unlocked.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Valkyria Chronicles 2 new videos and characters revealed
This week has been kinda brutal as my job took over a big slice of my gaming time, but nothing can get in the way of my thursday Valkyria Chronicles 2 news.
Today's update of the official website includes a few new videos. The first is focused on the BLiTZ system. It will be extremely familiar to anyone that played the first game.
The rest of the update is completely centered on the cast. A new video is dedicated to Kober Briksam, the stern homeroom teacher of Class G. He used to be a soldier during the war against the empire, but his eyes have been severely wounded, forcing him to retire from the army and join the Lanseal academy as a teacher. His apparent cold-hearted attitude has the purpose of teaching his pupils the severity of war. A second video introduces Lawrence Kleifheart, the headmaster of the Lanseal academy, third son of a distinguished family of military tradition, he's known for his years of impeccable service in the army. After a serious wound to his arm he began a new career as the director of the academy.
The blog section of the site also introduces some more between Aban's classmates:
-Frank Martin, stern and strong older sister of Nicol Martin (that has been introduced a few weeks ago). She despises her brother's weak attitude.
-Liner Tristram, idealistic and strong headed, he joined the academy to protect his friends and his hometown. His hobbies are body building and mountaineering.
-Sophia Collins, the stereotypical mature "older sister" anime type. Refined and flirty.
-Helmut Bode, cold and calm ex-imperial soldier distinguished during the war against Gallia, he was sent to Lanseal military academy by imperial order, as a "sign of peace" after the armistice.
-Mishrit, a Darksen, she's the top ranked student of G class, calm and confident in her learning abilities.
That's all for today's update, the game's cast is definitely shaping up more and more as that of a school life anime, the "strong headed friendly type", the couple of "opposite siblings", the "neesan", the "studious meganekko" and the "transfer student", all fit perfectly into anime stereotypes. It'll be interesting to see how they'll fit in what is, in the end, a war story.
Today's update of the official website includes a few new videos. The first is focused on the BLiTZ system. It will be extremely familiar to anyone that played the first game.
The rest of the update is completely centered on the cast. A new video is dedicated to Kober Briksam, the stern homeroom teacher of Class G. He used to be a soldier during the war against the empire, but his eyes have been severely wounded, forcing him to retire from the army and join the Lanseal academy as a teacher. His apparent cold-hearted attitude has the purpose of teaching his pupils the severity of war. A second video introduces Lawrence Kleifheart, the headmaster of the Lanseal academy, third son of a distinguished family of military tradition, he's known for his years of impeccable service in the army. After a serious wound to his arm he began a new career as the director of the academy.
The blog section of the site also introduces some more between Aban's classmates:
-Frank Martin, stern and strong older sister of Nicol Martin (that has been introduced a few weeks ago). She despises her brother's weak attitude.
-Liner Tristram, idealistic and strong headed, he joined the academy to protect his friends and his hometown. His hobbies are body building and mountaineering.
-Sophia Collins, the stereotypical mature "older sister" anime type. Refined and flirty.
-Helmut Bode, cold and calm ex-imperial soldier distinguished during the war against Gallia, he was sent to Lanseal military academy by imperial order, as a "sign of peace" after the armistice.
-Mishrit, a Darksen, she's the top ranked student of G class, calm and confident in her learning abilities.
That's all for today's update, the game's cast is definitely shaping up more and more as that of a school life anime, the "strong headed friendly type", the couple of "opposite siblings", the "neesan", the "studious meganekko" and the "transfer student", all fit perfectly into anime stereotypes. It'll be interesting to see how they'll fit in what is, in the end, a war story.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Lunar Harmony of Silver Star goes back to the past
We already knew that Lunar: Silver Star Harmony (slated for release in Japan on November the 12th) will have additional content compared to the original, and even to the old glorious "complete" edition. What we still didn't know is that as part of this new content, we will be able to play part of the events happened before the first game.
In an additional scenario, the player will be able to take part of the four heroes of the past, Dyne, Ghaleon (that will become the game's main villain), Lemia (Mia's mother) and Mel (Jessica's father), in their quest to free the goddess Althena from the clutches of the evil Aiferun.
This will give us a new insight on the events that led to the beginning of Lunar's storyline, and for the first time will let you catch a glimpse of the first Dragonmaster, Dyne, that remained more or less a misterious figure on the previous iterations of the game.
You can see screenshots and pieces of artwork of this new "old" scenario on the Japanese portal Gpara.com.
In addition to that, looks like that this remake will bring back the "bromides" (basically some fanservice shots of the game's heroines you can see the old ones of the Playstation version here). More than 10 will be available, even if it's unknown if there will be new ones or they'll just be the same that were available in the playstation version of the game.
The previous remakes of the game after "Complete", have always been characterized by a low level of polish and an astonishingly small number of additions and improvements. This "Harmony of Silver Star" definitely looks different. GungHo has seems to have added a lot to this fantastic classic game. That's definitely good. The new generations deserve to experience the Lunar saga (that's probably still the best JRPG saga ever created) in it's best shape.
In an additional scenario, the player will be able to take part of the four heroes of the past, Dyne, Ghaleon (that will become the game's main villain), Lemia (Mia's mother) and Mel (Jessica's father), in their quest to free the goddess Althena from the clutches of the evil Aiferun.
This will give us a new insight on the events that led to the beginning of Lunar's storyline, and for the first time will let you catch a glimpse of the first Dragonmaster, Dyne, that remained more or less a misterious figure on the previous iterations of the game.
You can see screenshots and pieces of artwork of this new "old" scenario on the Japanese portal Gpara.com.
In addition to that, looks like that this remake will bring back the "bromides" (basically some fanservice shots of the game's heroines you can see the old ones of the Playstation version here). More than 10 will be available, even if it's unknown if there will be new ones or they'll just be the same that were available in the playstation version of the game.
The previous remakes of the game after "Complete", have always been characterized by a low level of polish and an astonishingly small number of additions and improvements. This "Harmony of Silver Star" definitely looks different. GungHo has seems to have added a lot to this fantastic classic game. That's definitely good. The new generations deserve to experience the Lunar saga (that's probably still the best JRPG saga ever created) in it's best shape.
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