The mystery behind Valkyria Chronicles

Originally having been brought to the blog`s attention by Brett in THIS mini-review it has since been two or three weeks since we`ve both gotten our hands on the game.

I`m writing this after reading something rather disturbing about what is one of my top three games of 2008, namely:

" Sega revealed that only 33,000 copies of Valkyria Chronicles for PS3 were sold in North America during the month of November, it seems the game has been largely ignored by American gamers. "

Now that`s just sad, I`m now two weeks into "VC" and really enjoying this game. I even picked up Resistance 2 and Little Big planet and Wipeout HD during the time I`ve had "VC" and all I`m doing on my PS3 is playing "VC"

Not only does the game get deeper as you progress so does the bonds between the characters in your squad. There was one particular bit where I downright turned angry at an event which made me realize just how much the story writing will make you care for your squad members. Probably halfway in the game, I`m still getting new types of weapons, strategies and items or gameplay elements that keep on changing the game every mission you progress. It`s very addictive, the creators have nailed it.



I know that console gamers generally arent big buffs as far as any sort of strategic game is concerned. With Sins of a Solar empire being the biggest selling RTS this year,but on the PC Platform. On the other hand turn-based strategy games such as Final Fantasy:Tactics, Advance wars sell like mad on handheld devices, which indicates that Western people do like these sort of games, so why not "VC" ? Is it cause it`s on the PS3 and people are automatically biased about it since if it`s on the PS3 it`s inherantly bad or worse than a game on the Wii or Xbox 360 ? Or is the crowd for home consoles just different to the crowd that has handhelds ?

One can`t say for sure, since these days most gamers do own multiple consoles be it handheld or home.

All I can really say in the end, is that alot of people are missing out a great game, and it doesn`t seem likely that publishers will take more risks bringing these types of games over from the land of the rising sun; a shame for the future of gamers who do enjoy these sorts of games .