Valkyrie Profile

Valkyrie Profile – (personal opinion) This is one different RPG. Not only in terms of combat, but in terms of story too. I never got the chance to finish this game, but I got to the very end, which I believe it is enough information to create a dignified review. As the title shows, the main character is a symbol of the Norse mythology. The stories of these characters had the power and the duty to reach out to the dead and recruit their souls to come and fight the forces of evil in the Judgement Day (Ragnarok). This is the story of the game, the main character recruits souls. And as if the story isn’t polemic enough you see how these people have died, and you discover a bit of each person’s personal history and even, their own personality.
This game’s graphics are nothing really special but the scenery has great beauty and actually makes you feel inside the game, despite the 2D characters (which although they don’t involve you like 3D characters, it is better a great 2D than a shity 3D). Not much to say about the musical score of this game, it has great songs but nothing from another world.
A great innovative detail about this game is its combat system, It’s incredibly active, in the firs place you are never surprised with random combats that appear from time to time, you can see the enemy and you have about 3 choices, go next to him and attack him, which will initiate the battle system (and make you the first to attack); you can also merely touch him, which will initiate the combat system (and make your enemy strike first); or you could freeze him and never even start the combat system.
Once you have attacked or touched the enemy you shall start the battle where your team will align in a diamond formation and a button shall be assigned to each character (for instance, the character in the top of the diamond will be the triangle button, the character in the front of the formation will be the square button, in the bottom will be the X button, and in the back the O button. When it is your turn to attack you press these buttons in the order you want, so that the characters strike in the order you want. If the combo is good, you will get a special attack (in which you can also decide which of the characters will do it).
To finish, I recommend this game to the enthusiasts of RPG for it definitely is a different experience, I was positively surprised, in a good way.
A sad but prideful epic.



RZ RATING: 8