![]() Even now, fans of the series have had to make due with a fan-translated version, which itself wasn’t playable until three years after the game’s original release. The next, Valkyria Chronicles III, never even made its way to the west. Valkyria Chronicles II, for instance, was a bridge too far for some fans who saw its concessions as a portable follow-up too frustrating to bear. ![]() Yet, just as its characters are unable to escape the looming shadow of war, the series has struggled to meet the high standard set by its first iteration. A task that seems astounding for a decade that saw barely any successful releases in the genre to begin with. Thanks to a unique combination of a striking art style, inventive combat system, and its endearing characters, Valkyria Chronicles helped launch an entire franchise of tactics-based RPGs, or TRPGs for short. Originally created by Ryutaro Nonaka and Shuntaro Tanaka, who both worked on Sega’s long-running Sakura Wars franchise as well as the beloved Dreamcast RPG Skies of Arcadia, the first Valkyria Chronicles game was brilliant. In Valkyria Chronicles, war is a force of nature.
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