Last week ended my LP series for Ash of Gods: Redemption. While that was fun, now it’s on to a game that I have excited about ever since it was announced for a Western release: Valkyria Chronicles 4!
Part squad level turn-based strategy, part anime cartoon, Valkyria Chronicles draws heavily on World War 2 history for its inspiration. The original game pitted a Gallia (standing in for Great Britain)
analog against the military might of a continent spanning power (think Germany). “Darksens” stood in for Jews, and the story revolved around plucky Gallia’s war retain their freedom.
Valkyria Chronicles 4 abstracts the war a lot more as it’s based more in the battles on the Eastern Front. This time players step into the boots of Claude Wallace, commander of Ranger Squad F in the Federation army. They are part of a massive land strike force attempting to push through the heart of Imperial territory to take the capital before winter slows things to a crawl.
Anyone who remembers their WWII history can take a guess at how well that initial plan is going to go.
In this scenario, the good guys should win out in the end, but it’s going to be a challenge getting there!