Likewise, my friend. Likewise.
Edit: @Nomination, never heard of it.
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Ooh, dark horse. I played the demo for this but couldn't get into it. I prefer my strategy from a top down view.
Well deserved spot on the list, although I would have liked the game to have a little more consequences especially when a squad member goes down. The save and load options made it a little too easy for my tastes. Loved the combat and the characters!
Good game. I forgot all about it during nominations. The story hasn't really stayed with me but the characters, gameplay and graphics have. It's not a game I've been looking to replay at the moment, but I have never considered trading it in either.
I am completely blown away by the discovery that there is actually some justice in this world. Valkyria Chronicles is a better game than everything that's asppeared on this list thus far.
It was a gorgeous evolution of the SRPG formula and the story actually does get more dark and mature as the plot progresses, culminating in a pretty haunting sight in the finale. Replaying this gamea few months ago, I was taken aback at just how polished the presentation feels even today, especially on a high refresh rate HDTV. I also like that the enemy corpses don't disappear, even in the cutscene after the first fight, where Alicia resolves to bury them, establishing that killing isn't such a great thing, even in times of war. Anyone getting a PS3 for the first time and looking for which exclusives they should buy, this should be near the top of your list.
Yes, it was. You're just no true scifi fan if you don't think it's cool to park your vehicle and get outside on a barren planet with two massive binary stars in the sky.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...3-45-40-52.jpg
See? It's awesome.
And Valkyria Chronicles is a great game. I am ashamed that I forgot to nominate it.
What a good game. I'm pretty surprised it got this many nominations, but I certainly can't complain. If I was voting for just "real" console games (no PC or handheld allowed) I'd probably have picked this as the single best game of the last generation.
Just play with the discipline to not reload whenever something goes wrong. Just because virtually every game and literally every emulated game can be save-scummed to drastically reduce difficulty doesn't mean you have to do it. The only reason I "save" in games at all is in case my system crashes, or I encounter a bug, or the power goes out, or I need to quit and do something else. Never because I just don't like the outcome of what has transpired. It leads to some interesting experiences in games with a lot of consequence and choice.
I think the real shock of this whole Top Games thing is that Words with Friends received a vote.
Anyways, I'm glad to see that a game I voted for made it this high up on the Top Games list. Valkyria Chronicles is fantastic.
Yeah, I don't really get voting for Scrabble.
I would, in all seriousness, consider nominating Angry Birds. Or maybe Angry Birds Space.
I don't even give a trout how casual that makes me. Those games are fun.
Angry Birds is fun. Space is definitely the more interesting take on it, though I think the formula has worn thin now. At least they tried other things with that Bad Pigs or whatever it was.
And anyone who says Pike is a dirty casual gamer will have to deal with me.
I only played VC recently but found it very enjoyable. It was a little slow to get going, but the story was very heartfelt and I've never played a SRPG with that kind of gameplay. I think there were better games to have come out but VC was certainly a unique and memorable experience.