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Valkyria Chronicles 4 coming to PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Switch in 2018

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LGear said:
Eh?

It's explicitly mentioned in released lore that the Federation includes the United Kingdom of Edinburgh, aka Not!UK, and the United States of Vinland, aka Not!US. The fact that the Edinburgh Navy is capable of not only building 1, but THREE land-travelling snow cruisers using advanced technology from Vinland shows just how much resources the Federation is capable of fielding. And as already mentioned, the Second Europan War is a war between the Federation and the Empire, with Gallia being a small sideshow in the grand scheme of things.

Besides, one of the more prominent scenes in Valkyria Chronicles 4 is a scene featuring a massive Federation Army on the move:



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...I didn't know that. My VC lore is stuck at 1. Good to know.

Though to the other analogy, you might want to use the Continuation War and Operation Bagration.
 
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Back onto the relevant topic of VC4 though, let's talk about the metaformat. It looks like we're back to a book, but unlike On the Gallian Front it has hand-written marks in it. I think that it's a journal of some kind. Which is kind of boring, I know, but I think using a journal instead of a text book kind of implies that this is supposed to be more character driven. VC2 had issues, but one of the smart things I think it did was introduce little skits and story arcs for all the possible squad members you could have, including loyalty missions. Given that we're back to a more linear type of game though, that might not be in the cards.
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Didn't notice this post earlier.... but it's already been confirmed for a week now that VC4 will have squad sidestories.

And one of the more recent articles shows us how:

 
Huh. This is some fortuitous timing. I hope an English synopsis for the story of VC4 is out sooner rather than later

>'3
 
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but this is the full opening of the game.



I guess they are using the trailer song.

And oh god i'm so hyped help
 
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    The main character sounds a lot like Kyle McCarley. He was a voice actor for 9S in Nier and did a fine job.

    Not confirmed yet. Someone asked him on twitter but he said if he was he could not say since the NDA for the game is not up yet. It sounds a lot like him, but it could also be Max Mittelman.
     
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    • Emdeman said:
    English trailer, no release date yet:

    The main character sounds a lot like Kyle McCarley. He was a voice actor for 9S in Nier and did a fine job.

    Not confirmed yet. Someone asked him on twitter but he said if he was he could not say since the NDA for the game is not up yet. It sounds a lot like him, but it could also be Max Mittelman.
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    Minerva's a bit rough and a lot of the girls' voices are a lot more softer than I thought they were gonna be. Other than that tho, it's pretty good!
     
    Predictions: Everyone except MC and the love interest will die.

    Because we're bringing the fight to the Russians Imperials.
     
    Icywinter said:
    Predictions: Everyone except MC and the love interest will die.

    Because we're bringing the fight to the Russians Imperials.
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    While we can clearly expect death, I doubt they'd go THAT far.

    Though I will agree that we'll probably be bringing the fight to them in some capacity given how the map changed after this war.
     
    So now that the game is out, how does it handle for potato computers? I can deal with low graphics but maintaining a playable FPS is kinda important for me.
     
    Come me brave boys, as I've told you before
    Come drink my brave boys and we'll boldly call for more
    For the East, they've invaded us and say that they will try, will try
    They say that they will come and drink Old Edinburgh dry.
    Aye dry, aye dry me boys aye dry.
    They say that they will come and drink Old Edinburgh dry.

    Supposing we should meet with their forts by the way.
    Ten thousand to one, we will show them Edish play.
    With our rifles and our grenadiers we'll fight until we die, we die.
    Before that they shall come and drink Old Edinburgh dry.
    Aye dry, aye dry me boys aye dry.
    Before that they shall come and drink Old Edinburgh dry.

    And up spoke brave Deverell of fame and renown
    He swears to be true to his country and Crown
    For the cannons they shall rattle and the bullets they shall fly, shall fly
    Before that they shall come and drink Old Edinburgh dry.
    Aye dry, aye dry me boys aye dry.
    Before that they shall come and drink Old Edinburgh dry.

    Then it's drink my brave boys, as I told you before.
    Come drink me brave boys, till you cannot drink no more
    For the East they may boast, but their boasts are all my eye, my eye.
    They say that they will come and drink Old Edinburgh dry
    Aye dry, aye dry me boys aye dry.
    The East will never come and drink Old Edinburgh Dry.

    -Drink Old Edinburgh Dry.

    (A very slight retooling of a 1800 song written in response to Napoleon's threatened invasion of Britain. The song itself has been retooled for the Crimean War, WW2 and even the Cold War. Deverell is a namedrop of Cyril Deverell, Field Marshal and Chief of the Imperial General Staff of the British Army from 1936 to 1937. His work to make sure that Britain retained the ability to mount an expeditionary force onto mainland Europe in the face of an increased German threat, and his enthusiasm for tanks to help implement that policy, led to his dismissal by then Secretary of State for War Leslie Hore-Belisha, who wished to cut down on expenditure for the Army. After writing to the secretary, objecting to the comments on his performance, Deverell retired from the Army on December 6, 1937. I figure his Edish counterpart must have been listened to, given the mass of Edish men and machines trundling their way across eastern Europa.)

    (Also, why do the Edish act so American? I mean these are Edinburgh Army regulars! Yeah, Claude and his crew are volunteers from Galia, Galian culture cues can be expected from them but the rest act like G.I.s, not British Army troopers. Unless they're saying that notUK has an American style culture, which is silly. I don't know, it just wiggs me out. I mean if you wanted them to act American you already have not!US in the setting, and they're not isolationist even!)
     
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    So. Playing the campaign now.

    Yandere Bro is the voice of reason in the villain squad and I love it.

    Edit : Also . . .

    Kai/Leena's whole Mulan routine is an egregious and entirely pointless plot contrivance that could have been trivially handled in a way that made more sense.
     
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    So . . .

    The Federation basically took a look at Maximillians plan from the original Valkyria Chronicles. Ram a giant Valkyria power infused land ship into Galia's capital. And said to themselves.

    "Y'know what? That's not a bad idea. But it needs more swag."
     
    Triggerhappy said:
    So . . .

    The Federation basically took a look at Maximillians plan from the original Valkyria Chronicles. Ram a giant Valkyria power infused land ship into Galia's capital. And said to themselves.

    "Y'know what? That's not a bad idea. But it needs more swag."
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    And more atrocities and dead kids. Say what you will about Selvy, at least she was old enough to make a mostly informed choice.
     
    Shinji117 said:
    And more atrocities and dead kids. Say what you will about Selvy, at least she was old enough to make a mostly informed choice.
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    Pretty sure she was a product of that same atrocity factory. If that's where her childhood came from it's kinda difficult to claim she could make any sort of informed choice about following Maximillian.

    It does inform her worship of him, however, in that it's not hard to see where an absence of abuse would become confused with affection and kindness.

    TBF, the fact that the modern world reduces the supposedly sacred and fabled Valkyria to military pawns with laser guided consistency is a recurring theme of the series.
     
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