The credits read like a who's who of voice acting, with names such as Hedy Burress, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Dwight Schultz, Fred Tatasciore and Dave Wittenberg topping the list.
In a trend that should be standard for localized imports that insist on having English actors, both language tracks are expertly performed and can be switched from the main menu before playing or reloading a new game. Purists and anime otaku may prefer to listen to the Japanese voice track instead, but the English track is just as solid. You know certain characters will act a certain way and you can see the twists coming, but when they do, the story manages to make them feel as if it were the first to make them great. It can be predictable in places, and some things aren't explained as well as I would have liked, but the overall tale exudes the kind of charm and adventurous thrill that makes it fun. Ryutaro Nonaka and his team have used Valkyria Chronicles' colorful, and often melodramatic, aspects to great effect in telling the story without making it seem too obvious.
It's not a serious, gritty, war story, and it includes magic as a part of its narrative, but everything blends together into one of Sega's best titles yet. When the Empire decides to invade and initiates the Second Europan War, all that stands between them and total conquest are the exploits of a ragtag militia group, Squad 7, and its leader, Welkin Gunther, as they risk all to save everything they hold dear. Caught in the middle is the small principality of Gallia, home to simple folk and an abundance of ragnite ore, which is used as a powerful fuel. The continent of Europa, which replaces Europe in our world, is divided into two major powers: the Atlantic Federation in the west and the Empire to the east. Valkyria Chronicles takes place in 1935 in a world not unlike ours before WWII, but with several unique twists.
0 kommentar(er)
