Is this game worth playing at all? Any opinions?

i think its great

>>377862696
Honestly, no. The game constantly throws new challenges at you that you can't anticipate. So you die due to being poorly prepared. It gets old fast.

That early missions where you send in scouts, when there is a mega tank waiting in the base...

>>377862696
Yes as long as you don't abuse a certain class first time through.

>>377862994
Can't anticipate how? Like enemy reinforcements that move the same turn?

>>377862994
>game throws new challenges at you that you cant anticipate

if a game throws me old challenges that i can anticipate, what's the point of playing a game like that?

>>377862696
It's good till anime really kicks in

>>377863256
>enemy reinforcements that move the same turn?
This doesn't happen. He's probably talking about the tank in chapter 5 or so.

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>>377863597
What's so bad about a tank?

>>377863715
It's a big tank

>>377863870
for (You)

>>377863715
Its a casualfilter.

>>377863597
I didn't even feel like that shit with that tank was cheap, if I remember correctly the game even hinted at it. You can savescum mid battle as well.

Good gameplay
Cheesy as fuck story

Sounds about right for a JRPG/J-SRPG

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>Throw grenade into the vent
>Just one more to go
>Get hit by an energy beam from a mile away and die

It was fun but I never finished it. I think I only played like six missions, how many are there? I stopped at the big tank boss

It's really great, you should definitely pick it up OP. Highly recommended, I always go back to it. Yeah, you get fucked in the ass here and there, but I just took that dick hard.

The tank wasn't bad at all, quit being mongoloids.
The game itself is a solid 7/10, artstyle is really pleasant and gameplay is servicable but the story is generic shounen anime trash for children

The game is fun and in general very easy.
Only some of the DLC stuff is harder.

>>377862696
It's a one of a kind game I think everyone should play at least once.

One of those "strategy" games where you are essentially forced into doing the same thing each time you play.

>>377862696
If you play it on PC get the rebalance mod.

It's an anti-Semitic game made by Holocaust deniers

stay clear of this garbage

>>377866289
Pretty much. Rush to the enemy base to win.

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>>377866440
spotted the darcsen scrum

Marina is best girl.

>>377862696

I dunno if the ps4 version is worth it, pc version runs on a toaster and it's pretty good. Highly recommended

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You cannot refute Marina is best girl. All criticisms are invalid.

>>377865015
I'd have to check but I think it's something like 20 main story missions, 5 side missions that focus on the most important side characters, and a ton of optional ones that turn the difficulty/anal penetration up to 11. Like others have said, as long as you treat it like an actual war game where you advance slowly and minimize risk, you'll have a tough but enjoyably time with it. At the higher difficulties you really have to start abusing class/unit features to get good rankings, and even then it can be difficult.

8.5/10, my only complaint was that the controls were kind of annoying.

>>377864798
Use your tank as a shield. Her beam doesn't do shit to it.

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>>377862696
Yes.
Play the first game and the third game.

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>>377867027

>>377867027
>Aisha
ftfy

>>377862994
That tank mission only too me 3 tries, one to realize the tank shoots you from 360 degrees and the other to realize the wall gimmick

>>377862696
It's pretty fun. Get it next time you see it on sale on PS4 or PC.

>>377867268
There's a rumor that the third game is getting a remake/remaster for PS4 so at the very least he should hold off on that until TGS.

>>377867151
Doesn't the ranking system work solely based on how many turns you take to win the level

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Just Alicia rush everything. She can solo the the whole damn game just about.

>>377862696
Be aware, for some fucking reason (at least the steam version) doesn't have a surrender or quit mission.

So you might get actually stuck in a mission losing forever (hard mode)

Pay attention at your save slots and always a slot for back up accidents

so are my own shocktroopers supposed to be near useless except for defending? seems like they can't hit anything even with level 3 guns.

also seems like they're unfair with how accurate my snipers are vs theirs. i can have the reticle with barely any part outside the enemy body and still miss while they can land headshots from 200 feet no problem

>>377867540
Yes. Speed is the way to getting A ranks.

>>377867623
You can always just blow up you own tank.

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>>377867509
I've also been in the threads about that rumor and hope it really happens.
VC3 needs more love and the combination of a remaster + localization of the remaster would be perfect.

Here's hoping sega does something right.

Play the game or watch the anime?

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>>377862696
Welkins pick poop with his gloves and then eat Alicia's bread with the same gloves.

Fucking degenerate

>>377867784
Game. The anime shits all over the story.

>>377866440
prove it

>>377867768
>You can always just blow up you own tank.
Then you restart the mission. Once you start a mission, you can't go back to the menu, even if you lose.

How is the new non-canon one?

how could you trust a darcsen? they smell so bad

>>377867541
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHnvgaALnbA

>>377867623
Do you not just save at the tab menu before doing missions?

>>377867151
i played it on the pc way back. tank controls that turned the tank with keyboard and also trying to move with the camera is horrible implementation

3>1>2.

>>377867995
Can't you return to the briefing from the game over menu and then cancel out back to the chapter select? You could do that in the PS3/4 versions.

probably the only game where you play as the finnish

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>>377867784
The VC1 anime is trash with only a few redeeming qualities. One of them are the Alicia reaction faces you can save.

The only good pieces of animated VC material are the two VC3 OVAs.
You should give those a watch if you've played VC3.

>>377868183
Not in the Steam version.

>>377868004
The demo was awful. It's a really convoluted action RPG.

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>>377867773
Sega has been pretty good lately. Back when VC3 first came out Sega wasn't localizing Yakuza or Miku games and now they are. And that rumor is from Mediavision's upcoming releases and nothing else that they've handled would fit in with that.
Fingers crossed it actually happens so I can support the localization.

>>377862994
came here to post this, surprised this old ass game has so many fanboys to man the defense force

the game is amazing in many ways, its one major flaw is what this guy was talking about, there are a lot of missions where there is shit that you just can not prepare for or anticipate without previous knowledge of what's going to happen, so you either replay an hour long mission or you savescum every turn, a big part of this comes from the game not giving you a lot of information that is normally something you get from a strategy game, things like enemy intercept fire range, enemy chance to dodge, etc., it makes it very hard to make informed decisions when you're missing information

it also has an issue with research paths, where 90% of it is completely useless, but that's not that big of a problem to me because of how I play games like this

>>377862696
Best/only truly great PS3 game

>>377862994
That's how TBT games are though.

>>377862696
I didn't really like it. I wish i did, gameplay was interesting.

>tfw no Skies of Arcadia 2

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>>377868838
Vyse... ;_;

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>get to midgame
>enemies all have attack reducing shots to slow everything down

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>>377869349
>not just running right up next to them and shooting them in the face.

>>377869560
You don't get it. Your guns end up doing less damage, even headshots, so you're wasting another command just to get rid of the asshole.

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>>377868357
Yeah, the recent Yakuza love has made me more hopeful in Sega recently.
Lets hope VC doesn't head back to mobile titles.

>>377862696
The tactics are strange and kind of illogical.
For example you can give all your movement points to one character so they run across the map to flank a tank while everyone else has to stand still.

>>377869935
But doing that is incredibly inefficient because of the reduced movement points units get after every repeated action.

Ive never seen a series get so progressively worse with each sequel.

>>377862696
Probably in my top 20 favorite games of all time.

>>377871058
VC3 is the best game in the series

>>377871670
never actually played it, but Im downloading an emulator now. I just dont like what they did with the designs and adding a bunch of swords or whatever.

>>377866440
buying it now, thanks!

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>>377871757
The swords are only really pushed in the second game.
None of your units in 3 use swords unless you purposely reclass them. Not only that, but they're awful this time around.

Don't fall for the swords meme that gets parroted because of the artbook cover.

>>377864798
Use trenches and tall walls for cover, hide your homies on the southern edge of the map before Selvaria shows. And make sure you destroy the Batomys' left vent first because when Selvaria shows up you will not be able to reach it without being killed.

No, it's shallow as fuck. If you want some weeb shit, go ahead. The mechanics are terrible and require little to no thought.

>>377873298
And what makes the mechanics terrible? Don't give some half-assed answer

>>377868035
That is the easiest mission to do that in. The map is so sparse that there's fuck all resistance. Bum-rushing Marberry is a better challenge.

>>377867541
You won't be Alicia-rushing on a brand new game until Scouts get to near level 20. Alicia and most other Scouts are only so OP because of the potentials and their stats starting to hit crazy levels around level 15 or so.

>>377873401
Rankings are based on turn count only. On most maps you can use literally one scout to run through the battlefield and cap the enemy base on the first turn. It's braindead but still the best strategy

>>377868729
>That's how TBT games are though.

Nah. Most games might add an un-anticipated event that strains your strategy but doing it well means observing the current rules of the game and not asspulling shit like putting the valkyrie after the tank battle which was already the hardest up to that point.

Sending in an additional wave of enemies is OK; enemies having additional phases is OK; telling the player to prepare for the BIG BOSS and then letting the player strategize for it only to add an additional invincible and overpowered boss after all the pieces in the board are set for something completely different is just downright fuckery. Especially when they only do it for plot reasons.

Good thing it only happened in a couple of missions making the game still very much worth it, but I'm not going to pretend that it doesn't set the wrong tone for the game. What is the strategy of a strategy game worth if you're letting the player know you might just pull shit out of your ass because fuck you midway through the game?

>>377868217
I watched those OVAs a while back and it makes me sad it didn't get a whole season. I liked VC3's cast a lot more than Squad 7

Is there anything out there kinda like it?

>>377873519
>and their stats starting to hit crazy levels around level 15 or so.

They're overpowered even way before that.

>>377873401
I won't go that much into detail, because frankly it's not even worth it just to get some
>lel faggt
>autism
tier responses.

Like I said, it's shallow. The game grades you on getting to the end of the level as fast as possible. Strategy doesn't matter. At all. Get some fag to the end, and win. Play smartly? Doesn't matter, you're not fast enough faggot. I ended up upgrading the scout class, it was the only one I truly needed.

If I recall correctly, leveling up serves no purpose at all. You only unlock some shit at level 10, and 20.

The ONLY decent customization is on the tank. Weapon upgrades are serviceable but do nothing to truly add depth to the game. Never once did I have to use any orders at all.

As an aside, characters are fucking pointless, you recruit them and they are empty husks. Only the 4 main do anything They might as well be faceless units.

If anyone truly thinks this game has good gameplay, then I don't know what to tell you. Maybe they have never played strategy games before.

>>377873775
lel faggt with his autism

>>377871757
Fencer class is diabolical in VC3. Don't let anyone be one. If their defense weren't so trash they'd still only be good for light infantry and nothing else.
The Armoured Tech class, though also melee (using warhammers basically), naturally possess the ability to damage vehicles and tougher enemies, but typically take a couple of swings to dispatch infantry. However, they have a big body shield that is bullet proof, and when they end their turn, the shield expands and protects the front completely from attacks with the exception of explosives and melee.
Add onto that the fact the Armoured Tech class has great defense against bullets - to the point that a Tech Elite can take single-digit damage from interception fire, and they're actually very reliable units.
Which is good really, because Armoured Tech are also your minesweepers and sandbag wall fixers. Engineers are medics, mechanics, and trumpeters (buffers)

>>377873712
Unfortunately nothing comes to mind quite like those OVAs.

If you don't mind more of a slice of life feel why not check out Sora no Woto?
The moe appearance might put you off at first, but it's a very well put together show with a good setting and characters.

>>377874714
I'll take a look, thanks

>>377862696
Rhetorical question? It's fucking awesome.