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[Axe99]

spectre51, on 04 November 2015 - 09:30 AM, said:

Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) is now, it just didn't feel right Axe, since most of it felt so good, it felt wrong to stop playing, so I went back to the 4 skirmish battles I had unlocked and played them, got them down to 2 moves(S1), 1 turn(S2) and 2(S3) and 2(S4) turns with scouts. It was fun trying to get them down as low as possible with what I thought was the best way, levelling the scouts to elite status to get the grenade launcher really takes them to another level, I have them at level 15 right now.

I then just went and looked at how to do that chapter 9 mission and got it done in 3 turns with an A rank and moved on from it.
Its still enjoyable ignoring those issues I mention which still do appear, and of course I get annoyed when plans fail and I have to adapt but generally move on the next turn.

So yeah I'm back to it for now.

You can't keep a good Spec down .  Good luck with the rest of the game .

GraphicX, on 04 November 2015 - 09:37 AM, said:

it's critical to replay levels & buff your characters.  iirc there was one level in particular i'd grind to level up, you head down a road toward a windmill i think, has a tank & a few canons in it & i had it worked out pretty well to knock it all out.

I didn't have to replay any missions (just the couple that I failed the first time through - but I never played any all the way through twice) - although you definitely can and level up to give you an edge.  I remember that windmill level, it went well, although you'd want your snipers on song for that if I remember correctly (which I might not ).

[GraphicX]

yeah there were plenty of snipers, iirc though i used 2 snipers to take them out, then it was the usual scouts & smg guys for the rest flanking from the right hand side.

i think you are meant to replay every mission twice for something aren't you ?  there's a reward or bonus for it, but the windmill level was the one i used to grind as it was all over in a couple of minutes & had massive bonuses (had maybe 3 of those elite/commander(?) guys in it too).

[Axe99]

I can't remember anything like that, but I'm not great at all those hidden rewards in-game for doing stuff like that, I just kinda play and see what happens.  That's what I get for being a silly casual .

[I_live_4_fun]

It's been a while since I played VC but I remember grinding sometimes and mostly revising strategies for some of the harder battles as well. Especially if there were enemy snipers and armoured units around and needing to make sure they wouldn't take too many hits.

[GraphicX]

i reckon it was a steam achievement to replay each level as a skirmish, but i definitely replayed the windmill to level up guns etc.

[spectre51]

I'm still pushing through, I swear the AI just goes about mocking me sometimes having units just run around knowing my guys interceptions fire reactions are snails pace to what theirs are. Just so annoying to see the exact same scenarios play out on opposite sides yet watch the AI get free shots in so much more often and easier.

I got up to that windmill level, I just used scouts to the right for it and the Edielwiess up the middle and Rosie and Largo for extra moves, I levelled things other than scouts late so snipers were still inaccurate for me up until recently.

Finished up to chapter 15 now.

Story and mission spoilers for Chapter 14 and below

Spoiler

I knew someone died in the game but I had it pegged as being Alicia, so Is dying out of no where was quite a surprise moment.

I did get excited at getting another tanky though.

One mission annoyed me the first Fouston mission I left my tank all the way back at the start and just moved along with scouts thinking I could finish the level that way, when I finally get their I need the tank to trigger the end -___- boring end to the mission having to just drag it along an empty level for several turns.

The first Zaggiar battle trolled me good when I managed to get across and be one turn away from winning until the bunker right next to where the Edelwiess enters midway through was a cannon bunker which I didn't know(assumed it was another Gatling bunker) and managed to one shot my tank pulling off a miracle shot of hitting my critical spot from the side swiftly ending the mission. Finished next go with out too much trouble, sacrificed the shamrock since Largo seemed to go Muppet and miss 3 crit shots in a row, a few metres away off to the side which caused me to need to take another turn to finish the mission.

Ahh the second Zaggiar mission what a hole of a mission that was. I finally get my own OP character and what does it do, doesn't let me control it, kills a bunch of things that I could've killed, lulls me into a false sense of security, keels over and leaves me in all sorts of troubles for what comes next. I figured it was one of those end game missions that were just a walk, that some games have not one of those end game missions where the map suddenly gets bigger that some games have.

So here I am in my first turn, I move the Edelwiess up a bit, then take one of my scouts and in two turns capture the enemy flag (don't even kill the destroyer tank) trigger the pincer base smashing hell with no one in the actual base to defend it. So that annoyed me to no end having everyone else where they started with no cover. It also annoyed me to no end that the AI got infinite reinforcements as well, and seemed to like bombing the very area that you needed to keep safe.

As my units fell I managed to spawn them at the main base, first of which a lancer to get rid of the left over tank from the start. With a few making the trek across to it after many turns. I had to go balls out with the shamrock the charge the big tank that appears to the starting areas right and managed to use it take it down, before slowly getting it back across protecting it from reinforcements. Then it took a good many turns to finally get people and the tanks back to the base to guard it as I sent two lancers on either side of the canyon to get the last tank, in the final turn the both ran out of shots trying to destroy it and it had a smidgen of HP left which I did try to take down with a scout, in the end I had enough AP to move the Edelwiess around to deliver the final blow. That mission sucked so much.

[GraphicX]

i remember that level with the 2 tanks that appear, i think the tactic i used was to hide my tanks & set my guys up to only fire on guys approaching.  think i also had to have snipers up a tower picking guys off & then hiding again while the lancers were just having a bad day trying to bash the tanks.

[spectre51]

Well I am done with Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) again, got up to the final boss battle and I just don't have it in me to go through it, I won't pick it up a 3rd time so it is done for good.

Chapter 15 and beyond spoilers

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The mission where you have to lead the dreadnought I hated it managed to make feel stupid for missing what you have to actually do and annoyed me to no end.

I thought that the mine field was THE mine field so, I did all you needed to do to change its course the first time, then hides all my units to the side in a conveniently size alcove that was just big enough for the tanks to fit through I thought I was doing the right thing until my units started dying for no reason, Alicia went first so I thought it was story related till the rest followed.

So obviously that's not THE mine field and just a mine field that is placed there for what ever reason. The while mission just annoyed me they place those explosive landslide boxes around but could detonate them beforehand, the whole mission just felt stupid and not needed, just a filler mission, especially when THE mine field fails to do anything what so ever.

The mission against General Jagear with the lupas tank was the last mostly good mission, was good up till you capture all the camps then it goes a bit anti climatic because the enemy AI just kept moving back and forth till it died.  

The final battle just has so much to make me not bother with it, invisible boss, having to take down the shield generators, the generators respawn, I just literally can't be bothered going through it as soon as saw what you have to do.  

A PS3 issue which wouldn't occur with KB&M but I didn't have as great precision as I would like, made times aiming and moving a bit fiddly, so often I was just tapping the analog stick trying to line a shot up just right or position someone just right.

Such a shame overall, I really do like the art style of it, ignoring those AI advantage issues that annoyed me the gameplay was solid, really liked it, the mixture of turn based while still getting to a lot of control over your units.

It started off so strong but just went down as time went on, the interception issues was ever showing its face more often then I could ignore. I am glad I never gave into picking it up on PC the times it has been on sale, since it's a rare thing for me to give up on a game.

[Axe99]

Nice work on getting as far as you did Spec - you have it a red-hot go, and you shouldn't feel bad for letting it drop.  I don't like dropping games either, but I've found if they're not doing it for me, it's generally better to drop it than to get the irrates over them.  From memory, I wasn't so hot on the final boss fight either, although I generally find most boss fights silly and contrived (it's one thing I like about the MGS series boss fights - they know they're silly and contrived, so they go all out to make them super silly ).

Am still Tropico-ing and Peace Walking here, with a little Gal Civ III in-between (up to patch 1.4, and the AI is now pretty good - it kicked my arse on 'normal', and there's not many strategy games that do that, and while I'm competitive in my second game, and coming out on top, it was a challenge.  Still needs starbase automation though - I can recommend for small maps, but starbase building is still an RSI-inducing clickfest for larger maps (because you need a lot more starbases).

[GraphicX]

i haven't technically finished pixel junk eden, but i'm over it for now so i've moved onto metro 2033 redux.

i had metro on xbox 360 & it was a ton more difficult.  i don't remember there being an option at the start to play 'spartan' mode with more ammo & stuff but that's what i picked & i'm loving it.  on the 360 i hit a level & an auto save point where i had no air filters left causing me to die without any hope of going on so i had to abandon it.

right now just really enjoying the game, i'm midway through chapter 6 & apparently there's 7 chapters so will try to bash through it before starting fallout 4.

so far loving;
- gun variety & customisation
- game mechanics in terms of how the guns recoil, movement etc
- extreme detail (for age) regarding environment, npcs in their clothing, faces, personalities etc
- it's only just a little too long for me to jump straight into fallout 4 which i won't get to touch til wednesday, but now later if i have to finish metro lol

[Axe99]

Great to hear Graph .  I reckon the Metro games are great.  Have to say, I'm very impressed you're trying to finish it before playing Fallout .

[Aromaci]

Spartan mode was added for Redux. The metro games are good stuff.

[GasClown]

GraphicX, on 09 November 2015 - 10:59 AM, said:

- extreme detail (for age) regarding environment, npcs in their clothing, faces, personalities etc

Indeed - not bad at all...

[GraphicX]

left fallout 4 installing/dloading today, thinking i might take tonight off & hammer metro until it's finished so i can play fallout tomorrow (my day off work has been cancelled too !!!!).

also have a lovely fallout mask thanks to live & spec that i might shy away from wearing around my family as it does look a little creepy on a 35 year old lololol.  thanks very much guys, really appreciate the fallout bits & bobs, all going straight to the pool room so to speak.

[Axe99]

Very cool Graph (and Spec and Live) - we want pics .  Sorry to hear about the day off evaporating.

[GraphicX]

had a look at metacritic (yes i know some ... most ... of you disagree with that site) but how well is F4 doing ????  sooooo aweeesome.

[SmokeyPSD]

The only thing I've heard is that it might have some fps issues on ps4 but that's about the only bad thing.

[Aromaci]

SmokeyPSD, on 10 November 2015 - 10:00 AM, said:

The only thing I've heard is that it might have some fps issues on ps4 but that's about the only bad thing.

Knowing that stuff like that was inevitable is why I decided to hold off for a while.

[GraphicX]

finished metro 2033 redux last night, awesome game.  started fallout 4 & then it was 11pm & i thought it was 9pm ... wife very angry today :/

[Aromaci]

WORTH IT!..... maybe.