Forum - View topic

REVIEW: Valkyria Chronicles

And damn right I would have been happier if the show had initially been set in the Feudal Age or earlier. Then having ancient magic and ancient magical beings would have made more sense.

No sh*t sherlock, I even said that it was merely my personal opinion.

boredandlazy, you need to re-read what I said. I didn't say I wanted this story but with its core taken out...

I said I wanted a different story, the one we were initially promised and shown.

The fact you were disappointed with the way the story went is more a subjective issue rather than the objective one I think you're trying to make it out to be.

I agree. It wouldn't be this show, it would be a lot more watchable. For me at least. Some guys like having realism thrown out the window so two silver-haired chicks can duke it out with magical energy weapons. Not me.

Just in case it wasn't obvious, I'm not saying the show got objectively worse, only that it turned into something I didn't like.

Echo_City wrote:

Love triangle? I can't say that I remember that from the anime. Granted it has been 3 years or so since I saw it, but I clearly remember that, when stationed in the desert with scores of women and only one other dude, the protagonist sought out said sole other dude and ran off to a cave with him to look at a lizard. This was revealed, if memory serves, by way of the host of female characters not knowing where he was and having to scour the desert wastes looking for him. So if memory serves, it would seem that this "love triangle" is missing its third person, a third point, and without 3 points it's right difficult to draw a triangle.

Clearly it's been too long since you've seen the series, then, because in the anime the love triangle is blatantly obvious. Faldio is very clearly interested in Alicia (he even hits on her at more than one point); heck, he even point-blank asks Welkin as one point if there'd be any problem with him pursuing Alicia. She is clearly flustered enough by the attention, and doesn't rebuff him strongly enough, to indicate that she has no interest even though she also has a gradually developing interest in Welkin. Welkin, for his part, never gives clear signals but is implied to be romantically interested in Alicia, too. That's a love triangle by any definition. It doesn't really break down until spoiler[Faldio loses his whole squad and resorts to shooting Alicia to trigger her Valkyria abilities].

And for those of you who keep complaining that the series is rated too high because it didn't stack up to the game, keep in mind that the series is being rated as a stand-alone effort.

Looked at that way, the series definitely had some flaws but there were also definitely parts that it did well.

Another thing which I hated about the anime was Faldio'sspoiler[death scene, in the game he sacrifices himself to take out the enemy leader, but in the anime he sacrifices himself to take out two piss-ant grunts. His character deserved better than that.]

I believe I have made it quite clear that not liking the show's direction is just my subjective opinion.