Any point to play this if I already played Valkyria Chronicles 2?

[Rontemon]

I played Valkyria Chronicles 2 on the PSP a LOOOOOOONG time ago and... tbh I actually never completed it. Hell, I have a ton of games on my N3DS which I have yet complete to date.. Pokemon X, Fire Emblem, etc..

The graphics on this game looks much better than the PSP Valkyria Chronicles 2. What about the gameplay? Since this is the prequel, is the gameplay in this actually a step back and lacked features that was present in VC2?

I love watching anime so I thought I might like this.. Another game I am currently considering is the Tales Of Zestira which is on sale too..

If you know anymore nice anime-like games, do recommend me!

[Zeon08]

This is way better then V2 in terms of story.

[Dobroski]

There's different characters in VC1, and grinding is not necessary.

[DoomyDoom]

Originally posted by Ronald:

What about the gameplay? Since this is the prequel, is the gameplay in this actually a step back and lacked features that was present in VC2?

Things you will probably miss from VC 2:
1) instant reinforcements (in VC1 you need to wait a turn before new units arrive)
2) ability to get more or less anywhere with any type of unit in a couple moves (VC1 has large maps instead of 3-4 small zones)
3) Different class-ups (you just unlock more weapons and some extra stats by getting classes to lv. 11), only 5 classes in total
4) Much less environmental effects
5) Not much vehicle customization (you mostly just get different stats instead of fundamentally different capabilities)
6) Speaking of vehicles, no carrying your troops (no APC)
7) Potentials feel BAD. 10% activation rate with no mechanism to increase that (aka VC2's morale)
8) Lancers' earlygame accuracy in VC1 is kinda like that of Shocktroopers in VC2. Also Sniper accuracy is horrendous until you get halfway through the game.
9) VC1 hides most of the stats (like accuracy and evasion), so you'll have to dig through the game files if you want to learn them. Egregious example - Sniper Rifle upgrades 2 and 3 are worse than the basic sniper, because their zoom-in ability is worse.

Things you might find to be better:
1) no need to grind resources, evaluations, certificates and all that, just upgrades for money and levels for XP
2) everyone has a ragnaid and Engineers do ALL the things (fix sandbags, repair tanks, heal, resupply)
3) no need to do character-specific missions to unlock their potentials. Use someone in a couple battles, and you'll get it
4) Many orders actually have decent CP costs (1-2, rather than 4-ish) and are thus usable. They also don't require a gazillion of XP to learn. 17k or something to learn how to evacuate fallen ally? Really, VC2? Pretty much half a typical mid-game battle's worth? No thanks, I'll make do. *whisper* It cost you 2k in VC1, Welkin ya prick */whisper*

All that said, it's still fun and looks nice. You just have to kind of ignore extra rules and decision-making style you learned from VC2.

[(Wulfstan)]

Well the story is way better than VC2 and takes place before VC2.