Being a lifelong "Sega kid", the first thing I sought out on the Tokyo Game Show floor was the Sega booth. I made my rounds, making note of the locations of games I knew would be there, and then I came across the section for Valkyrja: Gallian Chronicles and was drawn in. The game I knew almost nothing about quickly became my favorite Sega title of the show, and now sits very high on my "must have" list.
If the huge tank jutting out of the booth wall wasn't enough to grab one's attention, then the incredibly beautiful visuals of this title would be. Gallian Chronicles is visually stunning, as it uses a new graphical presentation system called "GANVAS". The entire game looks like a moving blend of colored pencil sketches and watercolor backdrops. The scenery is set in some alternative Dutch-themed 1935, where fields of flowers and spinning windmills set the backdrop. Shadows are like scribbles and explosions look like cartoon puffs of smoke. Words and even screen shots will not do the actual game justice.
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The game tells the story of a little country called Duchy of Gallia, which had always been neutral until an unexpected attack from Empire, a neighboring country. Empire and Federation were at war, and the people of Gallia now find themselves involved, desperately defending their home. You play as the voluntary army of Gallia, now thrust into war.
This isn't your everyday tactical RPG. Sega is calling this battle system "BLiTZ", and while we don't like the name, we love the concept. Just like any other tactical RPG, you'll make commands via an overhead map, but the difference here is that an action mode follows these commands, and players will find themselves actually carrying out the commanded actions.
The action mode zooms into a third-person view, right in on the point of conflict directly after issuing commands. In once instance, I became a soldier carrying a huge lance. I began to sneak against the wall of a building and noticed an enemy tank around the corner. I took aim with this "lance" (more like a tank-busting rocket) and fired it directly into the tank, setting off a massive cartoon explosion complete with Japanese-style "ka-boom!" graphics. Another controlled action sequence had me controlling a cute, female, musket-toting sniper, taking out an enemy gunner behind some sandbags. Each instance gave me full control, down to aiming and firing.
A watercolor 1930's Dutch countryside rocked by warfare is the freshest setting I've seen in a long time, and Sega's new graphical system really makes it work. This blend of action and tactics brings an approachability to the tactical RPG, not to mention some interactivity to break up standard command issuing. The combination of all of these elements makes for a game so interesting and moving that we can't help but be excited. We look forward to Gallian Chronicles' PlayStation 3 release sometime in 2008.
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looks awesome..... but it shall be overlooked....
Yet another reason why I need to save up $600 now for the eventual moment when all these awesome PS3 titles become, collectively, just too much for me to miss out on.
you right about needing to see this game in motion to appreciate the graphics. I watched a video just because I was bored. Then 5 more times because it was blowing my mind
Damn that looks beautiful
This looks very good. :D
qwerty- exactly. the doodoofaces at SEGA weren't keen on my attempts to shoot video.
furious george- I hope not. I'll do my part to help make sure it's not overlooked.
Hopefully the've already started translating this one.
Does anybody know what team/studio/whatever at sega is developing this?
cel shaded lost planet. looks awesome! i love the sound fx text
Wait so one second it's advance wars, then it's battalion wars ?! sounds great.
I just watched the video, and those graphics are shit hot. It doesn't hurt at all that I'm a sucker for tactical games.
Holy crap. This game sounds AWESOME.
Dale, how did the controls feel? If you had to compare it to another game what did it feel most like?
This plus LBP are currently my reasons for getting a PS3... just need the price to drop another hundred or more and I'll finally bite.
Very interesting, you don't see these games mad with this art style.
BLiTZ? Why does any gameplay system from Japan have to have a completely ridiculous name?
Tactical game, check. Participate in the action, check. Gorgeous art direction, check. Nice-looking engine, check. Alternate-history wargaming, check. Cheesy doomed romance, check.
Postponing the PS3 deathwatch just a little bit longer, check.
The doomed romance could work out really well if you get to play the girl as some sort of resistance sniper for a while, then she gets killed and not the dude. It'll probably be that he gets killed, so she becomes the steely-eyed sniped to avenge him. Bonus points if one of them kills the other by mistake.
Otherwise it looks like standard anime fare of small-pastoral-country-gets-invaded-by-evil-industrialized-country. God helps us if a tragic love story saves a tactical wargame :-) Ok, I'm just assuming it'll be tragic.
Hehe, when I first heard it was called Valkyrja, I thought it was connected to the Valkyrie Profile series and was wondering what Sega had to do with it. Still, the games looks great. Really unique setting, especially for a jrpg and art style looks awesome. Can't wait to play it.
This game just made my decision to get a PS3. Folklore, White Knight Story, and MGS4 helped though XD
Tch. Not another game based in 1930s holland. How about some originality here, people?
Fucking purdy though.
YES! I watched some gameplay vids of this game and it looks flipping tyght. I can't wait to get a PS3 and it.
Yum. I know I'll have this on my PS3 list. I'd rather play this than FF anyways. Something fresh is nice.
With this and similarly alt universe WWII Operation Darkness on 360, I'll be having a lot of fun.
qwerty - there wasn't much of a feel... I'd hate to liken it to anything because it honestly didn't remind me of anything.
Yeah. THIS is more of what I want to see when it comes to next-gen games.
Great design, interesting setting, fantastic colors.
Developers of Steambot Chronicles 2: This is how you do cel-shaded on the PS3.
Damn, this looks good.
And I was hoping nothing good would come for the PS3, so I don't have to buy the bloody thing.
DO WANT.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COME OUT HERE.
I knew this was awesome just looking at the one screenshot.
Thanks so much for this! This is exactly what I was looking for
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