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#33: Valkyria Chronicles -- The Megatank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqBMJGc8Oxo

Ah, Chapter 7.

Valkyria Chronicles is a unique SRPG that employs both turn-based and 3rd-person shooter mechanics and combines them with a solid story that kinda mirrors WW1... if WW1 were an anime. I'm a veteran Fire Emblem player, so this game was right up my alley after the complete disappointment that was FE Awakening. Does it really count as "reviving the franchise" if it becomes a cruel bastardization of its former self? Maybe Green Bay Packers fans felt this way with Brett Favre.

Anyway, VC does a lot of things well and it has a pretty smooth difficulty curve. You feel yourself and your units getting better as time goes on, and you don't have to do any bs experience grinding like in FE.

And then you hit Chapter 7.

Those of you who played VC probably just flinched. But me? I was itching for a challenge. The game to that point had been a bit too easy and had started being repetitive. Chapter 7 was when I really started having fun.

This tank is an absolute juggernaut. It's impervious to anti-tank units. Its six turrets (six!) shred any infantry that look at it funny. It flat-out crushes one of my reinforcement camps. A few lucky shots from my lancers eased the pressure from the turrets, but how the hell am I supposed to beat this thing? Thankfully I'm told the answer: take advantage of the one flaw this Death Star has and blow up its cooling units when it fires. But first I have to make it fire by obstructing its path, braving the remaining turrets to do so.

I missed the first ruins wall since I was in a bit of a panic and was too busy keeping my squad alive. But after mopping up the rest of the turrets, I started to hit my stride. I could almost taste the sweet victory of beating the unbeatable...

Or Selvaria could show up to ruin my whole day.

Just when I thought I was clear, Selvaria and some reinforcements come out of nowhere and proceed to bend me over and make me bite the pillow. Turns out she's basically invincible and has her covering fire as "laser spam out of every orifice." I LoS'd just well enough to rescue the people she took down without causing more casualties and took cover however I could, eventually using the megatank itself to save my hide. I just had to last one more turn, one more turn...

And so I did. Maximilian shot, my lancers got up there and blew out the cells, and Selvaria had to change her priorities from "slapping me silly" to "saving her charge from his own tank."

Welkin should have had a cigar to light. He earned that sucker.
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