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8. Valkyria Chronicles - Great_Paul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMTo45-gO5o

Let me start out by saying I adore this game. If you have any fondness for the genre of tactical RPGs and you havent yet played this masterpiece, you owe it to yourself to do so.

With that advertisement out of the way, let me get to the intro. Generally, I am not a fan of intros that are mainly a series of clips like this one, but this is a rare exception. The intro starts off with a distinctive and novel approach, showing the tank and characters being sketched out and then colored in, followed by the background. Its like the game is being created before your eyes, and I think its an effective way to pull in the viewer from the start. And the sequence brings back that theme by having the color fade from the characters at the end to return to the look of a sketch.

The musical score that plays out over the intro is lovely, and lends a sense of sincerity and humanity to what could otherwise be cold depictions of soldiers on a battlefield with some of the clips. But even beyond the music, theres plenty here to show the bonds formed between characters are every bit as important as the battles. For instance, we see a series of photographs of various moments, such as an unexpected shot of characters lounging on a beach next to the tank, which shows the characters will share experiences to remember.

As someone whos played through the game, I can also say theres a really big spoiler in this intro, but its cleverly portrayed in a way you would never notice if you hadnt played the game before.

While its not a groundbreaking intro, I think it is a beautiful one. And just watching it brought back a lot of memories for me of this amazing game.