Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth Review
Date: Nov 27th, 2006 1:21:50 pm - Subscribe
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Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth for the PSP is a remake of an old RPG for the Playstation. It is the story of a Norse god, the selecter of souls, a Valkyrie and how she collects the souls of brave warriors from Midgard and sends them to Valhalla to fight for Odin in Ragnarok. The story can end in three different ways reffered to as the A, B, and C endings. The A ending is basicly losing the war by doing a poor job on Midgard. The B ending is doing a good job on Midgard, but having a high sealing value. The best ending is the A ending in which you have a low sealing value and the most story is revealed. Sealing value is determined by the events in game and the choices of the player. I won't spoil any story for anyone who wants to play the game, but this is an excellent story. The only downside to the story is that because of the time system in chapters it is easily possible to miss the story of the game.
The characters in this game are innumerable and well done. They are the souls collected on Midgard. Some of them are connected and some aren't but all are good detailed characters. They are all implemented in the smae manner but not necessaraly for the same reasons.
The gameplay in this game is interesting and different. The world map is flying over Midgard and there are no encounters. Then when you enter a dungeon or town it becomes a side scrolling platformer. Then in combat it becomes a turn basedsystem in which timing is important. The four buttons on the right side of the PSP correspond to the four characters on the right side of the screen. Those characters have a limited number of attacks and when used in the right combination they unleash a special attack.
This is an excellent example of RPG and is very original. I give this game 5 stars.
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