First Footage of Valkyria: Azure Revolution Airs Online

Very sad sight seeing the Valkyrie Chronicles series turning into a action rpg instead of continuing 1-3 turn base strategy - my favorite genre.

Still, I do enjoy the universe that VC is in, and dearly pray it comes out with a good story. SRPGs, allow for such great storytelling.

When I saw the princess in the frock throw a grenade, I laughed hard - that was such a preposterously amusing sight. XD

Also, she has terrible pathfinding, as can be seen in this moment of the video.

Having seen the video, I think that the gameplay is actually closer to Dragon Age II and Inquisition - which is not exactly a good thing either.

When I noticed that a player character can hit more than one enemy with a swing of a blade but can only shoot at one target at a time with his/her gun, I have the impression that the gameplay might have some issues of disparity between its individual elements. Specifically, in this case, why bother having a shoot-out when cutting up fools is more efficient? It seems like any shoot-outs to be had are only there to set up "Good Situations" before jumping into melee combat.

It's just like a Musou game. :/

What irks me more is those YouTubers who are defending the game and how different it is from the previous ones. It's a spin-off, they say. Well, it's still a bad direction for the series if a spin-off focuses more on second-to-second action instead of planning and positioning.

UPDATE: I take back what I said about the game being a Musou game. It's not entirely about running in and cutting up dudes.

I still don't know what to think. I don't like the turn-based gameplay going away, but I was alright with the Final Fantasy games straying from its classic gameplay.

Owwwww! this news makes my prostate hurt....

Looks like a boring Dynasty Warriors :P

The combat reminds me a bit of Rogue Galaxy.... could be fun. I feel bad for all the fans that were hoping for a turn based strategy sequel though.

I wonder what the Asian market - Japanese gamers think of the cruel changes they have made to this beloved franchise?

Are you fucking shitting me...... What a shame, either they have taken a generic action shooter rpg and decided to skin it- poorly- with Valkyrie Chronicles to make a quick buck or they have lost their friggin minds -Sadly no matter what has happened that pushed them to this decision .. we all lose.

This constant push toward everything fps or bro games is a joke.

I just want a gorram turn based rpg...why is this so hard?!

Gameplay looks really awkward. But there will be a feedback questionaire for people who played first demo followed by a 2nd demo later on, just like episode duscae.

Wow WTF.. that looks terrible. It's like they've put zero budget into the combat and just made it a shallow button masher.

Disappointing, why do AAA developers (especially Japanese) think no one wants to play turn based games anymore? I'm tired of the excuse "now that we have the processing power we can make the games people really want to play" instead of charming or original gameplay, all we get now are action games and shooters or a blend of both!

Goddamit sega release it in the west!

wtf did i just watch?

...and now I want to vomit.

freakin gamespot

WOW...........this is just a nightmare right? Somebody pls tell me I'm dreaming............

Yeah.... That looks bad. Nothing about the combat looks fun. I was disappointed that they went away from the turn based tactic combat, but I at least hoped it was for something good. This doesn't justify the change.

Sure, they will lose a few sales, including mine. But they will gain new great hordes of dumb mmo-addicted button-mashing clickfest experts, there are a whole bloody lot more of them than us.

Crying is all I see in the comments. I wish gamers would stfu and reserve judgement for when a game actually releases.

But no go ahead and cry about something you literally just laid your eyes on 10 seconds ago.

Morons.

Not sure how I feel about losing turn based combat, it made the game so deep and strategic.

Action-RPG? One of the coolest mechanics of the game is the turn based tactic, now I gave up on the game, SEGA you won I don't need the game you can keep this on Japan.

Goddamn it! I was really looking forward to VC 4 or at least a AAA version of VC 2 and 3 but nope they're going to take a series known for it's unique turn based/ shooting/ rpg hybrid gameplay and F$king change the very thing thatmakes it unique. Now it looks like a generic JRPG as if there aren't enough of those in the market.

A new Valkyria game, you have my attention! Action-RPG? Aaand you lost it ...

Well my hype has gone down significantly, graphics and animations look so basic and bland and from a game play perspective looks like to be a button masher of some kind with (from what it looks like to be) lack of strategy.

I wonder why 90% of japanese games look so washed-out and lifeless.

I'll give it the benefit of the doubt, but definitely I don't feel the need to play it as with the first one in its time.

Not sure fans actually wanted it to switch from a turn based strategy, guessing they are targeting a larger audience.