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Mr. Parcelan enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
What was the original VP like?
No effin clue. I just know I've heard it mentioned amongst friends and thought people might be interested. First one is mega-rare.
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Mr. Parcelan was naked while typing this:
What was the original VP like?
I know MorbId has the original(and Xenogears, fucker). He likes it a lot. It is based roughly on Norse mythology so must be good!
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Mr. Parcelan was all like:
What was the original VP like?
Hard to explain, it was pretty unique. It's pretty much about a valkyrie whose job is to collect the souls of the fallen and send them to Valhalla to bolster Odin's ranks for the soon-arriving Ragnarok. You fly around Midgard picking up dead people (each with their own story) and fighting through dungeons to beef them up and collect items and whatnot. The game is chapter-based and you have a limited number of times you can enter dungeons, towns and places where you collect souls before a chapter ends. You get bonuses for sending requested souls (we need archers/mages/people over x level). The fighting system is where the meat of the game lies because of its complexity. Each of the face buttons initiates an attack from a member in your party. These attacks can be stringed together into combos or juggles against enemies to maximize damage, so you have to play around with how certain party member's attacks effect the enemy and how to time them with the attacks of other party members (one guy knocks an enemy into the air, another guy shoots the enemy in mid-air, a third jumps up and knocks the enemy down into a second attack being lauched by the first person, etc).
It really is a fantastic game, and it's a shame it's so rare.
There are two other valkyries other than Lenneth you meet in the first one. The 'evil' one whose name I forget, and Silmeria, who is trapped inside a crystal for some reason that is never revealed. Apparently, while each valkyrie has her own soul, they all share the same body and only one is truly 'awake' while the others remain dormant. Azymyth fucked around with this message on 12-08-2005 at 03:09 AM.
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Hard to explain, it was pretty unique. It's pretty much about a valkyrie whose job is to collect the souls of the fallen and send them to Valhalla to bolster Odin's ranks for the soon-arriving Ragnarok. You fly around Midgard picking up dead people (each with their own story) and fighting through dungeons to beef them up and collect items and whatnot. The game is chapter-based and you have a limited number of times you can enter dungeons, towns and places where you collect souls before a chapter ends. You get bonuses for sending requested souls (we need archers/mages/people over x level). The fighting system is where the meat of the game lies because of its complexity. Each of the face buttons initiates an attack from a member in your party. These attacks can be stringed together into combos or juggles against enemies to maximize damage, so you have to play around with how certain party member's attacks effect the enemy and how to time them with the attacks of other party members (one guy knocks an enemy into the air, another guy shoots the enemy in mid-air, a third jumps up and knocks the enemy down into a second attack being lauched by the first person, etc).It really is a fantastic game, and it's a shame it's so rare.
See now if I'd read a review like that at the time I would've gotten the game.
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Alaan wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
I know MorbId has the original(and Xenogears, fucker). He likes it a lot. It is based roughly on Norse mythology so must be good!
I've also got Suikoden II, when it comes to strangely rare PS1 RPGs. 
This news definitely fills me with joy, and is something I've been hoping for since the Square-Enix merger. It doesn't look like they're sticking with 2D, which is a little upsetting. If they can improve or just translate the combat system, it should be amazing, though.
The evil Valkyrie was Hrist. She looked about the same as Lenneth, but with black armor. I could've sworn Hrist and Lenneth were active at the same time at one point, though it has been a long time since I played the game.
Judging from the title, this one is going to be about Silmeria, and maybe how she ended up in that crystal. Wasn't it in Bram's castle?
It also had three very different endings. The game tossed in a very difficult bonus dungeon with a couple Star Ocean enemies once you'd finished Hard mode, too.
Valkyrie Profile 2 ~Silmeria~ for PS2.
Prequel to Valkyrie Profile that takes place 100 years before.
Release: 2006
Valkyrie Profile ~Lenneth~ for PSP. Cobalt Katze fucked around with this message on 12-09-2005 at 02:14 AM.
Remake of Valkyrie Profile with a new CG movie.
Release: March 2nd, 2006.
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From the book of MorbId, chapter 3, verse 16:
The evil Valkyrie was Hrist. She looked about the same as Lenneth, but with black armor. I could've sworn Hrist and Lenneth were active at the same time at one point, though it has been a long time since I played the game.
I believe there was one instance where the group went back in time momentarily and witness Hrist with her Einherjar destorying the town where Barbarosa is, though I can't remember if Lenneth was actually with your party then.
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Cobalt Katze had this to say about (_|_):Valkyrie Profile 2 ~Silmeria~ for PS2.
Prequel to Valkyrie Profile that takes place 100 years before.
Release: 2006
Valkyrie Profile ~Lenneth~ for PSP.
Remake of Valkyrie Profile with a new CG movie.
Release: March 2nd, 2006.
"Should deny the destiny of the destinies" on the second one there...I see the translators of "All your base" fame are still alive and working.
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See now if I'd read a review like that at the time I would've gotten the game.
I think I have it around here somewhere.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Cobalt Katze said:Valkyrie Profile ~Lenneth~ for PSP.
Remake of Valkyrie Profile with a new CG movie.
Release: March 2nd, 2006.
That right there makes me a happy man as well! Finally a good, real RPG for PSP!
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Alaan thought about the meaning of life:
That right there makes me a happy man as well! Finally a good, real RPG for PSP!
Agreed. ONly thing id liked so far was GTA and Lumines.
