Monday, October 28, 2013

Valhalla Knights 3 review

XSEED Games JKS is a company that published those keen RPG games, such as, The Last Story, Wild Arms 4 and 5, Valhalla Knights and more. Marvelous AQL and Marvelous U.S.A. have made this third entry with XSEED. Do you think XSEED would like it when the two Marvelous branches of the same company helped the company? Let's check out the most amazing review of Valhalla Knights 3!

The Setting:

The game takes place in a prison that can increase your HP and SP. Also, it's a town full of various places including the love hotel, a place where you can get closer to any girl you like.

The Gameplay:

At the beginning, you are likely to make your own person. The first step is to choose what is his/her race, the second step is to give your character a look, like giving him/her skin color, a hairstyle, body filth and more, and the third final step is to finalize your person. Like other games, you can choose what class you're comfortable with. Also, you can make more people for your team. It even had an opportunity to give your team name. You can call your team Mad Servants because Veronica Bartess is the temporary leader of her team, she had a husband who dumped her so badly, and now, she swears vengeance upon him.

The gameplay looks different than the previous installments on the series, because if you touch an enemy, the battle begins with the leader's party. Here, you can have up to 7 people in your party. When attacking the clan's leader first, you will have less EXP, but more items. It's highly likely to attack the leader last. When leveling up, you earn BP (Bonus Points), and they are capable strengthening up your team in the Stats menu. Every time you defeat an enemy, you earn SBP (Skill Bonus Points), and they are capable of learning skills. If you have enough SBP, you can carry over to the skill tree in the Skill menu under Learn.

Here, you can assign skills to the Slots menu. There are 2 command slots; one has a directional pad without the L button and one has a directional pad with the L button. However, skills will consume SP (Skill Points), so use them wisely. Also, it even has passive skills as well.

Like other games, VK3 has quests that you can partake. There are bounty quests that are easy to complete, and they can give you quick cash when you're fresh out of money by buying them like crazy. Every time you complete quests, you will be awarded.

In the battlefield, if your members of the team has a death countdown, you must quickly use a Return Vial before the clock reaches 0. Otherwise, death is upon them. The solution is when your members die, you can bring dead corpses to the church to revive them from the dead, but costs money. The higher the level, the more expensive the pay will be.

Unlike other games, VK3 has a Boost gauge feature and it can be filled up by fighting and parrying the enemy's attack. Once it's full, you can touch the "Boost" symbol and it increases attack and defense. The gauge resets at the end of each battle, so don't hesitate to use it many times.

There's a relationship system that allows you to get closer to any people, including the girls, even in a love hotel. It's highly likely to get closer to girls to increase the relationship. Also, you can give the people a gift.

Pros:

+Superb gameplay experience
+Boost gauge is an interesting feature

Cons:

-Pay for the revive increases is a hassle

Valhalla Knights 3 is not a game meant for everyone because it was rated M for Mature, my favorite ESRB rating with strong language and blood. In the end, I give XSEED's latest game Valhalla Knights 3 a solid 9.0 for superb.

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