Valkyria Chronicles (PS3)

First night mission – and very interesting it was, too. It’s the first mission where I’ve noticed bonus enemies out of the way of the main action. In this case, a yellow-capped enemy was on a completely different map to the main action. (Enemies with yellow headgear give item bonuses when you kill them, I

This is just so, so good. I haven’t even progressed very far – I’ve been redoing early missions to experiment with different classes and squad combinations. Even just doing that, though, opens up lovely new cut scenes involving the characters you’ve been using in battle. I don’t know what it is about this series, but

The original Valkyria Chronicles was a very special game, but it made huge demands on TV time, so I never actually finished it. The sequel is on the PSP and, though it’s had to be squeezed a little to make it onto the format, having it on a handheld format is very welcome indeed. Not,