Valkyria Revolution

Impulse GamerDaniel

Valkryia Revolution, the most recent installment in the Valkyria games series is a fresh start for the franchise, having no real ties to it’s predecessors

Playstation LifestyleTyler Treese

7/10

Check out PlayStation LifeStyle's Valkyria Revolution review to find out if this action-oriented spin-off of Valkyria Chronicles is worth playing!

Capsule ComputersTravis Bruno

6.5/10

Valkyria Revolution serves as a solid action RPG with an intriguing storyline and great cast of characters but bad gameplay design choices and terribly long cutscenes hamper the experience.

Gamer EscapeJosh McGrath

6/10

The core gameplay is fun, despite a few annoyances in design choice, but the package as a whole is painfully mediocre. For fans of the series that have been waiting to return to the world of Valkyria, I’m saddened to say that this opportunity isn’t really worth your time.

GameSpotHeidi Kemps

6/10

Squad goals.

TechRaptorRobert Grosso

5.5/10

Valkyria Revolution has so much potential to it but the character interactions and terrible presentation lead it to be more boring than engaging.

Gamers HeroesCasey Scheld

50/100

Valkyria Revolution fails to live up to the pedigree of its lineage. Though it tries something new with its dynamic battle system, the clunky execution will leave players frustrated and yearning for something different.

DestructoidChris Carter

5/10

But that level of sensibility doesn’t come front and center enough. Valkyria Revolution is constantly at odds with itself. It tries to be an action game, but at the behest of fans, more strategic elements were shoved in. You’ll go into an action-packed warzone full of enemies to slice up, then you’ll be rewarded with a seemingly endless amount of cutscenes lacking sound and fury and signifying nothing. Sega shifted its direction many times during its development due to feedback, and I’m not convinced it was the right move. Maybe if they had just stuck to their guns and made it a full action ro...

GameSpewRichard Seagrave

4/10

I really don’t get what the developers were trying to achieve with Valkyria Revolution. It pretty much takes everything that was good about the prior games and just throws it out of the window, replacing it with tedium and banality. It feels very cheap too, with the lack of meaningful side content, facial expressions and decent storytelling making it seem unfinished. Honestly, I really wanted to like Valkyria Revolution but I couldn’t. There’s not really a lot for fans of Valkyria Chronicles to like about it. It’s pretty much inferior in every way.

The OuterHavenBy Clinton Bowman-Christie

The Valkyria series hasn't seen a proper release in the West or in Oceania since last official title, Valkyria Chronicles 2, came in 2010 on the PlayStation Portable. Poor sales of that title led to the third title not being released outside of Japan. Renewed interest after the successes of the PC release and subsequent - Read our full Gaming News on The Outerhaven .

Checkpoint GamingCameron Honey-Swain

Unscored

Let’s be honest from the very beginning here, you shan’t find me grand marshalling the next “We Love JRPG” parade. What I can’t deny though is that 9 years ago I played Valkyria Chronicles and was immediately enamoured to how truly charming it was. So I was quick to put my hand up to play the latest addition, a spinoff — Valkyria Revolution. Unfortunately though, it seems the charm can only stretch so far.

PolygonJanine Hawkins

Unscored

The true misery of Valkyria Revolution is how much of the series’ roots show through, and how much Revolution itself doesn’t know what to do with them. The qualities that defined earlier Valkyria games are mostly vestigial, but Revolution doesn’t present anything strong enough or distinct enough to replace them. What it does do often directly conflicts with those legacy bulletpoints, making a game that feels like a bland timesink at its best and a fractured mess at its worst.