Valkyria Chronicles 4 Gets New Images, Videos, and Lots of Info on Gameplay, DLC, and More

Valkyria Chronicles 4 Gets New Images, Videos, and Lots of Info on Gameplay, DLC, and More

Giuseppe Nelva February 24, 2018 3:03 AM EST

Sega showcased Valkyria Chronicles 4 at an event in Japan, and a lot of images, videos, and information about the new game have surfaced.

Today Sega hosted a Valkyria Chronicles 4 preview event in Tokyo, and quite a few images and videos surfaced thanks to a few attendees that posted on social media.

You can see the pictures and clips at the bottom of the post, courtesy of Twitter users Ryouhei and なよなよ, who also reported on the questions and answers session hosted by the developers.

We hear that the game has been in development for two years, even if the planning phase started a long time before. Grenadiers were added to the game as a mean to include a mean of interception beyond visual range and more explosions. That being said, they have several weaknesses.

The main theme of the game is willpower to accomplish one’s mission, and the challenge of an environment covered in snow is perfect for that. That being said, only about half of the maps are snowy. There is a variety of environments besides snowy fields.

Compared to Valkyria Chronicles 2 and 3, the depth of all characters has been enhanced. There are also a lot more characters compared to 2 and 3. For example, the game includes six characters only among grenadiers.

Fencers are not included in the game, and will not be added as DLC. This is because the maps in Valkyria Chronicles 4 are bigger, and fencers aren’t well suited for that.

While characters from the original Valkyria Chronicles are included in bonus DLCs, Kurt and the rest of the cast of Valkyria 3 won’t appear. The game happens after the fourth in the timeline, so justifying their presence would be difficult.

The command point costs for an action with a tank has been reduced from two to one. The reason is that players weren’t able to use tanks much in previous titles of the series, and the development team wants them to be used more.

Unfortunately, a separate release of the bonus DLC (pre-order bonus and limited edition bonus) is not planned. That being said, there will be DLC, and we should look forward to future announcements about them

The team intends to deliver on the promises made to players that have waited for this game for seven years, and they want us to enjoy the battlefield drama especially through a great story.

Since the new version of the CANVAS rendering engine was developed targeting the performance of the PS4, an attendee asked what the Switch version will look like. The answer was that the team can’t say yet, but they’re doing their best, while a PR rep mentioned that today’s Q&A was only about the PS4 version.

Incidentally, impressions on social media seem to agree pretty much unanimously that the game feels a lot like the first, which is certainly positive. It’s worth mentioning that the build showcased at the event was not a demo, but the actual retail version. This means that the PS4 version has either already gone gold, or it’s quite close.

You can check out the assets below, while today we also learned that a demo will come on Monday. If you want to see more, you can enjoy the latest trailer showcasing some of the characters belonging to the Atlantic Federation, a few assets showcasing the Centurion, more videos revealing Viola and Connor, more art and a clip introducing Viktoria, more screenshots and interesting info on the setting, a trailer showcasing the Imperial cast, another trailer, some videos and art featuring Kai and Raz, more videos revealing Zaiga and Ferie, similar videos and art about Riley, abother reveal about Claude, the latest batch of screenshots focusing on the Snow Cruiser Centurion and her crew, an earlier trailer, some more screenshots from a couple of weeks ago, two recent gameplay videos from Taipei Game Show, the first gameplay footage, a recent trailer showcasing the crossover DLC with the first game, another showing a wide range of gameplay features, the previous batch of screenshots and information, the first trailer, more screenshots, more artwork and info, and the first gallery of images.

Valkyria Chronicles 4 will hit the shelves both in North America and Europe for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One in 2018. It will launch in Japan for PS4 on March 21st, 2018 and for Nintendo Switch later in the summer.