Comments on: Valkyria Chronicles – 03: A Bridge Too Close

By: Excalibaa1!

Excalibaa1! — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:45:55 +0000

damn it sucks that they didnt explain the whole grass thing and making the river shallow enough for the tank to cross underwater. . .

By: Ominae

Ominae — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:37:57 +0000

Awesome. Nice seiyu work done by Junk as Rosie.

Shame that the operation to take Vasel was short.

By: d3v

d3v — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:26:56 +0000

@mareo
In the world of Vakyria Chronicles where the biggest threat to armor is either rockets or other armor, riding on the tank is a pretty dangerous endeavour. Better have the tank supporting dismounted infantry (wherein the infantry can actually take care of threats to the tank) and not have it act as a glorified APC with little or no infantry protection.

By: mareo

mareo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:08:27 +0000

@Crusader
I know, I know, I am just ranting a about a few holes, I guess that if I played the game I can be more forgiving, my bad.

By: mareo

mareo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:54:07 +0000

I find amusing the “I have more experience than you” attitude of the veterans. We see the advancing column of foot infantry squads, with individuals tanks permanently attached to them and not even a single one of the veterans say something like “Why the heck we have to walk? When we can mount in OUR tank that can take all of us on their big back at faster speed and well rested for battle?”. These was a used a big scale in the Red Army in the IIWW and even in a SF like Battletech there is infantry in powerarmor riding on Mechas. Avoid dont step on a landmine is just a plus for foot infantry. I hope that someone in the animation team get the idea from “Those Who Hunt Elves”.

By: Crusader

Crusader — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:28:17 +0000

@BakaRaptor
But those lack treads…

@mareo
It’s only a game, moreover Varrot assigns the mission, Welkin executes the actual attack.

@Ryouichi
I wish the animation for the characters was a bit better since that tanks are spot on.

@grss1982
Depends on your fire control system a good artillery crew can land things fairly accurately with a good forward observer. It’s why the Americans wee able to survive against stiff German attacks since artillery seemed to be always going off, at least to the Germans. Inaccurate artilklery is largely a myth and perpetuated by games for balance issues, it is still the reigning king of battle since aircraft and helicopters can’t provide continuous fire support like 155mm howitzers in all weather, day and night.

@Brin
Sadly they lack the aircraft.

@Kabitzin
Having submachine guns makes the principle difference in the anime, otherwise armor would have been a bit different.

Isara will pimp out her tank later I hope.

@Narrator 1
Maybe that’s why Selvaria is going to be bugging them for most of the series…

@TJ
Susie was hiding in a hole and was glad to leave my formation, good riddance I say…

@Turambar
Eh too late though I do lament the loss of Jane, best combat florist EVAR.

@d3v
Yeah it’s sad how Marina is a scout when she ought to be the sniper.

I kind of hate Selvaria she’s OP damn it when you first meet her.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:20:13 +0000

Susie has stealth skills lol. It ain’t that easy to disappear in the middle of the battle with that conspicuous uniform and without anyone noticing.

By: Narrator 1

Narrator 1 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:08:20 +0000

When I heard her say they were going to be the center of attention, I couldn’t help but remember how, as the One Year War in the original Gundam series ticked on, Zeon became increasingly obsessed with the White Base and its crew. The Earth Federation actually took this into account of their strategies. Win.

By: Turambar

Turambar — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:47:10 +0000

Well, notice that she’s carrying an SMG instead of a Rifle.

By: Kabitzin

Kabitzin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:47:40 +0000

I want to see Isara get a shag steering wheel cover for the Edelweiss. And some fuzzy dice.

I still can’t figure out the difference in the classes in this anime. All I could see is that Rosie shows midriff while the others don’t. Is that what it means to be a shocktrooper?

By: Brin

Brin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:36:18 +0000

“Pffft you can’t hide, you lack a Canada.”

He could always join the Gallia Air National Guard =P

By: grss1982

grss1982 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:18:53 +0000

“Dude where are the 105mm howitzers to make a mess of that tank lot?”

Artillery ain’t that accurate, right? Unless your using some sort of guided munition ala M712 Copperhead. Personally, I’d prefer 155mm with shells with deployable AT mines.

By: d3v

d3v — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:51:17 +0000

So I see that they’ve made Alicia a bit more tsundere compared to the game (where it’s pretty obvious early on that she wants Welkin to be drawing her naked) I guess their gonna milk her twintails for all it’s worth.

Also, I say boo at making Marina a scout. She’s arguably the best sniper in game, easily able to win battles for you.

Finally, if there’s one thing they’re keeping true to the game, it’s that Selvaria still has rocking tits!

By: Turambar

Turambar — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:34:04 +0000

“Alicia wants to kill Imps, kill Imps, and kill more Imps.”

No, no, that title goes to Jane, whose absence by the way makes me ;_;

Also, if you’re going to kill of Oscar, feel free to only after getting him all his P Potentials . That’ll unlock another sniper for your squad.

By: Ryouichi

Ryouichi — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:18:22 +0000

You can see in that impossible shirt pic that’s 3rd to last that they tried to and did a bad job of imitating the shading of the game . I mean, it’s so faint, how can you tell?