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A fabulous dungeon crawler, and easily the best PSP RPG to hit our shores. [Mar 2007, p.71]
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82The interesting story and plenty of great character options make this a solid RPG with a lot to offer.
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78One thing that I must warn people about is that this games difficulty level at starting is rather high, with the amount of damage the monsters can do.
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While not a supremely inspired game, its limited premise is implemented so well from a technical and design standpoint that it's very easy to enjoy despite itself. [Mar 2007, p.56]
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Packed full of content, excellent graphics and robust character aspects meets up with overly challenging gameplay that takes away the initial fun level.
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65Despite the beautiful visuals and nuanced details, there's more tedium here than anything else. After a while, even die-hard RPG fans would be hard-pressed to enjoy the mindless sprints through the endless dungeons.
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Solid visuals and audio, old-school charm and an absolutely huge adventure to slog through are not enough to offset the fact that this a brutally difficult game at the outset and it does nothing to help you along while you learn the ropes.
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60Valhalla Knights lacks soul.
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60There's a hazy quality to Valhalla Knights that ensures nothing ever become too vibrant or exciting; I guess that's what some people call style. I tend to call it boring.
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Valhalla Knights is almost a good action role playing game for the PSP. Almost.
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58The game would be much better if they added combos into the combat system and allowed for blocking.
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56A deep character-creation system and sharp graphics are wasted on this dull, repetitive dungeon crawler.
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54It's a workable romp through a pedestrian tale of little interest. [Issue#158, p.91]
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53The game excels at real-time battle while ignoring storytelling.
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50The character system seems deep and appealing, but is really fairly limited and what is there is undermined by the lack of true freedom in the game. Combat is a dreadfully boring experience that takes place in real-time in an ill-realized 'ring of death'. As for the rest of the game, the less said the better.
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50It's likely Valhalla Knights will either lead to you pulling out your hair in consternation at its difficulty, or have you convinced you're doing something wrong. It’s a hard-lined dungeon crawler of the strictest caliber, and that's fine for anyone simply looking to fell a couple hundred skeletons or trolls in the most painstaking way possible.
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Despite hinting at an interesting experience, Valhalla Knights squanders its potential with a lack of style and unfortunately compelling substance.
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If you go into Valhalla Knights expecting a mindless, empty and soulless dungeon romp, then your expectations will be fulfilled. If that's what you want out of a game, Valhalla Knights delivers. However, if you foolishly come to this game anticipating a riveting story that propels the action with great characters and plot twists, expect to fall into a bottomless pit of frustration.
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The general structure is annoying, but it's really the obtuse design that ensures that every second you play Valhalla Knights is irritating. [Mar 2007, p.107]
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Valhalla Knights fails in most significant areas, except for looking pretty and actually being well-coded.
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While I think it's kind of neat to have a big party of six tearing through dungeons, controlling them all during real-time combat is a bit cumbersome, and I wish the loot was a bit more inspiring than the generic fare you find here. [Mar 2007, p.95]
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There's no real fun to be had. [Oct 2007, p.85]
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40There's a hellish amount of "...", even by J-RPG standards, and many sentences don't quite make sense - it's either a poorly written game, a crap translation to English or, probably, both.
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The combat system is leaden. [Aug 2007, p.114]
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40Valhalla Knights is quite possibly the least fun you'll have with a video game this year.
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40Valhalla’s a well-meaning blend of old and new, but most of us have come to expect a little more from an RPG.
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35Sure, running around the dungeons and slashing through enemies is enjoyable enough -- and, dare I say it, even fun at times. But as soon as you attempt to play through Valhalla Knights like its an actual game, it completely falls apart.
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Very average RPG mechanisms, diabolical missions, non-existent storyline, monstrously difficult battles... it's a bleak outcome. [Sept 2007, p.107]
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30Valhalla Knights is a struggle to play, learn, and involve yourself in. I think there is an opportunity for crazy RPG players to enjoy themselves, but I also know that the game lacks so much substance that the marriage cannot last for long.
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HugoA.10Great overall game, worth checking out.
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BrandonA.10Fantastic visuals, great customization, innovative party system.