Valkyria Chronicles DLC Coming in ‘Spring’
March 16, 2009 - 5:22 pm - Posted by Sean
Though Valkyria Chronicles didn’t have the massive success it so richly deserved, Sega hopes to rekindle the embers of interest in the game by releasing three downloadable additions to the game “this spring.”
CVG’s official word from Sega offers a rundown of the three add-ons:
Hard EX Mode — fight your way once more through the entire Imperial army, where the enemies are more lethal and your main tank Edelweiss is unavailable. You’ll have to be more strategic in order to overcome your opponents.
Edy’s Mission “Enter the Edy Detachment” — six members have been separated from Squad 7 and on their journey to reunite with the squad, they stumble upon a tiny village under attack by the Imperial Army. Play as Edy and command your outnumbered team to defend the small village from annihilation.
Selvaria’s Mission “Behind Her Blue Flame” — this mission takes place right after the outbreak of Gallian battle lines and you play as Johann, a young and meek engineer, assigned to Selvaria’s troop. See the action as it unfolds behind enemy lines and see the war play out through the eyes of the enemy.
So far Sega has yet to confirm a release date (beyond the nebulous “this spring”) or a price point for the DLC.
Source: Valkyria Chronicles DLC revealed
An add-on called “Behind Her Blue Flame”? LOL. Too much!
I want this game, DLC or not. What I don’t want is a Playstation 3. It’s a quandary – an expensive quandary.
Ok, ok, so in a week I’ll be able to use my brother’s PS3 to play it, but still…
@Luke: Valkyria Chronicles was originally planned as an Xbox 360 exclusive game but apparently during development that changed.
Agreed, I don’t want a PS3 either and like you, I have friends, etc that have one that I can play on if needed.
It’s really kind of a shame for Sony. I mean, in the several years that the PS3 has been out this, Little Big Planet, and a few things on PSN are the only exclusive games for the system that I’ve even wanted to play, and they just aren’t worth buying a PS3. Factor in the latest versions of the console not having decent backwards compatibility with the PS2 anymore and not owning the system seems like a slam dunk.
Sony doesn’t even have Final Fantasy XIII exclusive so at this point it seems like the third party developers are starting to think that either the PS3 is a sinking ship or (more optimistically) exclusivity to either the PS3 or the 360 is a bad bet.