Staff Blog: Valkyria!

Valkyria!

On 08/16/2018 at 05:21 PM by Matt Snee

I'm still playing the Valkyria Chronicles demo. It's pretty big. I played the first mission and then a two part second mission. I'm on chapter two now, and it opens up with you at a base where you can now equip your soldiers, but also - like XCOM - you put research and development into new weapons and tank parts. Each soldier has three weapon slots and a armor slot. This is a lot different from the original game, where I don't think you could customize any of that stuff. That should be pretty fun.

I've been reading a lot in my down time. I had a problem reading for a while, but then I decided to read short stories (what I'm writing anyway), and now I've torn through like five short story collections. I also read a novel too in between. Very happy to read again, I had been wanting to but I just couldn't concentrate on it. Next stop is to play games regularly again.

I'm still dieting. I'm 251. I started at 257. I've been hovering here for about a week. But I did start walking, and I'm doing that now, and I hope to do some yoga again soon.

Anyway, that's about it. I'm gonna download the Monster Hunter Demo now.

Homelessrook

08/16/2018 at 07:33 PM

Congrats on the weight loss, stick with it!

I’ve played the first mission so far, kinda got going on Sonic. Im downloading MH tonight.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

08/18/2018 at 01:30 PM

the dieting is pretty easy, exercise not so much. I've just never been a regular exerciser and I'm not good at it. But I'm working on it!

mothman

08/16/2018 at 08:04 PM

I've only scratched the surface of the Valkyria demo but I already know I like it. I haven't played the MH demo yet, but it is sitting there. I have it for 3DS too. This is a conventional MH though so huge learning curve.

Really pleased that the Switch is getting a lot of love right now.

08/18/2018 at 01:31 PM

I love my Switch.

KnightDriver

08/16/2018 at 11:49 PM

I was going to check if the demo was on XBO but I forgot. Maybe it's on PS4? I really hope the library gets a copy because I'm still broke.

I don't know if there are demos on the other systems. Nintendo seems to be pushing them a lot for games, and I'm glad to try them out first.

08/18/2018 at 08:02 PM

I'm using Game Pass to demo games. It's $10/mo, so it's not free like actual demos but there are a lot of games to sample there.

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/17/2018 at 06:28 AM

Congrats on weight loss. I got down to 204 recently and seem to be losing the recommended 2 pounds a week, so not bad.

I still want to read my All Our Wrong Todays novel, but first I'll finish the very short Power Paradox book from my nonfiction book club.

08/18/2018 at 01:32 PM

man if I got down to 204 I would be ecstatic. Well, it's a marathon and not a sprint, right?

08/18/2018 at 02:22 PM

Oh yeah. You can sprint, but walking is better for weight loss anyway, so ...

SanAndreas

08/17/2018 at 11:21 AM

VC4 is badass. Can't wait for the full game. It's been my most wanted game this year.

I'm more hyped for Dragon Quest, but Valkyria isn't far behind.

PixlBit

Valkyria!

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