[PS2] Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria

In the screen before the last, with the girl wearing silver armor, Risheru, is not wearing a feathered helmet. It's a metal band going around the back of her head, as can be seen in her portrait art a few screens above it.

Also, to my knowledge, feathered helmets don't signify anything in Valkyrie Profile, aside from the fact that only the Valkyries wear them (And it could be argued that they are not goddesses). Considering none of the other gods, Æsir or Vanir, wear feathered helms, I don't think they are used a symbol of status.

Also, it has been confirmed Arngrim will be able to join your party, as can be seen in the attached images.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

It's also impossible that he'd be alive for over 100 years.

The Arngrim in Silmeria is a past incarnation of the Arngrim in Valkyrie Profile. Whether he's dead or not, I don't know. Considering he was an Einherjar with Hrist when Barbarossa is executed, I would imagine he is dead when he joins Silmeria. Though, that does not explain this "Treasure Hunter" connection with Leone. It's tough to say.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Generic Badass

It's actually quite surprising how quickly my images went around. I even saw them posted on someone's fansite, which was quite flattering.

Those were your images? Heh, how embarassing. Regardless, it's great to see someone with such a good eye. Thank you for sharing and supplying those.


As for the normal setting, when I played the game the first time through, oh so many years ago, that was the setting I picked. Not that Hard mode is much more difficult, I don't regret choosing normal first. As you undoubtedly know, the Einherjar don't start at level 1, and are instead at a preset level, which does help a little bit when you first get them. It was nice for my first play through, since I was still learning about the ability system, traits, and so forth. It's not so bad leveling up your level 1 characters when you have Auto-Item and Guts, but when they're constantly dying your first play through, it's a little more difficult.

Hard mode is definitely more complete, and the game definitely needs to be played through on that mode to get the fullest experience of the game. No argument there.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Wow. It would appear that they've added an option to skip the Purify Weird Soul sequences, as we can see from one of the new screenshots in Arngrim's section.

That's a very nice feature, as in the old one, as cool as some of the PWS were to see, some of them tended to drag after the nth view. (Valkyrie comes to mind.)

Most amazing jew boots

Ah, I most certainly missed that. My mistake.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Though there's no date, it's looking like this is the first confirmation of a North American release for VP:Silmeria. Listed for 2006, even.

http://na.square-enix.com/e306/titles/vp2/

How ya doing, buddy?

And to further your statement:

http://na.square-enix.com/e306/titles/vp/

Looks we're getting both.

FELIPE NO

Alright, since this place has really been dry of information lately, here's some relatively new things for those who haven't kept up.

Here's a high quality version of the new trailer: http://www.square-enix.co.jp/vp/vp2/movie/vp2_pv2.wmv

Here's the MP3 from the main site:
http://hermann.kayode.free.fr/Valkyrie%20Profile%20Silmeria's%20Theme.mp3

"Einferia Archives":
Farant
Celes
Sha-kon
Adonis
Xehnon
Mitra
Lylia
Ethen
Kanon
Crecent
Dean and Silfield

New Scans:
http://ruliweb4.dreamwiz.com:8080/ru...6/14/13375.jpg
http://ruliweb4.dreamwiz.com:8080/ru...14/13375_2.jpg
http://ruliweb4.dreamwiz.com:8080/ru...14/13375_3.jpg

Showcasing the new Rune system, and three new Einherjar: Arcana, Lwyn, and Alm.

Credits go out to various members at ValhallaOnline.


EDIT: Oh, and "the Emperor Palpatine guy" is most definitely one of the three mages of Dipan. Most probably Walther. He was depicted in an earlier scan with the other two, presumably Dallas and Gyne.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Whoops, sorry about the scans. Thanks for clearning that up, Generic Badass.

As for the Einherjar, I've heard rumors that there would be around 40 or so characters, but I haven't heard any such confirmation of such things. There do seem to be a lot more, however. Doesn't seem like a bad guess, with images like This One floating around. There're 18 Einherjar right there.

You're right about the art, though. Kou and You Yoshinari did the original game's art, and what seems to be the art for the "main" characters in Silmeria. I've heard that Shunya Yamashita has done the art for the other Einherjar. Shunya Yamashita's site can be found at http://www015.upp.so-net.ne.jp/shunya/


Also, here's the scan of the three Mages of Dipan I had mentioned earlier: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2457/newscan11sx.jpg

How ya doing, buddy?

Good point, I had heard that as well.

Spoiler:

That is, I had heard that the fellow with hair over his eye is indeed a friend of Alicia (And appears so in a few screenshots) and eventually is killed by the mages. Someone I recall said that the "fourth" mage wasn't depicted in the image on that scan.

That very well may be the case. Though I still think the art there paints a different picture, but I suppose at this point either could be true.

EDIT: Though it might not be noticed, I'll edit instead of double posting.

New "Einferia Archives":

http://images.playfrance.com/3/2229/.../zoom/3198.jpg
http://images.playfrance.com/3/2229/.../zoom/0297.jpg
http://images.playfrance.com/3/2229/.../zoom/7297.jpg

Source: http://www.playfrance.com/news-artwo...tml?xtor=RSS-2

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I can understand that. Though, I was quite pleased with how the game played out from the mid-point of Chapter 4 up until the ending.

There are some glaring weaknesses when compared to the first game, especially with the Einherjar, but over all I was very pleased with the game.

Though to be fair, I didn't find the actual ending to be all that great, but I found the events which played up to that point to be nothing short of amazing. Though lackluster, the ending really didn't ruin it for me.

Of course, my bias might be showing.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well, yeah, I agree.

Spoiler:

The scene after the last battle was very out of character, but then pretty much the whole ending, if it can be called that, was pretty unsatisfactory.

I guess I've taken more of a forgiving stance on the matter though, considering it was really just the very end that wasn't so hot. That, and I really enjoyed how everything played out up until that point and thought that his character was very well maintained up until that point.

As for a sequel, I suppose they have plenty to go from now, what with such an open ending. I'm not sure I'd like to see one though. The "series" if two games can be called that, is my favorite but part of the charm of Silmeria was that is was stemming from the original. I can't see a third game dealing with the events after Silmeria having the same impact as this one. Just my own feelings though, I suppose.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Yep, this Tuesday. Preordered it awhile back.

I've still been playing through the import since I completed the Seraphic Gate, but I've still yet to complete the Gate 10 times.

Something to look forward to doing with the English version, I suppose.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yes, today is the game's English release date. However, it is also the ship date for most companies, so I wouldn't expect to see it in stores until tomorrow, unless your stores operate otherwise.

As for grinding, I never had a big problem with that. There are particular areas where the difficulty jumps, but gaining a level or two doesn't take too awfully long and is usually all that is required.

How ya doing, buddy?

Yes, it's somewhat distressing that people refuse to support the English release of the game, despite the fact that it's a miracle that it was localized in the first place. I know you guys don't need anyone else to play your conscious, but it is really such a shame that you won't support the Valkyrie Profile "brand."

Anyways, I picked up my copy today but won't be able to get into it until this Friday due to classes and work.

FELIPE NO

Well, fortunately for you the Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth guide isn't as bad as the Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria guide. Though I've had both the original Prima guide and the new Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth guide for some time now, I still have not spent the time to go through each of them extensively to determine the differences.

However, upon lite inspection, I can most certainly say the Prima guide is more complete. One thing that the new guide is missing right off the top of my head is that while it lists the groups of enemies that can be found in a dungeon, it does not show their locations on the maps themselves, where as the Prima guide does. There's bound to be more differences as well. Sometime I'll go through both of them and list out what's missing.

Don't get me started on the Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria guide, though. It's downright terrible. I went through and posted on another forum a brief description of one of the problems it has, and I'll share that here as well. Some of it might be a little out of context, but you can get the jist of it from reading it.

"The English guide is another matter all together. I picked up the guide when I bought the game. Though, I hadn't taken a look through it until earlier today after I finished the game, and it really is terrible. Not even just incomplete bad, but inaccurate bad. In leafing through some of the Boss Monsters, I can attest that the incorrect numbers are supplied for the stats. In comparing it to all three of the Japanese guides (The Official Complete, The Master, and the Final Guides) a pattern develops which shows a complete lack of Quality control at Brady Games. The boss stat boxes are laid out in two tables. The Stat-labeled rows vary from monster to monster, but are set up in generally the same manner. I'll use the monster "Lady Cleo" as my example. Her tables are set up as:

Name: Lady Cleo
Species: Unholy Magic
Item: Azure Sealpouch, Supreme Garb
ATK: 200
AVD: 280
MAG: 58
RDM: 50
---------- End Table One
Hit: 10
RST: 50
Fire: None
Ice: None
Lightning: -50%
Earth: 100%
Holy: 50%
---------- End Table Two

Now, this is incorrect. The numbers listed are correct, just not for the particular stats they associate them with. If you go through the columns reading them in this order, you get the correct statistics:

ATK
MAG
HIT
AVD
RDM
RST

This appears to work for the monsters I have checked, but I haven't made a thorough sweep through, so there may be some differences. Also, the element affinities are correct.

I sincerely recommend that you do not buy the English Guide and instead pick up any one of the three Japanese guides. They contain much more information and are not strewn with inaccuracies."

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

What? Valkyrie Profile is the best PSX RPG. Oh, opinions.

Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria is a fine game, but I can't imagine it being anywhere near as enjoybale without having played (and loved) the original Valkyrie Profile. And even with that gained enjoyment, it still falls short of surpassing the original.

Really now, judging games without playing them really isn't a great idea.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Or you can always take Rufus and milk the Hydra for everything it has.

I'd also like to point out that grinding to get bonus, game-breaking weapons really can't be considered a "major part of the game." Because, you know, it's optional.

There's nowhere I can't reach.