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Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PSP) | 
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Category: Video Games
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Rating:  8 reviews
Platform: Sony Psp
Genre: role-playing-games
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.6
EAN: 5060121821774
Release Date: April 27, 2007
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 A glorious RPG October 9, 2007
Mr. D. Woods
Possibly one of the most striking titles available for the PSP, 'Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth' is a fascinating game for the more serious gamer. Not for action fans, this is an immeasurably detailed experience and you have to endure a good hour of cut scenes before getting involved yourself. But the battle system is easy to pick up and there is plenty for the old grey matter to chew over during play.
The premise of the game is to reap fallen souls for the on-going battle against the Vanir in Misgard and train them in combat. To do this, you must enter the dungeons and clear them of adversaries, completing tasks as you go. At the end of a chapter, it's a good idea to send an einherjar to Misgard or the battle will begin to turn against you. The graphics, though basic in places, are well-rendered on the PSP and the storyline is interesting. The battles are involving and you will simply lose hours playing this game. However, while there is no doubt that this is a fine RPG, I did have a few gripes that stopped me giving it the full five stars. The cut scenes, particularly when following the stories of the einherjar, are far too long and I ended up becoming rather bored of them by the second chapter. Also, the game is extremely hard and I had to bow out of a campaign after only three chapters on a Normal difficulty setting. However, I am something of a casual gamer and more dedicated players will no doubt relish the challenge.
All in all though, this is a fine example of what the PSP is capable of and I would recommend it to anyone who owns the console.
RPG's as they should be June 19, 2007
Mr. D. J. Read (Alnwick, Northumberland United Kingdom)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This game reminded me of the golden era of R.P.G's, that is the 16 bit variants (Chrono Trigger etc), and the P.S.1 (Suikoden 2). Graphically, it surpasses earlier offerings by virtue of great FMV sequences. Being my first game on the PSP, I was frankly astounded that such good graphics could be on such a compact device.
But the thing which was to become (for me) a tedious exercise, were the long scenes leading leading up to the death of a mortal (and subsequent creation of an einheriar). When you start, there must be upwards of half an hour of narrative and plot building, which is frankly exhausting. Each and everytiem you 'concentrate' in the world map, and come to one of these death scenes, you are treated to the same drawn out plot, which is detrimental. These should have been shortened dramatically to try and build some central plot around the main character, which was what made some of the older R.P.G's far superior.
For all that, it is a good game, and that is taking into account the basic in game graphics. They are reminiscent of said primitive games of the same genre and this is no bad thing. The battle sequences are dynamic and simple to master. There is always the pressure of the periods ('spent' either 1 period to visit a town, 2 a dngeon, and 2 if you discover any event by means of concentration) and chapters, and the need to develop suitable heroes to send to Asgard to repel Ragnarok.
Basically, the game runs thus: you fly around the map, press 'start', and Lenneth either senses that a soul is about to be released, a dungeon needs her services or nothing at all. You fly to the allocated place, reap the soul, or clear the dungeon. Towards the end of the chapter you find periods to spare in which you need to revisit dungeons to advance your party. Before the chapter (which consists of a set amount of periods) is complete it is adviseable to send a number of heroes to augment Asgard. Once all chapters are complete, it's on to Asgard to prevent the end of the world.
Iffy graphics, absorbing game June 18, 2007
Alan Evans
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Anyone who has played (on the ps2) any of the Final Fantasy (up to VIII) games, will be able to enjoy this. You do need to get to grips with the stern insistence on formality that Square impose on their games, but the effort is well worth it.
My only issue is with the graphics- the cut scenes (cinematics) offer stunning images: the actual game play offers tiny child-sized characters and, considering you are supposed to be controling a beautiful Norse valkerie, moving a bunch of pixels a few millemetres high doesn't cut it.
Even so, get over the graphic niggles, and enter a world that will make time melt away,
 "It shall be engraved upon your soul!" (well not quite, but nearly) June 11, 2007
Me
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although this is another port from the Playstation, any RPG fan who hasn't played it before and now owns a PSP should seriously consider this rather intriguing game.
The Valkyries of Norse myth collect the souls of fallen warriors to fight as einherjar at Ragnarok, the battle at the end of the world. In this game Ragnarok is imminent and your principal character is Lenneth, a valkyrie sent to Midguard to find and train einherjar.
The game is split into eight chapters and each chapter is split into periods. Every activity uses up a set number of periods so the player is aware that time is ticking. There are three basic activities:
*Searching - this allows Lenneth to find events on the world map, usually:
*A narrative (death) scene - these events portray the death of a person in Midgard and their recruitment into the party. Usually quite sad, but some of the scenes are very funny as well.
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*A dungeon - a platform style adventure through a dungeon with monsters, bosses and treasure. This is the principal means by which you develop your einherjar.
The characters Lenneth recruits can use a variety of equipment, spells, special moves and artefacts - the usual RPG fare. When a character levels up they gain a set number of points to spend on attributes, skills, and, all importantly, "traits" which make them more valuable when they are sent to Valhalla. At the end of each chapter Lenneth's progress is evaluated and she is awarded artefacts and points to spend on creating items (there are no shops) depending on how good her einherjar are. Eventually the choices made determine the ending (there are three). The "real" ending - that is the one that completes the plot - is rather tricky to achieve.
The battle system is slightly unusual, but hardly difficult to master. The graphics look good on the PSP and the special moves and FMV cut-scenes are excellent. Whether or not you like the style of the music (I do), the developers have to be given credit for giving the option to listen to all 60 tracks using an inbuilt music player and voice sampler (the voice acting is also pretty good). The plot is odd because a lot of the game is based around different characters at the end of their lives. Nevertheless threads are carried from chapter to chapter and of course Lenneth has her own history to uncover.
You could reasonably expect to spend at least 40 hours on this game. In summary, this is a remake of a game which is now 8 years old. The concept is original, and this game certainly has appeal (especially on a handheld).
Addictive, fun, amazing! May 19, 2007
Jamie Hunt (Hertfordshire, England)
After reading review's of this game it was clear to me that people had a mixed view of it, some were bad and some were good, however with my faith in Square Enix i decided to buy the game and wow was i amazed, it has the best storyline that is common with all of their games and the picture, at first not all that great but you soon ignore that due to the involvement in the game.
It takes a while getting used to with the battle system and it does explain parts as you progress through the storyline, but it's worth it!
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