Valkyria Chronicles 4 definitely deserves its Very Positive Steam rating. It has the same great gameplay as the first game, but with alot more stuff that makes it better and a more challenging story that gets really hype and crazy.

The gameplay is just better. Tanks costing only one action point, APCs that can carry squad members around, the ability to form squads that can move together mortars, and much larger maps make for more interesting missions with alot more options. Scouts are still important, but they cannot be used to just win battles by sneaking around all of the enemies like in the previous game. Winning a battle in a few turns to get an A-rank requires alot more planning and actually using a variety of units and orders. The game is also significantly longer and has better menus that make replaying battles and using DLC content much easier.

The story of the game is also great. It still has a cast full of anime tropes like the first game, but it also has better fleshed out character arcs for more characters and uses characters to explore more challenging ideas. It was very hard to predict what would happen in a good way.

Hopefully the series gets another game one day because it deserves it.