The first game in this series is one of my all-time favorite games. So good that wehn I heard VC2 and 3 were more like angsty, anime high school dramas, I skipped them to not soil the memory.

But I gave 4 a shot and am pleased with it. I've missed this world, artstyle and gameplay a lot. It plays very much like the first with a few adjustments that maybe appeared in VC2 or 3. Grenadiers make a huge difference in how battles play out and I remember a lot less anti-tank ordinance in the first (used to be tanks and lancers mostly) but it works.

The cinematic style is the same as the original but a bit clunkier than I remember (broken down into small pieces of narrative between missions that you have to button through and the story hasn't grabbed me as much as the first yet (again, i LOVE the first game.) Claude and Riley are going to have a hard time filling the boots of Alicia and Welkin but there's still time.

The first game in this series is one of my all-time favorite games. So good that wehn I heard VC2 and 3 were more like angsty, anime high school dramas, I skipped them to not soil the memory. But I gave 4 a shot and am pleased with it. I've missed this world, artstyle and gameplay a lot. It plays very much like the first with a few adjustments that maybe appeared in VC2 or 3. Grenadiers make a huge difference in how battles play out and I remember a lot less anti-tank ordinance in the first (used to be tanks and lancers mostly) but it works. The cinematic style is the same as the original but a bit clunkier than I remember (broken down into small pieces of narrative between missions that you have to button through and the story hasn't grabbed me as much as the first yet (again, i LOVE the first game.) Claude and Riley are going to have a hard time filling the boots of Alicia and Welkin but there's still time.