Valkyria Chronicles

We start the battles in command mode, in which we switch on the map, showing the full plan of the nearby terrain with marked positions of our and enemy characters and objectives. Clicking on the allied unit, we move to the battlefield and take control over the hero. Battles are fought using a turn-based system called BLiTZ (Battle of Live Tactical Zones), which grants us with a limited number of action points that are spent on movement, crouching, hiding behind covers and, of course, firing at our opponents.By selecting an allied unit, we are taken to the battlefield and assume direct control over a character from third person perspective. Having spent all of our characters' points, the artificial intelligence takes its turn, while we patiently wait for ours.

Each character has different weapons useful in different situations. Alice uses a medium range shotgun, while Welkin specializes in operating a tank. For the duration of a battle, we can field up to ten units, selected before each mission from the pool of available allies. Choosing the right squad can have a significant impact on the course of battle as the skills of your soldiers are designed to complement themselves.

The game features very original graphics. Canvas engine made it possible to obtain an effect that imitates hand-drawn and colored backgrounds and character models. This trick was achieved thanks to the cel-shading technique. The whole thing looks like a TV cartoon, and the explosions resemble those from the pages of comic books.