Valkyrie Profile: Prima's Official Strategy Guide

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But Valkyrie Profile is one of the games that you really need a Strategy Guide to get the most out of it.When you first start playing the game, it's all a little confusing... the main goal is to strenghten all of your character's into hero's before Ragnarok (the end of the world) but the clock ticks down, and every area/town/dungeon you enter takes up a certain amount of periods (their measure of time)First starting out you might be a little unsure of what you are doing, since the game gives you an enormous amount of freedom, plus huge and intricate dungeons.If you want to get the most enjoyment and understanding out of the game you might as well go ahead and buy the guide.I'm among the many who feel like strategy guides can ruin the gaming experience, but with Valkyrie it's really just going to enhance the experience. The game is so beautiful, beautiful 2D graphics and a side-scrolling format, complex but with tons of freedom, wonderful music, and an interesting storyline...Read more

Almost all RPG games that come out these days are bound to have a guide published. Valkyrie Profile is a game where the strategy guide helps a lot because of overwhelming dungeons that take hours to get by. The book saves tons and tons of backtracking in the game and shows the best recommendations for developing your party of characters. This is a semi-difficult game and the guide explains all the places you can only get through replays, and all the time periods. All in all, it's an engaging game, and the guide will really help you get a grip on how to manuever this captivating RPG game.

While it may be a no-brainer to use a strategy guide for an RPG, VALKYRIE PROFILE (VP) is one of those games where the use of one is practically mandatory in order to complete the game.

I tried playing VP two or three times on my own--no strategy guide--before realizing that the game just had too much depth and was too overwhelming--especially if you're going for the best ending.

As the shiny gold box on the cover implies, this guide will help you find all three endings--although, arguably, only one of them is really worth attaining.

However, some of the information in this guide is a little misleading and could prevent you from ever reaching the "A" ending.

For example, on the chapter entitled, THE ENDINGS GAME, there is a chart that tells you what events you have to view and what chapter they appear in. More specifically, it says that you can view "A Fateful Event" in Gerabellum in Chapter 2 and "Lord of the Immortals" in Brahms Castle in...Read more