My appointment with Sega and Atlus at E3 probably could have gone a lot better. Nothing was really planned for me, and as such, my handlers for the session didn’t have everything in place for me to try out their games properly. There were no headphones, and while I was able to power through two songs in Persona 5: Dancing Star Night, it wouldn’t be right for me to comment on them here. I couldn’t hear a goddamn thing from the puny television speakers.
I also didn’t get much time with Shining Resonance Refrain, though I did get to meet one of the creators of the original game as he was in my demo office playing it because there was nobody around who spoke Japanese to tell him we needed the room. I felt bad about having him leave because playing Refrain was a trip down memory lane for him.
Most of my hour was spent with Valkyria Chronicles 4, the latest entry in the celebrated but sales-challenged tactical RPG series from Sega. Currently available in Japan for the PlayStation 4, the game will launch out west on September 25 for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. The latter version is the one I asked to test out and thankfully, the team had a dev kit Switch on-hand to show it to me.
I was told Sega is expecting this title to be its big release for the year; strange given its history and the fact the company is releasing a new Sonic racing title this fall. I don’t know if this game will do for the franchise what the previous entries couldn’t, all I know is I can’t wait to play the full game.
Source: Destructoid Valkyria Chronicles 4 releases this September and it’s a work of art