It's a tactics XCOM-esque war game with anime aesthetics that seems to be a reference to WW2. You as the protagonist, along with a few close friends, join the local militia to fight against the invading empire through near impossible odds as the enemy has superior numbers and firepower.
I honestly had a blast playing it aside from the whole anime tropes making up all the characters personalities (in both VC1 and 4); the gameplay is pretty good but the story is a little weird.
The empire itself seems to be an obvious reference to Nazi Germany, but also for whatever reason the USSR? At least the in game map makes it look like the USSR is a part of the Empire. The Empire has wunderwaffe weaponry (except that it actually works) so I'm more inclined to believe they were intending on making the Empire the Nazis. The game even features a whole fictional ethnic group that's discriminated against, and they're REALLY clear about that lol.
Just wondering if anyone else has played and I'm curious to hear your experiences!
I've played 1 & 4 but not completed either. I think they're really good but I must suck at strategy games because I get my ass handed to me.
Same, I can't deal with RTS and strategy games in general but I make an exception for Japanese SRPGs (Advance Wars, FFT...) even if I suck
It kinda depends on what units you bring, along with weapons and their levels, you can replay past battles for exp! The battles do get harder later on but there's always some sort of strat that works