by Wing-0 » Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:40 pm
Playing Valis I and II in the PS3 and PSP. I never got a PC Engine (Known as Turbgrafx 16 and Turbo CD in the continent called America), so I never got the original run of these games. Also, when Telenet, the company that made them went under, the IPs they had fell into oblivion until Sunsoft, in a stroke of genius decided to buy them. So far Valis II, the first game in the series (1989) and the remake of Valis I (1992) have come out on the Japanese PSN. I snagged both of them and have been enjoying these two beauties at my complete leisure.
Valis I is graphically and mehanically beautiful for the time it came out. The quality in the music is also great. Valis II looks a LOT more dated and 8-bitish, which is easily explained, since it is a first generation PC Engine game. The gameplay reminds me a lot of Megaman 2, which is not bad at all. The music, is very nice for the most part. The cinemas these two games have remind me a lot of the style used in the classic Ninja Gaiden series.
I still have some money left for one or two games in my JP account, but I'm saving it for when Valis III finally comes out. If it costs 800 Yen, I'll grab it and maybe a DLC mission for Valkyria 3 or possibly Langrisser 4 & 5: Final Edition. I just can't get enough of strategy games.
