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!

  • Vespair@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Because I played them both around the same time, I always get this series mixed up with Operation Darkness, which I enjoyed roughly 200x more. I keep seeing sequels for VC and being excited thinking they’re sequels for OD, which desperately needed a sequel to fix some of the odd choices and quirks of the game.

    So yes, to answer your question, but mostly it reminds me of a different game that is objectively mechanically worse but still way more interesting and exciting to me

      • Vespair@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Honestly, nobody has. I’ve yet to talk to anyone else who knows of it.

        Like I said, I love it. The difficulty is inconsistent, sometimes kind of unfair, and party members have permadeath which can happen way too easily, so mechanically it is missing a LOT of polish. But the core strategy/tactical gameplay is excellent and really fun. And the storyline is bananas in the best way; it’s WW2 but with supernatural elements - your party is a secret werewolf division of the Allies trying to infiltrate the Nazis who are utilizing vampires, zombies, and various forms of black magic.

        The game really needed a sequel to polish its many rough edges, but if you can ignore those rough bits I think it is excellent

          • Vespair@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            Yeah exactly. Does get annoying though as some of the battles can get pretty long… Definitely had a couple moments where I audibly groaned after losing a party member to a cheap surprise attack after spending 40 minutes in a battle and realizing I was going to have to do it all over again. But if you can handle that, absolutely check it out 👍