Rating: 4.7/5
Valkyrie Profiles is a JRPG loosely based on Norse Mythology. It has a darker and more mature storyline than most JRPGs on PS1 which were mostly about ansty teenagers. I really liked this game back in the day because of it's darker story and it's nod to Norse myth of which I was a fan of. The story follows Lenneth- a Valkyrie tasked by Odin to collect souls of fallen warriors to serve in Asgard.But there is a hidden element to Lenneth's story and I'm not going to spoil that; you'll just have to play the game yourself. The battle system is not your typical JRPG fare in that each character is assigned a single button on the controller and you decide what order to press the buttons; press the buttons in just the right order and before the timer at the bottom of the screen runs out and you are rewarded with a flashy finisher for each characters. Players also decide in what order to play certain scenarios in the game, there are tons of secrets to explore, 3 different difficulty settings, 3 different endings, and a bonus dungeon . Valkyrie Profiles will keep players entertained for hours on end.
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