Took me 6 months worth of procrastinations but i get to finish yet another Backlog in my PSP library. I played Valkyria Chronicles 2 way long before i touched the first game and left it unfinished. Overall VC2 is quite fun game for PSP but it is nowhere close to the VC1 in terms quality. when it comes to gameplay, VC2 did try its best within the PSP capability despite it get repetitive at times with farming class up items being the worst offender. However the worst part of this game is easily the storyline. If Valkyria Chronicle 1 presents itself as melodramatic War Drama which nailed down the atmosphere perfectly, VC2 just throw the wrench and went silly route. Using High School setting combined with Over the top story formula definitely makes it hard to take this game's story seriously. This leads down to mediocre casts with the main protagonist Avan Hardins as a typical Hotblooded teen that defeats everything in his path with the power of friendship. Though VC2 storyline is not the worst one i have encountered, it is really a stark comparison with the Valkyria Chronicle 1 which is a masterpiece that ages really well.
As for gameplay balance, if the Scout is the gamebreaker in VC1, The Armored Tech subclass Fencer and Mauler just steamrolls everything in VC2 and the Mauler class did better job than the dedicated tankbuster Lancers. With another of old score settled, i will take a break from Valkyria Chronicles series for now to complete my Sakura Taisen 2 which needed immediate priority and afterward i may consider going after Valkyria Chronicle 3 instead of completing VC2 Postgame.
Here is my last scorecard for VC2
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