The only reason I gave this half a star is because I don't know how to go any lower on here. Valkyria Revolution had an extremely troubled development but also a severe lack of understanding about what makes action RPGs fun. Instead of being a cool, stylish action spin off to one of my most beloved RPGs it was a tremendously boring, uninteresting, thrown-together slog. Fun fact: months before the game came out, they restructured the entire combat system. Now you have a single attack button that does a set three-hit combo and a spell button with painfully uninteresting effects. This never changes for the entire game and there's not even a Warriors-like attack system. You get the one button for attacks and a handful of borderline garbage spells. Bosses are also damage sponges so be prepared to spend 30 minutes or more on a single boss fight, doing the exact same three-hit combo and maybe a spell or two if it's weak to the element. I got to the final boss and gave up. After multiple hour long attempts at getting the final boss to half health I gave up. There was no way I'd level grind for this awful game that made me frustrated and miserable. I moved on. Looked up the ending on YouTube, it sucked. Not worth it. Gameplay, arguably the most important aspect of every video game, is so astronomically terrible that you should not even bother trying this. Don't do it for the meme, don't do it if you're a fan of the series, and especially don't do it if you care about your mental well-being to any amount. Valkyria Chronicles 4 came out after this game and I couldn't be happier. Let this game die and never attempt it again if this is the end result.