Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga

1. RPGROB

   Jun 29, 2011

   10

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love this game! It's like two stories in one. You start off as an adventurer trying to make peace between the four races of Eldar: Humans, Dwarves, Elves, and Halflings. You begin by collecting star fragments for young boy mage who lives in a manor outside of the human city. He tells you he is a mage and the star fragments are the cause of the current chaos in the world. You end up going to each race's city to extinguish a foe, collecting the star fragment each foe drops. Between each event you get the option of doing quests which add to the story. The graphics are as gloomy as the story. You will often feel alone in this desolate world. Your character has no family, just a friend named Penelope, who is always asking how you are doing. The game has a total of of 12 classes. Each is proficient in different weapons and has their own unique skills. After acquiring all of the star fragments, it appears the boy's caretaker, Sebastian, was an insider all along, and has convinced the boy to use the power of the star fragments to reawaken the power of the Spirit King. However, the boy is too weak to control the power and succumbs to it. The Spirit King takes his soul, but the boy resists once he's absorbed and a piece of Star Fragment shoots out from the Spirit King's body into your character. This is where Episode 1 ends. Your character is now corrupted by the Star Fragment, but still has enough will to resist it. Your character then is known as the hero who brought piece between all the races of Eldar, and many characters you meet with your second character will see a resemblance.
   
   Episode 2 begins with your new character being born by the woman you chose to marry in Episode 1. You go around the towns freeing them of monsters again, and eventually have to journey to the Abyss Castle, where the Spirit King resides. There you find your father, a Dark Knight with a spear. You fight him, and after winning the battle, he gains enough will to turn good again. When you encounter the Spirit King, you find your father battling him, and then succumbing to his power. The Spirit King unmasks your father, then you fight the Spirit King. After defeating him, he tries to make one final attack to kill you off, but your father comes out of nowhere and shields you from the attack. His spear glows a heavenly white and then he throws it straight into the Spirit King's mouth. The Spirit King dies, with the spear still stuck into the wall. The spear falls into the depths of the Abyss castle and your character's father taps your shoulder, but they turn and see nobody. Even though you defeated the great evil of Eldar, not much hope is gained. The evil is gone, but all the death and destruction remains. The human city is still in pieces, and though there's a little glimmer of hope, many people are beyond it. Penelope reflects on the past and tells your character she heard someone say "goodbye."
   
   After the journey has ended, you are free to roam around the broken world of Eldar to your liking, but there isn't much to do. Despite the production quality, washed out graphics, and a few glitches, I loved this game. It leaves a lot to your imagination, and though it's a bit depressing, I feel the ending (Which is the best part) was all worth it. It feels like a little secret, because there's barely a gameplay video out there, and not even a walkthrough.… Expand

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2. Hynda

   Sep 7, 2010

   10

   Rate this game is a very complicated thing, in one hand you have to consider the lackness of any tutorial that could help you understand itsRate this game is a very complicated thing, in one hand you have to consider the lackness of any tutorial that could help you understand its mechanics. In the other hand if you test what this game gots you will find a very deeph game with several lots of options. This is a very hard game, it requires grinding, it requires time, patience, its not like most RPG nowadays, its a bit more dense, more archaic, or classic. It reminds me the times when RPG used to be hard, where you could actually find yourself lost, without any lead of what to do. The graphics of this game sucks, from all the wii games I got, this is probably the one that looks worst, but it's something you can somehow understand, if you consider the amount of things this game puts in. There's a customization of just three characters, and you can select 2 different times, or episodes, both episodes can be related to each other, and so, the gameplay sorta expands, because there are items and armors you can only get in one and you can transfer it to the other. And so, creating the 2 characters and switch between time on time, is the key for this game. I understand the critics of this game, this is not a game with good animations, the design of this game is ok, most of the clothes sucks, but there are a few ones you can find cool, the system of equip, save, quest, and buying might become frustrating. It is not a game that is supose to be easy, only a true hardcore gamer will find it delicious. Dont believe those "professional" scores, I have monster Hunter tri, and this game, and I am not lying when I tell you I have played this game for more time, I admit Monster Hunter got better battles, better concept, better graphics, better cgs, better name, but there is something Valhalla Knights beats Monters Hunter Tri, that is in the customization, lolz. This is a game I dont think I will forget in my life, its like a game made for a few people who had amazing ideas, but not that much money or support. I enjoy this game, if you dont, then you are idiot, thanks for your time.… Expand

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4. ShawnH.

   Oct 20, 2009

   9

   AI is great on the monster side, but if you expect great help from an AI partner... forget it. They often get caught up on tree roots and AI is great on the monster side, but if you expect great help from an AI partner... forget it. They often get caught up on tree roots and other random items in the field, and if you climb up a ledge and don't wait for them to climb as well, you will often find them running into the ledges wall when you return. Other than that, I find this game fun, yet challenging at the same time. Even though the co-op play is limited to quests only and not really roaming, online play is just as fun as the single player mode.… Expand

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5. mat9056

   Oct 14, 2010

   9

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. mat9056
   The cover of this game makes the game look awsom thats what i thought but the game sucks i started playing and the graphics suck it is realy not a good game never buy it its worth a 0.=3… Expand

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6. MatthewL

   Dec 6, 2009

   4

   I am disappointed at this game, I was looking toward playing, but I was sad to find out the game is poor. I think this game needed more time I am disappointed at this game, I was looking toward playing, but I was sad to find out the game is poor. I think this game needed more time in work and than it can be better.… Expand

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7. MalcolmA

   Dec 23, 2009

   2

   I'm not going to give this game a 9 and then tell you about the mass amounts of flaws in this game. 9s should be reserved for games with I'm not going to give this game a 9 and then tell you about the mass amounts of flaws in this game. 9s should be reserved for games with very few flaws. The repetitiveness of this game as well as the Character AI really bring this game down. It was playable at first but then became a chore to wade through.… Expand

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8. CinniRoll

   Oct 8, 2022

   0

   The absolute worst game I have ever played in my life. I played it years ago and forgot the name of it, and finally after all this time IThe absolute worst game I have ever played in my life. I played it years ago and forgot the name of it, and finally after all this time I found the name so I can show people how bad it was. … Expand

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