Valkyria Chronicles 3 to Feature Dating-Sim Elements

Sega recently held a demo event for Valkyria Chronicles 3 at their headquarters a few days ago (11/4), offering gamers a glimpse of the upcoming Japanese PSN demo as well as live feedback in a Q&A session.

Obviously, one of the big questions posed to them was if they had any future plans to release any more entries on the PlayStation 3. “I personally don’t have any likes or hates when it comes to hardware. I also understand that because the first Valkyria was released on PS3 players want another one on the system. However, when selecting platform, we have to make careful consideration, and with this, the reality was that we couldn’t easily advance on the PS3. However, I want to say one thing: as developers we absolutely did not want to make a PS3 version that simply reused the materials and engine from part 1.”

Among other questions included:

The First True Sequel in the Series
According to the Sega staff, the team considers Valkyria Chronicles 3 to be the first true sequel in the series as the transition between the first one and the second one required them to switch platforms and thus went through a big trial and error phase.

Dating Simulation Elements
With two female protagonists, Motoyama and Ozawa stated about the possibility of two different endings for the two characters. However, their main goal is not to make a love-sim like Sakura Wars, but to create a war drama.

Sub Stories and Clear Time
Like Valkyria Chronicles 2 before it, number three will include sub-quests for the rest of the playable characters in the squad, in addition to rounding out their backstories. All together, players can expect to spend 35 to 40 hours clearing through the main storyline while the sub character stories and other elements add to the total.

Downloadable Content
The team plans to include extra bonus chapters and are listening to fan requests for what they want.

Clear Bonuses
Players will have access to a number of bonuses if they have clear saved files from both the original PlayStation 3 game and its PSP successor.

Cameos
As some of the screenshots have already revealed, various characters from Valkyria Chronicles 1 and 2 will make an appearance, but this time around members of Squad 7 will appear in missions as part of the storyline.

Difficulty
Although there isn’t a hard mode in the game, there will be Hard-level missions.

[Source: AndriaSang]