also known as Senjou no Valkyria 2 - Gallia Ouritsu Shikan Gakkou
PSP
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Reviewed in 2010
84
✪ Reviewed on May 7, 2024
78
Gallia Academy cadets face a rebel faction in a PSP-revised BLiTZ, with new classes and ad hoc co-op. Sega keeps its Valkyria promise on a handheld; the blend of strategy and real time stays genuinely singular.
Your verdict
Category
Tactics1 player12+
Description
Gallia's military academy cadets face a rebel faction in this second portable Valkyria Chronicles entry. Published by Sega, released in Europe in September 2010. BLiTZ system combining strategic overview and real-time actions, new classes, ad hoc co-operation. Multilingual version.
Valkyria Chronicles II review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Watercolour in motion: the CANVAS engine dresses war in pencil outlines and pastel hues, turning every scene into a living illustration. The softness of the line contrasts magnificently with the harshness of the conflict. This art direction, unique and refined, stands as an unequalled visual masterpiece.
From the pen of Hitoshi Sakimoto, the music unfurls a luminous, martial orchestra that raises the battles to the scale of a grand fresco. Heroic melodies and moving passages underline the everyday and the dramas of the conflict. This symphonic breadth, sumptuous on a handheld, extends the series' elegance with brio.
Sega moves the conflict into a military academy, which changes the whole register of the story: battles alternate with classroom life, student rivalries and the questions of birth undermining the kingdom. Civil war becomes the backdrop of a school novel, where inherited discrimination weighs as heavily as the tanks.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Leading a military academy through a civil war sets up a tactical-RPG where unit management, classes and the BLiTZ system interlock. Growing your recruits, outwitting the long maps and completing the side missions fills dozens of hours. That density, faithful to the Valkyria series, offers a lifespan tactics fans savour.
Technical info
💾0,79 GB📅03/09/2010
Published by Sega
Valkyria Chronicles II (PSP) price, value & rarity
The Western sequel to Valkyria Chronicles, a Sega watercolor tactical RPG set in a military academy, made in restricted volume for a niche genre. Its appeal lies in genuine physical scarcity combined with the series' recognized charm, making a complete copy sought and its value firm. A prime target for collectors of Japanese tactical games in the West.
Is Valkyria Chronicles II still worth playing in 2026?
Senjou no Valkyria 2 - Gallia Ouritsu Shikan Gakkou puts the Gallian Academy cadets against a rebel faction in a BLiTZ revisited for PSP, with new classes and ad hoc co-op. Sega keeps the Valkyria promise on portable, the real-time strategy blend stays sound, writing lighter than the first but pleasant, and the CANVAS art retains its charm. An excellent portable pick today.
