I have to say the fanservice in VC4 was seriously overstated, at least around ResetERA. It seems contained to a "deleted scene" that is only unlockable after beating the game, and the beach DLC episode. None of this is stuff you'll see if you just play to the credits.
Yeah, but it's more noticeable than in the first game. In Vc4 you have Kai's ass and Minerva's bouncy tits in your face constantly unless you decide to not use some of the best units in the game. The two lolis, the "neko mimi", and the cutscene that shows both ass-grab and underskirt peeping... All of this doesn't exist in the first game, it was more subdue for sure even if Vc4 is not especially bad about these things.
The "loli" character is not sexualized in the least and I didn't really consider that fan-service... Not even sure who the second loli you mean is. Not sure where you're getting nekomimi from either.
I was referring to the 2 enemy lolis. You know the "human weapons" that show starting chapter 7 or so.
Those characters are 20 years old, same as most of the main characters. They don't even look younger than the other characters, they're just skinny...
Mmmm to me they look like teenagers at best, I didn't look their character profile, but all surrounding them sounds like "mass murderer loli" to me. And about the nekomimi that I didn't answer in the previous message, Riley's diadem looks really like nekomimi or something similar.
It's awesome that they even patched minor niggles for a tiny part of the audience (ultra-widescreen users).
Same thing happens on PC occasionally. I think it's by design if there's a grenadier mortar in the air; the result of the mortar has to resolve before actions can be taken.
Oh, I see, it can be. As you said it doesn't happen every time, from now every time it happens I will try to look if there's some grenadier pointing to my direction. At the same time, I can say for sure that interception fire does work during this waiting periods, so if it's a gameplay decision is a really bad one, because it feels unintuitive and if benefits the "defending" team.
i think the fact that any grinding you can do is easy and quick should be a good thing rather than a bad thing
a lot of people are saying they don't use lancers, and i just...really disagree personally, lol
they're supposed to be 20 years old, and that doesn't seem infeasible to me. my girlfriend has a similar body type and she's 29
At the same time, it makes too easy to be over-leveled. I know that this is a decision for the player to make, but most games try to discourage players from abusing easy level up systems. And in this case, it should be as easy as putting a few more shocktroopers in the main enemy camp IMO.
I usually use Minerva or Raz to bring with them a shocktrooper and a grenadier equipped with anti-footsoldier equipment, this way I protect a camp while disturbing a lot the enemy soldiers that are attacking my main force. But I agree that Lancers feel more spongey in this game compared to Vc1, I think that their anti-bullet protection is better. The thing is that for now (today I finished Chapter 8) I didn't experience any map with lots of tanks that made me use more than one Lancer.
My problem is that the "frail-looking, mass murderer girl" is more "anime-tropey" than any enemy in Vc1. They looked more like Nazis in the first game, in this game the enemies look more anime villains. Except Klaus, Klaus is badass.
up to that point (chapter 8) i found lancers to be extremely useful in 4-1, 4-3, and 6
Maybe, the thing is that I'm finding the game easier than Vc1. I have yet to play anything near the level of Chapter 7 in the first game, and I have more "A"s than anything else.
i'm just a couple of chapters farther along than you, but i'd say the difficulty level remains relatively consistent up to where i've played
I found it got easier as I went, because I got a better feel for how to pace my matches. Early on I advanced cautiously and shored up my defenses and tried to be conservative because I figured that would be easiest, but as I went on I realized that the hitting really hard in the first couple turns will often make the stage easier, and that being conservative would let things drag out.
Yep, thanks to the command option, I usually use Minerva+shocktrooper+grenadier or the APC in my first turn to take some enemy camp with ease. I usually advance my tanks too during the first turn to make difficult for the enemies to move freely. The thing is, the stupid IA keeps sending scouts to die. I'm also letting enemy shocktroopers/scouts alive near my tanks, it's 100% guaranteed that the enemy will try to move them and lose 1 CP.
use the d-pad rather than the sticks to snap between units
this one i'm not sure about. but a general aiming tip is that you can fine aim with the d-pad, and auto-target enemies with the bumpers (though there are cases where you can target an enemy manually even though it's not possible with auto-target, especially with the grenadier)
I heard you need to beat all skirmishes, but can't confirm that.
Hm, probably has to be. It's tedious, but this probably requires tabbing through the entire main book to check. I recall there were 1-2 unlocks that I had to dig hard to find.
At least it's a negative penalty. Rosie in the first game got to have racism as a quirky character trait with no penalty.
I don't agree with this.
the overall squad is much better fleshed out than 1, but the main cast hasnt been as great. I'm on chapter 13 now, Kai has been an excellent character with everything they've done with her, and Raz's development from unlikable meathead has also been great, but comparatively Riley and Claude are nowhere near as interesting as Welkin and Alicia. Minerva is ok, but her attitude can be grating.
Yep, my opinion as well. Squad missions are a wonderful idea, and double down as good character development and good, short challenges. The main characters are worse than in Vc1 for sure, but the villains are more likable this time.
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