Finished the game and overall I really loved it, it is just like Valkyria 1, but I would say with more interesting mission design. The original had some chapters that were just killing enemies and getting to the enemy base, kinda just like a slow action game, so I didn't think it reached it full potential (still pretty good game though), here it's just more interesting and strategic, especially for the introduction of the granaders, with different objectives that you need to solve using you clasees in the best way possible, which is nice (the lancers are pretty downgrades here though) and got me playing on my Switch for hours. Also the squad stories are a fantastic adition.
In the negatives while I really enjoyed the story the conclusion was not as good as the previous game, even with the extended ending, and also the antagonists were weak, you see Verga Sama less than Maximillian on VC1 (he is also pretty generic looking) so you don't really get a sense of hate towards him and F****ti was a complete hypocrite with unclear ideas, I hated him in a bad way, he is not a good antagonist, just an idiot.