I've bought it and now I'm playing it. Like VC it's a really good game. The story isn't as strong as VC but it is more than decent when you get past the generic high school-lite setting. It doesn't butcher or create holes in the first game's plot which is nice. Instead it fits really well.The main characters are ok, I like Avan and Zeri. They have generic character types but their done well. I'm pretty meh about Cosette. I found irritating at first but he grew on me. The villains area laugh, Baldren looks like he abuses drugs which makes it a little hard ot take him seriously with his dad having a great "bad guy," mustache. The changes in the gameplay mechanics are fantastic, it adds a good layer of strategy in deciding type of soldiers you want available to you though getting the credits needed can ever so slightly irritating.
I've nearly finished the game and I can tell what's going to happen. I've noticed the game is pretty easy. I'm playing on normal which is the highest difficulty on a first play through and I've just breezed though the game. In the story missions I've gotten an A rank in every one with the exception of one where I got a B ranking. I remember VC being more difficult than this. I guess this is due to me already having a shit load of tactical ideas from VC. BTW are the Armoured Techs meant to be used? I haven 't used one yet.
I've nearly finished the game and I can tell what's going to happen. I've noticed the game is pretty easy. I'm playing on normal which is the highest difficulty on a first play through and I've just breezed though the game. In the story missions I've gotten an A rank in every one with the exception of one where I got a B ranking. I remember VC being more difficult than this. I guess this is due to me already having a shit load of tactical ideas from VC. BTW are the Armoured Techs meant to be used? I haven 't used one yet.
