Buy Valkyria Chronicles™

Start playing as baker girl.
She kills someone, and makes a cute victory pose.
Squad is now only girls.
Watch psychopathic teenage girls slaughter men in armor with refreshing smiles.
Realize why the game is called Valkyria.

This game is so focused on the story I wouldn't recommend it to anyone not willing to spend a lot of time watching cutscenes. That said it is a very nice story about a squad during a war and how they helped to stop it.
The battles play out with unit selection and picking where to start them from predesignated spots. There are several different unit types each with different stats,weapons, and skills. The game can be very difficult when you are just starting out and trying to figure out what each class can do and when to use them but after a few hours and lots of trial and error this becomes less of an issue. During my first few hours I found a lot of the combat very frustrating, although after that I began to really enjoy it. After a battle you earn money and xp which you can spend on training your troops and upgrading weapons and your tank. I ended up having to grind a bit on the skrimishes but I think that was mostly my issue of just being bad.
While the gameplay is solid the story is what really sells the game. As it progresses the characters are fleshed out really well, especially if you watch the optional stuff. If you want to learn even more about any individual character other than what the cutscenes show every usable character has a page long back story.
The graphics are unique, cell shading with anime characters, and its pretty pleasant on the eyes. This game is a solid pc port akin to a story focused xcom. If you can handle the frustration of some of the more difficult missions and not mind the seemingly large gaps of dialogue and cutscene between action I would recommend you take a look at this.

Edit: This is super embarrassing, I recieved a review copy of this game, I disclosed it on my curator page but forgot to here. Sorry everyone! I don't think it affected my judgement of the game but I like to let everyone know.

Valkyria Chronicles is fairly recent JRPG which features life-sized characters, cutscenes, and voice acting.

Valkyria Chronicles is a familiar, yet unique turn based strategy game. You have access to a map where you can see all your units, but when you select a unit, you control that unit from a 3rd person perspective.

We need more games like this.

Valkyria Chronicles Game Info Publisher: Genere: Personal Verdict:	Sega Action Rpg, Streategy, Turn Based It's awesome but a bit broken.
So What is Valkyria Chronicles?	To put it short I've been waiting for this game to be released ever since I was a little boy. It was a console exclusive game on the PS3 for ages despite having critical acclaim at the time it releases until Sega in their faint moment of genius decided to port this game finally to the PC. And it is glorious. Valkyria Chronicles is a deceptive anime-style game that boast cute and cherry characters despite the underlying tone being that of the horrors of war and it shows heavily in its many cutscenes. As a game it is a turn based action game where you command your squad each turn using limited number of command point to sally forth and destroy the enemy. Onward boyo.
Port Report	Verdict: Good. 60 FPS On All Situation. Controls are a bit awkward if you happen to use the keyboard as your primary controller since this is an ex console exclusive game with many of the command scattered throughout the keyboard and having limited mouse support. But it does run and look well enough so I can't complain about that. Good news for japanese voice fans, you can toggle between english voice and japanese voice in the menu. Have fun with that.
Graphics	The Graphics in Valkyria Chronicles is a watercolour artstyle utilizing the game unique CANVAS technology that transform everything from scenery to people into paint work of art. Bloody hell even the edge of your screen is white and it might look off putting and weird to some people but for what it is worth it is incredible art that is unique. Oh I sound also mention any SFX sound gets visualized in comic style which is a good point for me
Sound	For sound well consider that this is a game set in a fictionalize WW2 therefor expect a lot of patriotic music. That said the SFX is pretty good. Character dialog is clear and presented cleanly. No complains here other than the bloody radio chatter while in mission can be awfully annoying to the point you tune yourself out of it.
Gameplay	Here is where Valkyria Chronicles has it's greatest strength and weakness. To start off you have limited command points that you can supplement by putting command unit on the field but for most part it usually isn't enough to move your whole squad in 1 turn. You can use those command points to command a single troop who have an ap meter indicating how far they can go and once it is finish you either have to wait for the next turn or use another command point to use the unit again but with reduced AP. It's best to get your unit in cover and switch out to other. While you could theoratically use all the command point in the turn for 1 unit it's usually best to just switch since some units have limited ammo per turn and item like grenades won't replenish till the end of the turn. Next aiming stops enemies action like giving interception fire to you which is usually deadly if 3-4 of his mates decides to tag along and fire with him but good news is you can do the same! And your units have these things called potential which may be good or bad thing which can trigger if the conditions are met on the field. They are limited by line of side however so putting that stormtrooper right beside an alleyway exit can usually result in dead 3-4 goons if they are stupid. [It happens sometimes] For missions you have a wide variety if objective across missions and they often come with something new in the map. Skirmish mode on the other hand is plain old simple kill all enemies or capture their flag to win the battle. As for unit type you have the standard RPG trope of scout, sniper, tank-buster, and assault classes which you can upgrade their potential with EXP and new gear with money earn from finishing battle. You can also use EXP point to get orders which are basically in-mission buff that at the cost of command point allows you to withdraw unit, heal and other stuff like increasing their damage and so on. As for the broken part. Well. Basically you can use scout to win in every single skirmish or mission mode, by utilizing their huge reserve of AP and orders that increases their defensive ability you can literally sprint through the enemy and lob a single grenade to push any enemies out of the capture zone of the enemy base and capturing it. That's it, simple and broken since the missions often rely on how fast you are for S rank.

Conclusion
A pretty badass of a japanese anime style game with unique artstyle that sadly got sidelined because it was released on the PS3 and thus became a cult favourite but not an instant classic but now that it is on steam you have no reason to not get this Gem anymore. I implore you to buy it.

Scoring Methology:
- S-Rank: excellent
- A-Rank: very good
- B-Rank: solid
- C-Rank: satisfactory
- D-Rank: inferior

Verdict: A-Rank.

Credit:Thanks to meatking and smmoke for your help!

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Steam needs more games like this, really badly