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VALKYRIE PROFILE: Covenant of the Plume

VALKYRIE PROFILE: Covenant of the Plume follows Wylfred, whose life got completely wrecked when Lenneth took his dad's soul to Valhalla. Left with just a feather and a ton of anger, he grows up wanting revenge. After a kinda pathetic first battle, he gets a second chance and a seriously messed up power from Hel, the queen of the underworld. She gives him the Destiny Plume, which lets him supercharge any ally in battle… but they die right after. Forever. shock It's a brutal awesome hook that makes you think about every single fight.


GAME DATASHEET
NameVALKYRIE PROFILE: Covenant of the Plume
VALKYRIE PROFILE: The Accused One
VALKYRIE PROFILE: Toga o Seou Mono
GenreTactical JRPG
ConsoleDS
Released2008
Developertri-Ace
PublisherSQUARE ENIX
LanguageJapanese | English

The game mixes a grid based strategy map with the classic VALKYRIE PROFILE button combo battles. You move your crew around on a chessboard, but when you attack, it shifts to a side view where each character is tied to a button. Nailing the timing to build huge combos and unleash flashy Soul Crushes feels amazing. The Plume mechanic is the star tho, you're constantly tempted to sacrifice a friend to cheese a tough fight, get awesome loot from Hel and learn permanent skills, but doing it too much changes the story path and locks you into a darker ending. It creates a cool tension where the game is literally asking how far you'll go for power, which is way more interesting than most RPG plots. Jiji_YumboWhoa 

The environments are surprisingly detailed for a DS game, all gloomy castles, misty forests and cascading waterfalls look great. The music is mostly a bunch of rearranged tracks from the older games, which is fine because the soundtrack is still gorgeous with lots of haunting violins and choirs, but if you're a fan, you might feel the sound quality took a hit on the DS hardware. NikkiMomoHeadphones

Where the game stumbles a bit is in the balance and some janky design. The enemy AI can be really dumb, sometimes ignoring you completely, but then you'll hit a rescue mission where the idiot NPC you need to save will happily sprint into a group of enemies and get himself killed before you can even move. b_rage Also, the main story sometimes forgets about the whole Plume revenge thing and gets super into medieval politics, which ain't bad, but feels like it's pulling away from the core idea. Koharu_feels_good

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Ready to inscribe your name within the Covenant, mortal? The chooser of the slain watches from above, and a queen of the dead whispers from below. Your path is etched by the plume. Summon your resolve and secure the destined archive. Unlock its sealed secrets, then consecrate the contents unto the very heart of your SD card, as an einherjar offered to Valhalla. Install the solemn .CIA, awaken the pact and let your saga of vengeance and sacrifice commence. The feather falls. Will you seize it, staining it with sin? Or will you fade into the mists, your story forever untold?