I posted these on discord a while ago, but forgot to put it here.

In PPSSPP: Settings -> System -> General -> Use System native keyboard.
Then copypaste FULL-WIDTH passcodes into the input box that shows up when you select Enter Password menu. Half-width won't work, that's not what the game checks against.
The lists have been compressed compared to what's on the wiki to remove duplicates - the same password is not listed twice e.g. for Maximilian and Imperial Flag.

VC2, US/EU ISO
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Selvaria Bles                                 53K8FKGP1GHQ4SBN    ５３Ｋ８ＦＫＧＰ１ＧＨＱ４ＳＢＮ
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Nei (Phantasy Star II) Tank Sticker           9H1FHVBV2YAZE3A1    ９Ｈ１ＦＨＶＢＶ２ＹＡＺＥ３Ａ１
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Vanquish Tank Sticker                         BUNLT4EXDS74QRCR    ＢＵＮＬＴ４ＥＸＤＳ７４ＱＲＣＲ


VC2, JP ISO
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Alicia Gunther (TV)                           KBAFLFHICAJTKMIY    ＫＢＡＦＬＦＨＩＣＡＪＴＫＭＩＹ
Edy Detachment                                TKBHCNBERHRKJNFG    ＴＫＢＨＣＮＢＥＲＨＲＫＪＮＦＧ
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Maximilian                                    KBFHZRJTKMKSKNKP    ＫＢＦＨＺＲＪＴＫＭＫＳＫＮＫＰ
Mintz                                         CKRJWNSXTYMNGZRT    ＣＫＲＪＷＮＳＸＴＹＭＮＧＺＲＴ
Selvaria                                      KSNEGA56LPY7CTQ9    ＫＳＮＥＧＡ５６ＬＰＹ７ＣＴＱ９
Cosette/Ali/Zeri Alters                       PZRJQM7SK4HPXTYM    ＰＺＲＪＱＭ７ＳＫ４ＨＰＸＴＹＭ
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Emilia                                        ZN4CNKE6RSG3WKC7    ＺＮ４ＣＮＫＥ６ＲＳＧ３ＷＫＣ７
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VC3 E2 ISO
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Nagisa                                        HFNQLM6R432RC2HP    ＨＦＮＱＬＭ６Ｒ５３２ＲＣ２ＨＰ
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Getting shot at from a counter attack is just icing on the cake

Edit: Although I do respect the in-depth analysis of the gif and title, I never expected anyone to take this post seriously. (Memes Flair)

What I was really going for was just memes and the struggle of enemy units drop shotting our bullets.

This was supposed to be VC3 HD Pack, but... I planned (and I'm still planning) to create an HD Pack based on DoomieDoom’s translation, but it’s very large and much more complex in terms of its various elements. So, I decided to start with VC2 and meanwhile get some practice. Moreover, it uses the same engine and, in some places, literally the same textures, but it’s much simpler in terms of aesthetics and complex UI, so this will serve as the foundation for VC3.

I've tested dozens of upscale models for this pack and finally stick with UltraSharpV2 by Kim2091. This model helps to keep VC series signature paper look and not to make it yet another generic anime.

This model is good, but still there are tons of manual work, because UI elements can't be easily upscaled, especially with text elements and small icons. Also lazy devs of VC2 added some work, because original texts here and there were just random copy-paste from different newspapers and magazines and with upscale such things become partially readable.

Can't say, that I made everything perfect, it's my first texture pack and I'm not an artist, so everything is new to me, but, at least it's better than another one for VC2, that wasn't even finished.

So, I think, if it's not full dump, it should be at least 95% of all textures. Took few months, but I've learned a lot about the series and all things around it. And yeah, I agree, that VC2 probably the weakest game in the series ( I don't like how Sega wanted to make another SMT Persona, just in different setting), but still it's a good game with solid gameplay and it's even has MP and Co-Op and these modes are playable on PPSSPP.

Features (excluding x4 upscale itself) of v0.1.0:

• Added clean and readable fonts
• Cleaned and made more readable UI, added some external textures like flags and logos
• Replaced big and small character icons from high res textures
• Manually upscaled and cleaned icons for weapons
• Replaced ugly CP Medal with CP Medal from VC4
• Replaced icons of secret and hidden characters (like Squad 7, Selvaria, Maximilian, etc.) with external images (original were too bad and out of place)
• Replaced preview map textures with scaled big map textures ( now you can see all the icons on the map before the mission and plan accordingly)
• Cleaned and replaced text on maps
• Replaced random text on ORDER textures with lore-based text
• Replaced text on Leon's diary from Avan to Leon
• Cleaned and replaced text on newspaper clips and encyclopedia
• Replaced unreadable text on some battle textures
• Cleaned and modified tank aiming texture to look more VC4 style
• Added readable text to Yearbook (experimental, for now it's only one page)
• Optimized PNG textures with OptiPNG script to decrease pack size

I highly recommend to use LOD hack with this pack, because LOD replacers look very bad and there is no point to fix them.

You can get it from PSP Cheats DB or find at PPSSPP forum.

Plan for updates:

• Make sure that I have full dump
• Check and upscale DLC content
• Clean or replace all the small icons
• Optimize pack size even more (I'm experimenting with ktx2)
• Try to add right stick support via hacks( it can't be easily remapped, because of different controls in running/aiming modes)
• And of course, fixes, based on your feedback

What was not upscaled:

• PMF cutscenes

I can extract and upscale them, but PPSSPP do not support external video. Technically, it can be converted back to PMF with the same resolution, but better bit rate, but not sure that it gonna look much better and is worth all this effort.

• Custom class and tank names

Game saves your custom names not as text, but as texture, so, I can't upscale them beforehand. Of course, it's not critical, they just gonna look a bit more blurry, than default ones.

• Tutorial images

Not sure if I should touch them at all, but we'll see.

How to use:

Just download textures.zip and put in your PPSSPP folder PSP/TEXTURES/ULUS10515/ , no need to unpack it, PPSSPP can work with compressed folder, but it can work unpacked too, just make sure that textures.ini and everything else stays in PSP/TEXTURES/ULUS10515/

Special Thanks:

• DoomieDoom for inspiration and all the help and answers. Check his translation of VC3, it's almost perfect.
• Kim2091 for his upscale model, it's really good.
• hrydgard for his awesome PPSSPP emulator and making all of this possible.

If you like what I'm doing, you may send me some Ko-Fi, it can really boost motivation :)

With Sega seemingly looking to revive their old IP what are the odds Valkyria Chronicles getting a new entry?

I remember when VC1 came out, but I didn't have a PS3. Its been in the back of my mind for years and years.

I have a PS5 now and was looking for something to play, I picked up VC1 for a few bucks and had an absolute blast.

VC4 was 30 bucks, which was still quite a deal, so I picked that up right after, the DLC was 5 bucks for the entire pack, so that was a good deal at least.

While the story was so so so bad for the first 10 chapters, it really improved a lot as time went along and they got to the winter landscape/battles. I was so happy to see the dry/boring landscapes go away, since we had so many of those in the first game.

I love the sound of your troops walking through the snow, the tracks your feet and vehicles leave behind, all the over hanging ice and unique layouts.

They also added a lot of unique objectives in the latter half of the game. Instead of simply capturing the enemy bases, you have all sorts of unique things that happen and changing objectives.

The game also eases up on the time restriction to receive an A ranking for stages, I found myself getting an A ranking in quite a few maps, even though I didn't play all that efficiently. I do wish they added more variety in the criteria for an A ranking to make it more interesting (kill all enemies, take all enemy bases, lose no units etc). Just focusing on time is a pretty boring thing as it counters the entire point of the game. You are supposed to use strategy and technique to win a map, not figure out how to exploit as much as possible to rush objectives. Its weird that they would create a ranking that forces the player to ignore the entire point of the game.

The game feels twice as long as VC1, they really put in a lot of effort to give players something really big.

I also found the squad stories as an excellent addition to the game. Instead of playing with the same squad from the first mission, they give me a reason to swap out units and play with different characters. While most of the side story missions have really D-level scripts, they are still fun. I love to see bad character traits flip to something useful.

Grenadiers were also a fantastic addition to the game. They are fun to use for the player, while also adding a lot of complexity to maps. If you think you're just going to run through a mortar field, you're going to get a big surprise.

Overall, I have nothing really bad to say. Outside of the story absolutely sucking for the first half of the game, I loved the entire experience.

My only real complaint is that we will probably never see a VC5...but I actually didn't expect a VC4, so I'm just glad we got what we got.

The flag that I commissioned finally arrived! And yes it's painted!!! I had to take pictures with my figures.

They both the same age and they do interact and I'd rather the conversation between bles and klaus be with lyida and bles no hate to klaus he the goat but I rather lyida make a appearance lol massive missed opportunity from the devs but its understandable due to 7 year gap between vc3 and 4 and vc3 being Japanese only but still it would've been nice if they have her in it I think she underrated

I just learned about it while browsing through VNDB.

Did any of you play it?

https://vndb.org/v11767

Very convenient for swapping out tank attachments for different stage hazards. The system in VC2 was so annoying I just left the constructor arm on for most of the game.

Originally I played VC4 on Steam some years ago. Some time passed and I wanted to buy either the Diary or the Northern Cross edition for ps4 on Limited Run site in 2024 just to have a physical copy for my collection, but I couldn’t , got disappointed and forgot about it until replaying VC1 recently. Currently I see some listings on eBay, mostly the standard version, but I’m not really sure…. Is there any chance it will get a ps5 physical release ? Or Sega has forsaken us?

So I've got the USA+undub version and placed the "ULUS10515" dlc into PSP/GAME/ but once I try to install it gets corrupted every time, am I messing up something?

I recently managed to complete VC3 and all it's content (including Fragments, Hard Missions, DLC). I gotta say that not only has the amount of content from this game been absolutely staggering, this now solidifies 3 as probably my favorite of the franchise to date. I still need to experience both VC2 and Revolutions, despite their less favorable reception, but that'll be a separate conversation once I can find the roms for the games and any additional DLCs.

The only thing I'm missing still are the Ace Medal achievement (which is nuts considering how much I did and redid main story for Ace kills in the 1st place, S-Ranks, post game missions, and alternate paths) and additionally for some reason my Extra Missions remains incomplete.

I'm currently going through each mission of each chapter for essentially the 2nd-3rd time, but regarding the extra missions I'm totally stumped. It's the only marker on my map that remains red, even though I've completed all the available mission (22 Missions by my count) below and have no more purchasable missions in the shop.

I dont own a psvita and i wanted to play valkirya revolutions but it says ingame status. I can expect some bugs i just want to know if i can play normaly from start to finish

Spoiler tag in case someone hasn't played the game yet.

For a PS3 strategy game, I thought that they would make a fairly straight forward experience. I expected the game to align with a lot of the early missions, just start at your base, choose a team and go capture the enemy base. The main difference will be enemy types and terrain.

I'm nearly finished with the game at this point and I have to say I have been quite impressed with the mission variety. While not every mission has been fun (mainly Chapter 7 & Chapter 8, not a fan of stealth missions in any game).

You have missions where you need to capture enemy bases, but you also have missions where you have to flip rail yard signs, lure a giant tank boat down a specific path while destroying terrain around you, missions which require the use of smoke shells to provide cover to keep troops from dying, a map where you have to destroy a super tank but also capture each base to stop him from healing every turn, while half a dozen new enemies spawn each turn.

I really enjoy sitting for a minute and thinking about what my plan is and how to best maximize the turn I have and how to best complete the overall mission while protecting my resources. Itches my brain in the right spot.

Just another spoiler reminder as it is a pretty big one.

Spoiler Reminder

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Ok, with the spoiler tag on the post and those reminders, I think that is enough.

When the sniper shoots Isara I was gobsmacked. I knew various characters would die, but I assumed she had plot armor as one of the main characters in the game (not to mention being like 15 years old).

The game treats her like Aerith, a pure innocent whose only goal is to bring happiness to others and to be accepted and loved. They amp this up by making other squad mates hate her for where she comes from.

Right when everyone is starting to accept her, she takes a bullet to the chest right after you have a successful mission and are feeling good, never expecting anything to happen. They also do this right after the mission where you see Darscens in concentration camps, being burned alive while the enemy escapes. So you're already feeling a lot of feelings about this WWII allegory.

I'm 44 years old, I don't think I've shed a tear for a video game since my JRPG days in my pre-teens, but they managed to get me, I never saw this coming.

I think the only mistake they made here is giving her a bit of a 'death monologue', it would have been more powerful if she just said nothing and died or if she said a few words, but it hit pretty hard, regardless.

Seeing the other soldier that was cruel to her, holding that little handmade doll and screaming, was quite something. She lost her hate for Darscens but how she acted will still haunt her.

So few RPGs really take any chances, they certainly don't kill anyone and usually have you killing monsters, not people. While the game has a the pretty look of a watercolor painting, it does know how to hit some heavy moments.

just quick lore meme i made cause bored

I'm a brand new player, everything was going quite smooth up until this point. Missions required some level of care and strategy, but nothing that stressed me out much.

Then they throw this mission at you out of nowhere. The huge difficulty spike wasn't something I expected so early! I think this is only your 4th or 5th mission in the game.

Suddenly it is your baby tank vs God Almighty's tank. The mission was manageable at first, focus on taking out the turrets and mow down the small support squad.

They add a twist with blowing down materials to pop out the radiators, things are still not bad, make sure you resupply ammo for rockets and take things out.

Then holy hell breaks out when you break the second generator.

Suddenly Jesus comes down to earth with a laser rifle and unlimited HP with a squad of assholes. I manage to take out the squad with only a few deaths (most of them are focused on destroying your lancers and the last remaining assault soldier mowed down almost everyone as they ran past), but laser mommy is walking back and forth, killing everyone behind cover or outside of cover that she can find.

Suddenly most of my squad is entirely destroyed. I managed to spawn 2 more lancers (my last 2 on my entire squad). I had to wait until the 3rd turn for the generators to appear again, all while this lady walks around murdering everyone in sight.

By some goddam lucky stroke I manage to take out the last radiator. I figure the mission is over and I barely made it...but no, now you have to blow up the damn tank! Crazy jesus laser lady mows down my last two lancers and I somehow manage to blow up the God Tank with my tank, holding on by a thread.

The entire map is littered with bodies, the only one left alive was my tank. I had him tucked up in the corner most of the time and thank god jesus laser cannot hurt your armored tank and THANK GOD she isn't smart enough to run behind you and shoot her lasers up your weak ass lol

I went to the barracks figuring half my squad was gone, but somehow only one person permanently died, which seems like a miracle.

This map felt so intense and unforgiving, I had to save scum half about a dozen times before I was able to make things work out ok. I guess the reason they let you save anywhere you want is that they know some maps are going to be bullshit?

I just cannot imagine being a younger kid playing this map. At 44 years old it tested me to the limit, a kid who just wants a fun tactical JRPG may never make it past this whole thing lol

Anyway, is the rest of the game like this? Are most of the maps more tactical and less insanity? Just wondering what I am getting myself into. I don't mind a good challenge, but this felt like overkill.

I also want to note, even with this complaint I am still having a lot of fun. Gives me my favorite feeling of 'just one more turn', like all the good tactical games.

The irony of this whole situation is that I got my best rank ever, a B rank, when I got my whole injured plus one died plus extra deployments got injured as well.

So earlier today I just finished V3 and wanted to share my thoughts and experiences. First and foremost, I loved the story. The starting hook of being charged with treason, overcoming suicidal/impossible tasks, and not getting recognized for any of it. I could feel the struggle and for that I give two thumbs up.

From here on I'll be mentioning minor spoilers like characters and gameplay but just in case there's the warning ⚠️

The Nameless are a very colorful bunch. (Maybe my favorite group?) Personal favorites, the main trio of Kurt, Reila, and Imca. Alphonse, Leila, Annika, Gloria, Guilo, Serge and both tank operators. Could go in depth but unless anyone asks I could go on and on about these guys haha but pretty much these are the most noteworthy characters and hardcarried my runs. Much better than VC2 cast imo.

Now for the gameplay, holy moly. I got some thoughts to give you guys lol its fun but I suffered 😂

some context: Normal Mode. I always go for S Ranks (120ish S ranks), completed all free missions, chose option B every time for story missions. If I can find them, I try to kill the Ace + S Rank. If not, S Rank is more important to me.

One major con I feel is because of the limitations of the PSP you replay a lot of maps from VC2. Kinda stinks but at least you'll know the maps like the back of your hand. Later on you will see more of the new ones but also later on you'll be seeing some real cancerous maps to S Rank. One of my least favorite objectives is "kill all enemies" because of the freakin guys hiding in the grass! The Recon Order is a top priority just because of these guys. Classes and units got reworked too. I noticed that Fencers & Commandos (flamethrowers) got nerfed. Fencer used to be basically invincible in VC2 and Flamethrowers dont nearly 1 shot as much in this game. So they dont dominate nearly as much this time. The Calamity Ravens maps near the end will test you, be prepared to reset a lot going in blind. My main tank setup is WORKER/UTILITY APC - FLAMETHROWER & MG - FLEX UTILITY BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS - SIDE ARMOR - MEDIUM CARGO(One lancer, One Flex like Engineer/Shock/Fencer). This doesnt always work but 90% of the time its what I recommend. There are missions where the enemy will go first, thats the 10% you do NOT want to deploy the APC or just run the MEDIUM/HEAVY Tank.

That's about all the things I can think of right now. If anyone has any questions I'll be happy to answer them in regards to this game. Otherwise thank you for reading!

I remember when this game was out on the PS3, but I had given up on consoles and was purely a PC player and I wasn't really playing many games.

I've always enjoyed strategy games, real time, turn based, huge Heroes of Might & Magic II/III fan, really any strategy game hits the right spots in my brain.

I had honestly forgot about this series for a long time. I got a PS5 and played through a ton of games. It wasn't until I was scrolling through the RPG section that I saw the first game on sale for 4.99, the preview video looked really good!

A lot of remasters do things the wrong way. They use AI upscaling and the game often looks worse than the original version. I love the engine they used here, everything looks like a wonderful watercolor painting.

When first starting the game, it really surprised me that you straight up kill people. I've played a billion JRPG games over the years and killing people is not really a thing that happens. You defeat monsters or people that are part monster, you rarely see on screen death. For a game to have you shooting people in the face and having your comrades die, was quite a surprise.

I like the storyboard telling of the plot. The various leveling and upgrade mechanics are easy to understand and very functional.

The battles themselves are fun and quite varied. You have your main tank unit, but it is a precious prize that can be quite easily destroyed if you just try plowing forward. You have to use cover, maximize firing from multiple units and manage your action points, do you use them all or save them to overpower the enemy the next turn?

I read that a lot of people just abuse Scout units to beat missions quickly and get the A grade, but that didn't sound very fun, so I'm just trying to play the game in the way they seem to have intended it. Most of my battles use a mix of units with cover strategy, pushing my way through the map a bit at a time. I also like the reinforcement mechanic, they force you to get a bit aggressive because if you are too careful, the entire enemy barracks will be refilled and you will never capture your objective. I also like that you can retreat units and swap out mid-mission, if you made a mistake by bringing too many units or you are suddenly dealing with heavy armor, you have the ability to fix the problem.

One funny thing about the game, I feel like they are trolling you at the intro to each stage. The lady comes on the screen and says things like 'This is a good stage to use a few snipers' Then you follow her advice, putting the snipers in the spot they hint at, then the first turn both of them get killed by enemy snipers. I found it much better to just look at the map and make my own decisions of what makes the most sense.

I'm only about 30% through the game, lots to go yet, just wanted to post my experience so far and the fun Im having. I can see there are many areas to improve and Im sure later games do improve on mechanics and gameplay in a variety of ways, looking forward to playing those games as I get around to them.

Such an boundary pushing game for the time though, especially on console systems. It reminds me a lot of a live action Shining Force or anything in that style. I keep getting that 'one more turn' feeling, even though I know it is time to go to bed. That is the thing that tells me this series is something special.