"Beautiful." That's the first word I use to describe Valkyria Chronicles Remastered . I'm not just talking about its visuals, though the term certainly applies. I'm talking about the entire experience. The story. The sound. The characters. The gameplay. All of it is just beautiful.

The theme is a grand and mighty one: freedom and the fight against oppression from bigger nations. Placed in an alternative version of Europe in 1953, Valkyria Chronicles Remastered lets you play as a small nation squashed between two empires waging war against each other.

It's clear at this point that the PlayStation 4 has become a far more successful console than its predecessor, which is probably why we are seeing so many remastered re-releases of PS3 games (the lack of proper backwards compatibility with the PS4 likely played a factor as well).

Valkyria Chronicles Remastered is as great a title today as it was when I reviewed the original release nearly eight years ago, but now there's more of it. In fact, I enjoyed it more today than I did back then, thanks to the additional side content.

After capturing the hearts of a relatively small audience back in 2008 on the PS3, SEGA has decided to have another crack at bringing Valkyria Chronicles, a unique piece in their collection, back in remastered form for the PlayStation 4.

Valkyria Chronicles was originally released for the PlayStation 3 in 2008. It was well received and spawned two sequels and an anime series. After playing this game and getting to know the characters (even crying at the death of one of them), I'm interested in seeing the anime.

Excellent story and character development; great voice acting and music; beautiful art style

Only one difficulty setting for the story mode battles

A must play PS3 action strategy title remastered for the PS4. Has a great story, more personality than you can shake a controller at, and is an all around great game. Unless you hate strategy.

But the real reason to buy is that all content that was previously DLC only, is now included in the disc.

Fantastic game so under-rated a shame they made 2 and 3 on ps vita i can only hope one day they make them viable on PS4 as I would love to continue on the story. That is not to say the game doesn't end well it does

Brilliant game at a even better price