Underplayed Gems

Valkyrie Profile (1999)

Valkyrie Profile cover
Developer
tri-Ace
Publisher
Enix Corporation
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Rating
4.3 of 5, 32 player ratings

How it feels

A somber, beautifully somber journey through Norse-tinged tragedy where you collect the souls of the dead in turn-based battles with a quiet, deliberate weight to every decision.

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About

Valkyrie Profile is a role-playing video game developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix (now Square Enix) for the PlayStation. It was released on December 22, 1999 in Japan and on August 29, 2000 in North America. An enhanced port of the game was later released for the PlayStation Portable under the name Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth on March 2, 2006 in Japan, July 18, 2006 in North America, and April 27, 2007 in Europe.

What players say

An unorthodox, ambitious JRPG with rhythmic action-style combat and a melancholy, tragedy-laced anthology structure unlike anything else of its era. Cherished as a criminally overlooked cult classic.

Trailer

Screenshots

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