I've only played the game on PSP but I dont think there was anything fascinating in the story of that gameValkyrie-Favor wrote: Hm? It's true that the end of Valkyrie Profile was the best, but it was fascinating from the start.
Lenneth did not have a personality, the characters you met along the way didn't seem to have much connection to the central plot of the game and what ever backstory and personality they were given, didn't really reflect on their actions once you recruited them. The guy with the huge sword you get from the beginning and the young wizard who killed his own teacher were the only characters with an intresting backstory in my opinnion. Even the central plot felt very distant, there's a war going on but it doesn't really affect the player in anyway. Once in a while you met with Freya (?) and got to see how the people you've sent to Odin have been doing in battle, but other than that, I didnt really think about the war at all. And the "normal ending"? "Good job, you can go away now, we'll call you when we need you again". Ok, Half Life did the same thing but in a lot more intresting manner.
Oh and any exploring places did not really give you much insight to what was happening on the larger scale of things. Most villages and towns had 3-5 NPCs, most of whom said nothing of value to the player. Atleast there was the flower place with the cutscene (some how related to the secret/best ending I assume?) and the vampire's castle, but I sadly tried to fight him before I was strong enough and got my ass handed to me, so I couldn't recruit him in my party
