

(See a GIF of it in action here.) Your movement and weaponry is limited based on that unit’s class-Scout, Shocktrooper, Lancer, Engineer, or Sniper-and enemies will shoot at you if you get too close. However, when you use command point to select a unit, the camera zooms in to put you in an over the shoulder perspective. Confused? It breaks down like this: You command a series of turn-based battles from the perspective of a top-down map, and are given a fixed number of command points per turn.

Valkyria Chronicles is a turn-based strategy, third-person real-time shooter, alternate-reality World War II JRPG, and miraculously that all comes together beautifully.
