The latest screens from Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One make it abundantly, obviously clear that a major component of the Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria battle system is returning for the DS game: the Soul Crushes. We can tell mostly by the gigantic words "Soul Crush" on the screen there.In Silmeria, the Soul Crush is a special attack that is enabled when your party has racked up enough hits on a creature to fill a Special Attack Gauge. You can then have everyone in the party execute big attacks until the gauge empties.
A similar ability was present in the first Valkyrie Profile, under the significantly more excellent name "Purify Weird Soul."
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3-24-2008 @ 10:35PM
Joshua said...
Wait, is that what it was seriously called? I've never played the game, so I'm honestly asking...
"Purify Weird Soul WTF"?
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3-25-2008 @ 10:07AM
rikki said...
I hate to be a design whore, but that "Soul Crush" screen looks like it was thrown together in 2 minutes. I hope they change it.
...Speakin' of which, I didn't know Purify Weird Soul got ditched. Man, if they were too lazy to modernize or explain the old phrase, they could at least have gone with something less generic...
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3-25-2008 @ 6:59PM
Fiefdom said...
It wasn't ditched entirely, "Purify Weird Soul" was kept in the PSP remake of the first game. In Valkyrie Profile 2 the player does not share the same endeavour as was the focal point of the original game, so Purify Weird Soul wouldn't have best fit the context. Presumably, this DS game is following that similar train of thought.
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6-08-2008 @ 10:37AM
Shin said...
Mmm... It does look kinda cheap. Here's hoping it looks better in the ACTUAL game. :/
And... and... Purify Weird Soul is gone?! D: NOOOOO!
As long as they keep the "Finishing Strike..." things, I'll be happy. XD My friends and I used to chant along with the battle cry.
Yes, we were bored kids.
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