Recap of Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (RECAPitation) 

I own this on the PS2 but I wish I could get the emulator to work properly on it as it def gets a nice visual upgrade. I honestly hated it when it came out but tried it again a few years back when hooking up the PS2 to mess with Monster Rancher of all things. This REALLY holds up better than it gets credit for.

lol, The World Ends with You... I'm a boomer, never played it, but I remember when it came out, I member an intriguing artstyle and not much more, looking forward to it. btw, you collection of recapitations is growing more and more exhaustive, love that. Is turning kinda into a library of RPG history.

The enemy part breaks, equipment chains, and orb puzzle grinds are all very unique and make this game pretty fun to play.

Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria was my 1st tri-ace game I played to completion back in the day. 2nd was Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

It's weird though. It looks great but I guess the difficulty of the first game must have kept players from playing

I was eating when that line came, almost choked.

I respect that he's a smart guy, uses the party to great effect, racks up a lot of well-earned wins, and has a clear, defined goal that he also CAN achieve. Tons of villains grandstand and boast of a bodycount, but Lezard is the lurking threat that actually gets work done.

@@OniBlackMage Exactly! And his origin is so simple. He picked up a book, found the location of the Philosopher's Stone, studied it and, through reason and plot, took down the king of the Gods, all by himself... and all so he could bang Lenneth. I just love this character.

not to mention that the voice actor does such a great job in playing so many characters like him but really nailed it with Lezard I guess. Lezard is the only one who can be absolutely fuming with rage but still keep an elegant tone and somewhat respectable manner.

​@@OniBlackMageThe best thing about Lezard is how self aware the creators of the game is about him. He is named Obsessed "Ex" in SG when despite all his genius he's really just a creepy stalker. And he went as far as destroying the timeline just so he can oggle at Lenneth. I think his newfound divinity just fully corrupted him but he never really cared about being a ruler but rather just to make Lenneth his slave. You can't help but hate him but also appreciate it, despite his pettiness, to jump around timelines and accomplish his goals.

@@OniBlackMage Bow to me! WORSHIP ME! HONOR MY NAME! LEZARD VALETH!!! No mercy for the damned... No escape from catastrophe! METEOR SWARM!

Good enough to look like an early ps3 title.

Hand painted models look so good

It weirdly reminded me of Final Fantasy XII, even VP2 can utilized progressive scan...

Tis a very fun gane

The art style is so good!

No! this game need a sequel Justice for Hrist!! 🤣

@@BLU3D4Y well I guess you get your wish. Not sure if Hrist will be in it though. Still would love a remaster of the first two games

@@tyrellesmith9265 the psp version of the first game is coming to ps4 and ps5.

Its already 1080i on ps2

I agree, Dude. This game is very good. Think about a gameplay, whit the ps4 graphics , and whit the ps1 battle system. Man, it'd be the game of the year!

Okay, now I'm really confused.

Yeah, that Lezard Valeth is the same Lezard Valeth from the first Valkyrie Profile. In the true ending of the first Valkyrie Profile, Lenneth absorbed every human souls perishing on ragnarok to become the goddess of creation and defeat Loki. All except for Lezard's soul. The guy survived Ragnarok by using the philosophers' stone, then used the time machine in Dipan to return back in time before Dipan was destroyed by Hrist. His existence in the past most likely caused a huge ripple in the timeline that the future Lenneth was in started to crumble. The fact that a Lezard Valeth existed in Dipan, hundred years before the event in the first Valkyrie Profile, should be a clue already. But then again, I guess only those who also played the first game (or at least watched the video about it in this channel) would know about all that.

I agree. A Very good exemple of How vilains can move a plot being multidimentional character.

@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means One day it will happen. We just have to keep on believing and hoping when that day comes.

Hirst actually mentions that in covanet of the plume

to my knowledge, they're focusing more on the mobile game as of late. really not seeing them making a 3rd one 😂

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@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means Keep believing, man. I mean, look at The World Ends With You finally got a sequel after 15 years. So, Valkyrie Profile still have a chance to get another sequel.

lezard valeth is the main villain came from the future

@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means indeed. in many levels, right? visually, mechanically, lore-wise, emotionally... thought is cool to be part of such a niche fanbase, to know that it never got the recognition it deserved feels unfair.

I very much agree.

The first game is leagues above the second imo

@@noway4879 ok? The first ones also good, but the combat in this one is even better and the combat system is part of what makes this game so great to run through.

@@wesleysobik9137 I didn’t understand how you had to learn skills. Also, the moving around system en how to break parts for items was difficult and grindy at times. But hey, to each his own.

@@noway4879 I disagree. I like VP. VP2, however, is my favorite PS2 RPG. I don't think I've ever played a game where I enjoyed grinding as much as I did in VP2.

Yes

And in VP1 he was voiced by the original English Meowth VA

Brahms wearing that would be both LOL and Nightmare fuel moment 😂

You are in luck, he has already done it!

@@bew1977 hell yeah!!!!

All we know is their souls are free, so it's possible to be reincarnated. Whether they were or not, or if Rufus brought them back as Valkyries, or anything .... No one knows, as this is where the VP timeline ends.

Googling says VP1 Arngrim would be a reincarnation

@@horrorvictim I guess that would make sense, but is admittedly a far more simpler explanation than I was hoping for lol

No promises, but I can take a look; thanks for the suggestion.

If you do not use Valkyrie to defeat Lezard, then it is suggested Lezard reincarnates. The ending doesn't change except there is a Lezard-looking kid in the background reading a book. More of an easter egg than story point, since the whole point of fusing Valkyrie was to defeat Lezard

I never knew that...I just assumed that it was part of the story because I almost never used Valkyrie in the end. Thank you for clearing that up!

I'm hoping so as well. Maybe if Square Enix notices enough hype from Valkyrie Elysium, they'll think about moving in that direction. Elysium is shallow on the story compared to the Profile games, but I'm hoping they'll see the following and go in that direction.

@@Orphim sadly the new one wasnt great

@@SSJCyan I've played and beaten it myself. It's missing things, but it almost felt like they had a small scope to work with instead of being bad. The game was fun imo, but the story was lacking even though it still had the themes expected. There's a lot of potential there.

I've played an assload of PS1 games and PS2 games back in the day and since there is more trash being developed nowadays than before I wouldn't be surprised if he revisits most of these games again