The long-awaited sequel to Valiant Force has opened its servers in the South East Asia region. However, the Valiant Force 2 release proved even more popular than developer XII Braves anticipated, and servers became overloaded shortly after release.
The developer has released a statement via the official Facebook apologizing for the technical difficulties and announcing a temporary maintenance period to address the issue, but also thanking the player base for the overwhelming interest in the RPG sequel.
More Trouble In Arathos
The new title brings the player back to the Kingdom Of Arathos, and there are whole new problems to deal with. The Crystal of Arathos has disappeared, and its guardian Leon Duracan has failed in his duty.
Enter the protagonist, idealistic knight Elise Arkwright and her buddies Maeve and Felix. Elise is out to play the heroic knight and save the Kingdom. Things aren’t quite that simple though. The young knight will find out that matters in Arathos are a lot more complex than she thought.
Like its predecessor, Valiant Force 2 is a strategic RPG, in the real sense of the word. If you’ve played the Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea, or Fire Emblem series, you should have a reasonable idea of how combat goes down.
You direct your characters around a field in a grid format, and they can move or attack within a set radius of squares on the grid. It’s up to you to try and make the best use of your troops to deal with the opposing force.
A Big Name Involved
It’s not only the gameplay that has something reminiscent of Final Fantasy Tactics either. The soundtrack is composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, who scored both Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII.
The download is available now via Google Play listing. As of the time of writing, XII Braves has not confirmed the end of their server maintenance on social media. You may need to be patient before you get stuck in.
There’s no word as of yet about dates for a global release, but we don’t doubt that there’s one in the works.
If you want something to tide you over while you wait down the Valiant Force 2 release server issues to cool off, check out our news on the Tower Of God: Great Journey release!
