Valkyrie Elysium | |
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Developer(s) | Soleil |
Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
Composer(s) | Motoi Sakuraba |
Series | Valkyrie Profile |
Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
Platform(s) | |
Release | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 September 29, 2022 Windows November 11, 2022 |
Genre(s) | Action role-playing game |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Valkyrie Elysium is an action role-playing video game developed by Soleil and published by Square Enix. It was released on September 29, 2022 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, and on November 11 for Windows.[1] Part of the Valkyrie Profile series, it was the first home console installment in more than 15 years, and the third overall. Like its predecessors, the game is significantly based on Norse mythology, and follows Maria, a valkyrie who is created to find and purify souls to help an injured Odin defeat Fenrir, during Ragnarok. Elysium, a spiritual sequel, uses an action, rather than turn-based, battle system. The game received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the game's character design, artwork, combat system, voice acting, and music, but the narrative was criticized as weak, and the graphical quality was seen as low-budget, with environments lacking in detail or things to interact with.