This anime retells the story of the PS3-game with minor changes, so if you know the story from the game already, you know what will happen the anime.
Although i played the game, i still enjoyed the series, because it really has a good story and animation is well done. The music is used from the game but that is not a negative aspect, because it was good in the game, so why should it not be good here? The characters are mostly intact, i had the feeling though, that some characters didnt get much screentime, although they are leads in the game. Some characters differ slightly from their game counterparts, while others did get more background and further developement with this series.

Overall, its a nice anime and great when you want to experience the story of the game but dont want to play the game itself. (show less)

If world war two had more mini skirts involved, and enough anime archetypes to fill a high school then you would have Valkyria Chronicles.

Valkyria Chronicles follows the "war is bad" theme, without beating you over the head with it. There are the archetype characters that we have all seen before in each each of the squad members, and most of them arent given enough time to for the audience to become attached to. The plot follows Welkin Gunther as he leads squad seven, in the effort to push the invading Imperial forces out their country. The plot itself follows the game plot pretty closely, but changes some parts to shake things up.

If you played the game, you know whats going to happen. But there are enough new things here to keep you interested. (show less)