Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria: Difference between revisions

** {{spoiler|Lezard}} after {{spoiler|killing Odin and stealing Gungnir}}. Additionally, {{spoiler|Rufus}} techically counts as well, as he {{spoiler|takes Odin's place in Asgard}} at the end of the game.

** The hypocrisy of {{spoiler|Lezard}} [[Invoked Trope|invoking]] this trope in spite of his hatred of the gods is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]].

** Or just read [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/931102-valkyrie-profile-2-silmeria/faqs/52920 this].

* [[Another Dimension]]: Creating one of these turns out to be the goal of a couple big players in the game.

** Spear: The Nibelung Valesti's (except Alicia's first one, which instead uses the crystals she normally uses to aid her platforming for combat purposes).

* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: The Seraphic Gate, though unlike the other games in the series this one's located on the world map instead of through the start menu.

* [[Broken Bridge]]

* [[The Cameo]]: Early in the game, you meet a young, talented mage named Lezard Valeth, who's a reference to the character of the same name in the previous game, only this time he's a kind, courteous and chivalrous ally of the party. {{spoiler|Except he's not. He really ''is'' the same as the previous game, and it's all an act he's keeping up as part of his [[Time Travel]] evil plan.}}

** To elaborate; you can get a bunch of game-breaking weapons that will last you all the way to the endgame if you manage to get the above-mentioned characters to absurdly high levels (40-50 depending on character, around twice as high as you'd normally excepted to be at that point in the game, although the accessories you get by grinding {{spoiler|Lezard}} are hardly useful). These weapons are so hideously broken that you can one-shot every storyline boss with a single combo without even trying.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Alicia's mother}} after Dipan falls. And then {{spoiler|Alicia}} at the top of Yggdrasil, when {{spoiler|Rufus}} seems to have died. Only {{spoiler|Rufus letting her know he's alive}} prevents it.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Alicia manages to get {{spoiler|Hrist and Brahms}} to work together to keep {{spoiler|Lezard from destabilizing both Midgard and Asgard and get Lenneth's soul back from him.}}

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Rufus's [[Averted Trope|aversion]] in regards to the valkyries is a rather nice piece of [[Foreshadowing]].

** Played straight with the mages, however. In the first game, magic was very powerful, likely to make up for the fact that mages had to recharge after each cast. Their Soul Crush finishing moves in particular went from the most powerful attacks you could do for the vast majority of the game to about the same strength as anyone else's Soul Crush or, in some cases, weaker.

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Alicia. Starts as [[Everything's Better With Princesses|Princess]] [[Soul Jar]] with traces of [[Valkyries|Valkyrie]] {{spoiler|becomes [[Everything's Better With Princesses|Princess]] [[Our Demons Are Different|Undead Demon]] [[Took a Level In Badass|Goddess]].}} And its awesome!

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]

* [[Preexisting Encounters]]

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Alicia and Rufus. [[Will They or Won't They?|Will They Or Won't They?]] {{spoiler|[[Did Not Get the Girl|They]] [[Love Hurts|never]] [[Star-Crossed Lovers|will]], ''unless'' Rufus waits for the [[Reincarnation|reincarnated]] Alicia in the epilogue until [[She Is All Grown Up]].}}

* [[Vendor Trash]]: Certain items are available only if you sell the right amounts of this to vendors. Plus, what trash you get depends on what you break off of enemies. While the "trash" items ''do'' give stat boosts when equipped, they tend to be non-runic (and thus don't contribute to the linked-equipment boosts), and the items you can get by selling them tend to be powerful weapons and accessories, although some of them are still worth using as accessories since they give large stat multipliers.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: The ending promises that Lenneth has a new destiny to go to, but so far the series hasn't followed up on that.

** It probably refers to her {{spoiler|returning to her own [[Alternate Timeline|timeline]].}}

*** While he doesn't appear, some of Lenneth's lines when she first appears (e.g."fight for the ones I love") clearly refer to him so it's highly likely she just didn't bring him along this time.

*** [[Wild Mass Guessing|Possibly]] he's simply staying at home to watch the kids (and judging from the above line, this isn't too far-fetched at all). Still, his complete absence -- he's not even mentioned by name -- is kind of a let-down for people who liked him in the first game. But well, that's what happens when you're not as [[Badass]] as Arngrim.

** Then later on, this kind and friendly version of Lezard turns out to be {{spoiler|the same sick bastard from the original game, he steals Silmeria, and ''eats Odin''.}}

* [[The Worf Effect]]: This is the second time in the series that {{spoiler|Odin, father of the gods and ruler of the heavens}} is killed to show powerful the real [[Big Bad]] is.

* [[Wrecked Weapon]]: In Chapter 5, Alicia's sword is broken during the cutscene when {{spoiler|Lezard reveals his villainous intentions.}} Of course, [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|the sword is just fine]] by the time you get to the next battle.

* [[Yandere]]: {{spoiler|Lezard. It should be obvious to the people who played the first game.}}

 

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