Valkyrie Elysium
A young Valkyrie who is entrusted with the fate of the world by the All-Father, the highest of gods and ruler of all creation, will face various enemies on her quest and must utilize a variety of weapons…
Valkyrie Elysium is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Soleil, released 28 September 2022 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Valkyrie Elysium is
Valkyrie Elysium is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Soleil and released in 2022. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An action role-playing entry in the Valkyrie Profile series steeped in Norse mythology, Valkyrie Elysium unfolds against the looming shadow of Ragnarok, the prophesied end of the world. The story follows Maria, a valkyrie and lesser goddess newly created by the wounded All-Father, Odin, to serve as his instrument of salvation. Tasked with descending to the mortal realm of Midgard, Maria must seek out and purify lost souls, cleansing them of corruption to gather strength for Odin's cause. Among these souls she calls upon the Einherjar, fallen warriors resurrected to fight at her side, each carrying the memory of the death that brought them low. As Maria carries out her sacred duty across a…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Valkyrie Profile series
Valkyrie Elysium is the second of 3 entries we hold in the Valkyrie Profile series. It arrived 6 years after Valkyrie Anatomia: The Origin. The next entry was Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth in 2022.
How it was received
Valkyrie Elysium holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Valkyrie Elysium launched on 28 September 2022, within three weeks of A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn, Return to Monkey Island and The Case of the Golden Idol. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn, Return to Monkey Island, The Case of the Golden Idol.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Valkyrie Elysium yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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