u/ArrangeMode7

When I replayed VC1 recently seeing Selvaria being addressed as "sir" in the DLC was such a head scratcher. Nothing in the Japanese script seemed to inform this choice. Was it some bizarre mistake? Was the translator trying to say something about the Empire being sexist or Selvaria being non-gender conforming? It was just weird.

Speaking of DLC, I guess this mission was also originally DLC for VC3 and I have to say that I really liked all the DLC & post-game missions for VC3. You get tons of neat character interactions and extra character development for tons of characters from both VC1 and VC2. In this mission, for example, you get Selvaria meeting Audrey, one of the main antagonists of VC2 and a pious Yggdist, who starts to have doubts about the legitimacy of the Randgriz royal family and their Valkyrian bloodline after the fight. You also get a mission where you see what happens to Jaeger after VC1, another one where Isara meets Zig from Calamity Raven and they talk about their views on how the Darcsen are treated and what they should do, more Edy Detachment shenanigans and a mission where many of the extra Nameless members that get recruited during the main story and are sadly completely excluded from story scenes get a chance to shine. It's all very good stuff and I would say that VC3 is easily the best written of the first three games. I hope VC4 is as good.

What a weird scene. Why are Welkin and Alicia talking about Isara like they're trying to hide the death of the class goldfish from a six-year-old when talking to a fellow soldier? I guess Imca is literally a child but so is half the army in these games.

Also Alicia comes across like she's casually disrespecting Isara from beyond the grave, lol

Very convenient for swapping out tank attachments for different stage hazards. The system in VC2 was so annoying I just left the constructor arm on for most of the game.

The final Edy Detachment challenge in VC1 has this one briefing screen with a clunky translation which sticks out like a sore thumb in a game that's otherwise well translated. Orders have become The Order and "because of the confusion of the communication" is a phrase that just reeks of classic bad Japanese to English translations from games from prior generations.