Valkyria Chronicles is a tactical role-playing game (RPG) in which players control infantry and armored units in warfare against an invading enemy force. Battles are depicted mostly from a third-person perspective as players perform various actions such as firing weapons (guns, grenades, cannons, flamethrowers, etc.), using healing items, claiming flag points, and moving tanks along city streets. Several interspersed cutscenes depict characters being shot and killed and sometimes include small splashes of pixilated red blood. One sequence involves female characters wearing and discussing 'racy' bathing suits, while the camera pans and lingers on certain body parts. Another cutscene features a characters smoking a cigarette. Mild expletives (e.g., "damn" and "hell") can be heard throughout the dialogue.
