citing its characters and voiceovers as being less compelling than the original title. 1UP.com highly praised the game, calling out the exquisite attention to graphical detail in the games environments and the cut scenes, as well as calling the soundtrack "stellar". The game received IGN's award for "Best Game No One Played" in 2006. Amazon Japan named it the third best game released in 2006. It also was made part of Sony Computer Entertainment's Ultimate Hits in March 2007. References 2006 video games PlayStation 2 games PlayStation 2-only games Production I.G Side-scrolling role-playing video games Square Enix games Tri-Ace Tri-Crescendo games Valkyrie Profile Video game prequels Video games developed in Japan Video games featuring female protagonists Video games scored by Motoi Sakuraba Video games about valkyries