As far as
Valkyria Chronicles goes, I hear you should avoid the anime like the plague.
I'd be all for
Demon's Souls if I had a PS3 and a proper Internet connection, but it'd have to be both. Just having the former wouldn't be enough to make it worth it.
A few days ago I started playing the PC version of
Guilty Gear XX #Reload thanks to n-fani. (For those who don't know,
Guilty Gear XX is the one that introduced
Bridget.) I've been having a lot of fun learning to play as various characters (mostly Venom, though).
The only problem I've had with it? It's been cutting a lot into my STGT Week Four time, which is why I haven't posted a good score yet this week (and why I'm posting about a shmup other than
Strikers 1945 II in that thread).