Many elements of Valkyrie Profile will require a little getting used to. It may fall into the Role Playing Game classification, but it branches out in several distinct ways.
Every chapter is broken down into time periods.
When you're time is up, the chapter is over. You can do what you want with your time. Fight if you like. Visit towns, dungeons or just sleep away the days. The fact is that Valkyrie Profile leaves all the choices to the user.