Now that a lot of Suikoden fans are congregating here to celebrate this announcement, allow me to share this list of numbers, arranged in the factually correct order :
5-2-1-3-4
5-2-1-3-4
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Swap 2 and 5 and I'm on board. But close enough either way.
I wonder whats up with lucia. In s2, she looks so terrifying and dangerous and makes me see karayan as dangerous clan but in s3 she looks like a different character, she seems to have more wisdom in s3I don't know about what other games are doing but the people behind this one threw black people a bone back in the Suikoden days with some of their character designs and stories.
If Marisa and the Guardians are as cool as the Karaya clan was in Suikoden 2 and 3 then we're in for a treat.
I would assume everything we've seen is in game as it sounds like there is a longer trailer for the Kickstarter itself.
I think she's like 15 years older then you get to play as members of the Karayan clan in the 3rd game and see that they're really not bad people at all. Still dangerous as hell in a war though.
Jimba and Beecham ain't no one to fuck with. Then of course Lucia with the whip and Aila with the bow are beasts on the battlefield.
Never got far with 4 and 5 despite owning them...
but 1-3 are masterpieces. I can't even try to be objective enough to rank them, because they are all special, and overload my sense of nostalgia. I remember buying Suikoden 1 as a "what the hell is this, how do you say that, what does it mean, ah well I guess it's an RPG" impulse, and absolutely loving it, replaying it over and over. 2 perfects the formula, and then 3 changes things up, but I found the way you progress through the story quite interesting. Loved all the nice guy Thomas parts. Meaty game.
I still want to know who Hugo's father is and who Lucia picked haha
Honestly choosing was HARD, especially for Sakuraba. There's a lot to love. I recommend his soundtracks with tri-Ace, Baten Kaitos, End of Eternity, Shining Force 3, most of his arrange album...
Michiko Naruke did some of the best smash arrange also. She always does solid musics.
Michiko Naruke :
Wild Arms :
Wild Arms 3 :
Wild Arms 4 :
At the End of the Wilderness Ver. Detonator
Motoi Sakuraba :
Shining Force 3 :
Valkyrie Profile :
Valkyrie Profile Silmeria :
In order to acquire the light in that hand
Star Ocean 3 :
Starless Wavelets
Star Ocean 4 :
Brilliant Rose
End of Eternity :
Irruption B
Baten Kaitos :
Limpidly Flow
Most definitely. Wild Arms was in the Golden Era for JRPGs. When I was younger (around 14 at the time), I was looking for Final Fantasy 7. Since I didn't have a Computer or anything to check up on release dates, my Dad got me Wild Arms instead.
Great experience. It has the trifecta that JRPGs should have; Story, great Battle System (and it's mechanics), and most of all, MUSIC.
Lol, right? The feeling of the Series imo comes from the first 2 installments. Introducing full 3D with Suiko 3 was where it started getting shaky for me.
That is most definitely gameplay from the feeling of it.
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I love Suikoden a lot but it's frustrating to see people just ask for him to retread all the same ideas with strategists and vampires and all that. I just want him to write what he wants and I really don't need callbacks to anything specifically OF Suikoden. I trust him to make it feel similar without having Totally Not Luca Blight stomping around.
Like if he ends up with a strategist named Goldberg instead of Silverberg I'd just be disappointed.
I'm obviously in day one at whatever tier will get me a physical version of whatever console version I can get on top of a PC code though.
Like if he ends up with a strategist named Goldberg instead of Silverberg I'd just be disappointed.
I'm obviously in day one at whatever tier will get me a physical version of whatever console version I can get on top of a PC code though.
I'm all fucking in for Octopath Traveller 2. Now let's see which year this game actually releases.
The feature I want most of all is Suikoden 2's castle. Let us customize it and stuff.
I'm really surprised to hear how many bad KS experiences people have had. Out of 17 games KS'd, I've only been burned by 2: Project Phoenix (ugh), and Mighty No 9 (not b/c they didn't deliver, but because it sucked)
Oh yes! I have often wished for a spin off with focus only on castle building. Or more focus. So I hope they have expanded on that element.
Our story begins in one corner of Allraan, a tapestry of nations with diverse cultures and values.
By dint of sword, and by way of magical objects known as "rune-lenses,"
the land's history has been shaped by the alliances and aggressions of the humans, beastmen, elves,
and desert people who live there.
The Galdean Empire has edged out other nations and discovered a technology that amplifies the rune-lenses' magic.
Now, the Empire is scouring the continent for an artifact that will expand their power even further.
It is on one such expedition that Seign Kesling, a young and gifted imperial officer, and Nowa, a boy from a remote village,
meet each other and become friends.
However, a twist of fate will soon drag them into the fires of war, and force them both to reexamine everything they believe to be right and true.
Characters
Concept art?
This. The only decent game that came around without any big drama was Bloodstained.
Both war battles and the castle are in the game, per the interview on one of the sites (I think RPG Gamer).
not sure if i would call bloodstained without drama. massive delays, platform cancelations, huge performance issues at launch. thankfully the end result was a great game and we got two cool retro games out of it as well.
Luckily I said without any BIG drama :P project Phoenix was a straight up scam, Mighty No.9 was... very special in a lot of ways and Shenmue had that Epic Games cluster fuck.
It's a miracle that Bloodstained turned out the way it did tbh.
Hell yes. This really is Suikoden II-2. They know what people want.
You're definitely familiar with Motoi Sakuraba. He's everywhere, most recently in Dark Souls 1-2 and some of 3 too.
Michiko Naruke is the composer in the Wild ARMs series.
Legendary intro:
Some of my favourites (I could listen to the first one in loop tbh):
Bonus: Ecstasy of Gold cover! (the Wild ARMs overworld map)
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Ah the Suikoden rankings half begun aye?
3>2>5>1>Tactics for me
I'm really really excited man. They should throw a viki in there lol
3>2>5>1>Tactics for me
I'm really really excited man. They should throw a viki in there lol
Best headquarter theme! Too bad it quickly changed theme just a little later in the plot.
Why is Suikoden 2 regarded as much better than the first. I can't remember the differences between the two from that long ago but I remember them being virtually identical?
2 mostly just takes the same thing from 1 and make it better. It didn't try to change anything. Some have already said it - 2 perfects the formula of 1.
Yes but how? To me it's the difference between Cold Steel 1 and 2.