[General Discussion] Suikoden Club v7!

I'm doing it right now, I want to finish all my RPGs before starting FFXII.
I like it so far, beside the waiting time to really "start" the game (nearly 3 hours), and the loading time before the fights. The story is appealing, and it's pretty cool they took back the old fight system with few more features. The 3D isometric view is far better than the crappy and empty full 3D graphics they did for the two previous episodes. It would have been better if they put more details and eye candy stuff in the background, but hey, it's a Suikoden after all, and we certainly don't enjoy the Suikoden series for its graphics.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Just finished in few mins ago after 95h of playing time. I didn't expect it shouldn't last that long but I put this one on the episodes I& II level of excellency. My dream team was Tiger formation, in the head of the arrow Georg, followed by Richard and Miakis, hero in the middle and Killey and Zerase in the back.
Now what is left to do for the VI is excellent graphics and it'll be the perfect game.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by GoldfishX

Wow, was that one playthrough or two? I'm 87 into a New Game+ and just reaching the halfway point again.

That was one playthrough, let's just say I took my time.

Considering the organizing part :

Spoiler:

I almost pulled out all my hairs when we have to split characters into 3 teams at Ashtwal Mountains Ruins. Fortunately, your level goes up pretty quick to 60 there, mostly if one of your chara is equipped with the fortune rune -2X exp-. But I had to go back to my HQ to buy some equippement and equip some runes. My three teams were like that :

Team 1 :
Tiger formation
Richard (Swallow Rune/Killer Rune)
Miakis (Cyclone Rune/Magic Absorb Rune/Shiel Rune)
Lorelai (Mother Earth Rune/Drain Rune/Rage Rune)
Hero (Rage Rune/Dawn Rune/Killer Rune)
Zerase (Star Rune/Magic Absorb Rune/Resurrection Rune)
Killey (Flowing Rune/Magic absorb Rune/Thunder Rune)
Support : Marina

Team 2:
Tiger formation
Belcoot (Falcon Rune/Sunbeam Rune)
Nakula (Sleep Rune/Inicorn Rune)
Galleon (Drain Rune/Knight Rune)
Lyon (Sunbeam Rune/Twilight Rune) Unfortunately I didn't use Lyon too much, so her emplacement for the third rune appeared at those ruins when she leveled up =/
Alhazred (Water Rune/Magical Rune/Lightning Rune)
Levi (Rage Rune/Magic Absorb Rune/Flowing Rune)
Support : Haleth

Team 3:
Crane Wing formation
Georg (Killer Rune/Fortune Rune)
Roog (Fire Rune/Drain Rune/Killer Rune)
Rahal (Lightning Rune/Drain Rune/Cyclone Rune)
Zweig (Sunbeam Rune/Mother Earth Rune/Fire Rune)
Kyle (Water Rune/Killer Rune/Shield Rune)
Dinn (Killer Rune/Rage Rune)
Support : Murad

I didn't use Eresh because she already got two equipped runes (Blue Gate Rune and an Resurrection Rune) that cannot be removed, and I never liked Blue Gate Rune (damage to your party). Same goes for Jeanne and Viki.

Originally Posted by GoldfishX

-more voice acting...I'm not an advocate for fully-voiced games, but every VA in this game was great and most were only given a few lines. Boz, Toma Fuwalafuwalu, Bernadette, Euram, Guisu, Childerich, Roy, Faylen, even Miakis...They all needed to talk more.
-Maybe go for more cut-scenes, instead of the group-speaking parts...The ones in here were great as is. Again, I'm not a fan of massive amounts of cut-scenes, but if they're going to be the same quality as the Roy one I linked to before or the ones with the Barows clan or the ones near the end...Gimme! There's probably enough here for a 100-episode anime series.
-more dynamic camera shots, especially during battles.
-Make the game harder.
-More military battles. Seriously, these deserve an entire game of their own.
-Maybe button-timed blow during duels.

The graphics were ok for me too, I only need a little bit more eye candy and less monotonous backgrounds. If they keep this 3D isometric view in the next game, I'd prefer it too look like Tales of Legendia or instance, colorful and detailed graphics. I would also like that they do something bout the (unecessary) loading screens...
I agree about a strategy game of its own, this should be a really nice addition to the rich universe of Suikoden.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.