[General Discussion] Suikoden Club v7!

I just played it for about 6 hours today, and I'm happy to say Suikoden is back. I really hated the fourth game. Even though I love the series, Suikoden 4 is one of the worst games I've ever played. Most of that probably due to the fact that I was expecting a game as good as the first three.

Luckily the fifith is great. It feels just like the first two games in the series, and I couldn't be happier. Massive political backstabbings building up to a huge war. The way it's supposed to be. I'm so happy I could cry. My favorite series returns to its former glory T.T

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Ok fellow Suikoden Clubbers, Suikoden V is upon us. In honor of it's release, I am proposing another Suikoden Week(the first one went over pretty well, yet the second one never even took off). Suikoden avs and sigs and spreading much Suikoden love around the boards. Anyone up for it? Or are all of you going to ignore it again this year?

If I had a av/sig combo I'd definitely join in. Actually, I should have the av. I'll make it in a bit.

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I got the game today along with a fancy little Limited Edition Suikoden V artwork cell.

I got an artbook and a music CD as a preorder bonus.

Most amazing jew boots

Yeah, I don't understand the load time complaints at all. They're normal speed for any RPG. I think the problem was that while in most RPGs you just go to a black screen, this game says loading. So you notice it. Reviewers overreacting again.

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While some might feel antsy about the slow pacing I find it very nice to get to know the characters you are going to spend hours playing. Alot of foreshadowing and backstory on events can be found everywhere if you take the time to talk to NPC's and characters. If anything it excites me to really play the adventure once the reins are let loose.

It does a really good job of building up to the crap hitting the fan so to speak. It's not until like 6 hours in that it all goes down. Makes it much more personal since by that time you know these characters pretty well.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I don't get why Suikoden 3 catches so much flak. I thought it was a great game. Yeah it had some problems, especially when compared to Suikoden 2, but it was far better than FFX. And I'm not a Square basher either. I liked FFX, but Suikoden 3 was far superior.

People come down hard on Suikoden 3 because it wasn't Suikoden 2. If it had come out after Suikoden 4 then it would be nowhere near as maligned. My only problem with the game was that the main conflict wasn't really a war. It was a minor skirmish between the Grasslands and Luc's forces. Harmonia was only your enemy for like 2 battles (both of which you have to retreat from, which is really no surprise considering it is Harmonia).

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

As for your spoiler, that's not what I meant at all. I was refering to the actual amount of military action. Obviously a RPG isn't going to be minor in that sense, that's just being silly. I like the focus to be on politics and armies, not on Luc's plan. I can get that kind of plot in almost all other RPGs. It's why I liked the first half of the game more than the second. Sorry if I wasn't clear on that, thought it was kind of obvious...

And your outlined problems, were not problems at all to me. I never even noticed them while playing the game. I was never playing the game and found myself going "Damn, wish I could get something other than what's in these treasure chests!" I will add another flaw though. The amount of retreating and holding out you had to do in the war battles. I think they only let you fight back in like one of them.

How ya doing, buddy?

It has a new game+ so I'm not worried about getting them all in my first playthrough.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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I wish people would stop comparing every game with the word "Suikoden" in it, to Suikoden II. Yeah we get it, Suikoden II was great ...but why ruin a great game by comparing it to something completly different?

Of course it's going to get compared to the best game in the series. It's not something completely different. They're not comparing it to Metal Gear Solid or something. It's being compared to a game in the same series. Also, everything I've heard about the comparisons, is good. It's not "Oh man, it's not like II!" it's more like "Wow, this game is great. It reminds me of when I played II." In fact many people think it's better than II. I'll reserve that judgement for the ending credits.

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Ive read peoples opinions of this and have gathered that...people dislike this game because it does not have a "cook off minigame". Are you kidding me? First of all that mini game was not all that great...and secondly how can you judge a game completly based off of its mini games?

What morons said that? I loved the cook offs as much as the next guy, but damn. They weren't THAT good.

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Its also alarming how many people I have seen upset over the fact that Yuber or Pesmerga are not in this game. Who freaking cares? Pesmerga had like 5 lines total in all the games and really did not do much of anything. Yuber wasnt all that great either and became more pathetic when he showed up in that ridiculous outfit in Suikoden III.

A lot of that stems from the fact that the creators stated that Yuber and Pesmerga's relationship is a major part of the overall storyline, and will end with the last game in the series. So people just want to see more of it. I'd like to see more myself. Though what I really want more info on is Harmonia and Hikusaak. I'd really like one of the games to take place inside Harmonia.

I'm about 30 hours in now, and the game is most excellent. I really liked the scene where

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you duel Miakis.

For a silent hero, the Prince shows a lot of emotion. It's very well done.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?