[General Discussion] Suikoden Club v7!

Haha, wow. This is the only place I've seen on the web that wasn't impressed with Suikoden V. Everywhere else generally praises it for at least being better than 3+4. I'm also curious as to what you don't like about the storyline considering every Japanese review and importer who understands a lick of Japanese seems to think it is the most complex/good of the series.

Edit: The hero doesn't have a name... he's nameless like every other hero in the series. He'll probably get an unofficial name somewhere, though, since I'm sure they will make a manga about SuikoV somewhere down the line. I'm pretty surprised you don't like any of the designs, either... since after flipping through the artbook I have to say I was pretty damn impressed with most of the characters. On the same note this game has less 'random characters' and more that are actually intricate to the plot. (So I've heard, anyway) That's definitely a step in the right direction.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Your permanent base is an upgradable area in some Sindar Ruins. Your first base (which you don't have for too long) is on a ship, though.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

If it weren't for the excessive load times and slightly bland exploration graphics (zooming all the way in shows how little detail they put in the backgrounds... Cutscene graphics were decent, though) the game would be my favorite without a doubt. As it stands, it still has the best story (with a slightly "blah" ending) in the series. At least IMO.

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It's the game, I get that even loading the game from my HD-Loader. Too many models onscreen at once and the PS2's processor is too weak to handle it effectively, I'm sure. It's not that bad, though. Try to zoom in once or twice if it bothers you too much.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

To answer Liquid_Snack:

Eresh is one of the best mages in the game and nets you an optional dungeon.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Richard isn't missable so don't worry about him.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Ha ha ha... You ruined the whole game for me Generic. I don't even have the desire to beat it now that I know the map is slightly more

*spoilers*
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detailed when you recruit Takamu. O:

FELIPE NO

I waited only four days to pick up the game and by the time I had the copy in my hands I had already had all three endings spoiled for me and just about every plot twist spoiled, too. The sad part is that a good 75% of it was spoiled because people are rude with their topic titles and/or don't mark spoilers at all. Still, a little bit of it I ruined on my own by highlighting spoilers I knew I really shouldn't have. Ah well. Hearing/reading about it isn't as satisfying as seeing it for yourself anyway, so having it ruined for me wasn't really that bad. I still enjoyed seeing how and why the events unfolded.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

The more you play the more you'll get used to the excessive and lengthy load times. The only spot in the entire game where it was actually irritating me was the Twilight Forest area. Freaking mazes with hidden paths are annoying. Doubly so with such a crazy encounter rate.

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Yes indeedy.

There's nowhere I can't reach.