HEY AN UPDATE (it's all Suikoden)

[rin_uzuki]

 Woho! Life is going well! I recently got my, uh, something-like-100 Suikoden doujinshi in the mail. *A*;; I haven't read them all yet, and I havent even opened one box ! How friggen' crazy is that?! I got a couple of Xenogears doujinshi too, a Pokemon one, and a handful of Final Fantasy doujinshi. <3 Augh! I'm in doujinshi heaven! I'll post some

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[yoshiegghunt]

Tierkries is pretty decent. I only dislike the lack of actual random battles. Most places are like "Okay gang, let's assemble 5 different groups, and we each fight a battle against like 3 guards that we win in 2 or 3 rounds, then the main character's team full of really strong characters fights the boss and they win in 4 rounds. Yay!"

Sort of a bummer. I liked when you'd just fight legions of useless soldiers like in Suikoden 1 & 2.

[rin_uzuki]

Haha! I think there's a fair amount of random monster battles, but yeah, I guess I can see what you mean about the group thing. I quite like the group method though, since it actually gives you a practical method of leveling up all 108 characters! As opposed to taking them all out into the field...

I wish the enemies levels went up along with the characters though. Fighting weak enemies is so boring. >3<

Haha! Your mention of fighting soldiers gave me a total flashback. Damn, I love those games! <3

One thing I'm a little puzzled about... why is there room for six characters, but you're only allowed four? Am I missing something here? Has Suikoden just downgraded on the number of members you can have in your party? (Bit of a pity when you've got 108 to choose from...)

What do you think of the new weapon and rune system? I like being able to change weapons (seeing how it affects characters visually is fun, too) but I find the rune system to be a little boring. Like, there seem to be a lot of repeat attacks--not so many unique ones.

[yoshiegghunt]

Runes are boring and pretty much unimaginative. There's maybe 15-20 "moves" in total and they're shared amongst all the characters, nobody is unique in that regard. Switching weapons is a nice way to "customize" your character. Also, you can only have 4 characters.

Eventually the game gets to a point where like... you're CONSTANTLY defending or besieging stuff and you're just like "Where'd all the random battles and map exploring go?" overall it's a good game, but it lacks a few bits of charm from the original Suikoden titles. If they make a "sequel" I hope they draw a bit more from some of the pre-existing staples of the Suikoden series.

[rin_uzuki]

Mmh, yeah, I can see what you mean about ST lacking some of the elements of the original game. But they changed a lot, quite remarkable for a Suikoden game, and I think it's definitely a success.

Actually, I think it's got the best graphics out of the entire series. XD (Though I have a soft spot for the old style sprites and stuff.)

I like a lot of the music quite a lot, for one thing. (Though unfortunately the sound quality on my friend's DS is a bit crappy.)

Yeah... pity about the runes, really.
Also, the group attacks--seems like they might overlap too, which makes them a little less exciting and unique.

[yoshiegghunt]

Group attacks overlap a little, there's not too many of them.

One thing this game was lacking was depth to your castle. It was cool that all your characters would change dialog based off each key event that occurs. So you could learn more about characters just by running around and talking to everyone after every mission. But, there was a HUGE lack of mini-games of any kind.

[rin_uzuki]

I like going around talking to people. XD Suikoden 5 was really good that way too, with changing dialogue and stuff.

I enjoyed the fishing minigame in Suikoden 5 and I think it was fun in... Suikoden 2? To be honest, I'm having trouble remembering most of the minigames, lol. Oh, but I did enjoy gambling in Suikoden 1. Is there no gambling in ST, despite there being a gambler? *A* (I quite like that guy. He looks so familar!)

I like the design of the castle in ST, but jeez, it takes me forever to walk around it. XD

ST

[yoshiegghunt]

Yeah, no gambling despite having a gambler in your castle. He even offers to play games with you via the dialog! Blah.

Most of the characters can be used in combat as fighters or support which is nice, so people aren't ENTIRELY useless.

Re: ST

[rin_uzuki]

Yeah! I had him ask me if I wanted to play a game--I was like "YEAH! Sure! ...?" bit of a bummer. Gambling was totally how I made enough money to upgrade everyone's weapons in Sui1, lol.