Suikoden | Retrospective Review
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- My review of the PS1 classic Suikoden, one of the very first of the pantheon of amazing JRPGs for the console. With a brilliant 2D artstyle, a great wartime storyline, and some clever combat mechanics, it stands as one of the very best RPGs ever made, and launched one of the most beloved series that is revered even to this day.
Much of the information in the development history section of this video came from a great book called The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers. You can get the book yourself here, and I totally recommend it! www.amazon.com/Untold-History...
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Two extra things I want to mention:
1. I really like how fast low level characters level up in this game. Your party may be in the 40s or 50s, but you don't need to worry about bringing a level 10 character with you because they'll catch up in just a few battles. That was a great touch for a game like this with so many characters in it.
2. A lot of the information in the development history section of this video came from a great book called The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers. You can get the book yourself here, and I totally recommend it! www.amazon.com/Untold-History-Japanese-Game-Developers/dp/0992926025/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=EKMGAW17XV7Z28DD8YPT
Other than that, it's time to move on to Suikoden 2!
Thanks for putting out awesome content 🙏
Its a shame that this Series is nowhere to be seen. Having played 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 it makes me sad.
Beautifully done! On to suiko 2, please!!!
@Resonant Arc looking forward to your Suikoden 2 review video and other JRPGs.
I was IN LOVE with this series when I was younger. Thanks for the nostalgia!
Suikoden and Suikoden II helped me learn English and expand my vocabulary at a very young age.
Yes 🤣
Same!! ^_^
So cool!
Yes same here.
omg cool, same here!!
Suikoden 1 and 2 was my childhood especially suikoden 2 the story ,the villain and gameplay was ahead of its time.
@@meranglemtur9578 SPOILER ALERT PLEASE
Luca Blight was an actual scary villain. The scene where the shit hits the fan sticks with me to this day. Fucking fantastic storytelling.
Very few lines can match the heartless savagery of DIE PIG!!
@@Chapterhouse86 to this day, I still consider Suikoden 2's antagonists as the best RPG villains period. And no, not stopping at Luca, but also at what comes after him
timeless
In my opinion, the Play Station 1 was the golden era of RPGs/JRPGs with a few games on newer consoles, with The Legend of Dragoon being one of my favourite games
Count in other quite underrated classics like Legend of Legaia and Wild Arms also.
And Tales of Destiny, Tales of Destiny 2, and Thousand Arms.
Legend of Dragoon..one of the rpg that can rival final fantasy franchise..one of my favourite rpg as well..play it like 3 times :D
Well said! Greatest system of all time. For over 20 years now I've been slowly trying to acquire a complete PSOne library, so far I've got 675 so I still have a ways to go, but git all the gems. Lunar & Breath Of Fire 3 & 4 are my personal favorite. Legend of Dragoon was sooooo damn good.
@@Shindenize I still replay legend of Legai to this day
Now if only we could get Konami to abandon slot machines and make a new Suikoden
A proper suikoden would cost too much to make in the modern graphics intensive era. I would not mind inferior graphics if the game will be longer with more difficult bosses though, always felt the bosses were too easy. Even Luca Blight lost his aura with some grinding.
I wouldn't mind a complete series collection like what SE did with KH
Or a proper Suikoden 2 remake
Just remake it in anime style like suikoden 5
or a castlevania game or a mgs game or a bomberman game or a gradius game or a silent hill game
Wonderful tribute to a masterpiece. The game has so much heart and soul in it that you can tell the developers really cared about it. I still have a copy of it I bought not long after it was released and have replayed it on emulation more recently so I could finally get all 108 for the special ending and save export for Suikoden 2. It's also worth noting that the Outlaws of the Marsh novel is highly readable in translation (I'd suggest the non-abridged version by Moss Roberts and Sidney Shapiro) as you get the same level of characterization of the supporting cast (the "main character" of Song Jiang is not even introduced until many chapters into the story).
Yeah now and days its good gameplay shitty story of good story shitty gameplay.
The Suikoden 1 soundtrack is one of the best OSTs of all time. Nothing like it anywhere. ANd far better than any other Suikoden game
I love the first Suikoden, i always hear the 2nd is better but my nostalgia for the 1st is so strong that there is no game better than the original.
The main problem with the first one is it constantly forces people into your party. You get small little down times where you can mess around but often you're forced to bring in 3 or 4 other members defeating the purpose of having so many characters to choose from. I think the main thing about the first one for me at least is when it came out it was so different from the regular JRPG offerings. Large characters, very fast combat, fast movement but only with a rune or Stallion in your party. It's like you go from Wild Arms which was basically a better SNES style JRPG to Suikoden which was different. And yes 2 is better in every way you should play it someday.
Yeah the OST and difficulty balance are better here, and it's a more concise experience. 2 is still worth playing though and has some mechanical improvements.
Me too, though I like the second one a lot also.
Couldn’t play suikoden2; I tried... couldn’t top the first
I concur, having played 1 before 2 it's hard to look past all the things in 2 that are repeats of 1 ranging from story arcs to mechanics.
One of my all time favorites. Suikoden 1 and 2. These games are golden and totally underrated. Touching story with great sense of humor, unforgettable characters, and cool gameplay features mixing minigames with tactics type game and rpg. Like the castle part of the game that grows with the recruits. So unique. Even the runes and leveling system for the characters and special abilities. Worth playing again and again
It's nice to see people still talk about this game nearly 23 years after it launched in North America. I remember playing this game when I was 13 or so. Rented it at Blockbuster Video. Later I found a used copy of it luckily which I still have today at Gamestop (EB Games/Electronics Boutique at the time).
For me personally, this is the best in the series. Great soundtrack, great story, awesome battle system. Nails all three, which is quite difficult to do in today's standards. They really don't make soundtracks like this anymore either. The acoustic flair of the Nylon Guitar in it's solo pieces, along with the Celtic scores, really make the game feel more alive. I keep remembering listening to that Guitar during Gremio' and Teo's deaths. The soundtrack really made this game. Village of the Elves, Warrior's Village, Dragon Knight's Den! Brilliance.
The battle system was very fast paced with the options provided. "Free Will" was just simply great in Battles. I don't know, there was just something to it that made the fighting refreshing.
Some people rave about Suikoden 2. It was good, but I feel that the first one was well balanced overall. If you ever find this, grab it. It's an ultimate gem for any JRPG player.
Great review, but i think you should edit the spoilers
Great review! Excellent work!
I just want to say, this is the video that has gotten me to my channel which is awesome. Thank you for making this. Suikoden is my favourite game and has been for a decade. I even have a Soul Eater tattoo. People always talk about Suikoden 2, and I do love that game. But I think the simplicity of the first is magical.
Yep suikoden for the win!
Awesomeee!
I remember getting Suikoden for my birthday because everyone knew I loved RPGs. I looked at the title and the cover art (which I'm sad wasn't mentioned in the video) and I was like "What the heck is this about?!" Needless to say I loved it and after I beat it I told myself "With some polish, this could be one of the best games ever made." Little did I know what was to come next.
Yeah the NA release box art is so weird, wonder why they even use them when EU use same art as Japan. But it does bring a memorability to it.
This and Suikoden 2 was me and my brothers favourite RPG as a kid
this series and Legend of Legai for me and my brother
I play this game once a year. I have a friend that's the same age as me. He's completely jaded in regards to video games. He came by one day and I was playing this game. When he saw it he kept talking and talking about stories from when we were young and his memories of the time when we played this game. It's a great game.
I'm only 40 seconds in. Had to pause and say thanks for the memories and thank to this game . I lived in this little world way back for a while . Feels like home , same with the sequel.
Most people says suiko 2 is good, but this is just as great and has to be cherished the same. Very true!! The first suiko game I played was suikoden 2 at my junior high, I loved it. Then I play suikoden 1 at junior high as well. At first I don't love it as much as suikoden 2. But now.. I play it again when I'm 25, I learn so many new things.. wisdoms.. I come to love suikoden 1 very much and now I can't move on from suikoden 1. It's awesome, tear jerking, heart warming, inspiring, epic, hillarious.. gosh.. suikoden 1 and suikoden 2 and hunter x hunter is lyfe..
Suikoden was my first RPG and my first game for Playstation. I remember 24 years ago being with my dad in the game store to buy the console and a game,for it. I chose Suikoden and he thought I wouldn't like it and tried persuading me to get another game instead. But I wanted it and still it's the best RPG I have ever played along with Suikoden 2. Still I remember the names of the characters, the locations and the plot. Many good memories there both in game and out!
For me I couldn’t agree more that 1 is as cherished as 2. For me, the things that make 2 better aren’t really about the core of the game or story, but refinements in style and quality-of-life improvements. The story/world and tone and core mechanics were all there in the original
How dare you remind me that I haven’t played this game I own yet
You're in for a treat.
You deserve a beating for owning this and not playing it.
This was a year ago. Have you improved your behavior yet?
Suikoden feels to me like it tragically gets lost between the beloved late Super NES RPGs that came out slightly before it and the post-FF7 RPG explosion that came after it, and I think any RPG lovers who haven't played it need to give it a go.
It's only $5.99 on PS3 or Vita, can't argue with a brilliant game that's cheaper than ordering a pizza
Micaiah the Otaku Gamer [HybridAngelZero] I actually got Suikoden 2 two weeks ago and it is incredible. It’s my first time playing a suikoden game.
@@chaosguardianxp While Suikoden II is the best in the series (and frankly one of the best games of all time); Suikoden I is amazing and is a direct prequel to II. I'd really recommend beating I first if you're not too far into II yet...
I know I already commented. But I feel after I've watched more of your reviews and discussions videos ( the Xenogears ones in particular) , I most defiantly need to see a review of the Suikoden series ( at least Suikoden 1 through 5) . I feel your style of patient, analytical and thoughtful reviews are perfect to go over these fan faveroits. I felt the service of honest yet in-depth attention in your review for Xenogears was outstanding and prompted me to binge through many more of your content. I feel you would also enjoy many if not all of these titles in this series far more than the original ( witch has not aged well graphically). Please, please tell me you've started Suikoden II! Tell me you've started playing what many ( and myself) one of ( if not the) best ps1 era JRPG. Don't leave us hanging lol.
I miss JRPG's like this that have amazing stories and don't take 100 hours to complete. Suikoden was an incredible experience and Suikoden 2 is even better
The trails series for me is the closest to competing in the level of sheer scope as suikoden especially in characterization and political intrigue.
I'm playing through it now....not as good as Suikoden and it's also way too long. I'm enjoying it but it doesn't touch Suikoden IMO
@@thehalvening8942 it's long because the world building has a bigger impact on the story than just being background fluff. A lot of the characters you see be it Anton, Ricky or even the capua family play a story in the overall narrative/world instead of being nensense, also characters that seem to be there for one arc come back in the next for a purposeful reason.
I think the old 20-60 hour range was the sweet spot for RPGs. I LOVE Final Fantasy IX, but it is fatiguing in length.
As a result, I've returned to games like Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, and Suikoden much more often. Games that can be completed within a week's time as an adult.
@@cookieskoon2028 absolutely, I think some games now have become too focused on just filling their game with as much content as possible without nearly as much concern for quality. As an adult I would much rather buy a 20-40 hour rpg that's engaging and fun all the way through instead of an 100 plus hour game loaded with filler
Great video! I absolutely love Suikoden and your retrospective review brought back so many memories of playing this classic JRPG. The way you discussed the emotional impact of the music and the depth of the story was spot on. It's clear that you have a deep appreciation for the game and its place in the JRPG pantheon. Keep up the fantastic work!
THANK YOU! Suikoden has been largely overlooked - both at the time of release, and til this day. I really appreciate the nostalgic reminder of my favourite RPG of all time. I know it's not objectively the best, but it's the one nearest and dearest to my heart. Perhaps it's time that I revisit the game after all these years, and take command of Odessa Castle once more.
I like it--naming the castle after Odessa. Nice touch.
Absolutely fantastic review and very well researched, This game was my very first JRPG and it will always remain one of my faves, Thank you for this.
Great to know this game
This game has been on my radar for a while, maybe I'll have to dive into it soon. My favorite part of these videos is how you sound like an actual person sitting down and chatting about stuff you like. I also really appreciate the research, it makes the people behind the game actually feel real.
I wish I could forget all about it and erase all the memories so that I'd be able play these(Suikoden 1 and 2) games for the first time again. Favorite JRPG of all time!
Great review! Liked and subscribed.
Truee
i am here watching this after eiyuden achieved their kickstarter goal in less than 2 hours, feels really really good!
Great work with these retrospective reviews of yours. Never played this game, but hearing you describing it in your stream got me excited
I love this franchise and I miss it so much, 2 and 5 are my favorite psx/ps2 rpgs of all time.
omg, I remember a few months back I had hoped you did a Suikoden retrospective and searched for it in your channel. Thanks the hard work!
Suikoden 2 will always be the BEST. I still play it from time to time. It's like a book or a movie you keep coming back to even though you know the plot by heart. Y'know?
The only RPG series ever made based on an adaption of a Chinese classic of literature (The Water Margin). I DID play it as a young teenager, probably 22 or 23 years ago or so at this point, and it had a strong effect on me, I remember where I was very well. The music had a strong effect on me, it's excellently composed. I have all the original files of it on my computer.
Nice video my absolute favorite game of all time!
Rented a copy from the local blockbuster when I was 9 or 10 and loved it so much that I hired it out over and over again. It was months later that I actually realized you had to go back to Kraze to start the first mission. So I just ran around the map and villages in the first area. When I finally went back to Kraze and flew on that dragon that sounds like an elephant I elated and then my love just grew as the game progressed. Better than my first girlfriend. I replay it every 2 years or so and love it every time.
Surprised at the mention of Michael Moorcock as an influence. I found one of his novels in early highschool and he was my favorite author throughout my teens. I think the artwork by Yoshitaka Amano on the front cover of the Corum novel is what drew me to it in the first place. Pretty sure Michael Moorcocks universe mixed with music encouraged me to try all sorts of psychedelics... now I'm rambling.
Suikoden is amazing, this review is fantastic!
The best game of all time! This is the Origin of my Nickname.
By the way... here's a trick for war and not lose a character. If you don't know the enemies attack (by Ninja or Thieves) then only use core characters groups. Core characters can't die in battle, because they are necessary for the story! ✌😉
But that's a feature of the game bruh. A lot of work went into the loss mechanic
Yes, but all he's saying is there's a viable option to not lose characters if you'd rather not.
I, personally, never paid attention to the fact that characters could die. Playing a lot of Fire Emblem growing up prepared me for that. But theres a lot of people out there bot tryna lose their favorite characters.
@@dantaylor8197 True, but in Fire Emblem you need the characters to collect the 108 stars of destiny for the good ending.
@@animesocialgreengodgamingn7826 using core characters isn't really cheating the game. Yes, there's a loss mechanic, but it's designed with the idea that you can around it if you seriously want to.
You hit the nail on the head regarding the importance of a great soundtrack to RPGs. It can really elevate the game as a whole, not just individual scenes. I wish Miki Higashino would return to games because her style is one of a kind.
She's so great! Super sad she retired!
This is such an understatement! Music is important in any kind of electronic entertainment, not just RPGs. And i agree, the music in the original PSX Suikodens was simply incredible. The hallmark of good music, is music you remember decades after you first listened to it... And Suikoden's music is simply unforgettable.
This game is my most favourite game of all time. I really got sucked into the story and the music was beautiful. Amazing.
Me too dude. It has great impact in my adulthood. Many politics and relation between states. Thats awesome!
love your review of Suikoden I . And your review just brought up a lot of childhood memories , also learnt something new from this. awesome review
I just got that feeling. Your first line was massively true and powerful. When i heard the first few notes i stopped paying attention to everything else going on and zoned in and got sucked back 20 years. This game HERE man....i cant believe i forgot about it. It was one of the most epic and underrated jrpgs ever. WOW. And now i remembered that I never got to play 2, it was just so rare to find at the time. Wonder if i can find it easier now? Definitely gonna play all the others again. Holy shit im still trippin. Im not even 15 seconds into the vid, gonna go watch it. Thanks in advance for doing a review on it
As someone who is interested in picking these games up before the PS3 PSN store closes, I just want to say thank you so much for being super in depth while not spoiling the game. Great video! Now, onto the next ones!
Just yesterday I was thinking I should play Suikoden 1 and then replay Suikoden 2, so this could not have had better timing. I think you've convinced me to do just that.
Great job Mike! You really captured the spirit of the game. One of my favorites, and so is your channel. Thanks a bunch!
Thank you for making these excellent reviews. Everytime one is uploaded I get excited for the quality and intelligent work put into it. They really are great.
I wish they would make more games like this. There was so much to do in this game i loved everything about it. Recruiting people to expand the base was my fave thing to do.
I know this video is a year old, but I just wanted to say thank you for making it. The first game is so often skipped over and not discussed- most people only mention II. But Suikoden has such a powerful hold on my heart, years and years later. The music is often stuck in my head even now.
I’ve only just found this channel and it’s amazing. As an 80s kid, there’s nothing I love more than hearing feedback on some of the gems that are my greatest memories
Absolutely. Your welcome to read my comment above.
Really well done! I remember playing Suikoden in college, sitting on my apartment floor and relaxing after practice on my long Saturdays.
That intro... it really gets to me.
The game that comes to mind, for me at least, is Chrono Trigger. I only really played it half a year ago (although I tried it years earlier) and now, every time I hear the main theme or Frog's theme I start to cry.
Anyways, back to our regularly scheduled Suikoden Review...
I managed to pick this game up at a second hand game store for around $15 recently, and this review makes me think its about time i get around to playing it!
that was a great find, its hard to find part 1 and good luck finding part 2 under 80$, unless u use a Emulator which is what im doing now
Greaat!
I love this game so much. And the music you have in the background is so nostalgic... i was so attached to this game
your opening monologue really hit me deep, now feel like conquering the Suikoworld again...
Great review! There was always something special about this series, I think you hit a lot of the key points. I liked hearing about the creators reasoning for crafting such a unique game.
The soundtrack is one of the most memorable of any game. I am looking forward to the Suikoden 2 review!
Wonderful review. Hearing the music made me tear up because it sent me back to a happier time. I miss being carefree and content in sitting in front of my CRT TV, with little worries other than what game I would rent that weekend.
Great video - thanks for highlighting the soundtrack - it is one of the top 5 OSTs of all time for me.
Just beat it again yesterday. In my teens Suikoden was an amazing adventure. In my twenties it was about the horrors of war. In my thirties the game is about the beauty of friendship. No matter how old you are this game holds up and it’s a masterpiece.
Great review. And as always with you, there goes another game to the "Must play ASAP" list
RIP Muruyama
I loved Suikoden so much when I was younger. It had so many great ideas that I'm sad didn't spread to other series.
To this day I'm disappointed that the standard RPG party is limited to 3 or 4 characters. Also, and I can't remember if it was 1 or 2 that did this, but I thought it was a great touch how you could queue up a healing spell and, even if the enemies were cleared out before the healer acted, the heal would still go through. So many games end the battle the instant the last enemy dies and then you have to spend extra time digging through a menu to heal after the battle.
Saw this video in the recommendations and instantly subscribed and liked the video lol. This is my favorite game series. I still rock that “forgotten days” song when you see young ted, good times
I love Suikoden especially Suikoden 2! The best RPG of my childhood 😭💕
Just hearing that opening music instantly transports me back in time...
Great doc!
I really love the soundtrack in Suikoden and the first game is a beautiful experience.
so happy to see you guys after so long and boy was the wait worth it this video was great you never hear too many people praising this game it is often the second one that gets all the love so it was nice to hear how good this game is and what a worth while experience it is as well
Thank you for doing this! It was awesome to experience the nostalgia. I used to play this game on the PS with my best friend into the wee hours of the morning. Unfortunately I would always fall sleep first and would lost as to the story and some of the characters when I woke up the next day.
Please please please do more of these. These are some of the best reviews I have seen.
Will do! Got Terranigma and Suikoden 2 on the way.
great video, hope you continue through the series!
that opening stop your gonna make me cry
Wow, way to give me a kick in the feels with that intro.
I miss those weekend mornings, powering up the PS with those sounds and the music of the game to follow... Deciding between my brothers who got the first turn on the game... Watching eachother play, and hoping we'd be good enough to get to that same point when our turn came around.
Man.. :/
Great job Mike. This totally makes me want to play Suikoden now.
Everything in your intro is Shining Force III for me. So many tracks instantly transport my mind back to my childhood. Spot-on.
I really gotta get into the Shining Force series!
My favorite RPG series of all time. Amazing retrospective, loved it! You've earned yourself a subscriber my friend :)
Omg I literally almost started crying within the first 5 seconds /o\ Suikoden is so amazing!
I load up and play suikoden around once a year and finish it. The nostalgic feeling when the starting music plays is incredible. It's a very enjoyable game.
Great review. Looking forward to the review of 2 so much
Very interesting analysis. This WAS my first JRPG and I thought this was what they would all be like! One of my all time favourite games. BUT I have always called it Sue- koden and you call it Swee- koden. Of course I knew no-one else who played the game so I had no clue how to pronounce it.
I wrote a review for it years ago and my title for it was: Suikoden is the proof that the whole IS greater than the sum of its parts. Which is pretty much what you say early on. It's nice to hear a different view of the game, but one that comes to the same conclusion about how fantastic it is.
Bad luck losing your Blinking Mirror! So pleased you referenced the wonderful music of Miko Higashino. She's an amazing composer.
Thank you for another great review! Couldn't agree more about the music in the game.
Awesome video! This was my very first JRPG. I got it from HMV in the 90's because I liked the box.. it changed my life.
Urgh...Suikoden I and especially II have a really special place in my heart. Such a brilliant and absolutely perfect couple of JRPG games. Thank you for highlighting the great features and unique factors that this game possesses
You know how you started this video? Talking about that song that floods you with emotion and everything? The moment I heard the first note of that opening song you used gave me that feeling bud. Goosebumps and everything. My all time favorite game, and all time favorite sound track.
Thank you for this review, really brought back my Childhood. You captured the way these games made us feel to the T! Think I may have to to dig up my PSX in storage.
Great video, I hope to see you do ones for the rest of the Suikoden series as well!
fantastic review! when I played this game I really enjoyed it thoroughly, it was such a quality, compact and complete jrpg experience in 20 something hours
Best video i’ve seen this year. It’s like you’re in my head
Aah, here we have another series I've been planning to play but not gotten to yet.
Great video.
This Suikoden game looks pretty fun! Maybe I'll give it a try
nice! I recommend you to play suikoden2 first.
If you like it , then play suikoden1 to know backstories :-)
Suikoden 1 is fun, but rough around the edges. Start with Suikoden 2, and if you really love the game, then you can play 1 to get the hidden easter eggs that a Suikoden 1 save file unlocks in 2.
(If you want to keep canon names, I highly recommend you name Tir into Mir so when you get the easter egg in 2 you don't end up with a typo'd name TcDohl.
After that, import your Suikoden 2 into 3 if you want to try something new. Skip 4 and Tactics unless you're a glutton for punishment. Play 5 and experience the best mechanics the Suikoden series offers.
+EzioYuio
Considering that 2 is a direct sequel, of sorts to the first game, I'd recommend everyone to start with 1. People generally considering the second game to be the better one, but that doesn't make the first one bad.
@@sintanan469 I could not have said this any better! I still haven't completed 4 yet, too much sailing for me
Try it dude!
Nice video! Thank you for keeping us entertained. Keep it up.
Suikoden 1 and 2 changed my life. And I still love them both.
Best games ever created
Never knew that Romance of the three Kingdoms and X-men helped inspire the series. But it makes a huge amount of sense.
Why is your channel so awesome?
Resonant Arc's love of great storytelling
I had no idea that Michael Moorcock’s “Eternal Champion” series provided some of the inspiration and influence for the “Suikoden” series!!! It has been one of my all-tine favorite dark fantasy book series since I was a teenager!
I’d barely heard of this series until now, and literally all I knew about it was that it had a massive cast; I didn’t even know what console it was on, and figured it was on SNES. Now that I’ve seen this video, though, Suikoden shot up to almost the top of my “to play” list. Thanks for this video, Mike!
Such Godly review for this Masterpiece!! One of the games of my life, Suikoden 1 and 2 are among the best games ever made.
Thank you for this amazing documentary, i was aware of the Revival movement and i had read some Murayama interviews but here are some delicious tidbits that i didnt read.
Such a shame that we are never having a Suikoden 6 with the old staff...
Also just to add, I love the story of the Soul Eater rune and how it gains abilities as Tir loses his loved ones, and it does it without explaining anything.
Such a nice little thing that just adds to the Tragedy of Tir as well as Ted. It is probably still my favorite True Rune still because of it, not to mention the power of it!
Very happy to see Legend of Mana on that list at 1:45. Thats a game that will always remain my favourite. There is just still so many magical, mystical, whimsical, dark, and emotional moving elements to that game.
I really love this game. And I love seeing your review.
Thank you for bringing my childhood memories back in a while. :)
I love these videos! Awesome job!
I really miss the Suikoden series. It's my favorite video game series of all time. I honestly believe that it could have been up there with FF and DQ. It was the perfect blend of any JRPG I've ever played. The turn-based combat was done exceptionally, memorable music, phenomenal storytelling and lore and was even ahead of it's time with how much replayability it had. Collecting all the 108 Stars was amazing fun and all the characters, while not having entire backgrounds, still felt fleshed out and unique. There isn't any other game like it really. A revival of the series will never happen which kind of depresses me. Suikoden 3 was my intro to the series and even still no matter how many times I play it I never get tired of it.
I do remember sitting in my best friend Codys room and both of us taking turns going back and forth playing through our runs of the game. Man, so much nostalgia.
1 of us would be playing Tibia on the computer, and the other would play Suikoden. Turn after an hour or so we would switch. We used to do that allllll the time back then.
Damnn Suikoden 1 and 2 was the bomb, both are almost perfect games during its time. YOUR INTRO MUSIC STRIKE RIGHT DOWN THE NOSTALGIC ROAD.
You are talking in depth about many of my favourite games, even terranigma! you got a new subscriber
I love this game. I go back to it once a year and have a great time playing through the story. These days I usually use a 2 or 3 times xp booster to cut the grinding down. It's so enjoyable to relive my time in the nineties playing this game.
Few video game series are as near to my heart as Suikoden. I played Suikoden II for the first time one day when I went to my local video store to rent a game, back in probably 2000 or so. I see Suikoden II sitting on the shelf and after reading the back of the box I figured I'd give it a shot. I expected a half decent rpg, but I had no idea I was about to experience one of the best rpgs of all time. That game blew me away, and quickly became one of my favorite rpgs ever, especially because it was so different from the Final Fantasy and other jrpg series I had played at the time.
Shortly after I had played Suikoden II, I randomly found the original game on a clearance rack at a GameStop for $10, so I snapped it up. Despite it having some of the most awful cover art in video game history, it was a great game as well. This series is special to me. The music, the art style, the story. If you have not played these games, check them out, they are worth your time. Viktor, Flik, and the gang are all names that warm my heart, remembering the adventures we spent together. I have all the Suikoden games, well at least the main line games, no tactics, so maybe I need to go back and play Suikoden II again, it's been a long time. Unfortunately, after Suikoden V, the artist who did all of the character designs for every Suikoden game, Kaori Fujita, tragically died at the age of 47. So even if we do see future Suikoden games, it's likely they will not feel the same without that stunning art from Fujita.
Great video my dude! You did a great job explaining the game and I really enjoyed how you showed how great the game is for beginners. Hopefully more people will play this game!