New Suikoden announced for PSP
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Labadal said:
Even without the Suikoden name tying it down, it's just decent. Story starts off promising but really doesn't pay off, characters lack any depth and suffer from horrible VA. And there is a pretty high encounter rate and you can randomly run into some mid boss level-like enemies more frequently than you would expect. And the battles are piss easy until you get to the last boss, then it is such a shift in difficulty.
Dark Schala
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Personally, for some reason (ha, we all know the reason), Tierkreis was hard for me to get into, so I had to restart it a few times to get it done.Labadal said:
+ Musical score is excellent. Excellent.
+ Background art is really nice to look at. Character art can be too.
+ Plays like a good ol' fashioned turn-based RPG.
+ Narrative is ok.
- has almost nothing to do with the Genso Suikoden lore, setting or tension outside of the 108 Stars of Destiny; lacks the Suikoden flavour
- some of the voicework is lol
- characters lack some depth
Overall, it's a good RPG. It is not a good Suikoden game, however.
I liked Suikoden IV (it isn't the most... "remarkable" game, but I liked it). And Tactics (which fleshes out IV's world/worldbuilding/universe and narrative quite a bit).That sounds like Suikoden 4 to me.And I though that game was an ok game.
Additionally, Suikoden IV's music kicked ass.
Augemitbutter
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told you we get a new suikoden soon
they could tie the worlds together if they wanted to. maybe it was the plan all along? nobody wants tierkreis to continue, it doesn't make sense.
electroplankton
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I liked Tierkreis, I took it as a side-story almost outside Suikoden context.
Magicpaint
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Meh, more Tierkreis-like Suikoden. I wish Suikoden V had sold well then we wouldn't be exposed to this :\
electroplankton
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Magicpaint said:
Tierkreis sold well, so...
Augemitbutter
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electroplankton said:
did you even check previous posts in here?
electroplankton
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Augemitbutter said:
Sure, I knew those numbers and to be a portable game with a very low-budget (compared to PS2 for example) it did well; in Japan, 40k to sell as the last mainline game.
Augemitbutter
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electroplankton said:
low budget? suikoden had exceptional production values for a DS RPG. they didn't handle it like a second rate title, so i don't get why you try to spin its reception around.
electroplankton
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Augemitbutter said:
Lower budget than a home console game, for sure. It did cost less than Suikoden V, and in Japan it went to sell slighly less.
Impeccable
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I enjoyed Tierkreis a lot personally, only downside to it was the amount of dialogue. It sticks out more than the game itself for me.
They haven't released a successful MG outside Japan for more than 3 years. I can't believe a gaiden, MGS Rising is taking them so many years. I would've thought 2 years max for a sidestory game. And Fifa is beating the living hell out of PES with more than 15 million copies sold. Konami is seriously running out of franchises if they treat them like shit.Kyoufu said:
mikeybwright
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What are the odds of this seeing the light of day in the US?
Glad they are bringing Suikoden back, but I was pulling for a Vita/3DS game.
Glad they are bringing Suikoden back, but I was pulling for a Vita/3DS game.
Dreamer RD
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That's kinda bad. Was hoping for a true nextgen Suikoden on PS3 or X360.
Acosta said:Stratus will come!
Meh, if PSP wasn't a rotten corpse in west it could. I'm sure it´s a easier sell than Infinite Space.
I'm not so sure. It's much more Japanese than Infinite Space, especially in the tone and setting. Infinite Space had appeal to niche hardcore PC gamers, while the only appeal for Stratus seems to be towards mecha anime fans. Mecha anime doesn't really sell well in the US, and I cannot think of a single truly successful mecha anime style videogame in the US.
The theme is popular online, but I have a feeling a lot of those interested either won't buy the games, or they just pirate stuff. Who knows. Look at ZoE for example...
R_thanatos
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woah i'm disapointed ..
Part of my brain wants a new suikoden game , but another part was wishing for a Nice suikoden HD in the same vain as suiko 1-5 ( more like 5 or 2 but in HD ) .. Seeing as it is on PSP is disapointing to the least ..but I'm trying to not judge it untill i can see screens & hint at the battle system ...Teikreis was NOT my cup of tea ... and while i'm tipying this i'm still fighting my overall disapointment to stay SANE..
Part of my brain wants a new suikoden game , but another part was wishing for a Nice suikoden HD in the same vain as suiko 1-5 ( more like 5 or 2 but in HD ) .. Seeing as it is on PSP is disapointing to the least ..but I'm trying to not judge it untill i can see screens & hint at the battle system ...Teikreis was NOT my cup of tea ... and while i'm tipying this i'm still fighting my overall disapointment to stay SANE..
duckroll said:
Yes, it´s true that the heavy customization of ships and crew and the whole Space Opera thing attracted people that wouldn't normally play a Japanese game. I remember people interested on it in a few PC centric forums. I wonder how it did, I guess it had a very limited run (I bought it fast just in case).
Stratus looks so interesting... I like games that mix different mechanics. I guess I'll wait some months for a miracle and import it if jgaf impressions are good enough. Using walkthrough it´s more bearable with handhelds.
Manmademan
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Arcblade said:
Right.
Off the top of my head, the order of the games is
IV-V-I-II-III.
V through III take place reasonably around the same time frame (within a dozen years or so) but IV is like a couple centuries before.
â Narayan
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Where the Hell is Suikoden VI.
Where the Hell is Suikoden VI.
Confession: I moneyhatted Konami not to ever call any game Suikoden VI, so Chris Michel would remained banned.
TheSeks said:
Are you looking for this: http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/jp0101npjh50048_000000000000000000.html
Only 1800yen!