Suikoden

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Originally Posted by BlackMamba

Neither did 95% of Playstation owners at the time. It was totally overshadowed by FF7. Most people started with Suikoden 2 which is another reason that game seems to be the one that gets the most fanfare.

Yeah I love them both

Originally Posted by BlackMamba

Hey, I don't blame you! Suikoden though is one of those unknown gems.

Indeed it was.. thankfully I told my friends about it and they all purchased it..

Originally Posted by Blu-Runner

I beat Suikoden about 3 times back when I had it on PSOne disc. I d/led it from PSN but haven't played it too much. From what I remember it's not very long at all, I had all 108 characters and everything and had it beaten in less than 25 hours. Here's to hoping that part 2 gets released, because that game was much better.

25 hours you mean for the introducty sequence alone... -_- of course I farm, I find im having problems finding the nameless pot.. I know who drops it but there not dropping it.

Originally Posted by j_rocca42

That's not that long. you did all the side quests and what not. I remember putting in 70-80+ on FFVII-X

I recall the same 70-120 hours matters how much you grilled monsters...

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

I can see why it was overlooked just graphically alone as FFVII blows it clearly out of the water.

Though I can't compare gameplay/story as I've played for 5 minutes. Though I have to say the audio in the game is a lot better than I expected, superior to FFVII in terms of quality.

The artwork has a special feel to it, and that makes it even more special.. the audio is shocking well put together.. The sound track itself has 48 songs..

Can you imagine a game where there are more characters then you will ever bother to level up.. each having there own uniquness bringing something special... to the team.

Oh and remeber if you can bring together all 108 characters something cool happens...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_Sta...tiny_(Suikoden) thats a list of all the characters have fun...

Originally Posted by BlackMamba

Yeah, I remember it was relatively short for an RPG at the time. However, I don't ever think that length has ever been a determining factor of how good a game actually is. Don't agree with your assessment that S2 was much better than S1. But, I guess different strokes for different folks (although the games were quite similar - kind of like an FFIV to FFV type deal)... at least you actually played S1 when it came out unlike some other people who proclaim S2 the best without having played S1 or playing it a) after S2 and/or b) way after it was released.

They each brought something different to the table and were both enjoyable.

Originally Posted by BlackMamba

True, FFVII was kind of like the KZ2 of its age! However, I think Suikoden 2D hand-drawn style ages much better than its 3D counterparts (Wild Arms battle scenes...ugh. The story scenes and overhead view...still good)... 2D just has that certain appeal.

Sadly it overshadowed the best rpgs for playstation.. Xenogears, Star Ocean 2, Legend of Lagaia.. so many more.. some people totally missed out...

I feel sorry for them.