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| Maese Spt
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|  "Re(4):Suikoden V preorder bundle" , posted Thu 23 Mar 18:10
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Anyway so far I still haven't gotten to the real meat of the game (Almost 3 hours and only one tiny "dungeon" so far) but for first impressions I pretty much agree with what Polly's said.
I've only seen a few video footages thus far, but I pretty much agree with Polly's statements as well. Not that it does matter or anything, I'll play the game no matter what... I managed to enjoy Suikoden IV to some (very small) degree, so I MUST try this one as the Suikoden whore I am.
However, the lameness of combat system and the excessive loading times won't bother me so much. What I'm eager to know is:
A) Is the plot/scenario any good? It seemed promising to me, but I'd like to hear opinions from people who actually has played it (and no, blatant Suikoden fanboys don't count)
B) Are characters enjoyable? yeah, sure, among 108 guys, there must be some interesting people, but you know what I mean...
C) How is the music? The few tracks I've heard so far were OK, but I'm not betting my head on the new composer guy yet.
And thgere is another question wich bothers me...
D) Will the english voices hurt my ears (and soul)? The japanese dubbing sounds great this time, but I suppose there would be no "japanese voices" option in the american version...
Of course it's a bit too early to get all these questions answered but, anyway, I'd like to know your opinions as you progress in the game. If I manage to get a copy in the near future I'll share mines too, but I dunno if they would be objective enough...
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| Gojira 1950th Post
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| "Suikoden V ramble ramble" , posted Fri 24 Mar 19:50
Well, now that I'm much further into the game, I can give some more detailed impressions. No spoilers.
First and foremost, I'll say that the story so far is great. There are a lot of chances to make decisions that affect the story (the manual mentions "bad endings" so I'm sure they're in there). It certainly takes a while to get your own base though; I've played for 15 hours and I STILL don't have one. Whereas Suikoden 4 would have been nearly over by now. I think I'm nearly there though.
The battle system is just about the same as it ever was, with a few enhancements. They brought back the training and magic school aspect from S3, so there is that. Also a new thing is formations, which allow you to arrange your characters in a way other than the standard 2 lines of 3 and have added effects on attack power and speed. Also in parties, aside from support characters you can take several reserve characters and swap them out when you want. Overall it's a limited but worthy system.
Aside from standard battles, other kinds of battles were improved too. An odd but not bad improvement is the addition of a timer to duels so you don't sit there thinking too long about what the other guy is saying. Also the army and naval battles now occur in a sort of real-time strategy where you command units and send them out. Army battles are back to the old RPS format of old, and the ship battles are basically the same as army battles instead of using the retardedly easy system from S4. Also, for once when armies clash it looks like a real battle with soldiers.
I love the music. I wasn't sure about it at first, but hearing Lunas, the dungeons and some old familiar themes I'm pretty sold on it. It doesn't top Suikoden 2, but I still like it quite a bit.
That's the good. To sum up the bad, the graphics are still fairly bland (stores look especially un-store-like, and often consist of nothing but some dude just standing around outside), and the load times are all over the place (random battles are annoying because of this). The fixed-perspective camera can be frustrating at first, and they didn't do an extremely good job of placing doorways in the foreground, but at least when it matters they try to keep objects out of your view. Also it seems they've taken to the dirty old trick of hiding chests behind solid objects, so good luck finding those. I just found out about it myself, completely by chance.
Generally it's the game many would have expected Suikoden 3 to be before it came out. I'm not trying to say anything bad about S3 though, since it has merit in its own right.
Well that's enough out of me.
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