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Suikoden V
Ten hours into Suikoden V, and I’m pretty sure the first arc of the game is over. I tend to think of Suikoden games in 3 major arcs, the opening arc, which is the introduction; characters, motivations and the how of our hero becoming what he is destined to be. The second arc being the building of your stronghold, collection of 108 SOD and the revelation of plot, and of course the many battles. Finally, the third arc, in which there is much death, pain, and the truth is revealed, this is where Leon Silverberg screwed me over in the first game, and Snowe fucked it up for me in the fourth game.
Moving on:
First off, the good:
1. Ferid and Ashtart are like OMFG!LOVE SO MUCH! I pretty much whimpered as soon as Ferid decided to have a talk with Georg. It was like; NOOOOOOOOOO! Because you know, I could see where it was going, and the two of them are so beautiful and wonderful together, and WHERE IS THE FIC ABOUT HOW THEY MET? AKA How Ferid Kicked Arse, and Ashtart Made Him Her ToyBoy!! HELLO! It NEED to be written!!!
2. The opportunity to have 6-party members! Oh baby, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
3. The skills system! Oh, how I have missed you, even though we only ever met once, and that was back in Suiko3.
4. Characters!!! OMFG! You can tell Konami decided to spend much more time to flesh out each individual character. It is amazing just how attached I got to characters that I pretty much called was going to die for the sake of plot. The main Hero (hereby known as H5 in the following babble) is really, really, really adorable. His relationship with his sister is so sweet, and there is more of a sense of direction and ability that has been rather lacking in the main characters of 2 and 4. In fact, he kind of remind me of McDohl, a reallyreallyreally pretty McDohl, but a McDohl nonetheless.
5. Lyon kicks arse! A FEMALE bodyguard for a MALE Prince! Yes, I am very aware of the set up, but by the gods, she’s still cool, the sibling vibes I get from H5 and her is just OMFG!SQUEEE!
Now, the bad:
1. The battle system of Suiko5 makes me grind my teeth; the loading time of random encounters is once again painfully slow. I blame the amazing battle system of ff12; I am forever spoiled by the high flexibility of the gambit system.
2. The lack of good maps! You think being the Prince of a Country that the main character would have a damn map of the bleeding capital city. I have never been as aggravated as I was then running through the town beneath the Sun Plaza.
3. The camera angle took a bit to get used to, and even now (10 hours into the game) I still want to randomly throw things at the screen because of the damn camera angel. If I want to stare at my hero’s arse I should be allowed to! Though seriously, it is really irritating when you want to have a view of certain things, and you can’t because the bleeding camera angel won’t allow you. ARGHHHH!
Will talk more about Suiko5 after Sunday, will get the PS2 back then.
Moving on:
First off, the good:
1. Ferid and Ashtart are like OMFG!LOVE SO MUCH! I pretty much whimpered as soon as Ferid decided to have a talk with Georg. It was like; NOOOOOOOOOO! Because you know, I could see where it was going, and the two of them are so beautiful and wonderful together, and WHERE IS THE FIC ABOUT HOW THEY MET? AKA How Ferid Kicked Arse, and Ashtart Made Him Her ToyBoy!! HELLO! It NEED to be written!!!
2. The opportunity to have 6-party members! Oh baby, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
3. The skills system! Oh, how I have missed you, even though we only ever met once, and that was back in Suiko3.
4. Characters!!! OMFG! You can tell Konami decided to spend much more time to flesh out each individual character. It is amazing just how attached I got to characters that I pretty much called was going to die for the sake of plot. The main Hero (hereby known as H5 in the following babble) is really, really, really adorable. His relationship with his sister is so sweet, and there is more of a sense of direction and ability that has been rather lacking in the main characters of 2 and 4. In fact, he kind of remind me of McDohl, a reallyreallyreally pretty McDohl, but a McDohl nonetheless.
5. Lyon kicks arse! A FEMALE bodyguard for a MALE Prince! Yes, I am very aware of the set up, but by the gods, she’s still cool, the sibling vibes I get from H5 and her is just OMFG!SQUEEE!
Now, the bad:
1. The battle system of Suiko5 makes me grind my teeth; the loading time of random encounters is once again painfully slow. I blame the amazing battle system of ff12; I am forever spoiled by the high flexibility of the gambit system.
2. The lack of good maps! You think being the Prince of a Country that the main character would have a damn map of the bleeding capital city. I have never been as aggravated as I was then running through the town beneath the Sun Plaza.
3. The camera angle took a bit to get used to, and even now (10 hours into the game) I still want to randomly throw things at the screen because of the damn camera angel. If I want to stare at my hero’s arse I should be allowed to! Though seriously, it is really irritating when you want to have a view of certain things, and you can’t because the bleeding camera angel won’t allow you. ARGHHHH!
Will talk more about Suiko5 after Sunday, will get the PS2 back then.
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BUT I JUST HAD TO SAY
HAHAHHAHAHA OMG SNOWE. T^T God that fag.
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FUCK SNOWE!!! (Actually they probably do... it isn't the fact that's he betrayed the hero, it is the fact that he is unbelievably whinny. The boy just doesn't shut up.)
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Good to see you are enjoying yourself -- am not starting Suiko 5 until I finish at least 2 games. *shifty eyes*
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*kazoos*
Man you have suiko5 and you're playing KH2. I feel so betrayed. *sobweep*
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It is -really- good! ^__^!1 (Let's see how long that lasts *giggles*)
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Shit though, we played it through just to see what would happen to that pissant little bitch. Oh and Ted. I played it for Ted too.
Lols I am waiting for the PAL release. In the meantime playing Suikoden III, mmmmmmmmmm geddoes/fc....ozi goodness
(how is me skipping spoilers equate to being cowardly?? I thought usually this action stemmed from a desire to...not be spoiled?)
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Perhaps it is only so that you will come over to the Dark Side! :p
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YEEEEEEEEEES! Told you for the longest time how cool and awesome III and Geddoe was, and you only gets to it now.
(d00d! Join us and KNOW ALL!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!)
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The hero really is adorable! I squee over him mightily. What part are you on now? Or will this be a part of your other post?
The loading time really is quite slow in SuikoV. And I wanted more variety in enemies, but it's such a damn good game that it doesn't matter!
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He is adorable, but the important factor is that he is also -useful-. I like my heroes effective and dorks. Just finished the bit where Falena has been taken over, H5 flees and they make their journey to Lunas.
It is a very good game, but the fact is after the sexy and awesome system that is FF12 (mediocre plot, but omfg! what an awesome system), SuikodenV gaming mechanics is a major let down. I love the plot and I really don't care about the graphics (that's the other thing, I prefer me Suiko3 graphics; that game had an awesome opening sequence and awesome music,) but I do notice how clumbsy it is. As it is I'll stick with it because you know, this is a Suikoden game, and it is the only series of games that I've played all of (except for Suikoden Tactics because I haven't managed to get my hand on it yet, but I will!) And the truth is I am in love with the characters (I always love the Suiko characters), and the plot will more than likely break my heart (as it has already done so).
SO, MORE news later in the week!