Hey Konami: Where's My Suikoden VI?
View Large ImageI get it. I do. I know the role-playing genre has changed forever and can't revert, and I know that JRPGs have either disappeared or tried so hard to become WRPGs, that the sub-genres have blended into one another. I also have a terrible feeling that even if Konami granted my wish, they'd wreck the project by turning it into a real-time hack 'n slash. But I'm still allowed to hope.
To this day, I say the Suikoden franchise is the second-best role-playing series ever, second only to Final Fantasy. Considering the number of RPGs I've played over the years, you know I don't say such things lightly. But while it was 2nd-best in my eyes, it was a distant 2nd and the huge shadow that was FF (back in the day when Squaresoft ruled the world) always eclipsed Suikoden. If Square's unbelievable games weren't so mind-bogglingly amazing, I'd feel seriously miffed at this, because Suikoden deserved a ton more credit. I also think it's fair to note that even after derailing with Suikoden IV, Konami actually righted the ship with Suikoden V. How many franchises returned to glory so quickly?
But besides that, four of the five titles in question all featured great stories, interesting twists on the standard turn-based combat formula, and of course, that always-engrossing 108 Stars of Destiny setup. Oh yes, I got all 108 in every entry and yes, I do have an original, mint-condition copy of Suikoden II...and no, you can't have it. I've gone back to play the original title more than a few times and I've always wanted to go through Suikoden III again. I just loved the way the latter was set up, too; seeing the story through three different sets of eyes, in any order you wished. And I loved Chris; I made her my Flame Champion. :) It was always that emphasis on story, great world design, and army recruitment that kept me involved.
Now Konami, please bring me Suikoden VI. And no, not on the freakin' DS or PSP. A full role-playing adventure for the PS3 and that, at the very least, is distinctly Suikoden in nature. I know everyone only plays shooters these days and and I know the world just doesn't care about RPGs anymore, but I refuse to believe I'm the only one who wants a sixth Suikoden. I can't be the only one. I just can't.
11/19/2010 Ben Dutka
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Lawless SXE
Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 9:59:43 PM
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Peace.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 10:05:57 PM
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I made Chris my Flame Champion too :) She reminds me of Saber from Fate/Stay Night. But I get the feeling they wanted me to pick the little boy. Pfffft.
A new Suiko would probably be far better than FFXIII in terms of being an RPG and I just think it sucks balls that if a title can't pull down CoD numbers then well it must not be worth making. I don't want to JUST shoot things.
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Drake_RB3
Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 11:09:11 PM
Contrary to many reviews, I wasn't a huge fan of III.
V was definitely a return to form minus a few problems:
Random battles should have taken more thought and strategy and lasted more than 45 seconds (less encounters please and I'd like to hear the world map theme without being interrupted and forced to start over). I felt the use of magic and items wasn't as well implemented as the previous entries, hard to describe. And make the main character a little bit more manly please if its gonna be a guy (the hair drove me nuts). Finally, the length was insane considering the first 8 hours were slow. I think I clocked in 80 hours without going crazy with side quests. But hey, I got my dollars worth.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 11:38:54 PM
Though IV wasn't so great, I liked that hero the most. Guy looked a bit like me.
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Temjin001
Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 10:07:11 PM
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Technically I finished a few others. WHen my brother would go to work/school I'd secretly load his save game profile on Dragon Warrior and also Phantasy Star 2 and play through the last sequences and see the end. Outside of that he'd teach me to level his characters for him in Ultima Exodus and Final Fantasy I (that's right FFI)
I did download the Suikoden from PSN when it was $2.99. I plan to play it when I finish FFIX--I freed my dudes from Kuja's prison chambers.
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Oxvial
Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 10:51:15 PM
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But I can see it has a PSP2 game.
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AnonWTF
Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 10:52:52 PM
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I've played suikoden 1 to 4 and suikoden tactics. 2 was my most favorite. Tactics was the least, but none the less I enjoyed all of them.
Not a huge fan of the whole final fantasy franchise. Even though I absolutely loved dirge of cerberus, x-2, and tactics. More of a fan of the suikoden franchise. Hence why I adore every single installment.
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BikerSaint
Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 11:30:53 PM
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Well, so far I'm sorry to say, I only have #1(but it's mint).
Guess now I'll have to be on the lookout to try completing the rest of series into my collection.
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___________
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 12:01:11 AM
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id much rather kingdom hearts 3 though, and for once $E has not changed the series much like they did with FF so maybe, just maybe for once $E would release a game the way i want it?
i honestly cant understand $Es obsession with the PSP!
KH3 would sell so well, it would make FF look like enslaved!
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Snaaaake
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 1:19:34 AM
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Underdog15
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 1:09:07 AM
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And where's Highlander? (If you read this,) have you ever played Xenogears? Same creator of the Xenosaga series, you know! I bet you would have loved it.
I liked Suidoken too, though. First one I got was a gift from my little sister for Christmas. She's apparently smarter than I gave her credit for. lol!
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Temjin001
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 11:42:18 AM
Anyway, I always meant to play Xenogears. I even owned it. But I just never got to it.
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 4:43:56 PM
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shadowscorpio
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 11:25:16 PM
I think that's why , along with a few others here, it was so heartbreaking to find that the xenosaga series was ending quicker than expected. It was the closest thing we had to xenogears.
Frankly at this point I don't care if its Square, Squaresoft, Square-Enix, Monolith, Monolith Soft or Namco Bandai. I just want SOMEONE to continue the beautiful story of Xenogears or Xenosaga for that matter.
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Underdog15
Sunday, November 21, 2010 @ 10:46:33 AM
Plus, it had a FF7 shoutout. In the city of Solaris, there's a poster in a house of Tifa. lol
@Ben
Totally need to, if you ever find that free time, lol. I know you would have liked it, for sure. Top notch jRPG and among the best. I think you know I wouldn't say that lightly. (My avatar is the protagonist, in fact. His name is Fei. My favorite character was Citan, although Bart was cool. So was Elly... aw damn... they were all friggin' awesome.)
Here's a gameplay video. Shows hand-to-hand combat as well as battle in gears. It shows the open world map exploration, and flying in an airship. Mind you, they're end-game, so the moves you COULD consider spoilers, I guess... and the guy playing isn't breaking a sweat against such weak enemies... Anyways, it's enough to show a thorough gameplay element. Especially if you peek at the menu at the start.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0xGILHchUo
You'll just have to trust me about the amazing storyline.
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Underdog15
Sunday, November 21, 2010 @ 11:05:12 AM
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eLLeJuss
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 1:20:22 AM
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A2K78
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 1:34:03 AM
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dead_prince
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 7:39:19 AM
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Alienange
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 12:08:19 PM
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I've been playing a lot of DQIX on DS and MH3 on Wii and it's absolutely heart breaking that these games are not on a HD console. If they were to bring a new Suikoden to the PS3, well, I'm pretty sure I'd buy it on day one.
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shadowscorpio
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 12:26:34 PM
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I think some game dev's have become corrupted. The minute they saw that a video game could sell and make a ridiculous amount of money like Call Of Duty games, they all of a sudden viewed games that don't sell that much as "not worth it". Sadly JRPG's took the hardest hit but no other demographic of gamer has as much love or passion for the genre. Period. Just with devs would truly consider this...
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Alienange
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 12:38:00 PM
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Mystearica
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 6:00:45 PM
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-Suikoden!
-Chrono Something
-Xeno Something (won't happen... oh well live with the memories of the older games)
-Shin Megami Tensei: Persona AND Non-Persona (eg DDS 1+2 and Nocturne... but I think Catherine might fit here)
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shadowscorpio
Saturday, November 20, 2010 @ 11:29:24 PM
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Snaaaake
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Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 9:47:38 PM
Time has changed, and some Japanese are "baka".
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
I WANNA YELL LIKE MY AVATAR!!!!!
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