forrestAug 17, 2023

30% of #InfiniteSpace is traveling back & forth between planets, 30% is talking to people at bars repeatedly, 20% ship battles, 15% is ship management, 5% crew management.

is it "fun" -- i really don't know. very unsure right now.

i really want it to be "fun"

Show threadSuikoversum.deAug 17, 2023
@buru5 This is what makes it Suikoden-y!
Show threadforrestAug 17, 2023

@suikoversum

i've never actually played Suikoden, which is surprising as I've played most jrpg series, just never got around to it. I know S2 is highly rated, but would you recommend playing the series in-order?

Show threadSuikoversum.deAug 17, 2023
@buru5 I'd always recommend playing the first before the second, only because it only takes ~15h to complete (the second is more around 30), and you'll see lots of nice cameos in 2! There's also a feature which allows you to import a save if the first game into the second for even more cameos and some extra content and dialogue
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@buru5 otherwise, IV and V are pretty much standalone. IV is very short for a PS2 JRPG (around 20h), but suffers on many fronts (empty world, story and characters not really fleshed out). V is great and a reuses many of II's plot points, but has horrible pacing and takes roughly 50h
Aug 17, 2023 at 9:26pmWeb
Show threadforrestAug 17, 2023
@suikoversum what are your thoughts on 3? some have described it as the best or most underrated
Show threadSuikoversum.deAug 17, 2023
@buru5 there's also Suikoden Tactics which I'd only recommend if you played IV and love solid tactical JRPGs - the games are connected in some ways storywise. There's also Tierkreis for DS, which was a pretty good JRPG for the system, but takes place in a different setting, and another for the PSP, which was never released outside Japan, but I helped in doing an English fantranslation last year. But I'd not really recommend it
Show threadSuikoversum.deAug 17, 2023
@buru5 Suikoden III is also more or less standalone, but some of the major plot points revolve around a minor character from the first two games and you'll have lits of cameos and namedropping which you'd appreciate more if you know at least II. But IMO it's the best in the series with lovable characters and a great story (and some very bad gameplay decisions)
Show threadforrestAug 17, 2023

@suikoversum thanks -- seems like it's best to do 1, 2, 3 at the very least, in that order.

Excited for Eiyuden Chronicles?

Show threadSuikoversum.deAug 17, 2023
@buru5 backed it immediately during the kickstarter campaign with way too much money... so yes! Even though I know I shouldn't have too high expectations, but I'm really eager to play it. Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising was a nice spinoff and I think the world is quite interesting, so I'm looking forward to that