Pumpkin's Games That Didn't Make the Cut

[Pumpkin]

I'll be doing these every 2 days from now on

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Suikoden Tierkreis
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Suikoden Tierkreis is about... I don't even remember, honestly. Something about multiple universes or something. I think you still need to recruit 108 people. Other than that, it's pretty different from other Suikoden games.

This is probably one of the longest times I've played a game that I didn't really like. I gave it a big shot because it was a Suikoden game and honestly the gameplay wasn't that bad. But beyond that it does nothing extraordinary to me. The story is obviously forgettable, as are the characters which is a big nono for me.

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If you played the main series Suikoden games and you're looking for another one to play... I'm sorry to say this will be quite the disappointment. It has very very little in common with the main Suikoden games, it doesn't have the same charm or feel, and it's just nowhere near as fun. I know, it's disappointing. We wanted a sequel and we get... this instead. The game isn't horrible, it's just pretty forgettable and isn't really a Suikoden game in much else besides the name.

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But the gameplay is fun enough, there are tons of characters if you like that, and the story while it's happening isn't terrible (its just easy to forget). So if you go in without expecting another Suikoden game, this could be worth your time and might turn out to be a lot of fun.

[Ayen]

Never played.

[Wolf Kanno]

Yeah, the Suikoden games after Suikoden V just took the concept of the 108 stars and dropped all the other elements that made the series interesting. Granted the PSP entry did sound promising though like Tiekerisis it has nothing to do with the main series and was Japan only.

[Rez09]

This is probably one of the longest times I've played a game that I didn't really like. I gave it a big shot because it was a Suikoden game and honestly the gameplay wasn't that bad. But beyond that it does nothing extraordinary to me. The story is obviously forgettable, as are the characters which is a big nono for me.

I feel you here, as I spent a ton of time in this game across multiple playthroughs trying to enjoy it. I liked ONE character, Chrodechild, out of the entire cast, and I didn't care about what was going on in the least -- something about invaders coming through the corridor between worlds as I recall. I'm hard pressed to find anything redeeming about the entry, which I expected would at least flesh out the Suikoden mythology or something.

[Egami]

Re Chrono Cross: Agree very much with what you said specially about the combat; the game also has probably the most annoying battle theme in any RPG:



Damn...it is like Mitsuda was going out of his way to troll the player