August 14th

Oki doki! So I got everyone up where I needed them and went on with the game.

*Did the second to last War Battle and had 0 lost units! Did the last war battle which was much harder but got Victory+ still

*Did the boss battles and duels in the Sun Palace. Retook Sol-Falena!

*Did the mountain thing with my three parties. First boss with Lyon's team was the hardest for me.

*Beat the boss on the first try! It wasn't easy, but I did it! My party was Prince, Miakis, Zegai, Viki, Lun, and Faylen.

*WON THE GAME, WOO HOO! About 75 hours total. Record for most enemies defeated goes to the Prince, most damage dealt went to Lun, and best healer went to Miakis!

So some thoughts. I really felt bad for Euram when Sialeeds killed his dad. This game also did a much better job than IV of making this feel like a long adventure. When I got back to the Sun Palace it was like "wow, it's been a while!" as opposed to like with Razril when it didn't feel like that. Even thinking back on when we were staying in Rainwall felt like so long ago and getting the HQ.

I was really sad to leave the HQ. I spent a while there and I really liked it. Some of the endings made me sad, and Suikoden does a good job of showing characters all going their separate ways after the war. They were united by something and afterwards they all go their separate ways, kind of like in life. I did like Zunda's ending and Lun becoming the first female Dragon Horse rider. As usual, I liked the "night before" scenes.

I got the good ending where Lyon was revived and I also had enough Lym points that I ended up staying as a Commander of the Queen's Knight. I liked the Prince's new haircut!

So as far as recruiting, while Suikosource has great ones for the other games, the one for this game is not as good. So I used it with a walkthrough. You can find the guide here and the walkthrough here. Just don't use that guide by itself or you'll probably miss some stars.

I loved the game just as I did before. There are some awesome moments and some awesome scenes and some great characters. Looking forward to starting Suikoden I soon! It's the only one I don't have a hard copy of, so I'll be playing it on the PS3. So no Save Data bonus for Suikoden II, but oh well. The graphic change should be fun I was sad there was no bonus for SIV data though.

Also, my room in the Ceras Lake Castle would be where Norma and Ernst stay in the base of the round hall at the end of the hallway!

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