Himuro said:
So to call Blue Moon just one big Suikoden fanboy just because he liked a game that he atleast gave a chance instead of complaining about subjective issues seems silly to me. Especially since the majority (ie. 80% of the Japanese impressions agree with him). Granted, I haven't played it, but it seems Bebpo hasnt put that much amount of time in the game either.
I call him out on being a fanboy because just ignores stuff that's terrible and and only talks about the good points. Yes, I've actually played a lot more since I posted here last and got a decent way into the main game and the more I played the worse the game got. The story is good...but that's it. If the story wasn't good I would have dropped the game long ago since everything else about the game is just bad or average.
Like he talks about the large scale strategical battles and how they're realtime but he doesn't even make a statement on their quality. That's because they are total complete shit. Seriously these are the worst strategical battles in the entire series.
He also clearly ignores problems with the world map just dumping you out and expecting you to search all over for some random place when the camera is so bad you can't see 5 feet ahead of you.
It's not that Suikoden V is not has high quality as FFXII or Devil Summoner, it's that it's not as high quality and 90% of the rpgs released on PS2. The gameplay is stale, boring, and riddled with problems, the graphics suck, the music is repetitive because the loops are so short, the load times are terrible, never during the entire game will you actually have "fun" playing. You're just walking around doing the stuff because you like Suikoden and want to see how the story plays out, not because it's enjoyable in anyway.
I'd say both III and IV are more "fun" than V, but V is a better game with better design choices. Because of that, and because it's like 50 hours+, I'll bet that this is the first Suikoden many fans of the series never even bother finishing and just shelve. This game has essentially killed the franchise and unless VI is a major step up, I think the fanbase is going to drop in 1/2.
But I can say that both KHII and FFXII are very high quality titles that are definitely worth playing. Other good stuff might be Tales of the Abyss (if it comes over), Front Mission 5, Valkyrie Profile 2 (looks like it should be good), Devil Summoner, and probably Disgaea 2 (haven't had time to play it, but I'm sure it's good).
