A new Suikoden has been anounced!!!!

Is it a spinoff? I haven't heard for sure if it is or isn't. I hope it isn't. I liked Tierkreis, but, I want my mainline series. I loved 4 & 5(& Tactics), it's 3 that suffered for more, just couldn't totally get into it.

As far as I'm concerned, nothing since III was part of the main series.

It's a shame we won't ever see another Murayama caliber Suikoden (only some of the BEST games ever!), but it does look good, regardless.

IV was the team that was left experimenting with story they had left.
V was the team trying to emulate II again with the last bit of story left.

There is no story left besides Harmonia. The creator didn't leave them with future plans, just backstory. So long as Konami continues to respect his creation there will not be a Suikoden VI without his involvement.

And honestly you don't WANT a Suikoden VI without his involvement. Because at that point it's not Suikoden, it's another game with Suikoden in the title.

Cronorei has already said pretty much the same thing (with less words), but I already had this typed out when I saw it, so: redundant ramblings for all!


Actually, after four years, I . . . don't even remember who those people are!
But I DID love the game. . . at first. . . for the first two thirds. Toward the end, I wasn't quite so fond, and while I was quite saddened by the ending I got I didn't like the game enough to go through it again and get a better ending.

But even if I'd loved it, or any succeeding Suikodens, I'd still opine that the title is an erroneous exploitation. The first three games, all written by the series creator, had certain themes and trends connecting them, and, while covering separate struggles and timelines, were thematically building to something with an increasing dramatic kinesis.

--Look at the series' recurring villain as the prime example (note I did not say "antagonist"). In the first game he's made out as something superhuman and extremely powerful, yet you don't even get to face him in battle. In the second game you get a taste of his power and a hint of his driving hatred of the true runes (the series' real central element), and in the third game he hands you your ass multiple times and, (I believe [never finished III]) he's an end boss). After the series creator/writer departed. . . nothing further. The games simply have some of the elements, but abandon the cohesion of the original trilogy--

Wherever the games were going was lost with the brains behind it, and anything that comes after, no matter how good, is just a clone, using elements from the originals for gameplay and the same title for $$$. And I'm not saying a clone can't surpass its carbon copy. . . but that doesn't make it the same thing.
//And I honestly don't see any clone, or even a true sequel for that matter, surpassing Suikoden II. It's one of the few games that ISN'T overhyped.

I beg to differ. That world map is huge.

Ok, going off that map & my foggy memory, we know very little about the Nameless Lands, Tinto, Nagarea, New Armes, Kanakan, Zelant, Gaien(I don't recall being able to go there in 4), & the whole Western Continent filled with whatever countries, not mentioning Harmonia.

There's obviously story behind Yuber & Pesmerga(who could both probably be included in any universe of Suikoden, along with Jeane & Viki).

Even then, the map could be extended, there are lands shown that get cut off on the map, & have no name. The possiblities are endless.....like the infinity worlds!

Well, so far I will say I like the look of the characters reveal so far. Atleast to me, they seem more mature. Seems like alot of the characters in Tierkries looked like kids, though, I suppose most protagonists in the Suikoden games techinically were kids.

the-magicbox.com/1110/game111018h.shtml

That ultimate ultimate LE pack looks beyond amazing! The price of it doesn't though. ._.'''' I'd love love to get me hands on that encyclopedia and artbook though. As well as the soundtrack! I wonder if they shall once again keep the soundtrack LE and Konami's own shop exclusive though, as they did with Tierkries? If they do, and if I am not able to afford these LE's (or even... just gain access to buying - I hope they are available in a place like Play-Asia.... ), I shall rant most!

So far it seems to be looking pretty okie, ne? ...Then again, I'm probably not the best person to say that, considering how biasedly I loved each one in the series so far.

*gets stones thrown at by the others for not seeing the bad from the good*

I found translations for the scans here at Suikosource! :'D