This game really nice.
if anyone really want to reminisce the Suikoden era, this game is recomeded.

Recent purchaser; This game is pretty damn good, It seems like the old community is having some kind of feud with the developer over DLC or something so if this games actual rating spikes i'd just chalk it down to that.

I've wanted a game like this for a long time, The tutorial is railroaded but after that they just kinda . . Tell you to go do what you want, I completely forgot what the MSQ wanted me to do and have been just running around recruiting people and exploring.

Having said that, I really don't like two characters that seem forced in the party atleast early on . . Lian & Nowa

Lian is just . . Not a good character, Maybe she is but i really hate that kind of personality never have liked it in games and will be dropping her from party very first chance i get.

Nowa is just the stereotypical MC with "Da Powa Of Justice!" No thanks

Story has been really good, From what i've collected it's setting up a huge war between two massive factions and you're just some rando mercenaries on the weaker side. Not gunna go more indepth cause story is actually good for once unlike 99.99% of the slop on Steam.

I'm 2.5 Hours in and barely scratching the surface it feels like which is amazing i really want more 100 hour games, The combat is reminding me of old school Final Fantasy with a wee bit of "The Last Remnant" thrown in for good measure.

It's honestly a travesty that Steam isn't promoting it and is instead trying to shovel ware games with less replayability like Romancing Saga, I'm playing both atm and prefer this one heavily to Saga.

If you are a fan of Suikoden series, this game really bring backs memories. Enjoy.

It is a fine story, and fine combat, but be warned that every single one of the side quest minigames you need to complete to recruit every character are very painful to deal with and unsatisfying.

It felt like a love letter written by someone new to writing. It attempts to do the things that make other games great and it does them but a day late and a dollar short. Overall I just didn't enjoy the game but appreciate them helping to keep the genre alive.

Great Characters, story and art

Steam deck can not load the first boss fight, stays on black screen trying to load battle. Play on PC seemed to fix so i can past the tutorial.

Constant crashes, every 10 minutes, when you go into random locations like a store it will just crash randomly.

The Nintendo switch version runs like ♥♥♥♥ but is still miles better than playing on steam deck. Only if i could get a refund but the problems start about 2 hours in

Couldn't make it past the beginning it was so bad and childish. There is literally no comparison to Luca Blight slashing through people to "teehee we join army teeheeeee". I guess I should have really listened to that E10+ rating.

Total garbage game ... this game is for woke modern audience , this game has trans mage , cringe pronouns dialog jokes , English voice acting is so bad that i turned it off within first hour , this game has more green , blue , pink haired girl boss heroes then i have seen in any game before , story is made for total ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ or for 6y old who dont know better, if u are looking Suikoden then this is not it , wait for Suikoden 1-2 remaster .... horrible horrible garbage game , never ever buy it.

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It feels like Suikoden, it as many lovly elements of suikoden
it has a unique graficstyle i liked in most parts
The story is convincing in the main idea, and i hope it will inprove in the worldbulding, races and conflicts between the nations history, and had more dramaturgy instead of slapstick plotlines and characters
It trys things new and does a great job in improving the one on one battles visual presentation

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the one on one Battlesystem is for some reason reduced in the mechanic
You can basicly choose between attack and counterattack instead of attack/counterattack/defend
It need more grounded characters and less silly ones. Yes silly characters were allways part of suikoden, but they simply overdo it in this game
The Army Battlesystems doesnt feel like a battlesystem with Strategy value and more like a story driven platform.
You have to be pretty stupid to loose the battle
There are 3 bigger minigames but only the cardminigame works in therms of fun.
One minigame is versy timeconsuming and has a breeding charakter system without the fun of player skill or strategy choice
the third minigame is to much connected with the battledrop items of the maingame in order to get stronger/progress in the minigame
And well there is actually a 4th minigame if i count the cooking battle to it. I finished it but i did it by finding one setup of dishes which most of the time always worked ... hrm :(
at the end the game felt a bit rushed, especially after the part you get the upper hand back in the war there is a timegap which is told in some story sequenzes instead of being played.


I hope there will be a second game and this game will more become like suikoden 5 which was my personal favorit of the series.