There are few of us who keep wondering what the hell Konami has become. From what has been, leaving an indelible legacy (last January 20 was 30 years of ‘Contra’, for example), to what it is today, where it does not need our love to generate benefits, there is an abysmal difference and unfortunately we have no faith that this pattern will change .
But from time to time, the Japanese company remembers its followers and their abused and / or forgotten sagas, such as ‘Suikoden’ . Because to my surprise, through the official PlayStation blog in the United States, we have discovered that the classic ‘Suikoden IV’ of PS2, published in 2005 in our country (a year before it debuted in Japan), will arrive very soon on PS3 in format digital.
The fourth Suikoden that resurrects in digital format
Within the range of “PS2 Classics” that have been rescued for a long time, although very intermittently, it must be said, it is the fourth ‘Suikoden’ that makes its premiere in the PlayStation Store. And we must not forget that the first two PSOne (compatible with PS3, PSP and PS Vita) were published in February 2015 (the originals date from 1995 and 1998), while ‘Suikoden III’ (compatible with PS3) he did the same in June of that same year.
The case of ‘Suikoden III’ was more striking , since it was the first time that the PS2 classic (original from 2002) set foot on European territory, since it was exclusive until then to Japan and the United States. ‘Suikoden IV’ , meanwhile, did reach our borders in 2005. And if we take into account the information from Sony, next Tuesday, February 28, 2017, we will have it available in the Store for PS3, so only ‘Suikoden V’ and ‘Suikoden Tactics’ would be missing.
Its price has not yet been fixed, but we assume that it will be 9.99 euros, just like the aforementioned ‘Suikoden III’. Price, on the other hand, quite affordable knowing that the original PS2 averages about 30 euros in the second-hand market; nothing to do with those of the first PlayStation (especially the sequel), whose prices are exponentially inflated to 300 euros. Don’t buy!
Konami’s most loved (and forgotten) RPG saga
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‘Suikoden’ has always been a minority saga , or at least compared to the giant Squaresoft. That we all know the media pull that ‘Final Fantasy VII’ had. But something is undeniable: everyone who entered ‘Suikoden’ fell in love instantly . Because to date role-playing games (even today) had few secondary. However in Konami the figure amounted to 108 characters (the 108 stars of destiny). And they all had their story . Brutal.
As if that were not enough, the combat system worked very well (it was in turns and with a maximum of six characters divided into two rows, the front line and a support line, also thought about those of remote fire), the soundtrack was exquisite , and we could even, among other things, improve our castle and unlock minigames, such as cooking. It was practically eternal.
Although its greatest attraction has always been, of course, that Pokémon spirit of “get them all!”, With some hard-to-locate stars of destiny. Unforgettable, for example, the secret plot between Elza and Clive (this is still my avatar on Steam), or the elusive relatives of Mukumuku.
Although each ‘Suikoden’ passed very far in time with respect to the others, which led to almost a hundred new secondary players coming into play, we have had some who repeated, to the delight of the staff, such as Viki. And how can we forget Viktor and Flik , who were returning to our team in ‘Suikoden II’.
But if many of us remember the ‘Suikoden’ saga , it is also because he knew how to give us shocking moments, where the betrayal or death of loved ones took place. The loss of Gremio, the hard fight against Jowy …
Suikoden IV, the one with eternal boat trips
‘Suikoden’ and ‘Suikoden II’ became immediate cult gems, and subsequent installments have had to deal with them ever since to try to overcome them. A ‘Suikoden III’, with the debut on PS2, did not go at all bad, however with ‘Suikoden IV’ the bar was lowered greatly and battered.
It is one of the worst rated in the saga (I did not dislike it, for the record), especially because of how tedious boat trips could be or the reduction of the number of combatants (from six to four), among other issues . But deep down it was still a ‘Suikoden’, and the first we received in Spain for PS2 after the mistreatment suffered with ‘Suikoden III’.
Now ‘Suikoden IV’ will have another opportunity, this time on PS3, which is a good sign: first, because, despite everything, Konami does not forget its destiny stars; and second, because then it will be the turn of ‘Suikoden V’.
As we are, what is your favorite ‘Suikoden’?
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