Niahak's Place

I enjoyed journaling progress through Strange Journey in 2022-23 and wanted to do a similar project, but didn’t really think of writing down thoughts as I go until now. These posts will likely contain some spoilers for Suikoden III but I will try to obscure them behind the “more” section where possible. Suikoden III is one of my favorite games (as evidenced by the favicon I’ve had for over a decade). Since this is my 4th or 5th play-through, I wanted to do a longer-form

I’ll apologize in advance if anyone is offended by the black bars in screenshots in this series.

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the Suikoden games. When Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes went on Kickstarter, I enthusiastically dove in. It was disappointing in some ways, but I still really enjoyed the game’s actual release. ECHH is a supplement, though, not a replacement for the original series (in particular the first three entries, although V is an excellent entry as well).

While the Suikoden 1&2 remaster doesn’t completely overhaul these games, it does add re-done portrait art for 1 (by the original artist) and fixes some major bugs and an exploit in 2. It also adds a fast-forward feature for 1 as well as the ability to run. Having the game simply available on modern platforms alone, for me, is worth the price of entry.