Creator of the Suikoden series, Yoshitaka Murayama, has passed away

https://rabbitandbearstudios.com/%e7%9a%86%e6%a7%98%e3%81%b8%e5%a4%a7%e5%88%87%e3%81%aa%e3%81%8a%e7%9f%a5%e3%82%89%e3%81%9b/

He was also working on a spiritual successor, Eiyuden Chronicle, which is slated to be released on April 23 this year.

Rest in peace.

fuck this hurts

RIP

i wasn't sure if i would or not but i'll probably try to get eiyuden some time this year after all now

That was a sad email to wake up to this morning. I haven't been engaged in the development of Eiyuden Chronicle even though I supported it on Kickstarter and am in the discord, but I still enjoyed reading the monthly updates and was excited by the prospect of a new series coming to be. I'm very excited for EC and hope it is a fitting end to his legacy.

Dang

I spent several years trying to get a copy of Suikoden 2 for a not outrageous price after I got Suikoden 1. Even though I haven't played the rest of the series, I always felt I was connected to it in some way

RIP

Whattttt

RIP to a legend ;-;

Suikoden Tierkreis more like suikoden tear cries

rip

Terrible news; Eiyuden Chronicles has been something I've looked forward to for quite some time now, and even moreso now that I know it will be the last legacy of Murayama.

Now that i have time to make a real post, man i used to be so obsessed with suikoden. That was my childhood, boi. I got every star in 1-5, would watch the intros over and over, would come to gamefaqs and discuss suikoden v when it dropped and obsess over the missable characters and lore

Suikoden really made me appreciate a story thats grounded in reality and human endeavor. Instead of having a convoluted world and plot like a lot of other jrpgs, it was just a political war drama with a billion characters all struggling to make their country a better place. Later on in life I got obsessed with game of thrones, and i made a dnd campaign where the players had to recruit a bunch of npcs to win a war, and i think i owe all that to suikoden.

So yeah, thank you yoshitaka muriyama for creating something genuinely new in a genre that can often feel pretty samey, and just for inspiring me for life. Ive been listening to the suikoden osts all morning, and ill be there day 1 for eiyuden (as if that was ever an option lol)

damn.

Guess I need to finally snag a copy of V to complete my collection, huh.

RIP

Way too young

RIP

suikoden was my favourite series growing up - championed in the schoolyard, got several people to play it, visited suikosource and suikox on the reg, i even mostly ended up sticking around here because of kenrmcha's save my suikoden character.

Suikosource! Man that takes me back. And holy crap that site is still up too

Yeah this really sucks to hear, especially only 2 months out from Eiyuden.

Similarly, while I enjoyed the likes of Final Fantasy and other series, Suikoden always meant more to me than those. It was probably the first RPG series I really fell in love with, and in some ways I've always been chasing something that hits the same as it did.

I hope Eiyuden finds immeasurable success and if there is some kind of afterlife, he's able to see it from there. RIP.

PumpkinCoach posted...

RIP

suikoden was my favourite series growing up - championed in the schoolyard, got several people to play it, visited suikosource and suikox on the reg, i even mostly ended up sticking around here because of kenrmcha's save my suikoden character.

I remember that save my contest. I think I actually was credited on a suikosource guide for suikoden 4 growth rates.

Speaking of old time GameFAQs and Suikoden, I hope TenkoStar is doing good.

RIP

I remember the save my Suikoden character contests that we did. Those were pretty fun.

Yeah, I saw that news - both in my email and on Discord - and was just shattered. The worst part is that he won't get to see how much we love Eiyuden. RIP to a legend.

Suikoden II is a top 10 game for me, and I didn't play it until like 2019. Shows how great he was at making a game that has impact no matter when it's played.

I'll play Eiyuden immediately upon release. I'd do a Suikoden II playthrough now, but I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow.... maybe this calls for me to find my PSP and play it on that?