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ReggieTheReckless posted...

Started playing Suikoden 2 because of reading this, and while I'm liking it a lot, I'm surprised by how easy it is

So far I'm up to going to Matilda for the first time, and I think I've only died on one boss and then random battles are clearly before Jowy leaves and then still easy with the auto command even after you lose buddy attack

Really fun though, but I'm kind of thrown off by the random vampire insert.... And the rune stuff in general

Kind of detracts from the glorious war/battle plot when all of the high fantasy starts popping up

Oh well

I'm guessing I'm halfway done or so, that right?

First trip to Matilda? I guess about halfway....been so long since I actually went there when the plot expects you to, lol (Matilda Glitch ftw)
Suikoden's never been considered particularly hard, even for a RPGs, the challenge is more about recruiting all 108. I never saw the appeal of a game where you die a lot anyway, though. I guess if they pump the enemies' stats up so that they do outrageous damage and you get some bad luck sequences and die a ton, it makes it feel "challenging?" It's a turn-based RPG, it's not like you'd be dying to intelligent enemy tactics or anything that requires real skill to overcome anyway.

Personal tastes, but I like the mix of fantasy w/ the runes and such and the drama and interaction between people thrown into a war. I don't think the fantasy elements are overwhelming...Luca Blight's the most incredibly evil monster in all of video gaming if not all media and he's pretty explicitly "just a dude" with little to no magical ability.
The vampire's not a "random insert," he was in the first game and has at least a bit of backstory, which Suikoden II gets into later on, plus his history w/ Viktor.