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TopicHaunter ranks 101 games he's played over the last decade, with write-ups.
Haunter12O
03/21/18 2:36:11 AM
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98. Suikoden Tierkreis
Original Release: 2009
Developer: Konami
Platform: Nintendo DS

I think Konami was doing meth or crack when they decided Tierkreis would be a good idea. But given the company's history, it's no surprise that they totally disregarded what the fans enjoyed and attempted to reboot the entire series with this game. I honestly don't know what killed the series: Was it Suikoden IV's crappy reception? Was it Suikoden V's poor sales? Was it the decision to start over with Tierkreis, a decision met with overwhelming negativity? Or was it Konami simply not giving a shit about their beloved JRPG series?

Suikoden Tierkreis has nothing in common with any of the previous games except for the 108 stars and the strategy music which sounds familiar. The game ditches the strategy battles and even the duels from previous games. The game ditches the Suikoden world and all the lore behind it. Wonder what Harmonia was all about? Or perhaps you wanted to know what the hell happened to Pesmerga. You'll never know. This game's story seemed like it was written by high schoolers. Something about 12 books (chronicles) that cause different worlds to change shape. Too much of the game was filler and wandering around trying to find out what to do next. Events were not connected well. Random encounters were way too frickin' high and you could only have four members in your party. The 108 stars are no longer fun to find because trying to go anywhere in the game where random encounters were present was a nightmare. Also, very few of them actually had any personality, optional or no. The game did have voice acting, but it was sped up like 1.5x or 2x to fit the cartridge, and by God did it make my ears bleed. The main character, Jesus Christ, shut up. Oh and he solves everything through such amazing tactical prowess such as "You never know until you try!" and "We can never give up!" and the power of friendship. This is an actual exchange from the game:

Strategist Liu: Oh man, the Cynas army is approaching, I don't know what to do...
Your strongest general (some wolf guy): Yeah, we're totally screwed.
Your scholar: Prepare our defenses. The castle is destroyed.
Warrior dude: It's impossible to do anything at this point...

Main character: Well, you never know until you try!!! We can't give up!!!

Strategist Liu: !!!
Warrior dude: Oh my God...
Scholar: You're...you're totally right! Why didn't we think of that?!
General: We can! We can do that! Together, all of us can defeat the enemy!
Liu: Okay everyone, to your positions. Deploy!

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