Let's Play Suikoden 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 5:53 pm
I told you that story so I could tell you this one.
I've spent the last few days trying to get a video recorder to work properly, and I've come to the conclusion that my old PC is just too anemic to run an emulator and record it at the same time. Quite apart from the issues with video artifacting and sound synchronization that everyone runs into, I just end up with laggy, terrible video. So I've got to keep borrowing from other YouTube accounts. Oh well.
Suikoden 2 is, yes, the sequel to Suikoden. But for those people raised on Final Fantasy rather than Dragon Quest or Shin Megami Tensei, Suikoden 2 offers a twist: it's a direct sequel. The game takes place just three years after the revolutionary war that toppled the Scarlet Moon Empire and reformed it into the Toran Republic, and is set in the City-States of Jowston immediately north of there. If you watch closely in the introduction video, there are a few familiar faces in the rapid-fire blur of character portraits.
As before, our main character is a teenage boy turned political pariah fighting a war much bigger than he is, taking the role of the Tenkai Star to unite an army against a stronger, better-established political force. That's hardly a spoiler. As before, there's no official canon name, so it's up to you guys what to call the little tonfa-wielding kid with the weird circlet on his head. Just as the son of the McDohl household is unofficially named "Tir", this guy is unofficially "Riou". Your call.
You may also want to consider what to call the army and the castle they end up in, since you'll be prompted for those later.
And, as much-discussed in the previous LP thread, the beginning of the game prompts you to load any existing Suikoden 1 save data you may have lying around.
I'll go ahead and take the data for the complete run, rather than the minimalist one. This allows returning characters a little bit of a power boost if they were leveled up in the previous game, and unlocks a sidequest later.
But for now, name the hero of this tale.
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Returning to read up?
LP Contents:
Unicorn Brigade Camp! The Beginning of Adventure!
Viktor's Fort! If You Don't Work, You Don't Eat!
Jowy's Rescue! What's This Flint For?
Escape to Highland! The Great Circus Performers!
Homecoming! A Trial for Treason!
Execution! Who Will Rescue Us Now?
Mercenary Recruiting! The Return to Viktor's Fort!
Introducing Pilika! To Muse And Back Again!
Highland Troops Incoming! The First Great Army Battles!
The Rune of Beginning! Power to Decide Fate!
Matilda and Mt. Rakutei! Is That A Dragon?!
Sindarin Ruins! What's The Precious Thing?
Spies For The State! Protect Your Sentries!
Hilltop Conference! The Struggles of Representative Government!
Assassination! Jowy's Black Blade!
The Harbor Closed! How Do We Cross The Lake?!
Vampire! What A Horrible Night!
An Old Castle! The Tale of The Strategist!
Shu's First Strategy! The Attack on North Window!
Flashback! Genkaku's Storied Career!
City Between Two Rivers! Racial Tensions Escalate!
Post-Two River Sidequests! Is That A Unicorn?!
Greenhill Chapter! Let's Schooling!
Forest Path! Hidden Cabin!
Forest Path Again! Who's Waiting To Meet Us?
Matilda Knightdom! The Sequence Break Isn't An Edge Anymore!
From Matilda To Muse! Is That A Wolf?!
Highlands March To South Window! General Kiba's Advance!
Pervert! The Emissary to Toran Republic!
Nostalgia Hard! A Song In Praise of Peace!
Luca Blight's Return! Harmonian Soldiers Advance!
Holy Fuck! Luca Blight Just Won't Die!
Matrimony! Inheritor of the Blight Clan!
Muse Again! Sneaking Back to Jowstone Hill!
Two Heroes Unite! Double Tenkai Star!
Invitation to Tinto! Bandits and Zombies!
Gaiden Story! This Is Bad End!
Stay and Fight! Curse of 100 Murders!
Tinto Mines! We Love Our Master!
Gaiden Story! Boris Appears?!
To Greenhill! Who Do You Fight With?
Greenhill's Forest Path! Retracing Footsteps!
Return to Return to Muse, Again! Is That A Golden Wolf?!
108 Stars Gather! The True Power of the Bright Shield Rune!
Liberation of Matilda! War's Heavy Cost!
The March on Highland! Could This Be The End?
Assault on the Highland Capital Stronghold! The Final Battle!
The Leader of a New Nation! This is Bad End?!
I've spent the last few days trying to get a video recorder to work properly, and I've come to the conclusion that my old PC is just too anemic to run an emulator and record it at the same time. Quite apart from the issues with video artifacting and sound synchronization that everyone runs into, I just end up with laggy, terrible video. So I've got to keep borrowing from other YouTube accounts. Oh well.
Suikoden 2 is, yes, the sequel to Suikoden. But for those people raised on Final Fantasy rather than Dragon Quest or Shin Megami Tensei, Suikoden 2 offers a twist: it's a direct sequel. The game takes place just three years after the revolutionary war that toppled the Scarlet Moon Empire and reformed it into the Toran Republic, and is set in the City-States of Jowston immediately north of there. If you watch closely in the introduction video, there are a few familiar faces in the rapid-fire blur of character portraits.
As before, our main character is a teenage boy turned political pariah fighting a war much bigger than he is, taking the role of the Tenkai Star to unite an army against a stronger, better-established political force. That's hardly a spoiler. As before, there's no official canon name, so it's up to you guys what to call the little tonfa-wielding kid with the weird circlet on his head. Just as the son of the McDohl household is unofficially named "Tir", this guy is unofficially "Riou". Your call.
You may also want to consider what to call the army and the castle they end up in, since you'll be prompted for those later.
And, as much-discussed in the previous LP thread, the beginning of the game prompts you to load any existing Suikoden 1 save data you may have lying around.
I'll go ahead and take the data for the complete run, rather than the minimalist one. This allows returning characters a little bit of a power boost if they were leveled up in the previous game, and unlocks a sidequest later.
But for now, name the hero of this tale.
-----
Returning to read up?
LP Contents:
Unicorn Brigade Camp! The Beginning of Adventure!
Viktor's Fort! If You Don't Work, You Don't Eat!
Jowy's Rescue! What's This Flint For?
Escape to Highland! The Great Circus Performers!
Homecoming! A Trial for Treason!
Execution! Who Will Rescue Us Now?
Mercenary Recruiting! The Return to Viktor's Fort!
Introducing Pilika! To Muse And Back Again!
Highland Troops Incoming! The First Great Army Battles!
The Rune of Beginning! Power to Decide Fate!
Matilda and Mt. Rakutei! Is That A Dragon?!
Sindarin Ruins! What's The Precious Thing?
Spies For The State! Protect Your Sentries!
Hilltop Conference! The Struggles of Representative Government!
Assassination! Jowy's Black Blade!
The Harbor Closed! How Do We Cross The Lake?!
Vampire! What A Horrible Night!
An Old Castle! The Tale of The Strategist!
Shu's First Strategy! The Attack on North Window!
Flashback! Genkaku's Storied Career!
City Between Two Rivers! Racial Tensions Escalate!
Post-Two River Sidequests! Is That A Unicorn?!
Greenhill Chapter! Let's Schooling!
Forest Path! Hidden Cabin!
Forest Path Again! Who's Waiting To Meet Us?
Matilda Knightdom! The Sequence Break Isn't An Edge Anymore!
From Matilda To Muse! Is That A Wolf?!
Highlands March To South Window! General Kiba's Advance!
Pervert! The Emissary to Toran Republic!
Nostalgia Hard! A Song In Praise of Peace!
Luca Blight's Return! Harmonian Soldiers Advance!
Holy Fuck! Luca Blight Just Won't Die!
Matrimony! Inheritor of the Blight Clan!
Muse Again! Sneaking Back to Jowstone Hill!
Two Heroes Unite! Double Tenkai Star!
Invitation to Tinto! Bandits and Zombies!
Gaiden Story! This Is Bad End!
Stay and Fight! Curse of 100 Murders!
Tinto Mines! We Love Our Master!
Gaiden Story! Boris Appears?!
To Greenhill! Who Do You Fight With?
Greenhill's Forest Path! Retracing Footsteps!
Return to Return to Muse, Again! Is That A Golden Wolf?!
108 Stars Gather! The True Power of the Bright Shield Rune!
Liberation of Matilda! War's Heavy Cost!
The March on Highland! Could This Be The End?
Assault on the Highland Capital Stronghold! The Final Battle!
The Leader of a New Nation! This is Bad End?!