Let's talk about Suikoden!

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This is a general discussion thread, about the Suikoden series. What you liked, what you didnt like, what you would have wanted to see, etc. I loved the way you got to see your own castle grow, by recruiting people to join your army. I liked alot of all the different personalities. It's one of my favorite rpg series of all time. I'll start this thread with giving some of my opinions on them. My favorite ones were, in this order
(May contain some SPOILERS)

Suikoden 2: The story with Riou, Nanami, and Jowy, was one of the most touching experiences i've had. This game had many turns and twists, but the betrayal of your best childhood friend, was very devastating. I would of much rather had the Black Sword rune though This was also the first Suikoden I had ever played, renting it at Blockbuster for a week then going back and paying the full 9$ to purchase it. (Haha, what a steal! Check out the prices for this game on ebay!)

Suikoden 3: I loved the story involving Luc. Evil, but I just couldnt help feeling bad for the little fella. The war system was great, as well as the trinity system. Seeing the game from everyones perspective was really cool for me.

Suikoden 1: I thought the hero in this one (Tir) was pretty cool, as well as his True rune. It was pretty bad-ass. The story was good also, but for me wasnt as touching as the two listed above. The whole scenario with Tir's father was great, but for some reason i didnt feel "attatched" to any of the characters.

Suikoden 5: I liked this one, but the story to me wasnt that great. They changed alot of things (as games usually do with newer sequels) and maybe i was just stuck to the roots, but couldnt get into it as much as the others. Also, after you progress through the prologue and the hero switches clothes, he's pretty cool also. Aside from the weird silent-hero head gestures

Suikoden 4: The gameplay in this was pretty good to me, but the reason why it's last on my list is because of all the sea fighting. I can see why they thought it might have been cool to switch it up a little and bring things to the ocean, but personally i didnt really care for it. Also the hero was a fag. But his rune is pretty cool

Didn't really get into the branches of the series, such as Suikoden Tactics or Tierkreis. Heard they werent that great, so eh. What do you guys think?