I was immediately won over by its charms.
Still, I wasnt ready for how hard its sequel would hit me.
To this day, I believe Suikoden 2 to be among the best games ever made.
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has done the impossible and lived up to the hype.
From translation issues to inventory management awkwardness, theres most certainly room for improvement.
That is why an HD remaster likeThe Gate Rune And Dunan Unification Warsis so enticing.
Does it do that?
Well, the answer is a resounding kinda sorta.
Suikoden 2 then takes everything great from its predecessor and builds on it.
Sure,youmay have never heard of him, but his influence is all over the genre.
Hes your favorite villains favorite villain.
Returning characters retain their personalities from the first game while building on them.
Theres real growth with a few of them as well.
This is where I was hoping to sing the praises of the touted new translation effort.
This retranslation effort was clearly less of an overhaul and more of an additional edit.
Suikoden suffers more from this approach than Suikoden 2, as Suikoden 2s translation was always a lot sharper.
The occasional use of physics-based water effects can add an additional level of clashing.
Things can get real weird-looking, folks!
Worse yet, a lot of the new backdrops feel oddly characterless in Suikoden.
Theres something distinctly flat and lifeless about a lot of those backgrounds.
This clash is much less apparent when playing the sequel.
Its clear that a great deal more effort was expended on updating the visuals of Suikoden 2.
This one step forward, one step backward waltz continues with the profile images.
Id say the end result is more mixed here.
Instead, Konamis approach with this collection has largely been what you see is what you get.
Unfortunately, what you see isnt always particularly easy on the eyes.
At least as an option.
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Played on PS5.
