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Just like “Persona 3”, I think “Suikoden V” got overlooked by releasing on the PS2 instead of the PS3, which was starving for JRPG’s the first 2-3 years of its life. It’s sad because “Suikoden V” is my favorite of the Suikoden series!

It always make me sad that some Suikoden weren't liked. I absolutely had a blast with every single one of em.

It was such a beautiful game, I still replay it from time to time... too bad it did not get the recognition it deserved 😥

5 is my favorite!! thanks for doing this video !

I bought this game on a whim. I was skipping school when I was like 18 years young (now 35). Used to hang out at a record store who also sold games, and I picked that game up. Best purchase I've done. Didn't have internet back then, so got the store clerk to print out like 20 pages of how to recruit the stars for me XD

Thank you for this video. Suikoden 5 is my second faveroit next to 2. I hope to see a real 6 one day. Great video

Wish they’d do a collection release of this series

I never thought I will see a video of Suikoden V nowadays. Thank you :)

It's time for the first two to be re-released on the Switch, like Grandia I and II were..

If only this game would have had more recognition during its time. Suiko2&5 are my favorite Suikoden games, and two of my favorite RPGs.

This game is the reason why I'm excited about the rumor that the PS5 might be fully backwards compatible. My PS2 finally died a couple years ago and I have had an urge to play Suikoden 5 ever since (I was in the middle of a playthrough when it died).

Such an insightful and well-researched video, I learned a lot about the hidden gems of Suikoden V, thank you for sharing!

I suddenly have a nostalgic memory of Suikoden V pop up in my mind in 2021, I don't know why, the music makes me cried oh my god, thank you for your video! This was one of my favorite RPG in PS2 13+ years ago!

Love your channel man, thanks for the solid content.

I need a remastered body of sialeeds and Jeane

dude you uploaded this THE DAY I decided to start suikoden V lmao scared of spoilers so ill watch it after i finish the game

Got half way through this in the day, need to go back and finish it. Thanks for the reminder 😁

About Georg, you missed the fact that his legend goes back to Suikoden *1*! In Marie's inn, six guys are talking about the Five Great Generals but one of them says 'The Six... I mean Five Great Generals' and nothing more is said about it, except we know that at the end of the Gate Rune War, there are indeed Six Generals again. This is the first in game hint of Georg because we learn in Suikoden 2 that there were meant to be Six Generals all along and that Georg was the sixth but left before the first game, hence why the guy in the inn wasn't making verbal nonsense - it was a genuine slip on his part, and foreshadowing that a general had left and that having Five Generals only wasn't the norm! However there is one more piece of evidence to indicate this from Suikoden I - the Japanese instruction manual, which has a picture of the Six Great Generals... including a certain guy with black hair and an eyepatch!!!! The manual picture also includes someone who decidedly isn't Sonya Shulen - it's because it's her mother, Kilawher, who was part of the Generals when Georg was. So Georg's eyepatch look and his existence was being foreshadowed even as far back as the original Suikoden. I guess they soft retconned the eyepatch for Suikoden 2 before the creators of 5 decided to go back to it.

Man I agree so much for the number 6, So many characters are missable to the point where a "wrong choice" of a dialogue could leave that one(Chisato) potential star of destiny unrecruitable for the rest of the game :/ It's probably if not certainly impossible to recruit everyone in this game without a guide.

I’m glad I have two copies of this.

Great video. I hope you make more similar videos.

I first played S5 right around the beginning of the PS3 era. I had already ordered some games and was waiting for them and really wanted a jrpg. I went into a shop and there it was. Suikoden 5. I did not know anything about this series but the cover was nice and so I bought it. It begins rather slow with a lot of politics and character development which is totally fine and even more so in this game. Because I got really drawn into it. The world, the Nobels with all their agendas, the dynamic between the prince and his sister and his parents and the royal guards. And right when I got comfortable and thought "Well now I will probably go exploring" BAM the games shifts gear and changes completely. And I was so angry (at the villans) happy (because of the awesome game) and was totally into it. And so with no effort at all this game jumped into my top ten all time favourite games of all genres. It doesn't have the best graphics but who cares it has great world building, characters and an awesome story. I wish they would make another one someday. Ni No Kuni 2 has some similar aspects with characters, armys and such but its just not the same.

Another great video Erick

I remember that time. I had bought Suikoden 3 then 4 then kingdom hearts 2 came out. I didn't know Suikoden 5 existed. I found out about it from Eric Landon. I must play once done with ff6

I hope they make 6, i have a notepad that i made a story continuing 5, it takes the story to Kingdom of Zelant and the main character is from an assassin guild, he is ordered to kill the queen of falena (Lymsleia, 16 yrs old), but started to have a change of heart after meeting alot of people that knows the queen. He will have the sword of night rune. He will meet a lot of characters from 1 2 and 5, mostly grown up from 5 like toma and shoon, ill also put maybe richard as one of the main characters like how they did with george prime, he was just an optional character in 2. And ofcourse frey will be a secret star

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

I would love this series makes a return one day even remasters

Brilliant upload Erick and my personal favourite game of all time. I spent hours and hours on this masterpiece and loved every minute. Such a tremendous shame that it sold so poorly and also that Suikoden is no more. One of the best and most complex gaming worlds which would be brilliant to revisit again one day...please!

I named my character in this game “of Darkness.” That way everybody calls me “Prince of Darkness.” Good times.

I’m still happy I was able to get a copy of Suikoden V for 50 bucks, since I’m sure it was on the way up in price,lol

Suikoden V is my favourite in the series.

I never got into this series when it was out and even owned some of the PS2 copies, but never played it. I bought them on a PSN sale and finally gave them a chance. I felt like kicking myself for not playing them when I had the chance back in the day. I've gotten such a great nostalgic feeling getting into the series.

I remember being young and blissfull and a dude 1 year younger then me, he loved jrpgs. i played many before but i was more into kh and final fantasy. He said i should try out suikoden. I played Suikoden II first. i got f'n addicted. Searched an guide on the ethernet to get all the charackters. After that i played Suikoden 4. And without spoiling i love the charackter dynamic in the story. After that i played Suikoden 5. It was the biggest most grandest adventure i had the pleasure to witness. there even were different outcomes based on your choices at some points. It had less charackters then the 2nd one. But it felt more grand in scale non the less. I love that series. It dosen't had the capebility to give every charackter the necessary development. But the story that is there. give the charackters that are in the storys center allways the attention they deserve. the gameplay was also enjoyabel all the way throught and very divers. it might be a bad example but i would even say gameplay wise it fused genre's like nier. only more RPG genre focused.

Excellent video for a excellent game!

900th like! and sakiyama is back! 1 & 2 HD remaster! what a time to be alive!

I had this game around its release. Arrived to the final boss without ending it, then sold it...I still can only remember only 3-4 scenes though :(

As good as Suikoden 2 Mr Landon?? Did someone start "hitting the sauce" a tad early today? I do agree however this is criminally underrated and this franchise remains our dream remaster title for all current gen systems. That being said we always agree we love seeing and hearing your rpg passion thru your videos no matter what :). Your care and love for the genre is always appreciated good Sir.

I agree, it is an under appreciated game for sure. Played it twice, loved it both times. It actually gets better, the more you play it.

I love Suikoden V! I haven't been able to play it since I had it on PS2 years ago! I would love to play this again maybe as a digital download on PS4....I have my fingers crossed!

Now we are talking

Me and my brother truly loved this game and we have played and finished it multiple times. It's kinda like a perfect fusion of final fantasy and fire emblem. I do hope it makes a comeback in the future.

this game i found it in a flea market in Guadalajara for around 35 dollars

I really appreciate the effort to even make a 5th game but beyond Tierkreis seems like an impossibility. We can all hope for a 6th but waiting for it might lead to nothing more than disappointment. Fantastic video Erick!

For those looking for suikoden 6 look up eiyuden chronicles it was just on kickstarter and is being made by many of the former suikoden team

MCs weird fish eye in the intro always destroys me. 😂😂😂

It's getting a spiritual successor by some of the staff behind this series. Eiyuden Chronicles is the title of the work in progress.

This game was fantastic! I still have Suikoden 3,4and 5 the original disc along with original saga frontier and all wild arms. Suikoden 2 i had my nephew play it and he scratch the disc no saving 😓.

I'm just now playing this and having fun. Good amount of nice lady characters too

I've never played Suikoden V, but I lived the first couple on the PS1. Luckily thanks to emulation, it is possible to play older games like this without an expensive PS2 and disc.

Knowing Konami nowadays they will bring the series back as suikoden 6 but itll be a puzzle game

I was lucky to grab 2 brand new (LOVED IT!!). I was buying all things Playstation 1 RPG. Found 1 at a pawn shop for $5 case and all. Bought them as they came out. Still have them almost mint and aint no one getting them!!!

Suikoden was my fav growing up!! Thank God eiyuden chronicles is coming!!

This game was 60 bucks when i bought it, i cant believe they animated everything.

Amigo me dá vontade até de chorar só de lembrar o com bom essa época foi e como esse jogo maravilhoso não deu certo você está de parabéns pelo ótimo vídeo que você fez como sempre eu gosto muito de ouvir quando você fala que se encontra eu consigo sentir a paixão de um gamer sério que jogou o jogo e conhece a história falando sobre o jogo espero ver você falando mais desse excelente universo de silicone sobre a personagem sobre histórias pós game algo assim que que você acha da ideia

Now all we can hope is this gets a rerelease after Suikoden HD does well!

and now there's a spiritual successor in the works! yes!!

12:06 it's the real life Suikoden. Somebody must gather all the 108 developers of destiny!

Truely epic game..my personal favorite in the series.

haha glad I saw this after the successful Eiyuden Chronicles kickstarter

Need thesse games to come to steam and ps5 someday

I can't WAIT to play this on PS5!

I'm playing Suikoden V right now. Dis gun be good.

Eiyudan Chronicles: 100 heros!! Suikoden has returned 🙌

Suikoden V is my fav rpg of all time!! It is awesome!

Bought my copy on day one!

This game is amazing, I've been replaying it on my phone. What a time to be alive.

Honestly, Suikoden, and any other unknown game series like Kya: Dark Lineage... Would probably do much better in this time and age, just because advertising is so much easier now. You have google ads, video ads on Instagram, they're everywhere!

Man, I wish to play Suikoden series but looking at the cost of those games on the internet (plus old consol) which might not even work at the end I'm afraid there is no chance for me to try them out (._.)

I still need to go back and get the good ending. My personal favorite is part 3. Likely because it was my introduction to the series.

I hope they will remastert it..when you walk around..the optik was not so good..but the gameplay, story and cutszene were awesome

wow this is just like 3 months ago i thought this was uploaded 5 years ago lol

i need this digitally

5 is my fave in the series too. 👌

Can't wait Eiyuden Chronicle!

i miss this game so muccchh. where can i play this using emulator ?

This game is 5 stars never fail me to laugh and cry with the story... Oh god why... we need this game again please.... please...

Suikoden 2 and 5 are my 2 favorites in the series.

Suikoden as a series will not be revived but lucky the true spiritual successor to the series is in development called "Eiyuden Chronicles" from the original creators of suikoden...

Wish they would port these games in a collection or something to newer platforms. May bite the bullet and buy them on PS1 and PS2. Hope a Growlanser video on "10 things you didn't know" happens in the future.

It’s a great game , I really hope they’ll try 1 more

Suikoden V is one of the best jrpgs I've played and no one played it =/ Getting the good ending sticks with me, the way the ending cutscene is mostly unvoiced, AND with no text, but with the characters body language you can still understand what they were saying and what was going on. It was a perfect ending.

Oh my God it was released on my birthday Feb 23...

Fact #1: There's a such thing as a Suikoden 5.... I loved 4 and beat it multiple times, seen both ending, took different party members for my 'stranded' starting party (finding out that didn't actually matter), finding all 108 stars, having fantasies about the woman who worked the magic shop (I was very young), etc, and I never knew that there was a Suikoden 5.... Wow.

While I still prefer Suikoden II, this game is still very close to matching it, and I'd say it surpasses it in a lot of areas. A shame it never got more attention, it's honestly one of the best JRPGs on the PS2, and maybe even one of the best JRPGs period.

Eiyuden Chornicle: I am the LIGHT

I place Suikoden 5 right after 2 as my favorite Suikoden! It's super underrated and really fulfilled the nostalgia that I didn't think they could do anymore

Suikoden 6 on PS4 and switch by the original team with the team from 5

Ah... I remember this game. Suikoden 1 and 2 were gems. While 3 was a bit of a mix. 4 and its vast ocean and unbearable enemy encounter rate was horrible. 5 felt like a good return to the good old days. And not to mention that the story was pretty neat. A lot of political intrigue while keeping it within the realm of the IP. I even played the one on the DS, which was also pretty cool. Here's to hoping the next Suikoden is a banger.

I stopped playing very early on, i felt the world map and towns and battles were so bland, like very little effort from the devs. story and music seemed great. Should i get back to it (played around 2-3 hours only)? Really wanna get into every time i put it on i just cant focus on it. What do you all love about it mainly? m open to change my mind about it

My favorite suikoden game 😭💖

My Fav Suikoden List : -Suikoden II (I like story between Riou and Jowy I mean is like Naruto and Sasuke and another anime rival like goku and Vegeta) -Suikoden V (A weak Prince and adorable become a strong prince) -Suikoden I (much drama in this series) -Suikoden III (I like the story and i love Flame champion) -Suikoden IV (I don't very like the Theme in this game is better if theme not in the sea but yeah this series much remind me like Riou and Jowy) Sry if my English is bad...

I love this game but haven’t completed it. I’m kinda lost actually, but this video was great. I didn’t know any of these. I need to get back to it and find that damn beaver

Suikoden V is probably way better than many JRPG launched on this year, if this game was remade, it would be a friking success

My favorite Suikoden is S2, but S5 is a very close second.

I don’t think I ever finish this one I can’t remember why but I got to right before the end (what would in other games be the point of no return) I can’t actually think why I would have stopped? As for 4 I actually kinda liked it it’s not as good as 2 or 1 but most games can’t hope to reach that mark.

damn it KONAMIII!! when will you release a goddamn new suikoden series!! you've been neglecting an amazing series all this time!! why?? just why!? DAMN it!!

25134 that's my number. Each one though stands forever loved in my memories ❤️

I'm most surprised to hear that the director was new to the RPG genre and had only ever worked on a single shooter game before. He did a great job from what I hear on Suikoden V, as it is regarded as one of the top 3 in the series at least.

I was a Big fan of Suikoden and recall playing the first 3 and loving them. I didnt play 4 nor 5 mainly because they were prequels.