Some of these are references to the first game, and Orange Company remains a running joke. So Jowy spends some time coming up with names. I mean, of course, let's definitely let fifteen year olds lead a company of soldiers. You just have to do about 80 points of damage to get Flik to relent. This one's easy to parse, it's a Wild Attack. : Okay, maybe I should show you what I've really got. Some of Suikoden V's duels get close to it, though, but that's because that game's Duel system is much more fleshed out. To extrapolate that, that duel is easily the hardest in the series, even if you prepare for it. This duel is super easy, and this initial taunt is an Attack, so let's Wild Attack back at him.Īctually, for that matter, ALL Duels in this game are piss-fucking-easy, and have absolutely nothing on the Pahn-Teo duel. They've changed absolutely nothing in-between games aside from cinematic flair and updated graphics. Azure, if you can even just wound me, I'll consider you a warrior, okay? : I don't want anyone slowing us down, so I'll give you a test. Ignoring this little brat, let's go talk to Viktor. Whether they want to be involved or not Azure and Jowy are a part of this war now. If you answer the first option, Tsai simply knocks Azure and Jowy out and we continue on with the plot. You and I would not have a chance of standing up against him. Luca Blight possesses strength that is not of this world. Luca: Finished? My sword still thirsts for blood!! You! Burn this place down! Burn this whole village to the ground!! Luca: Is that right? In that case, act like a pig.Įasily the most iconic action in the game alone, when Luca kills a woman after he makes her degrade herself to plead for her life. Luca: All you worms can do is plead! You really want to live so badly? This is one of the most iconic scenes in Suikoden II, mostly because of the dialogue. Upon our return to Ryube Village, we find it has been completely burned to the ground and ransacked by Luca Blight's army. Tsai comes stock with a spell scroll of Clay Guardian, the first Earth spell, and it actually works in this game. Like I said before, you sometimes get a choice of where to place battle characters either in your convoy or in your party. He comes with a Unicorn Rune attached, but it's not fixed. He gets great stats but has low HP to compensate it. Tsai is a pretty good, but kind of average fighter. : The Fire Spears, right? I heard that Luca Blight attacked Toto Village. Past where the bird's nest was is a bridge, which takes us on the path towards Tsai's place. Apple tells us he's living near Ryube Village, perhaps in the forest. He says there's a man who lives near here called Tsai of the Divine Spear.Īlways need more money. Viktor tells us the current stock of Fire Spears they have are rusted over, and that we need to go get more. Yup, the Fire Spears are back as a plot point although, they're not nearly as important or effective as they were in the first game. : I'm going to look for a good place to lay some traps. : I'm going to Muse to request reinforcements. The Unicorn Brigade massacre, Captain Rowd's betrayal, Toto Village burning down. But I always thought someday I could go back to Highland. GOAT JRPGs, still salty that the series is no more while inferior pretenders (naming no names) are churned out annually.: I thought I was a Highlander and then they hunted us down. And this is only two-thirds or so through the game.įuck, this thread is making me want to screw my backlog and do yet another Suikoden series playthrough. The catharsis when you finally take this motherfucker down is incredible, and would make a worthy climax to any JRPG. The buildup, the music, the three-party boss fight, the genius moment with the fireflies (my headcanon is that the wooden amulet used for that part of the plan was the same one Pilika sent Riou and Jowy to buy just before Luca sacked her just seems poetic that way) and then the final duel. The whole night ambush is one of my favourite RPG setpieces of all time. He's simply a bloodthirsty, incredibly dangerous human who is only taken out using the combined efforts of pretty much your entire army. He isn't a True Rune bearer (who are usually the strongest fighters in the Suikoden series) and heck, I don't think he even uses runes at all (apart from maaaaybe a bog-standard Fire Rune in his sword). He's by far the most memorable boss I've ever fought in a JRPG, and he managed to achieve it without multiple forms, apocalyptic special attacks, or any of the usual cliches.
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