SUIKODEN 1 SOUNDTRACK OF THE GODS!! Forgotten Days Village of the Hidden Rune is the third of the pinnacle trio of video game music. The other two of the holy trinity being Corridors of Time from Chrono Trigger and Shevat The Wind is Calling from Xenogears. A personal 4th favourite is the Fortress of Doom theme from the original Lufia I transcribe video game music to piano sheet music and I turned the Fortress of Doom into a brass band piece
My final party always has Cleo (rage/fire rune), Eileen (Thunder/lightning rune) and Tengaar (Mother Earth Rune). Balanced magic attack for the higher level combo magic and great long term damage. Viktor not having access to level 4 spells always pissed me off. Gremio's death the first time round made me sob There has NEVER been any video game music as sad as Theme of Sadness
There's actually a good money grind you can do right at the beginning of the game... it's the cup game. In the guide for the game, which I have put away at the moment so I can't tell you the exact pattern, if you select the correct ones then exit, you can build a ridiculous amount of cash very quickly. The only caveats to that is you can only do it the first time you meet the character who runs it right at the beginning of the game then it doesn't work anymore. I actually completely started over when I found out back when I first played it back as a kid. Truly one of the best games I've ever had the pleasure of playing. I hope we can one day truly return to this amazing world.
I was introduced to this game in about 1998 along side two other classic JRPGs... Wild Arms and Vandal Hearts. Aside from adopting so many other JRPG classics onto my faveroit list out of that era ( Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Parasite Eve, FF Tactics) Suikoden has remained my absolute faveroit series.
@@gamebreak6395 hell yea. Revisiting these old games may not satisfy all our visual needs in a game, but functionality and nostalgia wise it resonates very well.
Excellent review dude, really enjoyed the added live action bits 😆. Suikoden is such a special RPG series from the golden age and you did such a great job of celebrating that. Couldn't agree with your review more. Can't wait for your review of 2! (my favourite 🤘)
@@gamebreak6395 Just started playing S2 after eiyuuden chronicle kickstarter ended and it's all been bombarding me, the memories. "oh wow I can push the matilda gate open and recruit futch and humphrey early!" "omg I have to play this game fast or I'll miss clive!" Amazing how the brain pulls up information that had been long forgotten.
Great video, subbed! I actually have your remaster trailer reaction video to thank for getting excited and checking into the series, I recall leaving a comment about not having tried it but since then I got around to playing Suikoden 4, Tactics and just finished Suikoden 1 a few days ago! Such a wonderful experience, Suikoden 1 is my fave so far but I didn't find S4/Tactics as bad as people said, though going into them without any expectations/expecting the worst definitely made the experience better aha. But Suikoden 1 just had so much charm, my favourites had to be Gremio/Odessa/Viktor/Kirkis/Valeria/Ted & while the story was more on the simple side I still found it really engaging. Can't wait to play S2/S3/S5! Here's hoping the remaster & Eiyuden do really well so we can potentially get more remasters (or best case scenario bringing the Rabbit & Bear studios to work on Suikoden 6)
The more I look back at Suikoden IV the more forgiving I am of it. I like to think of Suikoden Tactics as Suikoden IV: Part 2. Taken together, I think S IV becomes a much better entry in the series. I'm glad you liked S1 too! It has a ton of charm, and with S2, S3, and S5 (some of the best in the series) you got a lot to look forward too :) And thanks for watching!
@@gamebreak6395 Agreed! & the rune of punishment theme has been my favourite track in the series, heck one of my fave video game tracks in general! Also surprisingly loved Snowe and most of the designs in those games, though if it ever gets the remaster treatment I think a story rewrite would be for the best. Yohn/Kyril were great too but I'd have loved the former to do more in the story instead of only speaking in the ending!! Reinbach has been my favourite narcissist so far Incredibly excited for those 3 games, S3/S5 in particular had my favourite character designs that I've seen in the series so far + all the praise S2 gets makes me really want to see it for myself. I hope many others get into the series too as it deserves waaaay more attention! Already got a friend of mine following my playthroughs and we both plan to buy the remasters next year. Please keep doing what you do for the series, videos like these deserve so much more love! I plan on watching your S2 tribute review after I beat it ^
@@DS4__ I'm glad you like the videos dude! I'm sure I'll be doing more Suikoden content in the future :) Definitely let me know what you think of the Suikoden games you haven't beat yet. They all have something great to offer. And I would agree with you in terms of Suikoden 3 and its character designs. Easily some of the strongest in the series. The Ninja duo of Ayame/Watari are some of my favorite Ninjas of all time too :)
There is a pattern in the 10,000 bits. A trick i used to do is save my game before betting then remember the pattern and if I win i save the game again. If i lose i need to load my previous money i saved before. You'll be millionaire in a second haha
Wow, that was not what we had here in Europe, we had the white one! It was always such a gamble in the old days, never knowing if a game was good until you tried it! Same with movies! ^^ Still proud of my gamble of buying Castlevania: Symphony of the night. Best no clue buy I've ever made! :p
North America has had some unique box arts to say the least... And I gotta get more into the Castlevania series, it's one of those I've always meant to play more games of.
Nostalgia punch. 1 is my favourite. I think just because of the emotional hit it gave me as a kid. Odessas death was the first really impactful scene in a game for me. I was engrossed from that point on. - I like the linear nature to Suikoden games. Pretty much just having someone new rock up at HQ asking for help. It didn’t feel overused though.
Odessa's death affected me more than I thought it would. Even though we have her for such a small amount of time, it was still very impactful! And I love linear games, they get way to much of a bad rap nowadays.
@@gamebreak6395 Same I love linear games, because you are putting yourself in the hands of a story teller. Few games can do linear and character/world building like Suikoden though.
Chinchorin for me... Unable to stop playing and going saving because I was chasing 999,999 bits with gaspar and him pulling a storm out of his arse everytime I had my winnings upto 250 thousand lol
before you start betting, save then bet on the 100 however many times you want, write down the cup it was in each time, reload and it will be same cup for the 10000 bet. Each disc has its own pattern.
Oh I do know it! xD I actually could get it when I was younger at least once or twice, but man, it was hard! As soon as I found out the trick to win every time, I just used that! ^^
@@gamebreak6395 Haha yeah, you go through so much money upgrading peoples' weapons! I hope Eiyuden has the same feel of "easy come, easy go" that money in Suikoden had. :p
@@gamebreak6395 Yeah, I also loved how leveling was never a chore in Suikoden with the level boost low level characters got. It will be interesting to see Eiyuden's bonus to characters not in the party. :)
@@gamebreak6395 be careful, don't go into too deep into power levels when you do that, there's a community for that, and usually they have very "strong feelings" for the subject. LMAO
@@nworder4life are we talking gameplay wise or lore wise lol There is a Suikoden 2 power level video, they had Killey as their number one physical damage dealer game play wise after testing for physical damage (More Rune slots, more ways to buff their physical damage)... but too bad alot of people didn't like that XD
@@Kaimax61 Thanks for the heads up, I was thinking maybe more along the lines of a video focusing on the most interesting / characters I use the most type video if I ever did make one.
@@gamebreak6395 Yeah their is videos and forms that teach you how to do it. I am not great at explaining it. The suikoden games had money bugs specially in suikoden 2. You also had leveling bugs in 3 of the suikoden games at least 1-3. Not to mention the famous matilda glitch. You could get to level 60 something if you went to the mountain and had only your hero live can't remember what the enemy was called but you needed 6 of them in one battle.
@@darkwolf9ball I've been looking up some of the glitches since you all have mentioned them, and there are quite a few! I heard of the Matilda one before i'm pretty sure, but I have never tried it.
You are doing suikoden videos? ok bro I'm subscribing.
I'm happy to have your subscription. I hope you look forward to my future Suikoden content :)
Ahh, the memories. Your enthusiasm is contagious, and the ending is hilarious!
I'm happy you liked the video!
I might have something good in store for you tomorrow...
Cannot wait for Eiyuden Chronicle!!!! This review hypes me even more!
I'm glad it hyped you up! I'm just sorry the wait is still so long :(
SUIKODEN 1 SOUNDTRACK OF THE GODS!!
Forgotten Days Village of the Hidden Rune is the third of the pinnacle trio of video game music. The other two of the holy trinity being Corridors of Time from Chrono Trigger and Shevat The Wind is Calling from Xenogears.
A personal 4th favourite is the Fortress of Doom theme from the original Lufia
I transcribe video game music to piano sheet music and I turned the Fortress of Doom into a brass band piece
My final party always has Cleo (rage/fire rune), Eileen (Thunder/lightning rune) and Tengaar (Mother Earth Rune). Balanced magic attack for the higher level combo magic and great long term damage. Viktor not having access to level 4 spells always pissed me off.
Gremio's death the first time round made me sob
There has NEVER been any video game music as sad as Theme of Sadness
There's actually a good money grind you can do right at the beginning of the game... it's the cup game. In the guide for the game, which I have put away at the moment so I can't tell you the exact pattern, if you select the correct ones then exit, you can build a ridiculous amount of cash very quickly. The only caveats to that is you can only do it the first time you meet the character who runs it right at the beginning of the game then it doesn't work anymore. I actually completely started over when I found out back when I first played it back as a kid.
Truly one of the best games I've ever had the pleasure of playing. I hope we can one day truly return to this amazing world.
Thanks for the tip!
Hopefully Eiyuden Chronicle will be the beginning of a great new world for all of us to explore and revel in :)
I was introduced to this game in about 1998 along side two other classic JRPGs... Wild Arms and Vandal Hearts. Aside from adopting so many other JRPG classics onto my faveroit list out of that era ( Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Parasite Eve, FF Tactics) Suikoden has remained my absolute faveroit series.
Suikoden is the shit. And I am definitely thinking about doing a review to Vandal Hearts :)
@@gamebreak6395 hell yea. Revisiting these old games may not satisfy all our visual needs in a game, but functionality and nostalgia wise it resonates very well.
Excellent review dude, really enjoyed the added live action bits 😆. Suikoden is such a special RPG series from the golden age and you did such a great job of celebrating that. Couldn't agree with your review more. Can't wait for your review of 2! (my favourite 🤘)
A review for 2 is in the pipeline as we speak :) And I'm glad you enjoyed the review!
suikoden is one of the original literary treasure from Chinas Ming dynasty. its real name is Water margin
That intro had me having suikoden flashbacks! Wew lad, Chinchirorin too!
As soon as I hit the mini-games so many memories and feelings came flooding back :)
@@gamebreak6395 Just started playing S2 after eiyuuden chronicle kickstarter ended and it's all been bombarding me, the memories. "oh wow I can push the matilda gate open and recruit futch and humphrey early!" "omg I have to play this game fast or I'll miss clive!"
Amazing how the brain pulls up information that had been long forgotten.
That cooking mini game was legit fun too! They even had a whole tragic story go along with Hai Yo and the recipes..
The music in 1&2 is truely epic
Fuck yeah it is! Got a favorite piece?
Great video, subbed!
I actually have your remaster trailer reaction video to thank for getting excited and checking into the series, I recall leaving a comment about not having tried it but since then I got around to playing Suikoden 4, Tactics and just finished Suikoden 1 a few days ago! Such a wonderful experience, Suikoden 1 is my fave so far but I didn't find S4/Tactics as bad as people said, though going into them without any expectations/expecting the worst definitely made the experience better aha. But Suikoden 1 just had so much charm, my favourites had to be Gremio/Odessa/Viktor/Kirkis/Valeria/Ted & while the story was more on the simple side I still found it really engaging.
Can't wait to play S2/S3/S5! Here's hoping the remaster & Eiyuden do really well so we can potentially get more remasters (or best case scenario bringing the Rabbit & Bear studios to work on Suikoden 6)
The more I look back at Suikoden IV the more forgiving I am of it. I like to think of Suikoden Tactics as Suikoden IV: Part 2. Taken together, I think S IV becomes a much better entry in the series. I'm glad you liked S1 too! It has a ton of charm, and with S2, S3, and S5 (some of the best in the series) you got a lot to look forward too :)
And thanks for watching!
@@gamebreak6395 Agreed! & the rune of punishment theme has been my favourite track in the series, heck one of my fave video game tracks in general!
Also surprisingly loved Snowe and most of the designs in those games, though if it ever gets the remaster treatment I think a story rewrite would be for the best.
Yohn/Kyril were great too but I'd have loved the former to do more in the story instead of only speaking in the ending!! Reinbach has been my favourite narcissist so far
Incredibly excited for those 3 games, S3/S5 in particular had my favourite character designs that I've seen in the series so far + all the praise S2 gets makes me really want to see it for myself. I hope many others get into the series too as it deserves waaaay more attention! Already got a friend of mine following my playthroughs and we both plan to buy the remasters next year.
Please keep doing what you do for the series, videos like these deserve so much more love! I plan on watching your S2 tribute review after I beat it ^
@@DS4__ I'm glad you like the videos dude! I'm sure I'll be doing more Suikoden content in the future :)
Definitely let me know what you think of the Suikoden games you haven't beat yet. They all have something great to offer. And I would agree with you in terms of Suikoden 3 and its character designs. Easily some of the strongest in the series. The Ninja duo of Ayame/Watari are some of my favorite Ninjas of all time too :)
There is a pattern in the 10,000 bits. A trick i used to do is save my game before betting then remember the pattern and if I win i save the game again. If i lose i need to load my previous money i saved before. You'll be millionaire in a second haha
I had no idea! It didn't even occur to me to look online, or to try and study the cups for patterns!
@@gamebreak6395 Yea it's real easy to make money in Suikoden 1 and then you can do the same thing with the duck village lottery in Suikoden 3.
@@nworder4life And the lottery? shiiiit I might just have to look that up :)
Classic JRpg i have 2 years now to play through all of them again :D including also the spinnoffs
I'm currently working through the second game now too :)
Wow, that was not what we had here in Europe, we had the white one! It was always such a gamble in the old days, never knowing if a game was good until you tried it! Same with movies! ^^ Still proud of my gamble of buying Castlevania: Symphony of the night. Best no clue buy I've ever made! :p
North America has had some unique box arts to say the least... And I gotta get more into the Castlevania series, it's one of those I've always meant to play more games of.
@@gamebreak6395 I played a few of them, but I got REALLY into Symphony of the Night. If you can play just one, go for that one, hands down!
@@IamAcerbus Good to know! Thanks :)
Nostalgia punch. 1 is my favourite. I think just because of the emotional hit it gave me as a kid. Odessas death was the first really impactful scene in a game for me. I was engrossed from that point on. - I like the linear nature to Suikoden games. Pretty much just having someone new rock up at HQ asking for help. It didn’t feel overused though.
Odessa's death affected me more than I thought it would. Even though we have her for such a small amount of time, it was still very impactful! And I love linear games, they get way to much of a bad rap nowadays.
@@gamebreak6395 Same I love linear games, because you are putting yourself in the hands of a story teller. Few games can do linear and character/world building like Suikoden though.
@@nworder4life Preach that shit man, those games are my favorite. It's why I love the ogre battle series so much too.
1 is my favourite too
@@gamebreak6395 her character art was so gorgeous
Jajaja, great review. I recently played it for the first time, so i learned a lot of stuff here. Need to played it again for Gremio!
I'm glad you found the review Enlightening! And Suikoden games are always so great to replay!
Chinchorin for me... Unable to stop playing and going saving because I was chasing 999,999 bits with gaspar and him pulling a storm out of his arse everytime I had my winnings upto 250 thousand lol
That was so Gaspar. He would roll 5 - 6 shitty hands in a row then pull a storm out of nowhere!
before you start betting, save then bet on the 100 however many times you want, write down the cup it was in each time, reload and it will be same cup for the 10000 bet. Each disc has its own pattern.
Thank's for the info! It'll be handy for next time I play it :) I feel like I was the only dude who didn't know about the cheat!
@@gamebreak6395 no prob. Can't wait for the next Eiyuden Chonicles vid!!
Suikoden 2 best game ever
Yes sir, yes it is :)
Oh I do know it! xD I actually could get it when I was younger at least once or twice, but man, it was hard! As soon as I found out the trick to win every time, I just used that! ^^
I should have looked up if there was a trick while playing! lol
@@gamebreak6395 Haha yeah, you go through so much money upgrading peoples' weapons! I hope Eiyuden has the same feel of "easy come, easy go" that money in Suikoden had. :p
@@IamAcerbus I would guess that it would. With so many recruits to equip, you would think they would create as friendly a system as possible :)
@@gamebreak6395 Yeah, I also loved how leveling was never a chore in Suikoden with the level boost low level characters got. It will be interesting to see Eiyuden's bonus to characters not in the party. :)
The European cover art looked different. Check here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suikoden_(video_game)#/media/File:Suikoden_packaging01.jpg
That is sooooo much better. Publishers must have thought most North Americans must have hated Japanese art in the 80s and 90s for some reason.
makes a video talking about the 10 strongest suikoden characters in your opinion
Top 10 characters for just the first Suikoden, or for the whole series?
@@gamebreak6395 be careful, don't go into too deep into power levels when you do that, there's a community for that, and usually they have very "strong feelings" for the subject. LMAO
It all depends on True runes or if said character has mysterious powers.
@@nworder4life are we talking gameplay wise or lore wise lol
There is a Suikoden 2 power level video, they had Killey as their number one physical damage dealer game play wise after testing for physical damage (More Rune slots, more ways to buff their physical damage)... but too bad alot of people didn't like that XD
@@Kaimax61 Thanks for the heads up, I was thinking maybe more along the lines of a video focusing on the most interesting / characters I use the most type video if I ever did make one.
I had the same reaction till you realized it was broken and than it was infinite cash bits
How did I not know about this!? Good to know for the future :)
@@gamebreak6395 Yeah their is videos and forms that teach you how to do it. I am not great at explaining it. The suikoden games had money bugs specially in suikoden 2. You also had leveling bugs in 3 of the suikoden games at least 1-3. Not to mention the famous matilda glitch. You could get to level 60 something if you went to the mountain and had only your hero live can't remember what the enemy was called but you needed 6 of them in one battle.
@@darkwolf9ball I've been looking up some of the glitches since you all have mentioned them, and there are quite a few! I heard of the Matilda one before i'm pretty sure, but I have never tried it.