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Podcast #35 Suikoden II Discussion
🕑 Added 2019-08-28 21:52:53 +0000 UTCHello patrons.
This week I'll be doing a discussion on Suikoden II for the podcast. I didn't love this game as much as many other people do, so I'm looking for as much perspective as possible before making the retrospective on it. Please feel free to share your thoughts here, join the live chat, and make suggestions for topics. Thank you, as always, for your support. Casen will not be joining me for this one, so if there are any of you who are staunch Suikoden II fans, reach out to me and maybe I'll get you to join me on the live call.
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Resonant Arc
There is no question that was the best moment in the whole game. Definitely agree with you.
While I agree overall with your mixed assessment of the game, something that's always stuck with me from my playthrough of Suikoden II was the multi-party fight against Luca Blight. I'm curious whether you found this scene effective or unique since it was the first time in a JRPG where I really felt outclassed or intimidated by a story boss. After literally sending in waves of PCs to overwhelm and hack apart an opponent through brute force, I was struck by the moral ambiguity of his death scene compared to the usual triumphant and bloodless denouement of most major boss fights in any turn-based game. For me playing the game years ago, it was something different and unique, even if it was out of step with most of the gameplay and tone throughout the rest of the story.
