Which Castle/Homebase was your favorite?

[Ryu]

I'm sorry if this topic already exists but i couldn't find it.

1) Which Homebase was your favorite/least favorite and why.

I personally liked the castle from suikoden 2 because it felt like a real castle, and i loved seeing it built up as i got more characters. The one i hated most (aside from suikoden 4, which i hate everything about that game) is suikoden 3's castle. S3 castle was just to boring, nothing happened to it as more people came. and Why the how the heck does someone crash a boat like that is beyond me.

2) If you could make your own suikoden castle what would it look like (or how would it work)?

Again if i could make my much like suikoden 2.
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[Onimaru]

1) Suikoden II's castle was far and away the best of the castles, it had great atmosphere and a rich history to boot. A ruined old abandoned castle becomes the temporary home of the beloved hero and his motly band of renegades, ahhh, such a badass story. The best quality of Suikoden II's castle was that the people moved around, and there were scenes that played out there, it felt like these 2-D sprites were actually living there. It made me WANT to run around and talk to EVERYONE between and after events to see what they have to say, such a great game and such a great lively castle to boot. Suikoden I's castle was confusing how they kept building new areas on it that looked like they were created from the natural rock, not that I minded, it was a great game. Suikoden III's was closer to the mark of Suikoden II's but the whole trinity sight system kept the place from feeling united, SIV was stupid, and SV's was too clean...f that.

2) I would make them build the castle from scratch. Perhaps they could start with a rough frame-work, but I want to see them construct a castle or at least the rough start of one - like a roughshod wood and mottle fort to start with, but after a series of successes and recruited characters they begin hauling in stone form the riverbank to fortify, and then finally knocking down old structures entirely and rebuilding with better materials. This would be a great castle and it would feel like not only the place was growing and alive, but that recruited 108 Stars of Destiny made an impact on the game other than getting you a snazzy ending.

Oh, and I love it when there's a town surrounding the castle - s2 kind of had this, and so did s3, but the castle doesn't need to cram everything into it in my opinion, a small town beyond the gates would be a great place to put shops, they don't need to be directly on hand because it's convenient. The idea is to sit back and savor the game, and enjoy what you're playing, not to rush through it and ignore the roses, so to speak.
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[Lonelion]

Suikoden 2 had an awesome place,once Viktor's old hometown had Neclord chased out of there and the graves relocated to the basement area,the castle served really well as the army headquarters .
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[Andarc]

Suikoden IV's, it was very original, and something about that ship made it very interesting to explore.
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[Lord Rengo]

1) Suikoden II definately. It was large. It was pretty. It was everything you wanted in a castle. The castle was situated on the huge lake so it is connected to the rest of the the City States (with the exception of the isolated sections, Matilda and Tinto). I occassionally took the long way to places just because I wanted to visit some place. Everything actually made sense. It also wasn't some random Sindar ruin... or in the middle of a lake.

Suikoden V's castle was my next favorite. It just looked flashy and was occassionally interesting to explore. I didn't like it being in a lake... that's been done before.

Suikoden I's was nice. I loved it the first time I played the game. However, once I played Suikoden II, I found it to be lacking.

Suikoden IV's wasn't bad. It was unique, and it traveled with you. I think if people enjoyed the game more, this would be ranked better for some people. Personally, I loved the game my second time through (I played it a second time because the first time I stopped at the end because I hated the game and didn't want to spend time collecting the stars. I started over because I wanted the hero in Suikoden Tactics and I can say I'm glad I did... the game was very good if you're going in thinking it will suck!)

Suikoden III's sucked royally. I was hoping that the holes in the castle would disappear as stars joined. Nope.

2) I would like a castle they let you design. Of course, this is mostly just me hoping, I don't ever expect for anything like this to happen.
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[Buff]

much as i like the sindar castle, the one in suikoden II takes it. like Onimaru said had better atmosphere and history, had a nice lake view. the shops were the best as they actually had houses, a cool room for the hero, even the cooking area.
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[Shad]

I'm going to bypass question 2 for the time being and maybe get back to it when I feel like writing something extensive. For now, here's my ranking of the Suikoden castles:

1. Suikoden II
2. Suikoden V
3. Suikoden I and IV
5. Suikoden Tactics wait it didn't have one
6. Suikoden III

Suikoden 3 had the worst castle imaginable, and it really ruined the whole game for me. 1, 2, 4, and 5 all had pretty sweet ones, with 2 being decidedly my favorite and 1, 4, and 5 all being an approximate tie.

What really made 2 superior to all the others was the character interaction within it. Every star had at least three or four different places that they'd hang out in and a wide variety of people you'd see them around, giving the castle an awesome 'living' feel to it. Where in S3 everyone stood stagnant for eternity, in S2 you felt like you were really in a living breathing interactive place. S5 did a decent job of repeating this, though not quite as well, and the castle itself wasn't as pretty. S1 and S4 were awesome in concept because of that feeling of power and awesomeness derived from being only accessible by water.

[Hawk Thanatos]

1. Suikoden II
2. Suikoden V
3. Suikoden I
4. Suikoden III
5. Suikoden IV

I liked the variety of Suikoden II's castle. It had a village-like area, a dojo/barracks, a dock on the lake and then the castle proper. Suikoden V's castle and the original Suikoden's castle were pretty similar in terms of location, I preferred Suikoden V's castle though. Plus that Zombie Dragon in SI is a bitch to fight. Suikoden III's was shite, it really needed to get better over time. The problem with Suikoden IV's was that it wasn't very realistic, if the ship had ever been destroyed they'd have been well fucked.

As for what type of castle I'd like, I'm gonna agree with Lord Rengo and say they should let us design the castle. Obviously it wouldn't work with too much customization, but you should be able to choose what style of building and it's location within the castle walls.

[Yvl]

Suikoden 5's castle was one of my favorite places in the series, if not ever. Suikoden 2's just didnt aesthetically please me. And indeed, Suikoden 3 had issues with its castle/mansion. And I did sorta like the idea of a boat as a base in SIV.
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[Sialeeds]

Suikoden 1 castle was my favourite. It was not that big as the others, but that was good imho. I also liked the castle theme the best.

[Onimaru]

[Archy]

Suikoden III's sucked major ass. Thomas was a pimp and had loads of money, and his house looked like there were half-breeds of mice and Samuel L. Jackson residing in it. Brilliant.


I voted for Suikoden V, because the Ruins were pretty funky and all that.

And why isn't Tactics an option? They had tents!
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[Buff]

the tents i say were better than suikoden III's castle :\
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[Ryu]