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Kairyu
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject: a question about the world map... (possible spoiler) |
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when I played Suikoden 4, I beat the game without completely uncovering the world map and there's this huge unexplored region. I'm curious is there anything in the northwestern parts of map? I only went to the necessary islands to collect all 108 stars.
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John Layfield
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Besides El Eal, which you can't enter until the end of the game, there is nothing north-west of Iluya.
EDIT: Oh, and there's Mountain Mass Island to the the north of Razril. It's a treasure hunting location. _________________ One day, I shall come back. Yes, we shall all come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. |
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Even though it looked big, the Suikoden IV map had only a few places you can visit (compared to 1, 2 and 3 :P). _________________
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Am I the only one who was heartbroken over how few locales were availble for visit in Suikoden IV? Razril, Middleport, Nay, Na-Nal, and Obel were the only real cities or villages, and most of them were chronically underpopulated or otherwise served little purpose. It made trading feel extremely restricted, for one. For another, it made it difficult to turn around without finding a handful of SODs. I mean, in post-liberated Obel there are 9 Stars (if memory serves) who can be recruited no questions asked, one after the other, in like, 15 minutes. Only Travis decides to put you disproportionately out of your way. Also, with so few locales it meant that at some points in the game you didn't have a Runesmith, which was kind of a pain. I wanted to explore Gaien, damnation! I wanted to see more islands, and gather a huge fleet of like, 15 ships. Sigh.
The glorious Island Nations have been done an injustice. _________________
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I was bummed about that too. If you forget about the treasure hunting and the single purpose places (mordo,pirates cove, hut island) there's really only 7 places to go, 2 of which are only accessible at the end and beginning and the final Kooluk island at the very end.
In fact, there's never more than 5 places (exceptions noted above) available to you at the same time until the very end of the game.
Now that I think about it, it's quite depressing.... :( _________________ ______ "We're still flying"
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah the map was a bit bland to say the least, very devoid of land really, I mean they are the island nations but a couple more islands and places to go would of helped. Some of the places weren't even that big such as Mordo and Donut Island (yes I know they're treasure hunting spots, at least part of Mordo is) but in all it was somewhat lacking I suppose.
I suppose they did make the sea an interactive feature in that sailing certain areas while fishing would get you items and such but even the items were generally found next to land and not in random hotspots on the map.. If they had hidden them away more at least it would give you purpose to go to certain parts, my map was still largely covered in that fog of war type stuff at the end of the game. _________________
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Krawnik
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah... plus on the cloudy map, you can still see where most of the islands are as indicated by brown smears through the fog. So most of the "hidden" islands can be found without much trouble. _________________
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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What's worse is that if you sail near Gaien, you can actually go through the landmass on the map, even though it doesn't appear visually at sea. They didn't even bother to add the main landmasses.
And I agree about the island sizes. Obel is supposedly a KINGDOM, the biggest of the Island Nations, but all I see is a few huts on a very small island. And they completely lacked a navy. They have like...2 ships or something. Why would Kooluk even bother invading them? _________________
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John Layfield
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Let's be fair. Kooluk's fleets were between two and three ships each too and they're an EMPIRE. And Obel Island is pretty damn large really, there's a big pile of it unexplored. It's probably the only place in the game that you can believe is an actual nation.
Besides, the Island Nations aren't meant to have much political or military power, that's the entire point. _________________ One day, I shall come back. Yes, we shall all come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. |
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:06 am Post subject: |
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John Layfield wrote: |
Besides, the Island Nations aren't meant to have much political or military power, that's the entire point. |
Then why the heck would they make a Suikoden game about the place?! _________________
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John Layfield
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:13 am Post subject: |
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Because the story-line of Suikoden IV revolves around the stuggle of the various island nations to retain their own sense of national identity in the face of a more powerful, oppresive, foreign power on the fringe of beginning wide-spread colonisation in the area. It's the equvilient of the Caribbean islands fending off Spanish conquerers. _________________ One day, I shall come back. Yes, we shall all come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. |
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:20 am Post subject: |
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I thought that it was a very minor war. If it weren't for the rune of punishment Kooluk would have one very early. They had a ton of ships that got wiped out because of that rune. It should have been an easy victory for them. |
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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If it weren't for the Rune of Punishment, Kooluk wouldn't have invaded >_> _________________
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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They would've eventually. Southern expansion was always on the Kooluk agenda, to try and gain more territory to match its superior rivals to the north. The Scarlet Moon Empire. _________________ One day, I shall come back. Yes, we shall all come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. |
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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But could Kooluk have handled Obel, Razril, or Gaien without Cray Trading Company backing them up? _________________
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