Kawano Alludes to Suikoden Sequel for PS3

[fuji]

I hope the game comes out with the 2nd generation PS3 games. This gives them plenty of time to formulate a story and work on gameplay. Suikoden 4 seemed rushed in a lot of places since I believe game production began around the time 3 was released. By starting 6 now, a full two cycles before it's release, I think they'll look to have a great game and blow us away.

I'm willing to give Kawano the benefit of the doubt that she was rushed and had to cut parts of the game out either due to time limits or due to marketing people telling her "people found Suikoden 3 too long." In any respect, there's still plenty of Suikoden games to come before PS3. Looks like the series has the backing of Konami, so that's a great thing.
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[Himuro]

Suikoden needs to evolve gameplay wise. III allowed this. IV deevolved this step. Hopefully they realize this. I don't want Suikoden 2.100101010

[Hrestelan]

Man... What's with this Suikoden storm of new games? Not only Rhapsodia and V in our current PS2, we also have another Suiko to look forward to in PS3.

I'm torn with this. It's great at first, but if the series are going down the path marked by IV, I don't know if this is good news.

[runemaster]

YES whoo this great news even if it is not for sure fantastic!!!!! :mrgreen:
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[skymansxeno]

"Suikoden needs to evolve gameplay wise. III allowed this. IV deevolved this step. Hopefully they realize this. I don't want Suikoden 2.100101010"

Well, I would say that they are finally trying to do new ideas with gameplay and such. She did say she was looking for people with new/inventive ideas.

[Admiral Ackbar]

I agree about the influx of new games!

I remember how after Suikoden 2 we didn't think there would be another Suikoden because it had already been several years and there was no word of a sequel. Then after Suikoden 3 was released we thought that it was the end of the series. A lot of us liked the game (and a lot of us hated the game) but we all agreed that the future of the series was almost certain. The news of Suikoden 4 came as a shock, at least to me.

And now we're getting Rhapsodia, Suikoden 5, and Suikoden 6. Three games all announced (Well, S6 was alluded to) and they're not even all out yet!

Maybe Konami has begun to have more faith in the series.
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[runemaster]

If the have lots of faith in the series then i hope they have the new gameplay (obviosly not completely new) and features which should keep the series going otherwise this aint going to be to right.
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[Windspun_Monkey]

Maybe bringing back the skills in Rhapsodia is a good sign. I liked the skill system although I thought it could use some work which hopefully they will do for Rhapsodia and future games. If they could use the skills system to replace some of the physical runes that would be an improvement. I also hope they use the skills system to give characters certain physical attack skills. The rune system is pretty set but it would be better if we could start seeing some new runes. As for the battle system, I liked the battle system in Suikoden 4. It would have been a little better if you could have 6 characters but it was better than S3's system.

I pretty much think that the best thing Konami could do is to develop the skill system more. It was probably my favorite thing from Suikoden 3.

[Wolf Stew]

I think Rhapsodia/Tactics will tell us a lot about where the series is headed. If it's under-developed like S4 was, then I think a lot of fans will lose interest.

The Suikoden series could survive one disappointing game (Suikoden 4), but I don't think it can survive another one. It'll be hard to keep fans interested in Suikoden 5 if it's preceded by 2 disappointing games.

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[Vextor]

I wouldn't say that Kawano is developing Suikoden 6 yet. It can even be Suikoden Beach Voley Ball where you can use Jeane, etc.
Luc/Sasarai fangirls can squeal all they want with Luc and Sasarai in bathing suits.

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[Siertes]

Damn! Now I might actually have to buy that overpowered piece of ****. Oh well.

When and if Suikoden 6 happens, I want my six character party back. Six characters I can control! No buddy system crap...but as long as it feels like a Suikoden, thats all I really care about. That's probably why I liked S4 more than S3.

[Arcana]

The way that the original poster described it seems to suggest that they are currently looking for team members. In other words, they're thinking about Suikoden: NextGame even as they're working on the closing details of Suikoden 5.

Don't make too big of a deal out of this - this is not an "announcement". A developer was a little loose-lipped in an interview and something came out. If they are looking for new staff, then chances are the game development has not yet started and it'll be two years before you hear any more about this game on the PS3.
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[Vextor]

As long as Sasarai is in it, I don't care about anything else.