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"Suikoden 4"

Nobody tried this yet? I've read some quite negative impressions so far, so I'm debating whether to get it myself. Narrative has returned to a single path (I thought S3 was the best of the series by some distance, largely due to the story and method of telling it).. people don't seem to like the graphics or controls and it seems the combat has been simplified to the extent it's even simpler than S1. Characters are voiced this time but the main character is still a mute, which seemingly makes it feel really strange.

I'd like to hear more favourable opinions before I splash out I think.

You mean PSO. :D

Breath of Fire probably had the best idea. Just put bubbles of emotion above their head. So a tear for when they're sad and all that

Coin wrote:
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> And not mute even. I mean, they talk in bubbles. If they were truly
> mute, they would just do a Garnet - "..."

Ah, but they could just talk in sign-language with a translation for the player.

Kawada wrote:
> Cycloon wrote:
> All main characters in RPGs are mute...normally..aren't they?
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> Hmmmmm good question actually. Don't know, i'd guess in the majority
> of RPG's the main character is normally mute.

This is generally a good idea. I prefer to imagine voices in many RPG's, Sudeki does a good job with it's voices but, as we know, some games have terrible voice acting that can put you right off.

Didn't say it at same time, minute off nan nan ner ner :-D

Jinx!

There was a duck (well, a whole village of ducks) in the last game, Suikoden III. Don't know about this one, but I suppose it's possible.

There was a duck main character in Suikoden 3, couldn't say about 4 yet as it's still in its wrapping on my shelf

The game looked great. You have a duck as part of your party!!!! cool or what. Is that the game ???

Well see, I thought (and still do) that the first 2 suikoden's were massively overrated. So it could go either way for me.