Suikoden Complete Story Explained

[@anamorphicmind]

I think Suikoden and Suikoden II deserves a remake or a reboot to be released on every system.

[@Anail_Mhin]

They deserve a triology like Lord of the rings

[@thebadness6217]

agreeeeeed.

[@haroldbautista1497]

IT THINK IT WILL BE BETTER IN A MOVIE THE PLOT IS JUST TOO GOOD ESPECIALLY SUIKODEN 2

[@Chimone97]

I don't think nokami will make remake

[@DragoEpyon]

Every single time :D

[@Sashimiburger]

I don't care if Tyr is the canonical name, the main character will always be "Schtolteheim Reinbach III" to me.

[@shayrulbalindong5979]

That is the name of one of the starts in Suikoden IV. Lame and he is gay.

[@RandyH524]

I've played all American versions of JRPGs. The best memories of my life is completing these games. It was like reading really good books.

[@Veroveren]

I couldn't agree more! I love JRPGs to death

[@Gerenocidiac]

Suikoden I and II are very much like a great fantasy book mixed with a little bit of choose your own adventure (if you choose to try and recruit all stars of destiny). Outside of Square these are my favourite RPGs and they make for a solid re-play every year or two for me. Don't think I'll ever get bored of them.

[@Swansen03]

legend of legaia

[@devinewynder5443]

It's funny you said that because that's how I treat jpegs like really good books I still play 16bit one's to this day because the graphic don't matter just the story and gameplay...sometimes not even the gameplay. Lol

[@RandyH524]

@@devinewynder5443 don't you miss the days where you would go to eb games or blockbuster and see the new rpgs. Play the fuck out of them and talk to the employees about your experience. I remember when gremio died. Me and this dude at the game store had a heartfelt moment about life and death. Brotha, I was 11 years old but shit like that made me have empathy in my heart and honestly lead me be the man who I am today.

[@the13thfreakishere]

Leknaat handing Cleo the Fire Crystal and mentioning to her that it's her job specifically to protect Tir is probably one of the most overlooked details in the game. Among all the people from Tir's household, Cleo is the only character that will survive the whole game no matter what. Gremio and Pahn are both determinant characters, if you messed up they might actually die at some point in the story. While Ted and Teo will definitely die at some point in the story, making Cleo the only person from the start of the game that can definitely follow Tir from his start of the journey to the end, and Leknaat foreshadowed it in their meeting, it's a nice detail that I only figured out purely by chance when I was a kid.

[@Xygor]

Didn't totally realize it, but I think you are onto something with this. Good stuff!

[@RobHavocKing]

To bad it wasn't the true fire rune and she left for the grasslands after

[@rosiebrooks7685]

@@RobHavocKing I love the feeling of seeing her again in part 2.

[@StewNWT]

Yup I kept Cleo in my party the entire game and upgraded to the Rage rune. My other two optionals were Eileen with the lightning/thunder rune and Tengaar with the Mother earth rune - Kirkis prior to tengaar

[@jefferson7097]

​@@StewNWT Every single friend I had that played this game, kept Cleo as a main party member the first time through. I remember a few struggling with the Kwanda Dragon fight and blaming it on a lack of Cleo in the party.

[@MirinkaiserVODs]

"Krin steals Gregminster's treasures and vanishes." One thing I liked about Suikoden is that not all your recruits are goody-two-shoes. You get thieves and bandits and mercenaries, etc. That's something I always thought was really cool. And when the fighting is over? They steal your stuff and run. :p

[@formeitwastuesday]

Something else that is funny about Suikoden is that if you run out of money and try to stay inside the inn at your own castle, you will get kicked out. You, the leader of the army and lord of the castle.

[@InsomniaVirus_]

Bro I’m actually tearing up watching this This was all I had as a kid...

[@TMD316]

This was awesome. Please do the rest of the franchise. This will be awesome to binge while I wait for Eiyuden Chronicle.

[@mmmzzzz560]

Agreed.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Suikoden 1 & 2 are back as a remaster!

[@TMD316]

@@fernandozavaletabustos205 I JUST saw this! 2023 needs to hurry up!

[@AntonioLucas91]

it won't be long now, hope you're all doing fine so you can enjoy the games!

[@TMD316]

@@AntonioLucas91 We’ll see. Eiyuden Chronicle is coming out so at least we have SOMETHING, but all Konami has said is “not yet.” But I’m actually replaying 1 on my Steamdeck right now.

[@al_nugraha]

Underatted comment here: Suikoden > Final Fantasy

[@wingkeung9979]

Thanks for doing this video, dude. Really brings me back to some good times. I didn’t back Eiyuu because I’ve been burned by too many kickstarters but I’ll definitely be there day one when it does come out.

[@kgrfirdjy]

Tickling Gremio when he was cooking once you got control of Tir always made me laugh. However, if you leave town and grind enough to make it to the mountain village solo-ing Tir prior to having a fill party, someone there gives you an extremely awesome power-up. After you get Gremio and have a 2-player party, you can return to that village and get a power up that greatly boosts the amount of money your team gets. Usually, that village is not something your party reaches until about 1/4 the way into the game, but fighting the Fur-Furs on the overworld map near Gregminster is the easiest enemy to beat. The snail monsters in the mountains before the village will be incredibly strong afainst your guys, so saving your progress and knowing you may lose makes this a great gamble.

[@Djungelurban]

Kraze was allowed to escape? Can't say that ever happened in any of my 16 playthroughs of this game...

[@samuelrivera7762]

Love all your vids. And you sound like Steve Blum (spike Spiegel, wolverine etc.)

[@threethymes]

This is an excellent account of the story and I like the way you had the appropriate music playing in the background. Suikoden was the first JRPG I ever played and I thought all RPGs would be like this! It will never grow old and being reminded of the complexity and emotional power of the story is wonderful. Thank you!

[@midz111]

I miss this series.

[@AndyGwak]

When Gremio sacrificed himself, it's the first time experiencing how a video game can sway my emotions.

[@codymurda09]

The day has finally come The man the myth the legend

[@alueathram3122]

Those were the days.. Loved playing them from my teenage years until now...

[@aboostedcat9436]

Best complete story explained keep it up man.

[@StrangerHappened]

*I love your voice timbre and the unusual intonations/accentuations* (especially on the words that sentences end with), it is a pleasure to listen to. One tiny correction though: the game uses a mix of both Western and domestic names so "Kage" might be better pronounced as "Kah-geh", similar to Naruto's "Hokage". On the game: characters switch sides a bit too easily, which not quite believable.

[@cliftonsargent1572]

Yes!!!! You told me a little while ago you were 60% done and I’ve been waiting patiently!!! Thanks for this video I can’t F@@@@@@ wait to see it

[@saltysaltmaker3848]

This was the first RPG I played, it's immensely nostalgic for me.

[@Xygor]

It's definitely a timeless classic....in every way.

[@prim5679]

Yey thank you for doing this. I just complete the 2 suikodens game and now we will have a new suikoden which is Eiyudenn Chronicles.

[@StewNWT]

This game gets undersold by the fan base compared with Suikoden II but Suikoden 1 has always been my favourite. More importantly, this game has one of the greatest soundtracks of all time - the complexity, the emotion, the use of world and ethnic instruments are incomparable.

[@Xygor]

Agreed, the two are on the same great level as far as I'm concerned.

[@devildowndevildown6261]

@@Xygor not really, we can clearly see that the animations and other battles modes were improved so at least on technical aspects 2 is better

[@relaxing6194]

That is awesome. Going to buy Suikoden

[@jeremytan7955]

basically chinese novel water margin adapted into a game. love this game to bits watching my elder brother playing them on ps1 growing up. sweet memory.

[@nworder4life]

Barbarossa was such a foolish Emperor he gave a woman complete power over his empire of his own free will...all because she looked like his late wife. All the people in his empire that depend on him betrayed, almost all his generals enslaved, all the fealty to him by people like Teo..trampled, all those senseless deaths in the war with the liberation army...it's all on his shoulders for being weak to a woman's charms.

[@Xygor]

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[@さかだ-k7n]

Suikoden 2 is always deep af, s 5 and tactics are good also

[@johnlerch7699]

i would say that you can use you're saved game date in the sequal game is what i like about this gameand it pretty much continues the story from wher it left off at.

[@nickalexjandro3002]

Flying with dragon

[@nickalexjandro3002]

@The Devil hahaha u got point.

[@tanepukenga1421]

Gremio dying from the spores got to me as a kid. Just as bad as what happened to Black at the end. What stuck out to me was thinking "wait, the castle dragon is a zombie right? So can I heal it dead?" and finding out I could! Rare at that time in western gaming. Also the non-human characters made a big impact

[@kpatterson14206]

"Hey wanna join my army?" "Sure but I'm not going to help you fight and I'll enjoy watching you die" ".....so that's a no then" Love this game but some of the dialogue is unintentionally humorous.

[@OMGmyFACE]

Played RPGs way before this but the first time I got this from a Toys 'r Us on a whim, I was hooked for life. VERY hyped for Eiyuden Chronicle!

[@Xygor]

Can't wait for that game!

[@Jahalang82]

I foundy original copy of Suikoden 1 at a Johnny's Toys store in a clearence bin and I was hooked from that point.

[@Gerenocidiac]

I wish I could get past the visual style of the PS2 era Suikoden games. Growing up playing Suikoden I & II as they were released I much prefer the simpler graphics. Plus the 2D sprite graphics even to this day, can show all the emotion needed for a moving story. Amazing games, 1 and 2 feel like they truly belong together as one intertwined game.

[@StewNWT]

agreed the graphics of SUikoden III IV and V are SO FUCKING UGLY.

[@mattcalabro1795]

5 did a great job with it. Has that same feel

[@guiltysparkplug3856]

Why the hell wasnt I notified about this vid a month ago?? Freaking KZbin! The first two games..... ahhhhh....., so good!

[@Xygor]

Stay tuned, my Suikoden II counterpart comes out soon :)

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Suikoden 1 & 2 are back as a remaster!

[@omensoffate]

Remember buying suikoden from some random drug store. Lol the 90s were a different time

[@superx4563]

Looking forward to this

[@Jointje91]

Well done summary!

[@briguy9915]

I really need to go back and play this gem, I only made it half way through back when I played it.

[@Xygor]

It's worth it man!

[@briguy9915]

Update: Just beat this game yesterday. Great game! Can't wait to play the second one. Thanks for recommending it!

[@craftmoon-vas]

Amazing video, thank you so much. I played suikoden 1 a few years ago and had forgotten the story, thanks to this video now I can continue to 2. :)

[@mmoarchives2542]

i honestly don't know why i picked this game up at babages in 1997, it had the worst looking cover art, looked like a cover from the 70s, but i loved this game, Suikoden 2 was the best in the series though

[@Xygor]

Yeah, agreed that the cover art was pretty horrid for the North American version. The Japanese version was far better.

[@daviddrotos561]

The game of my childhood, anyone know how I go about playing it again today

[@Rafy182003]

ps1 emulaor

[@OMGmyFACE]

I have 1-2 via PSN and play them on a Vita. Also PS3 with cross-saving if you upload to the cloud.

[@HendraAnggrian]

I'm so happy we live in the era where I can play this on my phone with ePSXe Android.

[@DewatuakRS]

Suikoden 2 need a remake..

[@TonyMontana-gr4rm]

Suikoden 2 and 3 please :D

[@Xygor]

2 is next

[@TonyMontana-gr4rm]

@@Xygor I can't wait! Super excited!

[@mightofanubis3238]

This was great

[@we1rdfuk]

So when are you going to do the rest of the series? By the way, great job.

[@Xygor]

2 is next.

[@nihouma11]

Gremio's death always hit me hard. I'm glad he was able to be brought back, but his death hit hard

[@Xygor]

A classic moment!

[@BattleFish89]

The music always gets me 😓

[@AdrianSoto200]

2 words: Odessa Waifu

[@dounials779]

Thank you very much your work is great by the way could you make vagrant story and lunar silver story and ethernal blue please!! 😍

[@khandarwilliam5439]

THAT. GOD. DAMN. MUSIC!

[@cliftonsargent1572]

Any chance your gonna do a video of how to get all the characters? That was the funnest part finding all 108 stars. Just curios man thanks again for this video I’m definitely gonna watch this again

[@ExWhizzy]

This brought back a lot of memories and I have a manly tear in my eye. I just loved the Suikoden games sooooo much. Pls do Suikoden 2 at some point. Thank you for this AMAZING job

[@jurassicporksoup9653]

That fort music always got me in the feels lol, one of the goat of the PlayStation era!

[@kevinstreetgaming]

Great video man! You do a great job with these story explanations. Looking forward to your next one!

[@alesterleong249]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@troybannister1669]

I still own and play 1 thru 5. I also have Suikoden Tactics

[@rosiebrooks7685]

Me to

[@indrasetiono5418]

nothing beat the story of suikoden series

[@Y2M20XX]

Thank you. This brought back a flood of memories for me. My first time with Suikoden was watching my friend play it on his Playstation. I was blown away for the ensemble cast of characters, the story, and the soundtrack. I remember my heart sinking and even tearing up for Gremio, I remember how stunned I was when I had to fight and kill Teo, and...when I picked up my own copy...how overjoyed I was when we brought back Gremio after recruiting everyone. I'm tearing up as I type this. But these are tears of joy...of some of the best memories of days gone by. I really hope Konami realizes how loved these games are still.

[@rosiebrooks7685]

I feel you. I would stay up late at night playing this. I bought every last one of the suikoden games.

[@ryonnl7101]

Damn.. the full story of all suikoden series. The story is not end yet. I hope Someone continue the legacy of suikoden.

[@TheMan-je5xq]

Soon the remasters for the first and second game will be released for all systems!

[@Xygor]

Yes, hopefully soon!

[@alexissandoval4394]

Ive only played suikoden terkreis and it was fantastic!!! Im gonna play the entire saga after i finish phantasy Star OG Also... Could i recommend a mother 1 guide/summary? Noone has ever done that the way you do and it would be of great help

[@MrStormcloak]

I only played tierkreis as well and it’s voice acting still haunts me to this day even though the game itself was great

[@alexissandoval4394]

@@MrStormcloak Being voice acted is fantastic, like professor layton. And the best of all, its actually not akward 😁

[@MrStormcloak]

@@alexissandoval4394 tierkreis voice acting only haunts me because the main character talked so fast the motor mouth memes from back then are so true and funny

[@alexissandoval4394]

@@MrStormcloak Really? I remember it being normal haha Maybe its the dub, Japanese dialogues tends to be shorter and fast

[@MrStormcloak]

@@alexissandoval4394 i mean the english dub, the main character spoke faster than the speed of light

[@onanisland6813]

Barbarossa's action was an extreme case of "I can change her"

[@Xygor]

Haha, that's true!

[@OroborOSX11]

This game has such a special place in my heart. I adored FFVII, certainly, but Suikoden had some astounding music, characters, story, and battle mechanics that I’ll always cherish. Same with Suikoden II.

[@nilak.s617]

Yep. I'm not sure why Suikoden series's popularity is not as widespread as FF series. Is it the fancy graphic?

[@xisageix]

Would like to see a Suikoden movie

[@dannyb9209]

Just returned to this video a year after my most recent playthrough..I was pretty harsh on it saying it wasn't a patch on the 2nd... You know what I'm wrong ... This is the game that started my love of RPGs... And it had alot of heart... I remember completing it and being devastated that I didn't know if flik or Viktor had survived and gutted mathiu died.. It takes really special games to make you care about it's characters

[@burnedexperiment]

27:54 Flik takes one for the team. All joking aside, great work on this faithful telling of a masterpiece.

[@Kaister007]

Thank you so much for making this awesome video! Any plans to make Sui 2?

[@Xygor]

Yep, I am making that next.

[@rodney1234ize]

fans of Suikoden should definitely try the Legend of heroes Trails series.

[@leonard9624]

doesnt compare really

[@Jeremyb2023]

Wow, I didn't know that you could save Pahn and Revive Gremio. I don't know that I'll replay it again any time soon, but I'm glad to see the "good" ending.

[@michaelkiese7794]

This was the absolute best RPG I have ever played. Best storyline and gameplay. ChronoTrigger was a strong 2nd, but Suikoden takes the cake.

[@jojob5540]

you deserve more subs man

[@trailersfromhell2539]

Krin was such a sneaky little f*****. I wish they did more cutscenes with Barbarossa - he had 3 scenes throughout the game, despite being such an essential character. One flaw in the game was that they killed of Odessa too soon, she was in it for maybe 10 minutes worth of gameplay. When she died and handed the liberation army over to McDohl it did not come across as realistic. The greatest strength of the first Suikoden was the dramatic scenes - the death (and resurrection) of Gremio, the death of Teo McDohl at the hand of his own son (which, imo, makes the case for Tir being the greatest hero so far in the series), and the (potential, depending on how you play it) death of Pahn. The music and the overall atmosphere of the universe, towns and villages also worked really well.

[@MateuszTeter]

Amazing. Do the 2nd one please.

[@Xygor]

I will.

[@bigtimetimmyjim6486]

@@Xygor I cannot wait!

[@ACatCalledBaudelaire]

While Suikoden 2 is the superior game (and superior story), I do always admire the tightness of Suikoden 1's story. It was emblematic of a certain era of games that were just so focused and contained; while not as epic as something like Chrono Trigger, they both have the same respect for the player's time and attention, consistently driving you from one key story moment to the next. You can just get so much out of 15-hr playthrough of these titles.

[@kaox44]

Gremio’s death still haunts me to this day. FF7 is junk compared to this Suikoden. I have no emotion or desire to replay FF7, I don’t even know how many time I’ve played Suikoden.

[@sebastianl.6984]

I know the story of this game inside out but this video still reminds me HOW awesome it really is and makes me SO hyped for my remaster playthrough.

[@drake128]

I randomly thought... I hope someone did a suikoden story summary and found this. Thanks!

[@TenboyDeezy2.0]

watching this in 2023. Bout to be December in a few days

[@Xygor]

The game still holds up!

[@TenboyDeezy2.0]

@@Xygor 💯

[@johntracy72]

Suikoden is one of the best JRPG series ever made.

[@Xygor]

I think so too!

[@Kaiseran_Games]

To get new experience try to play the new version " Suikoden The Last Hope " v8.6 on PS1, here will get different scenario for Odessa ✨🎮

[@jairoaldus6085]

Never clicked faster in my life untilmI saw this

[@Duran8998]

I bought Suikoden 1 just so that I could import the accomplishments to Suikoden 2.

[@cliftonsargent1572]

3rd time watching it and I still love this, that music in the castle legit hits me in the feels. Brings back so many memories, thanks again for making this CANT wait till you do breath of fire 3

[@tashyaranadipura4850]

Let's being real, despite of the lack for the visuals PS1 still had the best game collections to play until now... Like the storyline, or the trends.... It was just hits different

[@zachwise476]

40:21 They stumble into a large room full of dragons. FUTCH! I'd say the same thing.

[@Trace153]

That horrible art cover, almost made me skip this series back in the day. I would see it at GameStop and say that looks weird. I bought 2 when I seen it. Then quickly picked up this one right after.

[@yiz2908]

part 2 please

[@Xygor]

It will be the next one.

[@Ragesauce]

22:11 - 23:50 It seems they forgot the name of the cannon was firewind, not windfire/wildfire.

[@napadaanlng69]

I only played the Suikoden 2 game and I didn't know that Viktor is in the 1st game. Also some names are familiar like Valeria, Stallion, Luc, Kasumi, etc. Can you make a 1 video of an entire summary or timeline of suikoden connecting all the stories?

[@aaronammann4236]

Technically 28 runes since the rune if beginnings is a combination of the black sword and white shield runes.

[@sexymanloc45]

I honestly can't thank you enough. I haven't been able to play this game in 15 yrs and have been having serious nostalgia issues. This was awesome thank you.

[@Xygor]

Thanks for the kind words, glad you liked it!

[@NickSchoenfeld]

I was pleasantly surprised that my $300 Sony Final Fantasy 7 machine was also compatible with other games like Suikoden.

[@WilloftheFans]

Your pronunciations are singularly incorrect. Otherwise solid

[@Alianger]

One of the best OSTs on PS1.

[@Xygor]

Agreed!

[@tanepukenga1421]

Any chance of doing another one on Suikoden 2?

[@Xygor]

Suikoden 2 is next, working on it right now.

[@shirox11]

Suikoden is easily in my top 5 series. I have always really liked the political scheming and the games are surprisingly dark. To bad the series is owned by Konami which mean there is a 99.9% chance we will never see any kind of remakes or new games.

[@DragoEpyon]

I do like how these games give a more realistic take on war than most pieces of fiction, magic aside. You're technically the good guy sure, but you're destroying people's homes and lives for your cause just the same and you don't apologize for it. The only weird thing is the fact that a teenager is made the supreme commander of an army, but it wouldn't be Japanese if it weren't the case.

[@matt010288]

Windfire cannon* Pahn MAY survive and must to get all 108 stars. Best grind some levels for him. Teo is a beast

[@asaka616]

I liked the second one better than the original. I wish Konami didn't own this franchise, since they're clearly only interested in making pachinko games now, give it to someone who can make good games. Suikoden was such a good series.

[@danzai]

difficult to watch when you don't pronounce suikoden properly. Sui is pronouced "soy" not swee

[@roymustang07]

Don't forget to look at Eiyuden Chronicle if you're a fan of Suikoden! Especially 1 and 2! It's being made by a few of the creators of Suikoden and looks pretty promising as a spiritual successor.

[@RagnarokGenesis00]

the days when psp hack and r4 cards for DS really brought the light to america for gamers. So many hours

[@spearpig1034]

I know omg a bit late in watching this, but thanks for putting this out. I loved this game way back then. I only ever knew one person who had it n I borrowed it for a good while. I loved the mini wars that you had to cpmamd.

[@AdamLongandTall]

The wildest part of Suikoden was that the sisters are named Leknaat and Windy…like what? A wild difference in names 😂