Caesar wrote:Piisuke, I suppose I wasn't clear enough in what I meant when I said Gremio and Nanami. I know they are default and you play through the game with them, but in order to get the best ending and truly have them, you need to get all 108 characters.
I understand that, but that doesn't make their recruiting any more difficult. They join before you even start the game. Getting the perfect ending can be tricky, definitely, moreso in Suikoden II where you need to have all the characters earlier in the game than in Suikoden I where it's before the final battle.
In the end, like I said, difficulty is in the eyes of the beholder. I feel that acquiring the characters isn't difficult, making sure they survive clearly is a lot more challenging.
I do understand how people feel though. Back in the days of Suikoden I, Internet access came through a 56k modem and websites like GameFAQS were still in it's early phases. On top of that, Suikoden was already a rare game and plenty of people hadn't heard about it.
There were also these videogame hotlines people could call.
Crowley was indeed a tricky pony. I stumbled upon him by complete accident. The only reason I found him was because I was messing around. I knew about hidden walls from games like Lufia and, of course, in Toran Lake Castle, there's a few places you walk through walls. I then found a wall in the cave of the past that had a suspiciously straight section and voila! Couldn't recruit him though, didn't had enough characters yet.
Fuma was quite easy to find. If you're used to walking around looking for treasure chests, such as Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger and Lufia, then your first instinct is to walk around a new place first before advancing the story. Aside from that, Fuma stuck out like a sore thumb. Some ninja he is! Bright red!?
Clive was a character that gave me some trouble, but that was because luck decided to wind me up. Same with getting the Nameless Urn for Jabba. I actually grinded an hour to get that bloody urn. Not sure if there's a way to increase the droprate if one has characters with high LCK, but the trials I've been through to get that urn are shocking.
Simone in Suikoden II gave me a little trouble as well. Getting that Rose Brooch, for some reason, always took quite a while before I got it. I then followed it by making him bark like a dog, or act like a pig. Funnily enough, if you keep insisting you want him to do that, he will. He'll then walk off and will not be a SoD. This then also causes you to miss out on Vincent. So don't do it. Although, it is funny.
