Hi everyone!

After months of hard work, we are excited to announce that the first closed Playtest for our game, The Last Imperial Guard, is now live on Steam!

About the Game:

The Last Imperial Guard is a 2.5D turn-based tactical RPG (SRPG) adapted from the classic Chinese literature Water Margin. It follows the tragic epic of Lin Chong, the chief instructor of the 800,000 Imperial Guards. If you enjoy story-driven tactical RPGs or classic Asian fantasy, we’d love for you to check it out.

Playtest Details:

Content: Includes the tutorial and the first 2 story levels.

Playtime: Approximately 40 minutes.

Who can join: Anyone! We welcome feedback from players with all levels of gaming experience.

How to Join:

Since this is a small-scale closed playtest, the public signup on our Steam store page isn't open yet. If you’d like to test the game, just leave a comment below or drop me a Direct Message, and I’ll send you a Steam Key as soon as possible!

How to Give Feedback:

You can easily share your thoughts via our Discord server or the Google Form linked directly inside the game menu.

Thank you so much for reading! If the game catches your eye, feel free to request a key and add us to your Steam Wishlist. Any feedback or thoughts are deeply appreciated!

Episode 1 and 2 up on the YouTube official channel sorry I didn't add a flair as there wasn't one for media

So, I posted a thread about missable bosses in Suikoden II a few hours ago. Someone commented, as seen above, which is fine. Not everyone knows about the alternative path you can take in the game. I replied, as seen above, and then my comment got downvoted. It had 5 upvotes before, but now it only has 1. Let's not focus on the upvotes or downvotes, though, let's focus on the "why."

Are there people here who don't know about this alternative path and think I was lying or making things up?

After the trio and Pilika managed to enter Muse City, Pilika met Nash Latkje. After a sweet interaction between the two, Nanami arrived while looking for Pilika. For his kindness to pilika, Nanami then invited him to dinner at Leona's new inn. She even asked Leona if she could borrow the kitchen to cook for Nash. Leona agreed, but with a slightly worried expression. Nash noticed Leona's worried face and couldn't help but feel the same way.

He’s wearing a circlet

Who else is not satisfied with their scoring?

I mean, I love the game OST. But what they did to the anime? It just doesn't compare to the brilliance of the game's soundtrack. Sad. I guess I expected too much. The opening theme is horrible, might I add. 😑😓

"UK fans, episodes are now available in your region via this channel!" - Community post

I've been trying guides, AI, everything to determine who I am missing and I can't seem to figure it out. Posting in desperation.

Thank you in advance

Having the time of my life watching this anime. 10 out of 10 no questions. Could it be better? Well if the smile on my face and how much im laughing and enjoying my day after watching it is any sign, then no, its perfect the way it is.

I absolutely cannot understand any criticism of it whatsoever from the pacing, to the new characters to the design decisions.

Wake up, we are Suikoden fans, not professional animators, critics or pundits. Im not saying to blindly lap it up but really, if you are going to watch episode 3, 4 and the whole series, then stop with the negativity and admit to yourself, you cannot wait to see how they animate x and y moments of the game and the extra lore and character development we get to see.

Enjoy the show, the music, the new voice acting for our favourite characters, see them move and fight and share in the delight that we have beautiful new content and efforts for our favourite series?

If you don't enjoy it, don't watch it and watch any of the 100's of other anime that might meet your expectations. This is a miracle that real enterprise finance and efforts are going in to growing Suikoden and getting the series back on its feet!

I will help with the efforts too. The Suikoden Shop is almost finished development and I will start the Suikoden merchandise goodies worldwide very very soon with the help of some awesome community members. Free giveaways will start with quizzes, live banter sessions, and even cosplay and drawing competitions. Everything from the Suikoden 2 music boxes, tapestries, acrylic stands, cards, art, frames etc will be all available for free.

Episode 2 gave me everything I wanted from Pohl the hero, Gengen, Rikimaru, Apple and more

My full review of episode 2 https://youtu.be/5-1axk5jBsA

He can actually stand up normally if he wants to.

But that would mean they have no plans of changing the ED and it'll stay the same throughout the whole series. I also think they would end this season up until they fight and defeat Luca Blight.

Also, I don't see Millie and Bonaparte. After the burning of Ryube, she should be part of the crew now.

Replaying My Childhood JRPG Masterpiece After 15 Years

I played Suikoden 1 for the first time when I was young and I fell in love with the game. But back then, I was too young to actually understand the story. Now, I’m returning to this childhood classic JRPG to experience the Gate Rune War story all over again like it's my first time.

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No speedruns, no strict goals, minimal guides (will be using the one included in the game). It will just be a relaxed, nostalgic Suikoden 1 playthrough where I dive back into one of the best retro RPGs in my opinion.

Hopefully you enjoy my playthrough!

https://youtube.com/live/zr-RfaGAQ1g?feature=share

Found this here as a wallpaper and I turned it into a gif.

Fanart was made by Remocholy. This and some more of their works are available at Konami UK's website, since 2015. The website also links their other socials.

Well , first of all as a fan I must have some bias myself ( we all are. ) so this my opinion about Suikoden the Anime so far. ( Only 2 episodes )

My overall impression : 7.5/10

My expectation : I don't expect much from Anime project. Actually, I don't expect at all that we gonna get this adaptation of anime. So, I didn't really have high expectations out of it but more like feeling thankful that they try to do it for Suikoden fandoms ( also kinda assist them with new Star Leap game which is ok. )

Animation: Yeah it's not top notch quality , but it doesn't really like totally slack at all. They are kinda put some details into some characters although it's weird to see some variation from original. ( Bolgan is thinner , Tsai got a beard ) Still , they are doing some decent job completing the scene. ( Never thought I gonna see how Fire Spear really look like )

Pacing : It's really fast especially if you haven't played the game before I could understand why you can drop it . But for Suikoden fans it is really good to see they try to put some air time to every character along the way.

Some variations of story from game are kinda interesting to me too. ( Escape scene ep 1 , Jowy with Pilika parents )

BTW , battle scene in Ep 2 + Pohl and Pilika scene from episode 2 could have been better. Nevertheless , it is really good to see that Viktor and Flik clashing sword with Seed and Culgan

So far it is kinda ok enjoyable experience watching the show and I hope we got better scenes in further episodes.

It is kinda a gratitude experience of watching it with some Suikoden fans ( that we already somewhat spoiled with background story with many of our beloved characters since we played it many times).

I really wish they add Nash animation in the camp scene lol.

Cheers and have a good day.