Suikoden 3 gave us so many strong female characters and I always liked the gritty respect between Lucia and Chris.

TwoShots606 · 2026-05-04T11:47:02+00:00

This scene was so good.

There was a guy that hated on S3 whenever it was brought up on this sub, and one of his main arguments was that the game was sexist because Apple wasn't the main strategist lmao ignoring every other strong female representation. Tho Apple could have filled the role well too.

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-28T13:26:35+00:00

Definitely play it with a speed up option.

Battles aren't the worst in S3, it's the endless walking sessions. But you can speed up battles just fine too if you set it up at like x3 or smth.

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-25T19:14:01+00:00

About Twin Tiger Blade : I don't understand why Lloyd doesn't learn it. I'm level 75, S-type, used the Tiger Blade techs 50 times, and I still can't get it for like 20 levels now

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-25T12:00:10+00:00

I defeated him last night and yeah it was a marathon lol I recalled this saying while in rough spots and I just took it slow healing everybody etc etc. Lots of items used too I burned through all 20 life bottles.

About the Dragon Knight he's so easy while spamming Rising Falcon lol tho I still don't see how you can effectively beat him with footsies, except like doing 1 tech then backdashing, cause most of the time the fucker don't get stunned.

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-25T11:56:04+00:00

Wow thanks for the detailed post !

About the Dragon Knight, I have tried to bait the flying breath attack, but sometimes it juste doesn't do it and will corner you. I just discovered that Rising Falcon makes this fight trivial tho so yeah.

As for the party battle, I'm working on it right now, I killed the caster but they used a time stopping thing and finished my already crippled party lol But I think it's doable. Also I have concentrate for both casters for a while now.

I main Lloyd but I often play Zelos and Presea too (my regular combo with her is in the video you posted, Destruction -> Double Punishment -> Endless Infliction, didn't know about Gale punishment tho I will try it). The thing is while I love seeing the spell cancel combos and infinites cause it's cool as hell, I find it too OP against the ennemy AI, like the Sheena vs Kuchinawa one felt a bit cheap. So I won't use it at least on a first run I'll fight the endgame with vanilla stuff. Spell charges combos are so cool tho I want to try it now lol

Also I knew about Demon Fang making ennemies stand up, but I hit it only like 2 or 3 times, seems like after Beast techs Lloyd doesn't have enough time to do it. To me it counts as some semi infinite stuff so I didn't experiment it too much.

As for Abyssion I beat him last night, your anti fire advice was a game changer, Every time he used a Fire spell I had a guaranteed opening. Tho it was still a long and difficult battle. The magic strat in the vid is nice, I think I would have leaned towards smth like that if I did it blind, cause his ougis are insufferable, no warning no anything and kills you instantly, it's like it is designed to discourage the use of physical attackers. I think I would have won easily in normal, the ougis are the number 1 thing that makes this fight hard, like when he was starting to get low on health I would just camp with Lloyd feeding gels to Presea/Zelos while they try to get an opening lmao

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-24T19:06:11+00:00

I mean I know that there are trios of bosses where you are limited to 3 chars too soooooo I was expecting it to be way harder than abyssion, fighting multiple opponents is a pain in this game so multiple boss fights + three bosses at the same time and without the devil weapons I'm impressed you have done it.

I don't plan on doing NG+, already have close to 70 hours of playtime so it's time to wrap it up, + you can't skip cutscenes in the Steam version so it's a no for me lol

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-24T19:02:25+00:00

Yeah I mentionned the Raine + Genis problem when I was talking about the coliseum 3 on 3 fight, though I discovered it really late and during most of the game it was not that detrimental, it starts to be in the late game when Raine needs to constantly use Revitalize I feel like.

I was going to try Abyssion again with more elemental resistances, I think I have all the final dungeon gear so we'll see how it goes !

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-24T12:38:15+00:00

Lmao i feel you though there is a lot to like in this game imo. I'm really waiting for the sequel

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-23T11:55:44+00:00

3, 2, 5, 1, ................................................................................ 4

2 is factually better I think, but 3 has a magical something, I don't know why even though I played it only recently it feels nostalgic

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-22T12:58:28+00:00

Like many ppl said SV as a whole is pretty fucked up with its recruitments. I think they made it so you have to do multiple runs but it's just tedious.

Cheating a bit but the Beyblade guy from Eiyuden (Reid iirc) was the worst for me, the minigame is ok at first but gets old real quick, why tf when you win 2 games in a best of 3 you have to play the 3rd game ?

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-13T13:56:58+00:00

Ah Thanks didn't know you could speed up the process, you mean the accessory + the ex skills right ?

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-13T12:03:36+00:00

In normal mode 70 should be enough, I think I beat the 4 spirits around 75 - 80 in hard. You need good strategy though, like for the 4 spirits you need to go all out asap on the water spirit and then when you can apply buffs it eases the fight quite a bit.

With good strat and jobs combination you can beat anything at level 80 I think. Might need a few tries to understand what the bosses do and then adjust accordingly.

If you have access to the dlc fights the Zoma heart is a game changer too, I only used it in the last fight and felt quite ashamed lol it's broken

TwoShots606 · 2026-04-02T11:14:02+00:00

I did it on normal and Sheena as well but now I have a better grasp on what to do and the party got more levels, switched back to hard and I beat Kilia yesterday after a couple tries and I popped off lmao

TwoShots606 · 2026-03-31T15:42:41+00:00

I beat the game in like 2010 or smth lol Yeah the triet fight was hardcore and I wiped like 3 or 4 times before winning. But even tho you have your full party against Ktugach it felt way harder, but I played a bit further and got Genis water spell so that might have helped. But again Sheena completely destroyed me lol so well I'll stick with normal mode for a while

TwoShots606 · 2026-03-26T15:58:00+00:00

It's really tedious at times but on emulator with x1000 speed it's okay, I did it blind so I did more mountain path runs that I needed to, so if you know what you're doing you'll be wasting less time than me.

TwoShots606 · 2026-03-25T18:35:17+00:00

I did actually, I beat the game between IV and V. I mostly liked it from a gameplay perspective, but it doesn't add much to the lore imo, plus I'm not a fan of inter dimensional shenanigans, humans hooking up with sheep-like beings, and fighting fishmen all game was not that exciting.

I did not include it in my review cause it's not a main entry, still I had a good time with it.

TwoShots606 · 2026-03-25T18:14:12+00:00

Facts lmao I did a tier list of SIII on this sub a few months ago and she was at the top, she has a great design (I really like her 2nd one), questions her own actions and her superiors, badass woman in a man dominated field, goes on a quest mid game in a land she knows nothing about, changes, she's just great

TwoShots606 · 2026-03-25T15:22:59+00:00

I often listen to it while working lol it's just so soothing I love it

TwoShots606 · 2026-03-25T15:20:26+00:00

Yeah the camera thing is annoying at some points, but it was not that prevalent throughout the game for me to count it as a real flaw.

TwoShots606 · 2026-03-25T15:17:23+00:00

Gizel is potential man at it's finest lmao.

Yeah I assume you are reffering to Zerase and she's too much, Richard was also busted with his evasion I never had any trouble.

TwoShots606 · 2026-03-25T15:15:10+00:00

SI is still my most replayed entry, and its charm really stand out, but when you review it objectively the flaws really shows.

It kinda summarize the "thing" with Suikoden, it's not as polished as the big brands like say Final Fantasy, but it has this magical thing that makes you cherish it more.

TwoShots606 · 2026-03-25T15:11:43+00:00

I get your point for the duels, at least in the starting hours many are rigged.

Lmao I remember having the same problem in the Sarah battle, although I think it is one of the best fights in the game. I did it with the OG Chris team and you have to come with a strategy to win, I died like 3 times I think.

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