Worth playing if you are not using a guide?

[It´sAllAimAssist]

yes as title, I´m playing most likely just one time and I don´t think it´s fun to play with a guide so I will miss out on a lot of stuff I don´t come across naturally.
Are the games still worth playing through?

[Ju]

Yes.

[It´sAllAimAssist]

thanks !

[Andrew R]

I always use You Tube videos as a reference but don't follow every single step. :)

[It´sAllAimAssist]

Originally posted by Andrew R:

I always use You Tube videos as a reference but don't follow every single step. :)

I prefer not to and just play the game, if I miss stuff I miss stuff and if the game isn´t worth playing if you miss stuff I will skip it.
I want to play a game not feel like I need to follow a manual like I´m assembling ikea furniture.

I used to but then it started to feel like I wasn´t actally PLAYING the games I was just copying someone else playing them.

[marleau.martin]

you can play it whitout a guide
only thing you will have difficulties is to get all 108 character ( some are harder to get) maybe in second run check just for recruit on a guide if you are a completist

[It´sAllAimAssist]

Originally posted by marleau.martin:

you can play it whitout a guide
only thing you will have difficulties is to get all 108 character ( some are harder to get) maybe in second run check just for recruit on a guide if you are a completist

sound good, I will pick it up then.

[Alisiya]

Yes. It's very worth it. However, you should at least use a recruiting character guide. there are some permanent missable characters. Suikoden has always been my favorite series. Breath of fire series a close second. If you like one and two. there is five and a tactics for the series. Best of playing!

[babobaka]

Originally posted by Alisiya:

Yes. It's very worth it. However, you should at least use a recruiting character guide. there are some permanent missable characters. Suikoden has always been my favorite series. Breath of fire series a close second. If you like one and two. there is five and a tactics for the series. Best of playing!

This is the best way to play.

Not following recruitment guide could make you miss a lot of content.

[Kick the Bukkit]

enjoy the game first, then you can use a guide if you're realy struggling to find the stars.

had so much fun when this game came out trying to find the stars with a friend who introduced me to the game. in the end we needed 2 characters (window and crowley) one we knew where he was but couldn't get him. the other was hidden in the same place as the item we needed for the other haha (both hidden in a simular way)

other then that you realy don't need a guide for anything (or you need to find something in the castle wich can be a bit hard at first)

and as a bonus tip for everybody (veterans will probably know this already) there's a book you can read in the game wich tells you about Unite Magic. you can do these when 2 characters cast their level 4 rune spell (given the runes can be matched fire -> earth -> wind -> water -> lightning -> fire) this also works with the better versions (rage -> fire, mother earth -> earth, flowing -> water, Thunder -> lightning)

[Killua]

What I like to do for this kind of stuff is just look up a missable list in order, and not follow a full walkthrough persay.

[Megadeth217]

You will want to eventually do a second playthrough with a recruitment guide. You get a different ending, the second game gets tweaked from your first game save and 'gotta recruit em all'.

[Sierra]

absolutely!
It's the story and writing, which makes the Suikoden games great (except IV). enjoy :D

[REM 🔋]

There's absolutely missables. But if you don't mind playing through several times to figure them out on your own, you'll be fine. If you don't want to miss anything first time through -- and you're not Rain Man -- use a guide.

[It´sAllAimAssist]

thanks for all the answers, as you can see I already bought it.
I´m doing a playthrough without guide. more than likely I will not return to use a guide as I have a huge backlog of games I want to play and retreading hours of the same content just to find a few extra characters is probably not something I´m interested in.

Maybe way in the future when I´ve forgotten half the game.

[Sh1nRa358]

BUT if you dont, youll miss ALOT of stuff just like final fantasy 12 lol