Suikoden 1 item management is primative garbage

[waywardJesus]

Wow. If there is something that I forgot about this old game it is how trash its inventory and item management is. Oh boy talk about something that really could have used some TLC.

If you agree, make sure to caveat your response by declaring how much you still love the game (It is one of my favs).

If you disagree, be sure to call me names and tell me why the inventory system and complete lack of item management actually makes the game better.

[Tenshu]

*Just me using Equipment to see what's good and what isn't and wondering why tf people are using Transfer for gear anymore*

[Tyrant]

Yeah item management is garbage, even worse for me this time around because I recruited Rock after I recruited Sonya. Fortunately the games combat is so piss easy even on Hard that I didn't even really bother managing gear, I just brute forced everything with a combination of Tir, Victor, Flik, Valeria, Kirkis, Cleo, Kai, and Gremio until he went to get the milk.

[ratedrpersona]

no hate, but after doing the game in 24hours, would say at least 2hrs wasted on passing the parcel i.e. shifting equipment and runes between the party members. Without x2-x3 speed this game is nigh on unplayable in 2025. There is a reason why it scored only 7s when it released in the late 90s

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ratedrpersona:

no hate, but after doing the game in 24hours, would say at least 2hrs wasted on passing the parcel i.e. shifting equipment and runes between the party members. Without x2-x3 speed this game is nigh on unplayable in 2025. There is a reason why it scored only 7s when it released in the late 90s

I thought only Combat was x2 speed.
Unless you mean we all get to play the game at 60FPS as a x2-x3 speed and no longer 15FPS as such of the Ps1 Era.

[Tsuru]

At least they made improvements over the original

[faospark]

This is one aspect that i would consider a really bad choice on their end . Why recreate something that they themselves despised and replaced it something better with Suikoden 2. they literally could have just implemented what they have for 2 in 1

[Ray Rook]

This is the beauty of PC for you all. Mod it if it's so easy.

[Sierra]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von weiss:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Sierra:

It seems the majority in this thread has NOT played the Original. The item management in the Original was peak! It's the Remaster that totally botched it :(

you talk about suikoden 2 where it improved, in suikoden 1 had you no options to putt stuff in a bag or equip stuff and then inmediatly trade it out for it.

the inventory system is in both 1 and 2 the same in the remaster.

No, I don't.
Play the Original and you see what I'm talking about :)

[no_idea_for_a_name]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von weiss:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Sierra:

It seems the majority in this thread has NOT played the Original. The item management in the Original was peak! It's the Remaster that totally botched it :(

you talk about suikoden 2 where it improved, in suikoden 1 had you no options to putt stuff in a bag or equip stuff and then inmediatly trade it out for it.

the inventory system is in both 1 and 2 the same in the remaster.

What?! You mean that they made item management in 2 as garbage as it was in 1 in the remaster?

[Inspector Gesicht]

No. You have a conventional inventory in 2.

[no_idea_for_a_name]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Inspector Gesicht:

No. You have a conventional inventory in 2.

Ah, good then!
I played S2 several times before, but never S1. I'm playing it now and item management is way more annoying than in S2.

[Furry Wrecking Crew]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von faospark:

This is one aspect that i would consider a really bad choice on their end . Why recreate something that they themselves despised and replaced it something better with Suikoden 2. they literally could have just implemented what they have for 2 in 1

It's fine, and they certainly didn't "despise" the limited inventory or they wouldn't have used it. The developers preferred the inventory system of 1, but no doubt changed it due to crybabies in focus groups.

[Tyrant]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Furry Wrecking Crew:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von faospark:

This is one aspect that i would consider a really bad choice on their end . Why recreate something that they themselves despised and replaced it something better with Suikoden 2. they literally could have just implemented what they have for 2 in 1

It's fine, and they certainly didn't "despise" the limited inventory or they wouldn't have used it. The developers preferred the inventory system of 1, but no doubt changed it due to crybabies in focus groups.

not every design choice is made because they really like it, lol

[Lord Blick]

Ive encounted a bug. Tir and Gremio are unable to equip any equipment :(

[Polantaris]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Lord Blick:

Ive encounted a bug. Tir and Gremio are unable to equip any equipment :(

It's possible their inventory is full and trying to equip something from someone else's inventory will put the item there and put too many items in their inventory, so the game doesn't allow it (in a very unclear way).

A lot of people complaining about a remaster of a game, but if they changed the inventory system you'd have people complaining that it didn't keep to the original game's intents. Pick your poison, screwed either way.

I for one prefer them keeping it how it was, and you just gotta do better inventory management. It's not that big of a deal, people really like making mountains out of mole hills.