"Gensou Suikoden" Mod (ideas phase)

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

With all of these fantasy mods coming out (most notably Hikaro Takayama's Final Fantasy mod, which has really aroused my interest), I've been thinking of doing one myself. Except this one would be based on a great fantasy RPG series that seems to have not recieved as much attention as it truly deserves - the "Gensou Suikoden" series.

I'm just having a bit of fun with this right now. It probably won't ever be finished (since I'm still working on the "Art of War" mod which is now 50% complete ), but anyone is free to use these ideas.

The scenario I'm working on is based on the first of the "Suikoden" games, which is later called the "Gate Rune War" in Suikoden II and III. There are two factions: The Scarlet Moon Empire and the Toran Liberation Army. One of the wierd quirks in the Suikoden series games is that you have all these characters and cultures with distinctly East Asian features, yet they have very European names. I'm probably going to be using static leaderheads for this since I doubt anyone's going to make an Emperor Barbarossa or Commander McDohl leaderhead.

I have the cities and leaders down, but I don't know what to do for units and how to implement the "Runes" concept... I can't make everything perfectly true to the original RPG since there's just too many limitations in the Civ3 editor, so a lot of it is abstract.

Anyway, here's a listing of the two factions:

The Scarlet Moon Empire
Leader: Emperor Barbarossa
Civ Traits: Militaristic, Industrious
Civ-Unique Tech: The Gate Rune
UUs: Imperial Guard, Armored Cavalry
Military Leaders: Kwanda, Millich Oppenheimer, Teo McDohl, Kasim Hazil, Sonya Shulen
Scientific Leaders: Kanaan, Windy
Cities:
Gregminster
Rockland
Kouan
Antei
Rikon
Scarleticia
Neclord's Castle
Moravia Castle
Seek Valley
Fort Shaharazade

Toran Liberation Army
Leader: Commander McDohl
Civ Traits: Scientific, Religious
Civ-Unique Tech: The Soul Eater Rune
UUs: Liberation Army Guerilla, Rokaku Ninja
Military Leaders: Odessa Silverberg, Matthiu Silverberg, Flik, Viktor, Humphrey, Maximilian, Joshua
Scientific Leaders: Leknaat, Apple, Adlai, Luc, Sanchez, Liukan, Kanmadol
Cities:
Toran Castle
Lenankamp
Seika
Forest Village
Elf Village
Dwarf Mines
Rokaku
Liukan's Hermitage
Kirov
Warriors' Village

 

[Seth the Dark]

I am working on a map of Suikoden II and here is a preview:

 

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

Do you have a map for the first Suikoden?

 

[Seth the Dark]

No I dont, sorry. I made the map by wandering around the world map in the game.

 

[Seth the Dark]

Do you ever check your PM's?

 

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

Sorry for the delayed reply. I sometimes forget to check my PMs.

I'd be interested in working on a larger Suikoden mod. It'll be a bit of a challenge, though, as we can see from the difficulty Hikaro Takayama's having with his Final Fantasy mod. Nonetheless, I think it's a challenge worth taking.

 

[Seth the Dark]

Sometimes the PMs are not noticeable, don't worry about it. I look forward to the challenge.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Although I'm not that familliar with the Gensou Suikoden series, the RPG's have piqued my interest, and depending on how many units/concepts overlap with Final Fantasy, I'd be more than willing to help out (especially with LH's, if I have/can find the props I need).

 

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

Many thanks for the offer, Hikaro. Making a fantasy mod with the limitations that the Civ3 editor certainly isn't easy.

If you have time, would you make leaderheads for these two characters:

and

The second one I could probably use some other leaderhead, but there's no leaderhead here that looks like the first character.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Sure, I could do the first one pretty easy.... Is that one a dude or a chick?

 

[Seth the Dark]

Ahh, the tragic Emperor Barbarossa. And the silent Tir McDohl.

 

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

Sure, I could do the first one pretty easy.... Is that one a dude or a chick?

It's a guy. What made you think he was female? Then again, half of anime guys look female anyway.