S.Y.K. – Fandisk coming in 3…2…
I’m playing S.Y.K. ~Shinsetsu Saiyuuki~ right now, determined to finish everyone so I can get Gokuu – yes, to get his true ending apparently you need to finish everyone else first! Well, the number of characters is small (3 or 4, I’m not sure if the ‘kakushi’ character counts), so it’s not horrible – just enough to make me determined to do it ASAP!
The game is set up a bit like a TV series – there are 12 chapters, and near the beginning and end of each the theme songs play. Also, there’s a ‘Next episode!’ teaser after each chapter (until you get to the character-specific ones, usually 9 or 10). The first time playing takes much longer than subsequent playthroughs, especially since after the first time, you can choose to completely skip the first two chapters (basically the character intro and setup chapters).
Each chapter is a mix of story dialogue and ‘gameplay’, where you choose a point on a map and then go through events for it. The event is usually someone asking for help, you choosing to help or not, and then choosing which of your comrades will help them. This will increase their affection level, and if it’s successful, your ‘toku’ level will also increase. Toku is kind like the miko level in Hiiro no Kakera, except here I think you can raise it as much as you like. There are also character events, and then the main event of the chapter.
So far my favourite character is Gyokuryuu. Though there’s hardly any romance in his route, he’s touchingly devoted and his story was, for me, the most emotional. And he’s just so cute, with his semi-bloodthirstiness and amorality! That sounds wrong, but once you play you’ll know what I mean (plus, Miyata Kouki is excellent voicing him).
The art is, as you would expect from Otomate, beautiful, both the regular art and the CGs. There’s quite a lot of narration, sometimes I get bored and don’t read all of it, but it definitely gives the story volume. And I *think* they re-used some music from Hiiro no Kakera – I mean to go back and check later, but some of the background music sounds awfully familiar. I don’t really mind, it’s nice music, and they do have several new tracks (and of course the OP and EDs are new).
So far I’m really enjoying it – the guys are all very different, and it’s fun to see their different approaches to solving the same problems. They also do a lot of fighting and joking with each other, and some of the dialogue is quite funny. Also, you find out different things about the guys in each route – since the heroine was actually the original Sanzou Houshi 500 years ago, the four companions are all also reincarnations of the original four…or something like that 
Oh yeah, the title of the post? Even after playing for only a few days, I’m sure this game was designed with a fandisk in mind. There are at least 3 characters I’d really like routes for that don’t have them, and at least 2 more that are possibilities.
So fine, Otomate, make your fandisk and I’ll buy it, darn you! I’ll even take a guess at when the fandisk will come out…hmmm…I’ll say January/February 2010.
Anyone else out there playing this? Who’s your fave so far?
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Another game that makes me want to buy a new import ps2 (my brother jumped on my other one till it broke XD T_T)…I love Saiyuki and all the stuff based on it so I will buy this one.
Helloooo long time lurker of you blog here!
I actually started playing like 5 minutes of SYK and decided I should really finish playing Skip Beat before I start it so its good to find out before hand I have to finish everyone else’s route before I can get Goku’s real end~
But yeah, from the intro I have to say Gyokuryuu is my fav too…..that line where he says he’ll go kill the fake sanzo got me…somehow its kinda cute?
My Japanese is pretty bad so I hope I won’t get bored 
My favs would be Gyokuryuu and Goku. Gyokuryuu is cute, just as you said, and I always feel sorry for him too, being all alone for a long time. Oh, and he has funny parts too, I was laughing so hard when he copied Hakkai
And Goku as tsundere is just great >_< Though it’s a pain to have to play through all the other routes until I can get my hands on him. Oh, but you don’t need the hidden one.
As for fan disk… Hmm, I got all charas I wanted, so it’s not necessary for me. If it had more scenes for the existing charas as well, I’d be tempted though ^^
The one I REALLY want, who I totally thought would be the hidden character, is of course…well you know. Haraguro-kun
But I’d also be interested in Ginkaku, and Kisa, and Kougaiji…haha I’m greedy in my games.
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