Genso Suikogaiden Volume 2: Duel at the Crystal Valley
This is a side story to Konami's RPG series Suikoden. The events of the game take place between the second and the upcoming third game, and fill the story gap between them. The story centers on the rebellion that has taken place in the Grasslands. It has been three months since the end of the Dunan Unification Wars. A legend telling about the Fire Brigands lead by the mysterious Fire Champion who united the Grassland nations is being spread around. Is the legend true, and can the Fire Champion, a holder of one of the 27 True Runes, be found? Nash, a special agent of Holy Kingdom of Harmonia's Southern Fringe Security Force, is sent to investigate the matter. You take control over Nash' actions in a fashion similar to the one implemented in Japanese "dating sims" or some hentai games: reading the text, looking at the background images, and sometimes interfering and choosing the path on which the story should proceed.
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This game sports some spot-on writing since it was written by the series' creator Yoshitaka Murayama. Also, it gives you insight on how the Harmonian society works.
It's your standard Visual Novel without many options (on this game there's a single ending unlike the first vol.), but it's interesting. My only gripe with the game is that it's very short. In my oppinion, they should've made both games into one, extending the lenght of the overall experience, but I quite like how it turned out in the end.
Nash Latjke is part of the pantheon of best Suikoden characters.