Sunshine King freezes game

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KlownKefka
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Sunshine King freezes game

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I play this on PS3 via PSN digital copy, and I've been having an issue where the game likes to freeze while fighting the Sunshine King. I've reset and redownloaded the game and it still happens. Has anyone else had this issue? Is it an issue with the digital copy, or is that something that happens with the actual disc too?
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Very odd. I've purchased digital copies of Suikoden on PS3 and PS Vita and I don't recall ever having freezing issues. If the issue is persisting even after deleting and reinstalling, it might be the digital copy. I'm not 100 percent though.
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When exactly does the game freeze? Is it when you use a certain command in combat, or when the monster takes his turn? Or does it freeze at the beginning or end of the battle? Are you able to flee from the battle and carry on playing as normal?
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It likes to freeze when the Sunshine King does his disc throwing attack. Can't remember the name, but he has all the rings he throws at your party. It freezes, gets stuck making one part of the noise during the casting repeatedly (so it sounds awful). Nothing happens. It doesn't catch up or anything. I muted my TV and let it go for a while once just to see and it never unstuck.
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What runes have you got attached to your party members? Have you tried fighting a sunshine king with different characters?

I had a similar experience with the sirens in Sheherazade,the game would freeze when a siren used her singing attack. I had a character equipped with the double beat rune, this was on the orignal PS1 disk, not the PS store version. The problem stopped occuring when I removed the double beat rune.
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Yeah it's happened my last two playthroughs. Nothing specific, I use completely random party members for the memes. This most recent run I have Kwanda, Milich, Varkas, Sydonia and Grenseal with me. No Double Beat, I've never taken it off Eikei. I actually only found out a couple years ago you even could.
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Ah so its not like the problem I had, so maybe my issue really was because of an old worn out disk. Not sure what this could be then, I always assumed digital games were safer from crashing. Guess you need to insta kill him with Deadly Fingertips and Hell.
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Maybe call Sony and see what they can do? There shouldn't be issues with digital games. Very odd. Hopefully it all works out for you.
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Have you tried checking your PS3 for corrupt files? Maybe that's causing the problem? It's a long shot...
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I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game several times so if there were any corrupt files they're taken care of. Now if the PSN has a corrupt file in it's copy of it, that'd affect anyone playing the PSN copy. But I haven't found anyone else that's replicated the issue.
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Not just in the game, but on the entire PS3 system. You can boot the PS3 console up in safe mode and try to remove any files that may have become corrupted. There are all kinds of youtube videos explaining how to do it. Give a try.
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Are you on the latest firmware? This sounds like a POPS emulator issue.
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Yeah I've checked everything, no corrupted data. Next time I seriously play again I'll see if it happens with my disc too.

I am on latest firmware, thanks. It has been a while since I updated so maybe that was it
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