Suikoden 5.. how good?

i'm a suikoden fan but i haven't played suikoden 5 yet. I was wondering how good it is compared to the previous series. Well personally suikoden II is my favorite. I was also looking for suikoden I which I haven't played also =( but it's like so hard to find one with a relative good price..

I liked Suikoden V a lot. Not as much as Suikoden III overall, but certainly it's a better game than IV seemed to be. (I never got a chance to play I or II, so I can't compare to those.) It's still Suikoden, so it's still very much the old-school RPG with the usual elements (finding and recruiting the 108 Stars, fortress building, duels, military battles, etc.) you'd expect in the series, streamlined and polished a bit here and there.

My only real complaint would be with its pacing, especially at the beginning. Suikoden V has quite a bit of loading times throughout, but in particular the game itself gets off to a very slow start, slower than any RPG I can recall. It eases you into its world and its politics very deliberately, and takes a long time to establish everything with no hurry to get the "main game" rolling for a while. But once it does get going, I certainly found it to be a great game and worth the wait.

I've never played Suikoden I & II but Suikoden V was WAY better than IV, but not as good as III. Nevertheless it is a lengthy great game. The graphics isn't all that good, but the gameplay is what matters. Soulreavercross

wow no wonder you like V  cuz 1 and 2 play like 5    i know suikoden three was hell of alot difrrent

mmm Suikoden. I originaly played Suikoden 1 back when it was released with my cousin. I loved it then, but never owened the game untill I bought a used copy on ebay for about 50 dollars.

Anyways, I haven't got a chance to play Suiokden 5 yet but I've heard it's alot better than IV was. SO, im sure you'll enjoy it.