Which Suikoden game was better?

The differences were that there WEREN'T(although i remember hearing that you should play 4 last if you care about order of quality). It was just random anime guy A meets rival anime person/overlord B and decides to throw 108 people in a castle in order to have one giant final battle. Add character names and change up the love interest a little.

But inherently, all Suikoden games play like PS1 masterpieces. Hp never goes above 999, 6 people max, and of course...3-13 endings. Just be prepared with either a strategy guide or your computer to see the best ending in all of them. (which shouldn't shock you if you played the first two)

So yeah, if you paid retail or higher for the first two, no reason not to pick up the rest of the series. Otherwise, wait for the PS2 clearance sale that should happen about April/May.

Suikoden 3 had alot of mixed reviews. Many gave them a low score, as for why GS gives it such a high score... well, who cares anyways. GS reviews blows.

IMO, Suikoden IV was the worst out of the 5 main suikoden games. It has lacklustre design which tries to move away from the 6-man battle setup, failed miserably at that too. Suikoden V was a blast back to the past, it gave me the impression of playing Suikoden 2 again, but in a different setting. All in all, Suikoden V is a definite must play for any of the Suikoden fan.

Suikoden V is the most like the original PS Suikodens. It plays like them, feels like them, and the castle system is more reminiscient of them.

For my money though, III is the best. The Trinity Sight system, which allows you to play about the first 55 or 60% of the game from three different perspectives, really sets up the characters and the conflicts. It's also the most grey area as far as who's right and who's wrong. The main antagonist is more misguided than evil and I loved the locations.

IV was okay. It's not much of a Suikoden game, but it's still better than a lot of RPG's out there and if you play Tactics as well, then the story makes more sense.

So, to sum up, 3 was great and deserved its score, 5 got shafted on it's review because it's such a slow starter, and 4 was okay and deserved its score.

Just don't go diving into Suikoden IV.... thinking it's going to be anywhere as good. constant random battles, limited story, and lack of character usage, puts that game in dead last. Not to mention the look of the main chacter....

Never played Suikoden II for obvious reasons.... but played all the others. 3 has a good story structure (especially the 108 star,story expansion), but gameplay is just there.

Suikoden V has a lot of emotion, buried in it, and has a more serious feel to it than III, gameplay and presentation are decent... but don't expect to be wow'ed be either.

Suikoden V is the most like the original PS Suikodens. It plays like them, feels like them, and the castle system is more reminiscient of them.

For my money though, III is the best. The Trinity Sight system, which allows you to play about the first 55 or 60% of the game from three different perspectives, really sets up the characters and the conflicts. It's also the most grey area as far as who's right and who's wrong. The main antagonist is more misguided than evil and I loved the locations.

IV was okay. It's not much of a Suikoden game, but it's still better than a lot of RPG's out there and if you play Tactics as well, then the story makes more sense.

So, to sum up, 3 was great and deserved its score, 5 got shafted on it's review because it's such a slow starter, and 4 was okay and deserved its score.

3KindgomsRandy

Agreed. Though I do prefer V by a slight margin to III. Don't play IV until you've played the others and are feeling Suikoden-starved. It has good points, but it takes effort to love it.

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Suikoden V is the most like the original PS Suikodens. It plays like them, feels like them, and the castle system is more reminiscient of them.

For my money though, III is the best. The Trinity Sight system, which allows you to play about the first 55 or 60% of the game from three different perspectives, really sets up the characters and the conflicts. It's also the most grey area as far as who's right and who's wrong. The main antagonist is more misguided than evil and I loved the locations.

IV was okay. It's not much of a Suikoden game, but it's still better than a lot of RPG's out there and if you play Tactics as well, then the story makes more sense.

So, to sum up, 3 was great and deserved its score, 5 got shafted on it's review because it's such a slow starter, and 4 was okay and deserved its score.

rsiedelmann

Agreed. Though I do prefer V by a slight margin to III. Don't play IV until you've played the others and are feeling Suikoden-starved. It has good points, but it takes effort to love it.

That's a good way to describe it. If you're itching to know what happened 100 years before Suikoden 1, then go for it, but still, don't expect it to be a masterpiece, or anything.

Suikoden 2 was my favorite of the Suikoden series.Zangan_Zack

As for the PS2 Suikodens, they were all fairly adequate generally speaking, but as someone already rightfully pointed out "Suikoden V" was the better of the bunch, and the most like the original PSone titles.

I'd rank the series so far as such:

1. Suikoden II
2. Suikoden
3. Suikoden V
4. Suikoden III
5. Suikoden Tactics
6. Suikoden IV