I liked the story and characters. The graphics seemed poorer that Suikoden 3, but I like that we got back control of all our characters in combat and that we had the ability to scroll our vision around in walking/standing mode. While I liked the idea of having our own ship, it didn't seem to sail as well or function as well as I would have expected. The game had a ship combat portion of the game, but it wasn't implemented as well as could have been compared to other games that came our recently like sid pirates. While random combats have always been a part of the series, the frequency of them in this incarnation was darn annoying.
Suikoden IV seemed plagued with problems from the get-go. Previews of the game panned it for losing that magical quality that made the series as a whole such a memorable experience. Released features such as the reductio... Read Full Review
This game could have been much more than it ended up being. The mechanics were bad enough to shoo away casual RPG fans, and the severe departure from the Suikoden franchise alienated Suikoden fans. In every Suikoden ... Read Full Review
