A traditional turn based RPG adventure with a twist in which you have the option to recruit up to 108 characters
+ Over 108 characters to interact with
+ Fantastic and easy to follow story
Negatives
+ To many random encounters sometimes
Suikoden is a simple RPG involving you as the main character being forced to flee your country after being given a 'rune' by your freind.
The reason why you flee is because an evil sorceress who is close to the king wishes to get this rune and use it for evil.
The story is pretty simple but however it will last up to 30 hours and is very entertaining.
Altough Suikoden looks and sounds very last gen you shouldn't judge it.
There isn't much more to say about the music and graphics, but you really shouldn't let them get in the way of you playing this game.
To be honest on the whole the sound is very good and suits the simple but involving story line.
Combat is typical turn based action, however Suikoden has a twist.
You buy more normal 'runes' at rune shops which can be equipped to characters.
Different runes do different things, for example there is the water rune which grants the weilder healing powers.
The rune then grows with the character it's equipped to and can be changed or removed at any time you just visit a rune shop which are in mosts towns.
There's also combo moves which involve two or three characters sacraficing their turns to do a super move which usually causes heavy damage.
In the end Suikodens combat dosen't vary much from the traditional turn based RPG system but it's still very satisfying to build up around 70 playable characters customising their armour, upgrading their weapons and choosing their runes.
On the whole you could say Suikoden is a solid RPG which gives you the oppertunity to customise you army of around 70 characters which you recruit optionally throughout the game making it feel unique and makes it stand out from the other RPG's
Thanks for reading!
~Gormo