In 1996, Konami decided to release an RPG on the Playstation game console in North America. This RPG wasn’t visually stunning, it wasn’t 3D, and it just looked like a run-of-the-mill role playing experience...But remember back to when you were in grade school and your teacher told you not to judge a book by its cover? When you play Suikoden, you’ll be reminded of it within the first few hour... read more
Description:Loosely based on the classic medieval Chinese novel "Water Margins" (Shuihuzhuan) by Shi Nai'an, this is a fantasy RPG set in an imaginary universe, its main theme being political struggle. The hero of the game is the young son of Theo McDohl, a general who serves the Scarlet Moon Empire, presently controlling the land of ToLoosely based on the classic medieval Chinese novel "Water Margins" (Shuihuzhuan) by Shi Nai'an, this is a fantasy RPG set in an imaginary universe, its main theme being political struggle. The hero of the game is the young son of Theo McDohl, a general who serves the Scarlet Moon Empire, presently controlling the land of Toran. Through a series of events the hero becomes involved in a rebellion against the Empire, led by an organization known as the Liberation Army. Will the hero find a new home there, will he be able to tear himself away from everything that has been sacred to him, including his own father?..
"Suikoden" is a console-style RPG with several unusual additions. There are three kinds of combat in the game: the most common one is the traditional turn-based party combat (you can have up to six people in your active party). You equip magic runes on your characters that allow limited usage of offensive and healing spells. There are also army battles, where you control units of fighters, archers, magicians, etc., and one-on-one fights.
"Suikoden" allows the player to build and customize a castle, which serves as your home base and your fortress. You can recruit up to 108 characters in the game (a tribute to 108 Stars Of Destiny in "Water Margins"). Many of those characters will be available as active party members and participate in battles, while others will be your strategy advisers, or enhance your castle in various ways.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Konami Release date : 15 December 1995 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 4988602029529
"Release Date: December 15, 1995 (JP)
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Konami
Genre: RPG
Suikoden was a great early RPG for the Playstation. Though graphically, it looked a generation behind, the gameplay more than made up for any visual unpleasantries. The game is short by RPG standards (20-25 hours for most folks), but the ability to find and recruit 107 other members for your party helps add the the replay value a bit. Most of the later Suikoden games are better than the original in most aspects,"
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"Release Date: December 15, 1995 (JP)
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Konami
Genre: RPG
Suikoden was a great early RPG for the Playstation. Though graphically, it looked a generation behind, the gameplay more than made up for any visual unpleasantries. The game is short by RPG standards (20-25 hours for most folks), but the ability to find and recruit 107 other members for your party helps add the the replay value a bit. Most of the later Suikoden games are better than the original in most aspects,"
“In 1996, Konami decided to release an RPG on the Playstation game console in North America. This RPG wasn’t visually stunning, it wasn’t 3D, and it just looked like a run-of-the-mill role playing experience...But remember back to when you were in grade school and your teacher told you not to judge a book by its cover? When you play Suikoden, you’ll be reminded of it within the first few hours of gameplay.
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The story is pretty simple, but original. You take the role as the son of one of the generals in an empire’s army. When your pop goes away on business, you find out that your best friend is a 300-year old teenager and that the castle’s sorceress wants the magic rune thing embedded in his hand. This leads to that, that leads to t” read more
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