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Suikoden

1995-12-15

Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment TokyoPublisher: Konami, Sony Computer Entertainment

PS3, PC, Saturn, PS1, PSP

Single playerThird person

Role-playing (RPG)

Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Adventure

Fantasy

Suikoden is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several unusual additions. There are three kinds of combat in the game, the most common one being the traditional turn-based party combat (players can have up to six people in their active party). Magic runes can be equipped on the player's characters which allow limited usage of offensive and healing spells. There are also a few army battles, where the player must control whole units of fighters, archers, magicians, etc., and one-on-one fights (duels).

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Joe_MReviewed a game2 months ago

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eh..

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RetroPerspective_Reviewed a game3 months ago

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This game has some good ideas, but the end result is average. The narrative moves forward with a lot of situational convenience, and most of the attempts at emotional depth fall flat. The best parts of the narrative came from elderly characters remarking on differences between themselves and the youth, especially in reference to death. A few dungeons seem forced into environments that didn't make sense, as if the developers were not sure of how to extend the game in a believable way. I often felt like they were making things up as they went along. Most of the characters join you without question or much effort to convince them. You can guess who most of them are by talking to people in cities and paying attention to what they say, or by noting any dialogue changes. The main character's magic makes leveling up pretty easy later on, and the combo attacks can be a great asset if you want to make the game easy. I especially liked how user-friendly leveling up was, especially if you haven't used a character in a long time. They will gain extra experience to catch up to the characters you used the most. The siege battles were fun, but also seemed to be inconsistent in terms of whether you would win or not. You could lose horribly in one attempt, then win easily in another. Only a few of them had a consistent challenge. People spoke highly of this to me for years, and I was not impressed.

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boneyardgamingReviewed a game4 months ago

Suikoden

The game that started it all! This was fun and I think very different in the way you have to base build and recruit from a traditional JRPG. There is a character for everyone and the combination of team building can go wide.

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SolInanemReviewed a game7 months ago

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I never though I would hate a game more than ff13. The gameplay is horrendous. You have a game that put emphasis on 108 characters but lock your party 85% of the game. It's absolutely counter productive, while it create other problem related to equipment, having to go back and fort shop and party UI and your warehouse. Offer little space on everyone inventory, which make it long and tedious to do anything UI related (menu unequip, sell, buy, etc.) At the beginning of the game it's especially annoying since shop are in different town, making anything Inventory an even greater chore. No unequip function or buyout, i have to buy the equipment manually equip it, talk back to the shop to sell, to eventually complet you purchase AND REEQUIP IT. Imagine doing that for 40% of your gameplay time. Add that you can miss some important character which can ease a little this pain. (it didn't happen to me, but some first timer that doesn't do the game with a guide might be missing certain quality of life which make the game little more bearable) Its absolutely insane that people think this game is a classic. It's a textbook badly design game. The map are random and often placement in town made to make you take detour for absolutely nothing making the game feel out of place and make you think which town planner would think it's a good idea to do a town like that. Absolutely d*gsh*t game. The war... A glorified Rock Paper Scissors often based on luck, which is horrible. Make the wrong move, reset because you've lost a character permanently. While the story could have elevate the game, it doesn't. It on par with the quality of the game. Which mean donkey diarrhea kind of story. The story is badly written with awful dialogue. Like who cares really about Odessa? You see her like 20 minutes of gameplay. While giving you false choice mixed up with important choice... this game is so inconsistent, it make me want to punch things.

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YruhatinReviewed a game8 months ago

Suikoden

1 hours

Skipping this for the PC version of the remake

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KinishiReviewed a game2 years ago

Suikoden

60 hours

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Suikoden 1 is my first entry to the series, and has been highly recommended to me by several different people. Classic PS1 RPG for sure, I'm sure it defined some of the many RPGs that came after it. I had my worries on how many characters there were (108) but it was surprisingly not overwhelming. You're really on focusing on a main few and you really use the others as flavor text or who you just want to be around with in your party. The combat system is clean, most like other RPGs of it's time. The Item Inventory/Equipment I felt was lacking. You have to switch around your items with each party members and those who you've had in the past. Fortunately, there is an NPC that will help you sort through it slightly faster, but it definitely was not as intuitive as it could be. Story was pretty good, looking forward to do the second game in the series which supposedly continues from this game. (All I'll say as to not give away spoilers) The Graphics are charming, and held up pretty well over the years. Music Tracks were pretty well rounded as well. I have No complaints there.

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Kinishimoved a game from Want to play to Playing2 years ago

Suikoden

Popular older JRPG that I've never had the chance to play due to price until now!

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jjk1502Reviewed a game3 years ago

Suikoden

Very classic. I actually play the game S2 first and then decided to play this game recently, and it was very goooood, it brings back so many memories and new characters I've encounters 😀

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tankster1990

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Suikoden

3 years ago

That moment when Barbarosa comes to his senses.

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tankster1990Reviewed a game3 years ago

Suikoden

Honestly, this is my favorite game of all time so I may be biased. This game has a very satisfying story with high and low moments that really get you attached to the world and the characters. Being a playstation 1 game, really one of the first turn based rpg's released on the playstation (even before final fantasy 7) it has the old school 'feeling' The soundtrack is also fairly well done in my opinion, bringing those highs and lows I mentioned above to new peaks. I have seen people mention that they find this game to be too easy but to each their own. game will always be a 10/10 for me

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AmpoeticReviewed a game3 years ago

Suikoden

My 2nd fave JRPG game.

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sgst666moved a game from Want to play to Playing3 years ago

Suikoden

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thenotsoexpertgamerReviewed a game3 years ago

Suikoden

Fun game. Had so much content for one disk. I liked how it had different battle systems that you had to master. Maybe one day I'll try to get all the characters.

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