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Suikoden Series

Suikoden

Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Adventure Fantasy
84
User Score
81 ratings
93
Critic Score
2 reviews
December 15, 1995
Released 11053 days ago
PlayStation 3 PC (Microsoft Windows) Sega Saturn PlayStation PlayStation Portable

About

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).

Storyline

Loosely based on the classic medieval Chinese novel Water Margins, the game 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?

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Release Dates by Platform

PlayStation Worldwide
Dec 15, 1995
PlayStation Worldwide
Dec 23, 1996
PlayStation Worldwide
Mar 14, 1997
Sega Saturn Worldwide
Sep 17, 1997
PlayStation Worldwide
Dec 31, 1997
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Mar 26, 1998
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Dec 31, 1998
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Apr 1, 1999
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
Dec 23, 2008
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
Dec 23, 2008
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
Dec 23, 2008
PlayStation Portable Worldwide
Dec 23, 2008
PlayStation Portable Worldwide
Dec 23, 2008
PlayStation Portable Worldwide
Dec 23, 2008

Game Info

Developer
Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Publisher
Konami, Sony Computer Entertainment
Engine
TrueMotion
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Genres
Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Adventure
Themes
Fantasy

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English, Japanese

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