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Suikoden

1995 88 / 100 Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS)
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 Show full summary

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).

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayRole-playing

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Story & context

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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Suikoden: release, platforms, and facts

Studio, play style, releases, and official sources — compactly prepared from external IGDB data.

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Publisher
Konami, Sony Computer Entertainment
Franchise
Suikoden
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Fantasy
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

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

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