Suikoden V review

Suikoden V

A while back, I rented the RPG Suikoden V on the PS2. The game takes a very long time to get going, (like 4-6 hours, lots of text), but it’s well worth it, trust me. When the game switches gears, the story becomes very interesting. Even though the game is set on the same planet as the other Suikoden games, you don’t need to play the other ones to understand this one.

You play as a Prince whose (The Queen) mother has begun to loose her mind. Your first mission is to visit a village that was punished by her. When the village tried to revolt against her kingdom, she used a Sun Rune to dry out the lake, which in turn killed most of the plants and animals. I thought it was interesting to see the so-called heroes in a shade of gray.

The graphics for the cut scenes are nice, but some of the character models for the town areas are dull. The environments for some of the areas are beautiful.

The battle system let’s you have up to six people and for the most part works. The music ranges from fair to very good. And, there is a good deal of voice acting in this game. On the plus side, there are a few MGS 3 actors in there. However, some of the younger female voice talent isn’t very good.

While I haven’t finished the game, I am going to give it a grade.

Grade B

Notes

~There is a great deal of strategy gameplay within the game. You have to take command of entire armies and fight invading armies. Think of Kessen

~Each outside area has a few random Mini-Bosses. You can tell you’re entering one, because the “Swoosh” sound for the transition is different. These mini-bosses drop some interesting items that can be sold for a lot of money. ______________________________________________You’ll meet a lot of interesting characters that you will be able to recruit later in the game; 108 characters with a few side characters as well. Warning: If you let some of your characters die, they can never be retrieved and will be lost forever. While others won’t die, they are characters that are important to the story.

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Just like TLC, dont go Chasing waterfalls, keep to the rivers and lakes that you’re used to…

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Any man that is comfortable wearing that outfit has to be King someday.
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Kiss her already!