Suikoden (1995)

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Details

Release Date

December 15, 1995

Type

Main Game

Developer

Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo

Publishers

Konami, Sony Computer Entertainment

Platforms

PlayStation 3
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sega Saturn
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable

Game Modes

Single player

Engine

TrueMotion

Languages

English
Japanese

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Adventure

Themes

Fantasy

Player Perspectives

Third person

Also known as

Gensō Suikoden

Franchise

Suikoden

Age Ratings

ESRBE• Animated Violence · Mild Language

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?