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One of the best games ever made
For those of you who are new to RPGs let me explain a little bit about Suikoden. It has been a popular series since the first one came out in 96. That one, though good enough for its time, is generally considered too short and graphically outdated, in fact, as FF7 will show, the graphics were outdated even back then in 96. But it was a good game, very nice character development and many characters (over 100 in fact, but most do not play a central role in the story and are never really explored) it does have a nice feeling of war in it. The second game is longer, and is considered a masterpiece. When the ps2 came out, we (suikoden fans) were expecting some classic 3D games with great storylines, like the first 2. We were totally let down with the next 3 games Konami would make for the PS3, Suikoden 3 and 4 and Tactics really killed this series and were no where near as epic as the first 2. Well, about a year and a half ago, along came Suikoden 5. The fifth Suikoden is a masterpiece, much better than any release before. This is perhaps, an apology from Konami to long time fans for the lousy games they had been making. What I love about this game (other the being an epic war story like the first 2) is the graphics. It is 3D, yet it looks almost like a 2D game, it is really nostalgic. It looks alot like Suikoden 2, and is what the first one should have been. But there are voice overs and 3D scenes. The war battles were pretty nice, though I think Suikoden 2 perfected that, and Suikoden 3 looked like an absolute joke. The story itself begings in the Queendom of Falena (a country only briefly mentioned in about one sentence in Suikoden 2.) This country is ruled by the matriarchy and overseen by the benevolent power of the Sun Rune. Yet the shadow of Civil War looms. The Godwin faction, an extremely powerful senate faction with their own grand city and a vast army, hungers for the imperial throne and the powers of the Sun Rune. Leading a coup and killing the Queen, Gizel and his father Marscal install the young princess Lymslia as a pupet Queen with the intention of using the Sun Rune to destroy other nations and rule the world. Escaping to saftey, the rest of the story focuses on the young prince (you name him) in his struggles to win this civil war and destroy the evil Godwin faction. It must be said that in this game, there are less shades of gray than the previous game. No one in this game can question the evilness of your opposition and that if they prevail, they will most likely bring doom to Falena. Well, like past games, in this one you collect 108 stars. It is a lot harder to obtain them all in this game, and some can be easily missed if you don't get them in time. The good ending, is well worth this effort. The soundtrack is very good, not quite as good as the first two, but it does have a few very memorable tunes. I believe this game is probably the best Suikoden. Its hard to say, both this one and number 2 are really great games and play out like an epic war story. Like I said though, in this game there are a lot less shades of gray with the villains, in the first one the emperor seemed like a good man, in the second one, your main enemy and best friend is a good person doing what he thinks is right, though he seems to have less morals than the main character. In the third one, there really isn't an enemy, just oppossing views. Well, Luc was an enemy, but the whole story involving him was a disaster. In the fourth one, there are a couple enemies, they are both totally forgetable. In Tactics, Iskas, don't make me laugh. Well, the Godwins really make this game memorable and worth playing again. <
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>I think it is important to explain the views of the three major factions in this game <
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>The Godwin Faction: They want to turn Falena into a military dictatorship. They wish to eradicate any form of self government within the country, basically, a strong centralized government. They also (and pretty much the whole reason for this game and their motives) wish to use the Sun Rune to pursue a very aggressive foreign policy, both on the neighboring Armes Kingdom and the rest of the world. <
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>The Barrows Faction: They wish to consolidate power and improve foreign trade with other nations. They are not very expansionistic and neither are they democratic. They do not seem to be as pro totalitarian as the Godwins though... The Barrows faction used to be as powerful, or perhaps even more so, than the Godwin faction. However, it is clear in the very beginning of the game that although they still have substantial clout in the senate (simply go into the senate and talk to everyone, you will learn the current political climate) they are not nearly as powerful as the Godwins. <
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>The Royal Family before the Queens assassination: Made up of Queen Arshtat and her husband Ferid, they look to contain the power of the nobles (especially the Godwins and the Barrows) and preserve most of the status quo, ie, the senate. They have basically, the same ideals as the Princes faction, but they do not wish for a constitunial queendom, at least, not to the extent of making a parliment made up of members to represent the various regions and substantially curb the power of the royal family. One would assume this because it was not done during her reign. Mostly they are very concerned with the growing power of Marscal and Gizel Godwin. <
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>The Royal Faction after the assasination of the Queen: Basically, the faction that will fight on the side of the Prince of Falena. They want to improve relations with neighboring countries and establish a democratic form of matriarchy, one in which each independent city/clan is represented in a parliment. They wish to keep the Sun Rune as Falena's royal heirloom, but they do not wish to use its tremendous power to subjugate foreign nations.

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Awful! Stupid!
Stupid story, same old characters, battles load to long, bad dubbing, I seemed to like nothing in this game. <
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>The characters were just as in Suikoden 2, Lyon = Nanami, Hero = Hero, Georg = Flik/Viktor. Lymsleia is annyoing and a brat. <
>90% of the cast were complete whiners. <
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>The story was awful! <
>What I hated most about was a "poor town" with it's pathetic people. <
>Poor town hasn't have had water for a looooooong time and they a withering away and getting sicker by the day. <
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>Just a mile from the village = there's a gigantic lake!!! <
>Even hero just have to walk a few seconds on the map to get there. <
>But nooo, Poor Town is so pathetic, they can't go there to get water, so you have to fix the town for them! <
>Oh, and before that, they tell you how much they hate you because they are so pathetic and it's your fault! Uh! <
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>The battle system was useless, my favorite part of RPG is training the characters to get strong. <
>Well in this game, aside from the battles loading so slow, the characters can only hit monsters sometimes. <
>That's right, they MISS like 3-5 times in a row, every single character, no matter how much you add more to their hit-rate, they still miss. <
>Even when you have 6 characters, like 1-2 actually HITS, and often times EVERYBODY miss. <
>This was my reason never to play this game ever again.

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Only for the Old School RPG Players
I have been a fan of the Suikoden series since the beginning and I have to say that five is the greatest one created. Graphics aren't ground breaking and the character/battle system isn't anything new but that is the game's greatest feature. This game brings back the game play of Suikoden 2 which is good in my book (Felt that they were slipping with 3 and 4). <
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>Overall: If you are a fan of the older RPGs this game is a must have. If you are in real-time battle, innovative game play and/or fancy graphics you may want to look somewhere else for a RPG. If you decide to play this game I suggest you buy the guide but only after you beat it the first time.