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

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, where players can have up to six people in their active party, army battles, where the player must control whole units, and one-on-one duels.

The game allows the player to build and customize a castle, which serves as their home base and fortress. 108 characters can be recruited in the game, a tribute to 108 Stars Of Destiny in "Water Margins". Many of those characters will be available as active party members and participate in battles, while others will act as strategy advisers, or enhance the castle itself in various ways.

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Alternative Titles

Genso Suikoden, 幻想水滸伝

Platform

PlayStation 1

Developer(s)

Konami

Publishers(s)

Konami

Genres(s)

RPG

NA Release Date

December 1, 1996

JP Release Date

December 15, 1995

EU Release Date

April 1, 1997

ESRB Rating

Everyone

MVGL User Score

8.1 by 212 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

2.0000

Composer(s)

Miki Higashino, Tappy Iwase, Hiroshi Tamawari, Hirofumi Taniguchi, Mayuko Kageshita

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