| rapsuperstar31 said: I believe Suikoden is down loadable on psn. It is one of the games I have been thinking about trying for years. I remember when it came out back in the day one of the reviews had mentioned the game had over a 100 playable characters which made me not play it since I enjoyed Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger type games that had 8 or so characters keeping it simple. Did you not enjoy Final Fantasy 9? I loved that game and thought it was as close as Square came to replicating what made FF 4 and 6 so much fun. |
IX is my favorite FF, followed by X.
I'm not a fan of IV though, I didn't finish it on my DS because it started to feel like work after awhile, and I just didn't care for the characters.
If you want to start with suikoden though I'd recommend II.
I is just above average though it sets the stage for Suiko II REALLY well.
So if you guys are determined to play the series, start with I then II because you'll enjoy II that much more.
But if you're not sure if it would hook you, then start with the big guns and head straight to II.
III has a lousy battlesystem, with a great story. V starts out REALLY slow(only the start though), so if you're not a fan you might not like the slow part.
FYI's, Suiko III is a 9 in IGN.
Suiko V won IGN's best story award for it's year.
What's good about the suikoden series is that it feels like you're actually part of the game, decisions you make affect the story and character conversations which is one of its biggest draw for me.
One example is the main character and his best friend tried to escape and you were caught by the leader and his guards.
Your best friend then asks you what you want to do.
Choices: Let's bust through.
Let's surrender.
Choose "Let's bust through" and you try to escape but you get clonked and end up in jail.
"Let's surrender", sends you to jail. Same destination, but it's little things like these that make you feel like you're more involved. It also affects conversations between the characters. Some choices affect the story more heavily where it might actually branch out, but there's not too much of these so it isn't overwhelming. Most just affect conversations, recruitment of stars, battles, etc.
