Hello dear readers, this time I bring you a review of a game that has left me totally surprised like many others. highlighting that he had previously made a small review on this. However, there were many things that did not stand out well, and for that reason I wanted to take the real time to write again about this fantastic video game that has left me with much desire.
Firstly Suikoden is an RPG game originally launched by Konami for the PlayStation 1 console, it is an extensive saga that will envelop us in a whole war and a world of corruption where we must search for the 108 stars of destiny to save the futur the kingdom.
¿What is it about?
We will find ourselves first in the empire of the scarlet moon where we will stand at the feet of General Teo Mc Dohl's son. It all started well when Tir Mc Dohl started his new job to serve in the empire and honor his father, but it turns out that this turns out to be very corrupt, since people were suffering. Tir Mc Dohl did not want to sit idly by watching everything that happened. all this by the sudden persecution of a sorceress of the empire, Windy, towards his childhood friend Ted, this is because he possessed the rune "eat souls" also known as the rune of "life and death". Returning a little later to Tir Mc Dohl in the carrier of this one to be able to avoid that the rune falls into the hands of the evil, remaining fugitive of the empire and shortly after joining the liberating army to achieve peace.
Runes
Runes are an element of power in the game that makes the bearer of this one obtain magical or physical powers, it is said that they were created in a fight between sword and shield, they broke and the jewels that adorned them fell to the ground, becoming true runes, that already in the game there are only 27 true ones, that are those that have a purpose of their own, a carrier of a true rune will not grow old or suffer diseases. However, if he can die for other causes, such as murder, as we will see in Suikoden, the protagonist will be involved with one of the true runes the "devourer of souls". Cataloging like this by "rebellious" to flee from the empire since said rune wanted to be used for the evil.
On the other hand in the game we can get runes for our characters with the "rune crystals" that can be obtained in battles, stores or chests, and adapt to the character with a rune master, likewise we can also go to a blacksmith for that forge our weapon with one so that our weapon becomes much more powerful when it comes to doing harm.
Characters
In the game we will find an innumerable variety of characters, and we will tell you that the "108 stars of destiny" are the number of people we can recruit while we create our rebellion. Highlighting that to recruit characters there will be times when we need a certain level, or we will have to defeat it in a minigame or simply look for what they ask us.
Here I will speak only some of the characters that we will find in this fantastic game:
Tir Mc dohl
This is our main character, being a young warrior with very good skills, being so young is forced to lead and become leader of a large army in order to defeat the empire of Scarlet Moon.
Viktor
He is the character that helps Tir Mc Dohl and his friends when they accuse them of being traitors, and so they take them out of their city. Viktor is a young man who after the death of his relatives is forced to train and strengthen himself to take revenge for what happened. Knowing on the way to Odessa and Flik and starting the liberating army.
Odessa
She is one of the main founders of the liberating army, being her first leader, who wants justice for the people, she is a young girl, determined in her actions, sure of herself.
Gremio
He is one of the faithful followers and companion of Tir Mc Dohl, Gremio is a soldier of the empire who began to serve Teo Mc Dohl because he saved his life, when Tir Mc Dohl was born, Gremio took charge of his upbringing since his father He was very busy with the empire, thus becoming almost a second father to our protagonist of history, he showed his appreciation and loyalty to Tir, following him at all times even when he was against the army.
Windy
It is a sorceress who carries one of the true runes Gate Runes has the power to open dimensions and portals. In his search for the other part of his true rune he destroyed many towns and cities. Becoming shortly after the magician of the court of the emperor Barbarossa Rugner of the Empire of the Scarlet Moon, is a woman consumed by evil and his desire for more power, no doubt will be one of the antagonists of history.
Maps
We will find a map extensive enough in the game, the amount and variety of cities we can go to is something to take into account, as we will progress in the game we will also know the area and the whole setting, with some pixelated graphics is a game that has a lot to offer us and the fact that it is pixelated does not make it smaller, but much more fascinating, it is something that does not displease me at all at least.
Battles
We will mainly find a turn-based fight mode, these mini-battles are the ones we will meet every time we travel or we are going somewhere, they are necessary to be able to gain experience and thus level up this will help us a lot since we will increase our life and our abilities, on the other hand when defeating all the enemies we earn money with what we can buy protections, medicine, and we can get valuables or crystals of runes.
On the other hand there will also be special battles where we will have to fight with our main character in a vs against our opponent, this one unlike the others we will have to fight alone and the vitality of our character will depend on our actions.
Not forgetting to highlight the strategic battles in them we will fight with our recruited empire, they are called strategic since we will have to think in order to defend ourselves from our opponent and attack with wisdom and our best soldiers and specialists in each area, whether they are magicians, swordsmen, strategists, archers, among other specials.
Personal Opinion
To finish the publication my great opinion; I thought it was great, without a doubt, since it was the first time I tried these new styles and game modes, like the different battles also to rule an army and be recruited, being a role-playing lover this first installment Suikoden left me a good experience and I want to continue playing with others, besides this story is a fundamental part for me of the whole game, it involves us in an adventure full of fantasy and action where as we go we see how bad it is the government is and will depend on us to save the population. The graphics can not be the protagonists of this type of games in RPG mode but this does not make it less. I hope you enjoy.