SUIKODEN REVIEW
by Jennifer Krychek
This game is in my opinion one of the best RPGs on the Playstation at the moment.
Okay so it doesn't look as amazing as Final Fantasy 8. Nor as it has as good a
review as Final Fantasy 8 but this game has sheer depth! The story is a little
linear but there's 108 characters to play for crying out loud! It's all set around
General Teo McDohl's son who you play. His father goes off to war in the north
while he helps out in the army. One day his friend Ted reveals his secret power
with a rune called the Black Rune. The army takes away Ted but not without a fight
from the Hero and his friends Gremio, Cleo and Pahn. The Hero is denounced a rebel
and is sentenced to death. So he does what a rebel would do and joins the rebels
in their fight against wrong.
The game took me around 45 hours to complete with all 108 characters. Probably
if you didn't bother with all the characters you could complete it in around 20
but that'd ruin the fun! Now admittedly this will never change non-RPG fans opinions
of RPGs but fanatics like me will love this! You should be able to find it fairly
cheaply now as it's sequel Suikoden 2 has just come out. Another advantage is
if you keep your save file with all 108 characters, it will load onto Suikoden
2! So go out and buy it now!!!!!!!
