Suikoden 1
Released: 1996
Story: In the begining you are the son (Tir McDohl) of a general who works for the Scarlet Moon Empire. The hero (you) are destined to find the 108 warriors (Stars of Destiny) to revolt agains a corrupted government/state and peace to the land. You play through an RPG world and collect many warriors and friends, building a castle, and creating an army.
In the begining Tir's father heads out to war to fight a battle. Tir stays home under the guidence of Gremio mainly and two other friend of his father.
As he's home he is often visited by his best friend Ted. Ted and him later come in possession of the Rune of Life and Death (also called soul eater) which is one of the 27 True runes. Once a woman in the empire finds out that Ted has the Runes she manages to ambush and attack Ted in an attempt to take the Rune. Ted is injured and flies the empire with Tir (who is accompanied by his fathers friends).
While in hiding they come accross the rebel army and is helped and sheltered by them. Tir then decides to join them in their fight even though it means he'd be against his father who is a general of the empire.
Tir then begins creating the "Liberation Army" and gathers many helpers (the 108 stars of destiny), while now weilding the True Rune which is recieves from Ted.
Based: The story is based on a Chinese Novel written by Shui Hu Zhuan. The title of the game was translated into japanese thus naming it "Suikoden".
GamePlay: Your typical RPG game. Slightly compared to others like Final Fantasy it had a total of 6 fighters in a battle you can choose. Three in the front row and three in the back. Some characters are to be placed in a certain place b/c of the type of weapon that they use (short range must be in front and long can be in front or back).
Battles are random as your wonder around. Characters can faint in battle and later revive. There are special events like cooking events, war mode, duels ect...
Characters: 108 playable and non-playable characters with around 60 or so fighting characters. They all are unique and have various skills helping Tir in many ways. They go indebt in many of the characters storylines.
Audio: Music was great and matched/fitted with the game perfectly.
Here are some wonderful midi's from vgmusic.com!
Main Theme
Distant Hills
Rate: 10/10
I was hooked! It's one of those games that the story is so good that once you start you had to play it all through to the end. The details in the character was great and there were a lot of humor in it that made it even beter. With a wonderful story, audio, list of chacters and world its deinfantly an amazing game!
