Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
I thought all Japanese RPGS have charming graphics, exciting storylines, lovable characters and fun to learn combat mechanics but Suikoden IV on PS2 is an exception. Although it belongs to a well-known series, it offered me a shallow experience.
The story is about a young man graduating from a naval academy on an island kingdom. Soon he gets involved in an adventure of betrayal and foreign invasion and he is forced to abandon his home, having only his friends to rely on. The plot is fragmented and suffers from serious pacing problems, without any tension building or general direction. The hero often doesn’t have any quest to fulfill and he wanders around to trigger an event irrelevant to his actions. Non-player characters have no interaction and their dialogues are forgettable. In addition, the hero never speaks, which makes him seem like a marionette.
One of the best JRPG series of all time is the Suikoden series. So let's talk about the 5 main games and each of their respective True Runes.
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When it comes to games, storytellers go out of their way to make excuses for why particular people or groups of people are somehow the chosen ones destined to save a town, kingdom or world. There is McGuffin that explains everything and makes it okay. Suikoden is no different. It has a True Rune mechanic that always offers a plausible excuse for why ingénues are suddenly leading entire armies and deciding the fate of a nation. These True Runes act as an origin story, make ordinary people extraordinary and even provide a reason for entire wars.
I liked this game a lot despite the hate.
Damn i miss the Suikoden series, why oh why is it owned by Konami....