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Suikoden V | 
 enlarge | From: Konami
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $28.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 2577
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 20139
Model: 83717201397
UPC: 083717201397
EAN: 0083717201397
ASIN: B000CC5CHW
Release Date: September 8, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: No APO/FPO Addresses - Factory Sealed
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| Features:
| • | The longest Suikoden storyline ever, with cut scenes, multiple endings, storyline branches and unimaginable plot twists | | • | Uncover the 108 Stars of Destiny to build up and customize a home base | | • | Tactical Formation System for more than 20 strategic formations in battle | | • | Take 6 member parties into battle with over 60 playable characters -- millions of possible party combinations | | • | Strategic map battles with hundreds of troops in huge army skirmishes |
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Product Description
Suikoden V celebrates the 10th anniversary of Suikoden. In the land of Falena, a prosperous and beautiful country governed by a matriarchy, order is kept by the Sun Rune. When civil unrest begins, the Queen is forced to use teh Sun Rune's magic power to stop it. She is successful, but the cost if much higher than she expected. Journey as the prince in an expansive quest, uncovering the mysteries surrounding the Sun Rune. Face civil unrest and the dark intent of an unknown power, in the greatest Suikoden saga yet! Customize your characters with a new skill system, weapon enhancement system and hundreds of unique equipment items
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| Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...
 Suikoden is finally back! September 6, 2008
Very late in writting this review but I had to share my thoughts as a fan of the Suikoden series since Suikoden I.
Finally! Finally the Suikoden series came back to it's original glory of having a great storyline and gameplay. The graphics are of an average level for what Konami usually makes and the lenght is also just perfect (average 50-60hours assuming you have taken time to level up and find all the objects and secrets in the game) and also with a New game+ option.
The story is set a few years before Suikoden I (about 30 years actually) and includes some recurring characters from the previous tomes combined with new ones. The battle system was nicely fixed (after the bad ones from Suikoden 3-4) and the large army battles were the most interesting so far!
It still doesn't surpass Suikoden II (especially if you have played Suikoden I previous to that) BUT it certainly gets close enough to it in how interesting the storyline can be. Still I wished there would have been something extra from a previous save game, which has been a trademark of the series since Suikoden II.
Totally recommended!!
Excellent! July 3, 2008
Cliche story that is well conveived, with some delightful characters and some good dialogue. The story revolves around a prince trying to reclaim his kingdom lost in a coup. The fact that the bad guys are very human and that there is no ultimate evil, gives a nice flavor of realism. A little disappointingly the story turns too straightforward as it advances, and the prince experiences success too easily.
I've played Suikoden 3-5, and this one seems to have the most interesting characters to collect. Graphics are a little dated. There are a couple of good tunes, but overall the music is quite forgettable, but not annoying. Voice acting is mediocre. Load times are long, random encounters are many. Those with little patience, beware.
 Don't waste your money May 6, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I knew I was in big trouble with this game when the first 4 hours were nothing but cut scenes. Cut scenes are a necssary part of RPGs but 4 hours worth nearly killed off what few brains cells I have remaining. Then things got even worse. The characters in this game are simply boring to put it mildly, especially the prince who had no personality at all and he seemed to be just along for the ride. Now let me mention the character's clothing. Almost everyone wears pseudo samuri clothing that lookes like it was borrowed from one of the later Final Fantasy games. Very unnattractive. What happened to the cool outfits that people wore in the other Suikodens? I also have to mention the poses that some of the characters seemed to like doing and I hope I can properly describe it. They were kind of hunched over with their arms nearly touching the ground as they gyrated around. Also very unattractive and unnatural looking. The war battles are in real time thus hardly giving you time to set up any strategy so each war ends up in melee. I play RPGs because I like turn based combat and these war battles are really out of place and no fun at all. I also found the game to be very grim without the slightest hint of humor unlike Suikoden 1,2 and 3 which are quite light hearted in comparasion. Perhaps the worst feature of this game is the long load times whever you enter a new area or finish a fight with the monsters. 10 second load times every few minutes can test the enduance of even the most hardened game player.
On a brighter note the fights with the monsters, what little of them there are, are your standard turn based action in the traditional Suikoden style, but the monster slashing can not make up for the rest of the problems I have with this game.
If you want fun light hearted games please play Suikoden 1, 2 and 3 and don't waste your money on this turkey.
Great Game April 7, 2008
Long time fans of Suikoden will be glad the game has returned to its original charm, but will note a few areas where improvements could be made. While it only takes a reasonable amount of time to acquire your HQ, it takes far too long to do anything with it, so you're stuck stockpiling way too much junk in storage. I miss the old "Iron Chef" competition... in fact, all the mini-games are pretty lame, this time out. (Why is it that in nearly every RPG series, the mini-games deteriorate in quality over time?) It's not a game that's likely to rock your world, but for those of use who fell for the first Suikoden's charm, it's great to revisit the Suiko universe once again.
Short and straight to the point April 1, 2008
Ask yourself one question, Did you love suikoden 2? If you did then you will love suikoden 5. Great story, great game, great memories. FIN
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