

When a unit encounters the enemy you’re whisked to a separate screen depicting a miniature real-time battle where the enemy army and yours attack each other head on. There are different types of units such as foot soldiers, cavalry, archers and mages.

These skirmishes play out like a strategy RPG wherein you move units across a grid map. These are fun but sometimes feel more like games of chance. Enemies usually give a quick dialogue blurb before each round which gives you a hint as to what they’ll do. These are played like a game of rock, paper scissors wherein one attack is good against another. In addition to the traditional battles you’ll occasionally participate in one-on-one fights in the story.
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Most of the time you’re given free choice with who you want to use, and given the huge party size of six there are a lot of options. Taking things a step further many have special combine attacks that can only be used in conjunction with another specific party member. Not all but most can be used in your party and have different stats and abilities some of which are completely exclusive to them. You can try to find them all on your own but because many can be missed I highly recommend following a guide online. Most are met with revelations in the story but many are hidden and require specific pre-requisites to join. It’s pretty basic stuff but there’s more to it than meets the eye.įirst of all there are a whopping 108 characters that join you along the way. When victorious in combat you’re awarded experience points which make your party stronger and money that can be used to sharpen weapons and buy items. You input commands for each of your party members and then trade blows with the enemies. Battles occur at random and take place on a separate three dimensional battlefield. You travel a world map containing cities, dungeons, and eventually your own rebel base. Suikoden II is a fairly traditional role playing game. It’s an absolutely incredible story that’ll make you laugh and cry. Suikoden II is a political and militaristic story but with the trappings of fantasy. Suikoden II excels because it plays upon this introducing us to characters and plot points that were important in both the last one and future games as well. The world of Suikoden is interlocked and this is but one mere self contained portion of the bigger story. The story may seem cliche and well traveled but it’s extremely rich in history and lore. Riou joins, and eventually leads a band of rebels against Highland to put an end to the war. It splits in half and gives them both its power. Riou and Jowy escape and find themselves face to face with an ancient magic in the form of a true rune. They discover this to be a mere ploy by Highland so that they can invade. Their lives are turned upside down when their squad on the Highland Army Youth Brigade is ambushed by the enemy army from the City States of Jowston.

You play as a young boy named Riou who, with his sister Nanami and best friend Jowy live in the war ravished country of Highland in this fantasy medieval world. Suikoden II is a direct follow up to the story of the original, but it’s removed just enough that even newcomers can get into it.
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Suikoden II quickly became one of my favorite role playing games of all time. The slow start that stopped me from playing further gave way to an epic and grand quest. It sat on a shelf for a few years when my brother finally tried it out. Plus, the game was only thirty bucks! I brought it home and was met with instant disappointment. I didn’t play the original but had heard good things. Of course I was going to spend the whole thing on video games, because why not? That’s when I saw Suikoden II on the shelf. There I was, sixteen years old and my first real paycheck in hand.
