Chris Lightfellow, the knight commander of Zexen.

Suikoden III takes a different tone, it has 6 different points of view and 6 different heroes. Suikoden III, however, marked the series' complete shift from 2D to 3D as the game jumped platforms (from PlayStation to PlayStation 2). The development team of the Suikoden series started developing games using 2D or two-dimensional graphics primarily used in the first and second games, while they only incorporated 3D graphics on environments and visual effects. Hugo (middle), Chris (left) and Geddoe (right).

Recruit a colorful cast of 108 predetermined characters, each specializing in various aspects of combat or support.Įssentially, each game follows the plot formula of a coup d'état by corrupt power holder(s), the main protagonist's exile from his/her home, the disastrous misuse of the True Runes, the hero's struggle –despite overwhelming odds– to bring peace to the land alongside their friends, and the climactic showdown with the corrupted True Rune.Build an immensely large headquarters that grows as the story progresses (and only develops fully if all the characters are recruited).Participate in turn based, one-on-one duels.Conduct strategically pitched war campaigns.Suikoden implements many features, as each title allows players, in varying degrees, to: Saved game data can be transferred from Suikoden to Suikoden II, and Suikoden II to Suikoden III ( Suikogaiden Vol.1 can also receive data from Suikoden II, and is transferable to Suikogaiden Vol.2, but only in Japan), and from Suikoden IV to Suikoden Tactics ( Rhapsodia in Japan) and now Suikoden V.

The games, standard to most RPGs, commonly feature random overworld and dungeon battles, inn-based game saves, a turn-based, menu-operated combat system, mini-games and side quests. Each game centers around relative themes of politics, corruption, revolution, mystical crystals known as True Runes, and the ' 108 Stars of Destiny' - 108 protagonists also very loosely interpreted from the source material. Shui Hu Zhuan is rendered as 水滸伝 in Japanese and read as Suikoden. The Suikoden series is loosely based on the classical Chinese novel, Shui Hu Zhuan, known as Water Margin, by Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong.

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