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Suikoden III has many of the usual Turn Based RPG(Role Playing Game) features such as characters with different skill sets(Axe Wielding, Sword Fighter, Magic User etc.) and has very typical fight sequences. Fairly good graphics although some awkward camera angles at times. You can build your characters up to higher levels to increase skills and equip lots of new weapons, armor and magic. These of course are what you would expect from any decent RPG. What I really liked about this game is the Trinity Site System within the game. The Trinity Site System lets you play the very same game from several different perspectives. The main plot of the story is a world that has three distinctly different kingdoms that begin to fall into conflict with one another. At the beginning of the game you choose one of the three main characters and begin to see the world and all of the events through that characters eyes and your perspective of who is good and who is evil is based upon that perspective. As the game progresses you will have opportunities to switch characters and see events from a different angle. You then begin to find your characters on apposing sides and your sympathies with both. You will also cross paths with the other characters at varying points throughout the story. This creates an incredibly fun invironment to play in which you can't wait to finish a portion of the game so that you can switch characters and see the chain of events from their perspective. In addition, each of your characters has there own set of challenges and missions to complete. They also meets additional friends and allies that join in your quest also known as the "108 Stars". These additional friends and allies have their own unique skills and side quests to complete that all plays back into the main storyline. Most of the "108 Stars" can also be brought into the story to mix and match you group so that you can create unique fighting moves based on how you pair them up. The game culminates at the end when............ (don't worry, I won't give it away.) * Basic Role Playing Game * Good Graphics * Fun Characters, Events and Missions * Unique Game Play/Perspective with Trinity Site SystemRead full review
Reviewed for Big Boss Games by: Eschneider6 This is the third part in a long running series from Konami, there's Suikoden and Suikoden II both worth checking out. Enter the land of Grassland in Suikoden III, where war and conflict have been between the six clans of Grassland, Zexen Federation, and Holy Kingdom of Harmonia. What's different in Suikoden III is that you play the story through the eye's of 3 characters. Geddoe, Captain of the small defense force of Harmonia, Hugo, a son of Grasslands Chief Lucia, and Chris who is Captain of the Knights of Zexen. You choose whom to start the game out as, and see the story unfold by 3 points of view. There are many secrets to this game, so I won't spoil them for you. This game took me 89 hours to beat, and that's including opening all the secrets! It's a deep game with traditional RPG battles, but also includes strategic battles later in the game as well. Also, the gathering of the 108 stars of Destiny. Each person has a skill to help you during the game. This game has a great story, great characters and some good cinemas as well. Two things make the score 8.5, the fetch quests and the lack of places to visit. I recommend you buy this game, so stop reading this review so you can go play this great RPG! My review score for Suikoden III= 8.5 Score 1= Throw out Score 10= Must BuyRead full review
Suikoden III follows the tradition of the first two Suikoden games but adds and takes away from them all at the same time. The first two games were pretty mush open environments allowing you to investigate many areas at a time while continuing your quest for revolt and collection of the 108 stars. Suikoden III on the other hand is very linear up until a point and even when the game "opens up" you get little pleasure from wandering around because you have already raped the areas for all there resources. With that being said the game doesn't start off like the other two in that you are not in control of "the hero" but have your choice of three characters all of which have different teammates, stories, and personalities. Each character has three chapters that must be played before "the hero" is even involved. All the characters are from different walks of life but are all involved in the same conflict that unfolds before your eyes in this very slow but surely worth it storyline. If you can get through the boredom of these three chapters (designed to give the characters depth and to give a reason why all of them would join forces), then the storyline gets really quite interesting. One of my favorite aspects of this game is that collecting all 108 stars not only gives you a better ending in this Suikoden title but also opens up a chance to play a few short chapters as the antagonist of the story seeing what they saw during all the major conflicts. Ultimately this game is a great addition to the Suikoden series but I don't see it appealing to people who are not hardcore fans of the first two games. Even then the first 5-10 hours of the game are grueling and many fans would still find it hard to chew through.Read full review
Suikoden III Quest with the 108 stars of Destiny Type of Game: RPG System: PS2 Game Developer: Konami This is the third part in a long running RPG series from Konami, There’s Suikoden and Suikoden II both worth checking out. Enter the land of Grassland in Suikoden III. Where war and conflict have been between the six clans of Grassland, Zexen Federation, and Holy Kingdom of Harmonia. What’s different in Suikoden III you play the story thru the eyes of three characters. Geddoe a captain of the small defense force of Harmonia. Hugo a son of grasslander chief Lucia. Then Chris a captain of the knights of Zexen. You choose whom to start the game out as you see the story progress by three points of view. There are many secrets to this game so I won’t spoil them for you. This game took me 89 hours to beat and this is opening all the secrets up! It’s a deep game with traditional RPG battles but later in the game you will have some strategy battles as well. Also the gathering of the 108 stars of destiny. Where each person has a skill to help you during the game. This game has a great story, great characters, and some good cinemas as well. Two things the make the score 8.5 is the fetch quests and the lack of more places to visit. I recommend you buy this game, and stop reading this review so you can go play this great RPG! My review score for Suikoden III = 8.5 (Score is 1 is throw it out and 10 is a must buy!) If curious my review scores for Suikoden = 9.0 and Suikoden II = 8.5 (Score is 1 is throw it out and 10 is a must buy!) Reviewed by Eric Schneider Also Suikoden IV is out now in stores! Go buy this game!Read full review
As a huge fan of the Suikoden series (i first the played the 2nd Suikoden in about 2000, and then later was able to get hold of the 1st) i was absolutely ectastic when i heard the third was coming out, on a brand spanking new generation console (2nd back then). In my mind i saw vibrant colours, 3d (yes 3d!) character models and a new awesome story to follow. Unfortunatley i was left decidedly disapointed and distraught when i relised that the game would not get a european release. So almost 10 years later, and following the other titles (4 and 5 respecively) i grudgingly moved on to the new generation of consoles. I myself (a playstation man from the beginning) blindly threw all my faith in the gargauntuan black goliah the PS3. Im not going to go into which console is better, as frankly i don't care but i was horrified and have coninually been left so by the distinct lack of decent RPG's on the platform. The ps2 has one of the greatest and large catolgue of great RPG's yet now all i seem to be able to find are god awful pieces of tripe such as 'Enchanted Arms' (the cut scenes, god the cutscenes) and don't get me started on FF13 (seriously squaresoftenix or whatever, i am not a child that needs to be walked through a game by my hand). Don't get me wrong i have been impressed by .... erm yeah, well, there was that... oh. Actually Valkyria Chronicals is awesome, buy it people, or games like it won't be made. Anyway, after being let down by the 3rd generation i have since regressed back to the faith ful ps2 and ps1 for my rpg fix. And so after almost 10 years of having Suiko 3 on my mind i took the plunge and imported a reconditioned console from the states. After a few weeks on anticpation and waiting, it finally arrived and wohooooo it works! So finally having a ntsc playstaion i was able to invest in Suikoden 3 and finally complete the missing part of the suiko journey so far. Now im actually only a few hours in, im just very vbored at work but i will tell you what i think so far. The gaming lanscape is very lush and brightly coloured, but i cant say the same for the character models, often they are shaowed and darkened (even inf the are out in the sun) but i guess this shows how far we have come in percieving games, we notice even th tiniest of flaws. To be fair tho, even mario in his 8 bit days always looked well lit, so is it just developers laziness, i dont know. The on thing i was completely agast at was the complete lack of voice acting. To be sat in 2010 listening to .... well watching static text appear on the screen is frankly weird. And it just leaves great blips of silence in between battles and exploring. It really is quite creepy. But then i think bakc to my FF7 days, all text... not even much varied music and it made me cry time and time agian, so i have come to the conclusion that maybe the suiko characters are just pretty 2 dimensional portrayals. The battle system has always been a key part of Suiko, but even after a few hours im feeling rather bored by it, battle systems need to evole with the times, and this battle system is pretty darn awful. The worse part is that it pretends to give you the feeling of spacial movement and suprise, but its little more than a glorified you hit me i hot you set up. The music so far is fine, but nothing to write home about and the storyline is at best entertaining at worst toatllu predictable. ANyways ran out of characters, so toodalooRead full review
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