In love with the Suikoden Universe. But unfortunately this game belongs to Suikoden! Like a black sheep of the family!
The love for the Suikoden games rose as Suikoden 2 came out and then exploded with the masterful Suikoden 3. I moved to Germany and had to wait for number 4 with anticipation. I pre-ordered it out of America and pushed into my playstation the day it came in the mail. I think I even cancelled work to be able to play it.
And then it happened. My love, my joy for the series was destroyed. WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING!
There is not one thing about the game I like. The pirate theme songs for every village are way out of whack creating drumming droll songs stuck in your head for days.
The game play with only 4 characters...WHY! Suikoden is based on a 6 character play basis. This is not FF! It is supposed to be something totally different. And it was... unfortunately.
The story is lacking depth as I see it , and the constant small random battles are a joke. Every two feet you are fighting against stupid monsters, which are nothing if you cheat and just level up to 99 which is a lot easier than many say it to be.
This game came as a total disappointment, and am happy to have it as it completes my collection of Suikoden Games. But only for that reason.
Unless you too are a die hard Suikoden gamer, than just stay away from this game!