Suikoden was just released for play on the PS3/PSP, and is well worth a go for RPG fans.

User Rating: 7.5 | Genso Suikoden (PlayStation the Best) PS
By Swoosie | Review Date:
Suikoden can be tough to find in its original PSOne disc form, so I was thrilled to see it come to the US Playstation store for PS3 and PSP. After spending some time with it, while it's not groundbreaking (it is a 12 year old game!), it's a solid, fun adventure.

I really don't need to add much to the zilliion reviews already here, but in a nutshell:

Visuals: The graphics are classic PSOne old-skool mid-90's RPG -- small, colorful, lightly animated characters zipping around small, colorful surroundings. There are not "cut scenes", per-se, so we're not talking a full-on Square Enix-style presentation, but the in-game-world story sequences work fine.

Audio: Some good midi music throughout. Not super memorable, but appropriate and nice. No voice acting.

Characters: Pretty rote JRPG, with the occasional interesting twist. I didn't find the character histories or motivations to be particularly deep, but they were fine for a medium-weight RPG.

Story: The storyline is again nothing new, but interesting enough to pull you through. The main game will take about 30-40 hours to play through if you don't obsess on every nook and cranny.

Overall, it's a fun game. Not epic, not fantastically cinematic, but it'll scratch your itch for solid, "old school" Japanese style RPG, and I find it to be a great game on-the-go on the PSP.

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