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Suikoden IV.(video game)
KEVIN: As the nutters who pay triple figures on eBay for previous games in the series know, there's something about the atmosphere of Suikoden that nothing can compare to. It's a warm, fuzzy puppy of a role-playing game series, an odd mix between a romantic fantasy novel and a History Channel special. For a fan like me, then, it's a downer to see Suikoden IV bereft of much of the series' personality--it plays less like Suikoden and more like a generic RPG that happens to have a really big cast.
All the main Suikoden ingredients are here, what with 108 party members to collect and the great big army base you build over time. There's superbly beautiful music, …
