Suikoden I : March of the Triumph

Yay, I finally finished my re-played Suikoden 1 and accomplished the good ending! My very first time trying this series was 6 years ago, when I was still in junior high. Its twisted and angst plot altogether with deep and complicated characters made me head over heels toward this series. I recalled I was badly crying while playing this game some years ago. Still I could remember some momentous event during the whole scenes, which turn me treacherous.

Well, the story tells about the presence of the cursed rune ‘Soul Eater’. Despair, misery and sadness of numerable deaths have been the embodiment of that extremely powerful rune. One day, the unlucky Teel McDohl –the son of a well distinguish general in Scarlet Moon Empire- coincidentally becomes the master of ‘Soul Eater’. Throughout the story, Teel will find the dark side of the corrupted empire, and suddenly be involved with Liberation Army, the rebellion force against the empire.

As time goes by, unexpectedly Teel will soon become the successor of Liberation Army’s Leader, Odessa Silverburg who dies while protecting a kid from the assault of Imperial Soldiers. The miserable Teel McDohl then is forced to fight his own father, inevitably losing countless of his beloved counterparts and friends, and finally grieving over the death of Gremio, his faithful butler as well as ‘father’ and ‘brother’. In the end, the miraculous things will await him after numerous fierce wars against the empire.

Even though the graphic is frightening for standard Playstation console, I’m really in love with the storyline, since all the characters surely give an edge in constructing the whole storyline. And, did I mention about music? The background music is pretty cool and relaxing. The music arrangement is somehow unique, almost similar to the unison of classic western and exotic eastern traditional music.

Overall, this is the second best classic game I’ve ever played. This will set the example how Final Fantasy series must do: the humble and down to earth characters, beautiful but angst storyline, gray areas amongst the villains and heros, superb political tactics, endless tale of both friendship and betrayal, and the feeling of belonging to that particular world!