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Moonspeak 1982-1987 - The Birth of Japanese RPGs, re-told in 15 Games

Karellen

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Hobo Elf said:
Karellen said:
and even some largely conventional JRPGs like Suikoden which have political and military themes.
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Suikoden is based / inspired by the Chinese classic, Water Margin, which was about outlaws and their struggle against the government. The military politics was lifted from there.
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Well, Suikoden is definitely inspired by Water Margin, which is where the title as well as the 108 Stars of Destiny come from. I've always thought that the politics (especially in the later Suikoden games) drew more inspiration from elsewhere, since Water Margin is more of an adventure story with battles in it, but I could be wrong. Overall, though, Suikoden's story is more or less in the same genre of "historical war epic" as Water Margin and RotTK. I think as far as this thread is concerned, the interesting thing is that Suikoden tread ground that was more typically used for strategy game (KOEI also made a strategy game about Water Margin), and correspondingly also borrowed elements from strategy game for its (variously sophisticated) mass battles.
 
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