Purchased-N/A Found-Ashtwal Mountains Equipped on-N/A Monster Drop-N/A Sold-18000 Potch Rune Piece-No.C) Advanced Rune Orbs. Advanced Rune's can be used in combination with each other in Suikoden V. Meaning, if you have one ally, such as Jeane, and the Prince (Hero V), both equipped with Advanced Orbs, you can have them unite on all 4.

Contents DetailsA is needed to have a map in the. In every Suikoden game a map of a nation is only displayed in the screen. In Suikoden and Suikoden IV, even though there is a map in the headquarter, the map doesn't display anything, while in Suikoden II the player must talk to to view the map, and in Suikoden V when the player press x the map displayed the entire map of the nation in the game.ViewableIn the game the map is viewable in:. Suikoden-???. Suikoden II - Viewable when talk to. Suikoden III - Viewable when the player is outside the city, town, village and etc. And when the player talk to Viki for teleportation.

Suikoden IV - Viewable when the player is controlling the then press circle. Suikoden Tactics - Viewable when the player is outside the city, town, village and etc.

Suikoden V - Viewable when the player enter the map room and viewed the map by pressing X. Suikoden Tierkreis - Viewable when the player is outside the city, town, village and etc.Interactive World MapGallery.

Retail FeaturesRatingsEuropeanPlayStation 2,North AmericanPlayStation 2,AustralianPlayStation 2,JapanesePlayStation 2Suikoden V ( 幻想水滸伝V, Gensō Suikoden Faibu ) is a developed by and and published by for the and the video game series. It was released in 2006, including an Australian release, and has sold at least 200,000 copies.Suikoden V centers around the political struggles of the Queendom of Falena, and takes place 6 in-universe years before the events of the first. The player controls the Prince of Falena and travels the world, acquiring allies and dealing with the problems of the nation. The game features a vast array of characters, with over sixty characters usable in combat and many more able to help or hinder the Prince in a variety of ways. Contents.Gameplay Suikoden V is a and thus shares many traits with them. The player controls the Prince and travels with them around the world map, advancing the plot by completing tasks and talking with other characters. The Prince can also recruit new characters to his cause, which often involves a short.

In towns, the player can gather information, sharpen character's weaponry, learn new skills, and buy equipment; wilderness areas generally feature random encounters with monsters.The battle system to Suikoden V features six person parties in combat rather than the four person parties of Suikoden IV, reversing a much-decried change. Each character is individually controllable, as well (as opposed to Suikoden III). A variety of statistics in Suikoden V determine in-game combat ability. Like in Suikoden III, there exists a skill system in Suikoden V; for instance, the 'Stamina' skill increases a character's. Different characters have affinities for different skills.

Only two skills can be equipped to each character, though they can be switched at any time between battles. If all six characters lose all their hit points and are thus incapacitated, it is game over and the player must restart.

Exceptions exist for certain plot battles in which winning is optional; the player can lose and the plot continues on, albeit in a slightly different fashion.The characters can be setup in a variety of fighting formations across a roughly 6x4 grid. Each formation allows the party to gain increased statistics, such as increased defense or increased attacks, occasionally offset by decreased stats in other categories, as well as a special attack based on the formation. New formations are acquired over the course of the game. Like in previous games, some characters have special cooperative attacks that can potentially do more damage. These attacks often do more damage than normal and cannot miss, but they also cannot receive critical damage bonuses and cannot hit targets multiple times. An auto-battle function is enable as well for quickly breezing through easy battles.Characters that don't participate directly in combat usually offer other services to the Prince, such as running a shop, giving clues for potential recruits, or aiding in the strategic war battles.

Additionally, up to four characters may be kept in reserve of the current party; some non-combat characters, when in the reserve, offer minor benefits such as healing after battle or a greater chance of finding a special item after battle.Runes, the source of all magic in the world of Suikoden, are handled similarly to other Suikoden games. Characters have a certain number of spell usages per 'spell level;' for instance, a character with four level 1 spell slots and a Water Rune could cast 'Kindness Drops' (the level 1 Water Rune spell) four times. Other runes offer different benefits, and some may be used as often as desired.The strategic war battles from earlier Suikodens return for major army clashes, in with more freedom of movement than the hex and square based earlier instalments. Instead, the battlefield is now continuous. Both land and naval battles exist in Suikoden V; some battles even combine both elements.

The system is analogous to Rock, Paper, Scissors, where cavalry beats infantry, infantry beats archers, and archers beat cavalry; at sea, ram ships are strong against archery ships, infantry ships defeat rams, and archery ships beat infantry ships. There are also additional benefits to having certain characters in certain units, such as magical attacks using runes or leadership bonuses. A few special units exist as well in beaver units and dragon cavalry units, which can travel on both sea and land.Suikoden V also contains a number of, including, but not limited to, fishing, accessible through the character, and Blind Man's Bluff, a card game that plays.Story Setting Suikoden V takes place in the Queendom of Falena, portraying the events of that region of the Suikoden world eight years before the events in and 142 years after the events in Suikoden IV (IS 449). The Queendom of Falena is a relatively rich land sustained by the Feitas River, which connects its disparate parts and enables trade and communication. It is ruled by Queen Arshtat and her husband Ferid, who have been a balancing and steady force since the demise of her somewhat rash mother. However, the tensions of the past have not been entirely settled.

Arshtat's mother and aunt had been engaged in a covert struggle for power over the succession. Falena's government also has powerful nobles who maintain their own separate forces, loyal to them.

Arshtat's hand in marriage was seen as key to gaining power in the future by the nobles; a civil war was narrowly averted when Ferid, a neutral outsider, won the Sacred Games and thus the right to marry Arshtat.Arshtat and Ferid begat two heirs, the Prince (named by the player) and Lymsleia. At the beginning of Suikoden V, the time has come for Lymsleia's Sacred Games, a gladiatorial tournament in which the winner may ask for the future Queen's hand in marriage. (As a Queendom rather than a Kingdom, the first-born female is in line for the throne.) Aside from the many freelancers, suitors, and independent nobles who desire this prize, the two most powerful noble houses both bear a special interest in it; like with Arshtat's Sacred Games, Lymsleia's hand could prove a crucial advantage. The Godwins believe that Falena needs to be more centralized, powerful and perhaps expansionist.

The Barows seek more to rebuild and trade with foreign nations. The Barows faction has of late been somewhat on the decline, though they are still powerful; a recent war with the neighbouring New Armes Kingdom was fought on Barows-allied lands, while the Godwins remained safe and untouched in the west of Falena, perhaps explaining the Barows wish to not further antagonize Armes. The royal family and others worry that if a Godwin or Barows were to win, it might well trigger another struggle.A key part of the Suikoden setting is the existence of Runes, the source of all magic. Any person can have a rune inscribed on them, although some people are more talented in their use, and others can inscribe more than one rune (with three as the general maximum). In turn, all power from individual carved runes ultimately descends from the powerful 27 True Runes, which created the world in Suikoden's mythology. Falena's national treasure is the Sun Rune, a True Rune which can both bring prosperity and growth as well as destruction and calamity. Falena also controls the 'child' runes of the Sun Rune, the Dawn Rune and Twilight Rune.However, Falena's grip on the runes has gone somewhat awry.

Two years prior to the start of Suikoden V, residents of Lordlake rioted and charged the East Palace, near the capital of Sol-Falena. In the confusion, the Dawn Rune, which was housed there, was stolen. Lordlake had previously been considered the most loyal of all the towns to the royal government and granted special privileges.

With this seeming act of high treason by Lordlake, Arshtat took the Sun Rune upon herself, normally stored in Sol-Falena's palace on a pedestal, and used the Rune's power to scorch Lordlake's vegetation, wildlife, and river, killing its leader Lord Rovere in the process. Since bearing the Sun Rune, the normally compassionate Arshtat has grown more and more erratic in behaviour, prone to mood swings and wild fits of vengeance.Characters.