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Suikoden V

Suikoden V, like its predecessors, features unparalleled in-depth gameplay, a riveting storyline as well as the series' trademark 108 Stars of Destiny.

81 23 February 2006

Suikoden V is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Hudson Soft, released 23 February 2006 on PlayStation 2.

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What Suikoden V is

Suikoden V is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 2006. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The games plot concerns a civil war in the Queendom of Falena between powerful government factions. A coup d'etat leaves the Prince of Falena and his retainers exiles before founding a loyalist force determined to retake the capital of Falena and restoring the government overthrown by the manipulative Godwin Faction.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Suikoden series

Suikoden V is the ninth of 13 entries we hold in the Suikoden series. The next entry was Genso Suikoden I & II in 2006. Its critic score of 81 is almost exactly the series average of 81. The highest-rated entry is Suikoden II at 100.

See all 13 Suikoden games in release order →

How it was received

Suikoden V holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Suikoden V launched on 23 February 2006, within three weeks of Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter.

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When did Suikoden V come out?
Suikoden V was released on 23 February 2006 for PlayStation 2.

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