( December 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. On the first play through the game, only a fraction of the world map is viewable, a feature not seen before in a Suikoden Game. There are several mini-games contained within the game, unrelated to the main storyline. The naval forces can be customized to use particular runic elements through choice of captains and commanding officers each element has a weakness and strength over another element.

As with previous games in the series, there are individual battles (duels) as well as battles between customizable naval forces. During combat, characters can combine effort in the form of physical 'Unite attacks' or runic magic combinations. In contrast to Suikoden III, where the six person party was divided into three controllable groups, Suikoden IV's party consists of four individually controllable characters. Suikoden IV is the first game of the series to be set at sea travel on the world map is accomplished by ship.

It is the first game in the Suikoden series to feature voice acting for most characters, except the hero.

Suikoden IV retains many of the gameplay concepts pioneered by its predecessors along with changes. ( March 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Konami later produced Suikoden Tactics, a spinoff that serves as a direct prequel, side-story, and sequel to Suikoden IV.

Meanwhile, the Kooluk Empire seeks to expand into the nearby Island Nations. The Rune of Punishment governs both atonement and forgiveness, and is unusual in that it consumes the life of the bearer with use once the previous bearer dies, it immediately jumps to someone nearby. Suikoden IV takes place approximately 150 years before the events of the first Suikoden game, and relates the story of a young boy living on the island of Razril and the Rune of Punishment, one of the 27 True Runes. It was released in August 2004 in Japan, and early 2005 in North America and Europe. info)) is a role-playing video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami exclusively for the PlayStation 2 video game console and is the fourth installment of the Suikoden video game series.Suikoden IV ( Japanese: 幻想水滸伝IV, Hepburn: Gensō Suikoden Fō, (listen) ( help

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