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The main bulk of the gameplay, however, is traditional RPG exploration and character growth.

Once again it is possible to recruit 108 characters (Stars of Destiny), as well as build and customize a castle that serves as headquarters for the army. As in the previous game, the goal it to build an army and participate in a war, defending the lives of the innocents. Like its predecessor, Suikoden II is a Japanese-style role-playing game with a story that focuses on war, friendship and betrayal. What will destiny bring to the young heroes? What will they achieve in their lives? Will they fight together or will their paths be separate from now on? Soon the two become involved in a political struggle, as several nations seek an alliance against a powerful country led by an insane, bloodthirsty prince. The two friends escape and jump down from a high cliff into a river. In a time long ago, an unjust ruler by the name of Emperor Barbarosa took control of a peaceful land with an iron fist.A young boy from the town Kyaro, adopted and raised by a martial artist together with his sister Nanami, now serves in a Highland army, in a youth squad, together with his best friend Jowy. Tired of his tyranny and oppression, a woman named Odessa Silverburg rose up and formed a revolution to end Barbarosa's evil reign. Son to one of Barbarosa's generals, Teo McDohl, joined with Odessa and headed up the Liberation Army. Together they gathered recruits to amass the 108 stars of destiny and overthrew Barbarosa. They forged a land of unity and peace and for the time everything was calm. Such was the setting for Konami's sleeper RPG triumph, Suikoden.

Now, three years after the fall of Barbarosa, a new war threatens the peaceful land.

The Highland Empire, ruled by the Blight family, has instigated a war with the peaceful city-state Jowston. After much fighting a peace agreement is finally formed between the two sides. The main character and his childhood friend, Jowy, are soldiers in the war and are sent to oversee the treaty talks. Overjoyed by talks of the end of the war, all the two can think about is finally returning to their hometown, Kyaro. But something goes terribly wrong and the two are cast off, branded traitors to their country.

After being exposed to treachery, power, greed, everything that come with war, the two must struggle with their own destined path. You must once again bring together the 108 stars of destiny and put an end to the war.Īnd so begins the epic saga that is Suikoden II, the next episode in Konami's amazing Suikoden series.