Because the original Suikoden was one of the first PlayStation RPGs to
grace the US shores, it garnered more attention than it deserved.
Despite being a respectable enough RPG, Suikoden was a relatively
shallow, quick-play RPG that was light on content and heavy on combat.
Suikoden II addresses a number of the problems of the original
Suikoden, and although it feels somewhat rehashed, it still holds its
own nicely in today's cutthroat RPG market.