Suikoden Tactics
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Artist(s) | Junko Kawano |
| Writer(s) | Junko Kawano |
| Composer(s) | Norikazu Miura |
| Series | Suikoden |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Metacritic | 68 / 100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 7.33 / 10 |
| Eurogamer | 5 / 10 |
| Famitsu | 31 / 40 |
| Game Informer | 6.75 / 10 |
| GameSpot | 7.6 / 10 |
| GameSpy |   |
| GameZone | 6.6 / 10 |
| IGN | 7.3 / 10 |
| OPM (US) | |
| X-Play | |
Suikoden Tactics, originally released in Japan as Rhapsodia (ラプソディア Rapusodia?), is a tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 console as part of their Suikoden series. Initially released in Japan and North America in late 2005, the game was later made available in Europe and the PAL region in early 2006. It is the first strategy-based installment of the series, using tactical, grid-based combat instead of the turn-based battles employed by previous games in the series. The game's music was composed by series veteran Norikazu Miura and features the opening theme "Another World" performed by Japanese vocalist yoshiko.
The game's fantasy story is told in two parts, taking place both before and after the events of Suikoden IV released one year earlier, and features appearances by characters from the title. Players assume the role of Kyril, a young man investigating the power of mysterious weapons called "Rune Cannons," which hold strange powers of transformation.
Suikoden Tactics is a tactical role-playing game and thus shares many traits with the genre. The player controls a young man named Kyril, and advances the plot by completing tactical battles and talking with other characters. The player can also recruit new characters to his cause, which often involves a short sidequest. In towns, the player can gather information, sharpen character's weaponry, learn new skills, and buy equipment. Each character may use special "Runes" or items to imbue terrain squares with various elements. Characters each have a particular element on which their attack and defence is boosted by a significant amount when they occupy a space with the corresponding element, and the reverse is true if the character occupies a space with an element the character is weak to.
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