2 hours in, I have mixed feelings about it... no doubt it's OK, however it seems to me that in many ways it's been altered so much that it looks and feels more like generic anime crap than like Suikoden
the initial cast of characters is pretty shitty, typical annoying jap brats, and ESPECIALLY when it comes to the main character, they should've made him a mute protagonist
it seems that the blacksmith weapon upgrade system is gone and it's been replaced by standard multiple RPG weapons that get increasingly powerful as you advance from town to town
the plot pretty much seems like ultra-generic anime crap so far too, though maybe it will pick up at some point, but it doesn't bode well, so far pretty much all of the story made me cringe
also the dungeons to me seem ridiculously small, even for Suikoden, I hope they'll be a lot more complex further in the game
now the rune magic or whatever uses a standard MP-based magic system so it seems that the game will be extremely easy