I was severely late to playing Suikoden 2 as you all know, and I can say that it has aged amazingly well, and while I take some issues with the righting here and there, it definitely had a solid narrative and handled it very well and in a very unique way for its time, and even now.

Any game looking for a massive cast of playable characters needs to first look at Suikoden 2 for seriously showing up Chrono Cross in that regard.