The beautiful and prolonged Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes does a strong job of capturing the texture and elegance of Konami’s Suikoden collection. Effectively, no less than on PC that’s. With the excessive probability of a sequel sooner or later — sadly with out Yoshitaka Murayama — here’s what I wish to see within the attainable Eiyuden Chronicle 2 sequel.
For all that the primary recreation will get proper, it has some main points. To be trustworthy, most of those come from an excessive amount of emphasis on nostalgia, and fewer inclusion of recent options we anticipate from a JRPG in 2024. As such, a lot of the modifications and enhancements that must occur come from this lack of quality-of-life. Making these changes may enhance the expertise on all platforms.
As an illustration, I’d like to see quick journey unlock rather more rapidly in Eiyuden Chronicle 2. It took me roughly 15 hours in-game to unlock quick journey. It felt method too late at that time. Even a significant character joked about its absence. An enormous chunk of that point up till that time was spent backtracking, and that wasn’t mandatory. Fairly, it pointlessly padded out the expertise. Quick journey ought to at all times be reserved for locations you’ve already been to, so including it in after the prologue wouldn’t damage the sport’s development.
In the identical vein, it’s excessive time for a correct quest log in a attainable Eiyuden Chronicle sequel. Regardless of having greater than 100 heroes to gather, there isn’t a dependable method to maintain observe of their sidequests. For instance, somebody would possibly ask you to gather 10 of a sure materials for them. However in the event you occur to stroll away and neglect what they requested for or the place to get it, you’d have to go looking on-line. It’s any such irritating system that makes the sport much less enjoyable than it ought to be.
On the identical time, it might be good to see professional aspect quests. The one quests within the first recreation stem from the recruitments. There aren’t any correct further missions exterior of those. Give the participant the possibility to get to know a few of the heroes on a deeper degree. Heck, give us a correct relationship and bonding system. This might result in romance choices, optionally available dungeons, and unique rewards. Whereas it isn’t essential to romance each character in Eiyuden Chronicle 2, having a dozen or so with their very own separate storylines can be good.
One of the best half in regards to the first recreation is it laid a incredible basis. The fight, world, visible fashion, and all the pieces already exists. It’s now time to only construct upon that with options dashing up fights. On this first recreation, issues can take fairly a while. Just a little extra effectivity, and even only a 2x velocity, would make a world of distinction.
As well as, horrible launch state of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes ought to by no means occur once more. The state of some platforms at launch, corresponding to Nintendo Swap, is downright unacceptable. I get not desirous to make backers wait longer, however just a few extra months is a greater end result than delivery a damaged recreation. Ideally with this Eiyuden Chronicle sequel, extra focus can, hopefully, be spent on tightening up the expertise. The overwhelming variety of bugs, efficiency points, and extra don’t have to be as prevalent. As an alternative, the Rabbit & Bear Studios can deal with offering an optimum gameplay expertise.
In spite of everything, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is way from a foul recreation. It has a strong cinematic prologue sequence. The story is fairly first rate in the event you get far sufficient into it. However little modifications right here and there’ll make the potential Eiyuden Chronicle 2 a considerably extra memorable expertise. One, the truth is, that might be actually worthy of succeeding Suikoden.
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is offered proper now for Nintendo Swap, PS5, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC.
