Eiyuden Chronicle, a spiritual successor to the Suikoden series

So if you folks were wondering how this was doing, they put out an E3 trailer.

Looks like they're aiming for a 2023 release for the main game, and a spin off, Eiyuden Chronicle Rising, is set for 2022.

Thread revival with TGS 2022 trailer.

Funny how we got this alongside the announcement that Konami is giving Suikoden 1 and 2 the HD remaster treatment.

Here's hoping things work out for everyone.

(How do you guys pronounce "Eiyuden", anyway?)

I pronounce it "Ai-you-den". Sounds more fantastical :x

New overview from the Nintendo Direct.

Also, a release date - April 23, 2024 :o

Yoshitaka Murakami is gone.

https://twitter.com/eiyuden/status/1757698775185797609?t=aGBkFAfGXoOHEQ7GDS9PxA&s=19

I hope he passed away peacefully even if the game hadn’t come out. It feels messed up he won’t see his successor to Suikoden come out as people hoped for

The reviews are in. Critics who've played the Switch version are giving it 5's, while those who've played the PC version tend to give it 8.

Is switch version worse then? .-.

According to Game Two it has severe performance issues on the Switch. I was planning to play it on PC anyway since I have an active Game Pass subscription anyway but it is kinda sad since many would prefer to have such a title on a handheld I think.

I'm hearing that there's a bug on the PC version that links the random encounter rate to your screen refresh rate.

Besides platform specific issues, most of the reviews I have seen say it captures the spirit of old Suikoden but also the artifacts of the PS 1 and PS 2 era.

Edited by Stage7-4 on Apr 22nd 2024 at 8:27:01 AM

Its kinda hard to get read on the game without more information x'D Like are there branching paths? Is there secret dating sim? Are there mutually exclusive characters? How many playable characters there are? How much focus they get? Etc

The only answer I know is "120 characters".

Hopefully, people will create guides for this game in the months to come.