Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

This is it. This game finally helped me understand [b]why[/b] I hate JRPGs. The game itself looks very nice, neat pixeart mixed with 3D. Some reactions of your characters on somethjing that happens in game are cute. But..! [b]1) It won't let you play. [/b] In half an hour I literally didn't play two minutes straight, the game constantly stops and shove a tons of slow dialogue into your face. I can't stand games that won't let you play. [b]2) The controls were teleported straight from 1986.[/b] The mouse does literally nothing. The keyboard layout feels like someone spilled alphabet soup and called it a control scheme. I felt like a concert pianist just trying to open a menu. Why even release a game on PC if you clearly despise everything about PC controls from the last 35 years? [b]3) The characters.[/b] Of course they look like they escaped from elementary school. And of course, one of them is a wolf. I guess none of my point matters for jrpg fans and it is perfectly fine. However, even though i finished Final Fantasy 7 about 25 years ago (and liked it) and Vandal Hearts are in my life-long top ten, I’m definitely not one of them anymore.

To whoever's bright idea was it to make the chests a random encounter and the recipies a 10% chance of showing up in the store. I hope a coconut falls on your head

This game is buggy and it is very easy to lock yourself out of progressing. Also be careful when using Runeshard of Return.

[b]Achievement Completed: 100%[/b] [b]Score:[/b] [i]7.5[/i]/10 After clocking in the final achievements (25+ hours of post-game cleanup), I’m ready to share my thoughts. Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is a decent JRPG, but as a Suikoden veteran, I felt it leaned a bit too heavily on nostalgia. If I didn’t know the dev team's history, I would have mistaken this for a high-effort fan game; it mirrors Suikoden II closely, yet often feels like a "watered-down" version of that masterpiece. [b]Pros:[/b] + Visuals: Gorgeous 2.5D graphics. The art direction and sprite work are genuinely beautiful. + Atmosphere: It captures that unmistakable "classic JRPG" soul perfectly. + Music: The soundtracks are phenomenal. The battle music and the main themes are beautiful. The dynamic castle BGM that layers in new instruments as you level up your base is a brilliant touch. [b]Cons:[/b] - Gimmick Overload: Too much focus on mini-games and chores. For completionists, some achievements may feel like a slog (some are grindy, and others are RNG reliant), and it feels like the main story was shortened to make room for them. - Lackluster Antagonist: The main villain is "meh"—neither truly threatening nor sympathetic enough to be memorable. - Character Tropes: Many plots and characters feel like slightly pale imitations of the classic Suikoden archetypes. For example, Suikoden fans will spot the "budget" versions of Nanami, Jowy, Anabelle, Viki, Sierra, Luca Blight and/or the City-States vs Highland conflict immediately. If any other developer had made this, it would feel like rip-offs rather than homages. [b]Verdict:[/b] It’s not a bad game, but it’s not the masterpiece I hoped for. However, there is enough unexplored lore here to make me hopeful for a sequel. Just as Suikoden II eclipsed the first Suikoden, I want to believe we would get Eiyuden II, and it will be the one to truly shine. Edit: [i]I've just found out that the bad ending is somewhat more impactful that the good ending. So, I recommend to play without necessarily recruit all the heroes first to enjoy the best experience. Get the best ending on the New Game +.[/i]

Well, as a suikoden fan, I think this game is the true successor of that series. Though, the game design and QoL are almost the same as a PS2-era games. Don't mind it, still like it, would replayed again! 👍

story is bad and combat is boring.

O jogo é divertido, entretanto tem alguns problemas. É estranho o cenário ser em 3D e os personagens serem sprites 2D, passei por problemas de cutscenes congelando do nada e o botão de pular ser a única opção de sair dali, o que foi extremamente frustrante por ter acontecido logo após vencer o boss final do jogo, praticamente perdi o que rolou e tive que ver no youtube, isso pesa na minha avaliação final do jogo. Jogando o básico só para avançar na história, o boss final vira um passeio no parque, um problema claro de balanceamento claro. A história é bem básica, mas o sistema de gerenciamento do reino é legal, mesmo sendo bem básico. Além disso, a soundtrack talvez seja o grande destaque do jogo, algumas músicas são realmente muito boas e possuem seu valor para baixar em algum streaming.

Insanely grindy game and not in a good way. To get the good ending, you "for some less than intelligent" reasons, you have to play their boring, pathetic, disgusting, poorly designed brain rot of a mini game - fake Pokémon. If they actually bother to made that good, it isn't a problem, but that is seriously one of the most lazy, mind destroying piece of garbage this world has seen. Take everything that is good about Pokémon, remove them, then add in the worst thing you can find in your local garbage dump, mix in with the refuse from your local kebab shop and ferment with your local night club toilets with gone off fish. That is close but still not quite as bad as what they manage to make. You can't help but think that you have done some serious war crime to deserve playing that. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, seriously, not even war criminal deserved this. Please, save yourself and do not play this game because of that. Otherwise, okay good game.

I'm fine with the spiritual successor vibe, but a lot of the characters just stop and don't even contribute past their voiced lines. It tried so hard to be Suikoden that it doesn't try to do anything for itself. There was a lot of potential here, and we're given DLC to expand on it when I'd rather get the story and experience for the base cost. Got it on sale, and still not pleased with the grind and need to auto battle my way through the game.