First Reviews of Spiritual Successor to Suikoden, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, Receives High Ratings, Alongside Critical Reviews
The first reviews of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes appeared on the Internet. The game is getting generally good ratings, but not everyone likes its old-school feel, referencing PlayStation 1 RPGs.
Tomorrow, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes will debut on the market, a Japanese RPG conceived as a spiritual successor to the popular series Suikoden from years ago. We waited a long time for the game, as it was announced four years ago and initially, its release was planned for 2022. The first reviews and opinions have already appeared on the Internet, thanks to which we found out whether the game lived up to the expectations.
According to OpenCritic Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has an average rating of 77%. Below are selected scores:
- God is a Geek - 9.5/10
- Wccftech - 8.5/10
- Hobby Consoles - 82/100
- Windows Central - 4/5
- Game Informer - 8/10
- COGconnected - 75/100
- IGN - 7.0/10
- Shacknews - 7/10
- Nintendo Life - 6/10
- Eurogamer - 3/5
- PCGamesN - 6/10
- Digital Trends - 3/5
As you can see, there is a wide range of ratings. Nevertheless, the opinions, despite such diverse notes, are largely coherent. From the reviews emerges a picture of a game that does everything it can to recreate the atmosphere and style of gameplay from the 90s. The differences primarily concern the evaluation of such an approach - it was very well-received by some, while others dislike that the devs didn't make an effort to adapt the game to contemporary standards.
Two very extreme opinions
These differences in assessment are well illustrated by the threads on Twitter of two journalists. The first is the more mainstream Jason Schreier from Bloomberg. His impressions of the game aren't positive. He complains about the outdated formula, which he blames for the tiring gameplay. He also clearly didn't like the plot, which he describes as very hackneyed, especially compared to Suikoden 2.
On the other side of the barricade stands Josh Torres from the niche website RPGSite, addressed mainly to lovers of Japanese RPGs. His impressions of the game are much more positive. The journalist notices the old-school quality of many solutions, but doesn't view it as a disadvantage. He explains that the developers clearly aimed to develop titles like those from the first PlayStation or early PS2 games, and they accomplished this task perfectly.
So everything comes down to whether a given player likes this approach or not. Torres also holds a much more favorable view of the storyline, particularly enjoying the incredibly diverse array of unique companions that we can recruit.
The script is usually a highly subjective thing. As for the gameplay, the review reveals a picture of a game that is in practice Suikoden 2.5. Not everyone has to like it, but this is exactly what the devs promised from the very beginning and it seems that they have fulfilled these promises.
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes will be released tomorrow on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5.
