Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

Very good game, good story

I feel like the good outweighs the bad in this Suikoden-clone. Pros: + The art is beautiful and so is the music, even if the battle theme gets stale fast. + Collecting characters is fun and was probably the highlight of the whole package, just like a good Suikoden game. + The game eventually introduces an enhancement skill tree for your base, which slowly unlocks the more characters and resources you collect. This adds a nice base building aspect. + Mixing and matching characters for battle scratches that synergizing itch I love from RPGs. Seeing which combos work best. + Pooby is MVP Cons: - There are some balance issues; namely MP. Spells cost a LOT of MP and you can only restore that via items or sleeping at an inn, just like old school RPGs. There is a reason many modern RPGs dropped that. It's archaic and it forces you to conserve MP for the boss of an area rather than experiment. The MP cost makes it worse. - There are several minigames that are, frankly, annoying and time consuming, considering several characters are locked behind their long completion. There is a cooking battle challenge that is INSANELY long and a Beyblade-esqe minigame that is also somehow trying to mimic Pokemon, but they both amount to just button mashing and random luck (unless you want to be combing through online guides) - There are some odd decisions; such as running fast on the overworld being a Support character skill or Accessory. This should be a toggle. Also there is no filtering, not for your bag or your heroes or Runes or...anything. Would have been nice. This makes juggling equipment and Runes for all your Heroes extremely tediuous Overall, this is a great JRPG modeled after Suikoden. The point of the game is collecting allies and units and expanding your base; i think with some fine-tuning this could be a great game. Hopefully we get a sequel that expands on it.

so best thing I can say is this. I have been starting games and stopping either shortly after or midway through. I just lose interest for some reason. This game is fun and different enough from other jrpgs it keeps you interested and wanting to play. So if you are like me give it a go the delux edition is on sale right now for 20 very very worth.

前期没有传送，只能反复跑图。试炼场关卡需要不停的跑图解迷加上随机遇怪，再加上战斗有没有深度。一直处于自动战斗人拿着手柄发呆的状态。人物众多故事单薄，没有丰满的人物。转陀螺和卡牌游戏是又臭又长。城镇建设一开始很有趣，可不停的收集素材，马上就又让人疲劳。中规中矩的一款游戏，市面上可选的日式rpg也不多，能不玩就别玩了，没得玩也能凑活。

Bin jetzt bei etwas über 40 Std. und bin ehrlich gesagt nur begeistert! Ich bin schon etwas älter und habe damals noch auf SNES, Sega Mega Drive und später auch PS1, PS2 etc. gespielt. Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes bringt mich emotional betrachtet genau in diese Zeit zurück. Ich persönlich finde, die Story ist wirklich gut gelungen, grafisch gefällt es mir ebenfalls sehr – auch wenn es eben 3D-Hintergründe mit 2D-Sprites in Pixel-Art sind. Es gibt mir sowohl die Feelings von damals, lässt mich aber gleichzeitig auch in der heutigen Zeit ankommen. Spielerisch ist es ein JRPG, wie es sich gehört. Allein die Tatsache, wie viele Charaktere es gibt, gibt mir immer wieder den Anreiz, mehrfach durch die Dörfer zu reisen, um danach erneut ins HQ zurückzukehren und das Team anzupassen. Dass man sein HQ ausbessern kann, motiviert mich zusätzlich, bereits besuchte Dungeons erneut zu betreten, um Materialien zu farmen und die Burg weiter auszubauen. Ich bin noch lange nicht fertig mit dem Spiel – kann locker noch 30–40 Std. darin versinken – und das für gerade mal, ich glaube im Angebot, irgendwas um die 5 € oder so? Also ich kann kaum zufriedener sein, als ich es aktuell bin! Für jeden JRPG-Fan der 90er- und 2000er-Jahre ein absolutes Must-have!!

Great JRPG. Do yourself a service and chance voice acting from English to Japanese.

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