The stunning and long lasting Eijuden’s Chronicle: The Hundred Heroes does a solid job of capturing Konami’s feel and style Suikoden series. Well, at least on PC it is. With the high likelihood of a sequel in the future – sadly without Yoshitaka Murayama – here’s what I want to see in the possible Chronicle of Eyuden 2 continuation.
Although the first game is correct, it has some major problems. To be fair, most of these come from too much emphasis on nostalgia and less inclusion of modern features that we expect from JRPGs in 2024. As such, most of the changes and improvements that need to happen come from this lack of quality of -life. Making these adjustments can improve the experience on all platforms.
For example, I’d like to see fast travel unlock much faster Chronicle of Eyuden 2. It took me roughly 15 hours into the game to unlock fast travel. It felt too late at this point. Even a main character made a joke about its absence. Much of that time up to this point was spent backtracking, and it wasn’t necessary. Rather, it pointlessly padded the experience. Fast travel should always be reserved for places you’ve already been, so adding it after the prologue won’t hurt game progression.
In the same vein, it’s about time for a proper mission log Chronicle of Eiyuden continuation. Although there are more than 100 characters to collect, there is no reliable way to keep track of their side missions. For example, someone may ask you to collect 10 of a certain material for them. But if you happen to leave and forget what they asked for or where to get it, you’ll have to look online. It’s this type of frustrating system that makes the game less fun than it should be.
At the same time, it would be nice to see legitimate side quests. The only quests in the first game stem from recruiting. There are no proper extra missions outside of these. Give the player a chance to get to know some of the characters on a deeper level. Hell, give us a proper hookup and hookup system. This can lead to romance options, optional dungeons, and exclusive rewards. Although you don’t need to romanticize every character Chronicle of Eyuden 2it would be nice to have a dozen with their own separate storylines.
The best part about the first game is that it laid a fantastic foundation. The combat, the world, the visual style and everything already exists. Now it’s time to simply build on that with battle speeding features. In this first game, things can take a long time. A little more efficiency or even just 2x the speed would make all the difference in the world.
In addition, terrible startup status of Eijuden’s Chronicle: The Hundred Heroes it must never happen again. The state of some platforms at launch, such as the Nintendo Switch, is downright unacceptable. I don’t want to make backers wait any longer, but a few more months is a better outcome than shipping a broken game. Ideally with this Chronicle of Eiyuden sequel, hopefully more focus can be put on tightening up the experience. The sheer number of bugs, performance issues, and more doesn’t need to be so prevalent. Instead, Rabbit & Bear Studios can focus on providing an optimal gaming experience.
After all, Eijuden’s Chronicle: The Hundred Heroes far from being a bad game. It has a solid cinematic prologue sequence. The story is pretty decent if you get into it enough. But small changes here and there will make the potential Chronicle of Eyuden 2 a significantly more memorable experience. One, in fact, that could be truly worthy of success Suikoden.
Eijuden’s Chronicle: The Hundred Heroes is currently available for Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
