Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Gets a New Gameplay Trailer After a Year of Waiting
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes – the hugely anticipated spiritual successor to the Suikoden RPG series – has gotten a fully-fledged new gameplay trailer, more than a year after the last one.
Revealed exclusively during IGN's Gamescom Studio stream, the first full trailer for the game since 2021 shows off more straight gameplay than we've seen before, including exploring the world's 3D environments with 2D sprite characters, silent story moments, glimpses at a selection of the 100+ characters and, of course, the game's beautifully stylized combat sequences.
The trailer ends with what seems to be a showdown between main characters Nowa and Seign atop a sunstrewn bridge – and promises that there will be more to learn at this year's Tokyo Game Show.
Developed by key members of the development team behind classic RPG series Suikoden, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes aims to build on those ideas, with huge numbers of recruitable heroes, a fortress building system, and impressive looks. It's been a very popular move, and the game became the third-most backed video game Kickstarter project in history when it launched in 2020.
Since then, the team has been providing monthy updates to backers, and even released a spin-off action-RPG to introduce some of the main characters, titled Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising. We awarded that game a 7/10 review, saying that it "does exactly what any good companion game should do. Not only does this RPG set the stage nicely for the upcoming Eiyden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, it’s an enjoyable adventure that stands up on its own merits."
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