Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes PS5 Review

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is an indie Kickstarted launched spiritual successor to Konami's Suikoden series produced by Rabbit & Bear Studioes and the late Yohitaka Murayama. Aiming to capture the spirit of the Suikoden series, Hundred Heroes was an ambitious project, but did it live up to expectations? Let's find out.
We are placed into the shoes of Nowa, an unassuming boy from a rural village who has joined the local town watch of a vilage near the border of the Galdean Empire. When he is made toventure into ruins along with a Galdean cohort to find a Primal Lens, tensions rise at the discovery of this new source of power. Thrust into the role of commander of an army, and tasked with recruiting like minded individuals to help restore peace - Nowa must work to restore peace between the League of Nations and the Empire of Galdea.
Is Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes worth playing for fans of the Suikoden serires? Check out my review to find out.
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[@petrograd4068]

I think this is a fair review. I like the game but it's more for JRPG fans who want another fix than for the broader gamer.
I was happy to get to band 100+ chars together once more and I liked both the art and the voices.
The story falls a bit flat to me, like you say it's very black and white with limited moral gray area. The antagonist also doesn't seem to cause that much harm, mostly invasions led to people just evacuating to safety or remaining in place and being just fine. There are exceptions but that was the big picture for me.
I liked the three different perspectives but I agree it was better executed in Suikoden III.
Overall I would rank the game ahead of Suikoden IV (and Tactics, which I outright disliked) but not as high as the other 4 Suikoden games.

[@Venoix]

Right? And even Nowa's home village was quick to be restored. This plot had nothing on the plot of Suikoden II, where the razing of a village had very dire consequences, and made you feel hopeless and helpless.
I am sorry to hear that you disliked Tactics. I am looking forward to getting around to it eventually, as I did enjoy my time with it and respected that the order of recruiting characters was reveresed from Suikoden IV, so characters you got late in Suikoden IV had more of a chance to shine.

[@LavvyWuff]

I hate that so much of this game just... didn't hit the mark. Like you said with the castle building feeling like a checklist, I feel like the game itself was built as a checklist, it has the building blocks of a Suikoden game, but many of those blocks are just there to be 'like Suikoden' and aren't fully used as they should have been.
That said, I did enjoy most of my time with Eiyuden :D Beigoma was... not much fun... but a number of the characters were fun to have around, and it was interesting seeing how other characters chime in in different scenes during a second playthrough after having everyone recruited in my first (Markus cracks me up XD)
Worth a play or two while waiting for the Suikoden 1&2 remasters :)

[@Venoix]

Haha, yes Markus was another character I liked, but sadly didn't have room for in my party, unfortuantely. Maybe next time I'll shaft Nowa? ;D