Eiyuden Chronicle

August 31, 2020

Eiyuden Chronicle Rakes In Over $4.5 Million

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Last month the team behind Suikoden, the beloved series of strategy RPGs on the Playstation, launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund a spiritual successor named Eiyuden Chronicle. It’s been a while since Suikoden 2 and you might wonder if there’s still demand for a sequel, even an unofficial one. Boy, is there ever… Eiyuden Chronicle just wrapped up its campaign with a total of over 4.5 million dollars…making it the third most successful video game campaign in the history of Kickstarter, trailing only Shenmue 3 (#1) and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (#2). Eiyuden Chronicle will be a 2.5D JRPG with hand-drawn characters in 3-D environments, using a turn-based battle system with six controllable characters out of a possible 100 (the Suikoden series was known for its massive amount of recruitable characters). When a player takes a turn, the camera dramatically shifts angles for an impressive effect, like so: The Suikoden bunch – including writer Yoshitaka Murayama, former staff members from Castlevania, Wild Arms and the Tales series, have formed

July 27, 2020

Eiyuden Chronicle Hits Kickstarter Goal Within Two Hours

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There was once a series of strategy RPGs on the Playstation called Suikoden. They were underappreciated in their day, but had a passionate cult fanbase. Years later, the fanbase grew to a much larger size….when it was too late to reprint Suikoden 1 and 2. The value of these games (especially Suikoden 2) shot through the roof and physical copies remain unaffordable to this day, even after the second one was republished digitally on PS3 and Vita. The only thing better than a reprint of Suikoden would be a NEW Suikoden…so you’ll be pleased to learn the original creators have gotten together to produce the closest thing to a sequel they can make. They can’t actually create a Suikoden since Konami owns the brand, but they can make a spruced-up facsimile. This week, they introduced the world to Eiyuden Chronicle. It’s a 2.5D JRPG with hand-drawn characters in 3-D environments, and a turn-based battle system with six controllable characters out of a possible 100 (the Suikoden series was known for