Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes will be coming to PlayStation 5 after the game's Kickstarter page received enough pledges to see its funding total reach $1 million. This was the goal set by Rabbit & Bear studios in order to ensure a PS5 version is developed and the Suikoden fanbase has blown past that target in just seven hours. With another 31 days of the fundraising campaign to go, that makes for some seriously impressive reading.
In case you're not aware, this project is being pitched as the spiritual successor to Konami's classic RPG franchise named Suikoden. Members of the original development team are working on Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes with a projected release date pencilled in for 2022.
It'll be an "ode to the classic JRPG genre from the PlayStation era that will feature classic JRPG exploration and battles in high-resolution 2.5D graphics, pixel-based characters, a story of war and friendship, a diverse cast of 100 unique heroes to join the protagonist's endeavor, and a fortress building system to grow their army". Now we just have to wait two years before we can play it for ourselves. Fans are now targetting even further stretch goals including a New Game+ option and a cooking mini-game.
Did you pledge any money to this Kickstarter? Let us know in the comments below.
[source kickstarter.com]
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Definitely keeping an eye out for this, it was always fun trying to find those underrated characters in Suikoden.
Yes! I first had a physical edition only pledge but I upgraded to the 121 euros physical edition pledge.
I need this.
All day trying to read the Kickstarter page and finally is up again.
I've been trying to put down my pledge but I keep getting an error after entering all the card info and pressing pledge. Never had an issue with kickstarted before, I hope they fix this soon because if there ever was a project I'd want to back it's this one.
That Kickstarter announcement video is awesome by the way. I also really like their approach to the project, makes me want to back too. Reading through their Kickstarter page just screams passion project.
Dead IP, by the way.
Yeah, it wasn't easy robbing those banks but when I get my hands on this game it will all seem worth it
@Expa0 I read somewhere that Visa Electron can't be used on Kickstarter nor Paypal, funding options seem more limited, which will be an issue to some.
I've pledged physical. I want this on a Nintendo console (which is a hotly debated topic at the moment) but will be content with whatever I can get my hands on.
Yeah I found out that's the reason why my pledge won't go through. Sucks something fierce, just earlier this summer it was still totally fine when I backed that switch drawing program.
Well at least the game got backed so that's good, but I really would've loved to be a part of it. Suikoden 2 is like my favorite game of all time.
@Expa0 I am sure this will be available to buy, heck, non-backers might be able to get this sooner when it comes out if similar campaigns are anything to go by (Platinum).
Suikoden 2 was my first jRPG I've ever played, and I was blown away by it (and this became and stayed my favourite genre since). I've replayed it a few years ago and found the quality of the translation iffy, but still a game with plenty of heart and a great scope: political intrigue, magic, complex characters who develop and change over time, own castle, even cook-offs - so much great stuff that not many current games have. Only issue with it that I had was the obscurity of recruiting the 108 characters. If this game can make this aspect easier somehow so that you don't have to consult a guide that would be great (S2 had a detective who gave you hints but he didn't work fast enough, lol).
wonder if there were legal reasons why they couldn't make it 108
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