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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes review - a Suikoden successor that plays things safe

Our review of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, a chummy throwback RPG that doesn't mess with the formula.

Reclusive hunters, kings, talking sharks (shi'arcs here), a literal travel bag with glowing Jawa eyes, your cute auntie who does nothing but bake cherry pies - they're all here, and the cast's staggering size is still what sets the Eiyu-Suiko-den group of games apart. But Eiyuden Chronicle's hundred heroes still dish up a fair share of missable moments that are as gripping as anything in the main quest, from secret bosses to entirely skippable mini-games (card games, sand ship races, a fantasy Bakugan clone) with their own small vignettes attached. Speaking of that playthrough, Hundred Heroes initially follows Nowa, a fresh-faced soldier in the League Of Nations, and Seign, an up-and-coming star in the Imperial Army, who at first are teamed up in a peacetime mission to mark the two side's new alliance.

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