Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Rabbit & Bear Studios. It centers on area and route exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.9 / 10
About this game
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on area and route exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Eiyuden Chronicle builds its fantasy adventures around the people who join you and the home you develop together. Its main RPG combines companion recruitment with turn-based battles, while the Rising prequel approaches the same world through action and town rebuilding.
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AI review
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Recruitment and headquarters growth outweigh persistent management friction.
Hundred Heroes gives its large cast practical value through six-character parties, runes and boss mechanics. Learning individual roles makes recruitment more rewarding than merely adding another name to a collection. Recruitment develops the headquarters and unlocks activities, giving progress a purpose beyond combat. Errands, resource restrictions and delayed conveniences nevertheless insert avoidable pauses into an already substantial journey. Expressive sprites and dimensional scenery support an inviting ensemble adventure. Its appeal grows through the accumulating party and world, even when individual conversations do not all carry equivalent dramatic weight. The PS5 review describes inventory, equipment and early travel friction that becomes more noticeable with a large roster. This usability judgment does not invent frame-rate measurements absent from the test.
Strengths
- Party building supports headquarters growth.
- Expressive ensemble presentation.
Weaknesses
- Inventory and travel friction slows progression.
Who it is for: Turn-based RPG players who enjoy recruitment and headquarters development.
Play notes: Based on the 2024-04-21 target-platform test; not a current-patch performance guarantee. Original Switch technical defects are not transferred to PS5.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Recruitment develops the headquarters and unlocks activities, giving progress a purpose beyond combat. Errands, resource restrictions and delayed conveniences nevertheless insert avoidable pauses into an already substantial journey. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Hundred Heroes gives its large cast practical value through six-character parties, runes and boss mechanics. Learning individual roles makes recruitment more rewarding than merely adding another name to a collection. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Expressive sprites and dimensional scenery support an inviting ensemble adventure. Its appeal grows through the accumulating party and world, even when individual conversations do not all carry equivalent dramatic weight. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The PS5 review describes inventory, equipment and early travel friction that becomes more noticeable with a large roster. This usability judgment does not invent frame-rate measurements absent from the test. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Rabbit & Bear Studios
- Publisher
- 505 Games
- Release date
- Apr 23, 2024
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Third PersonStory-drivenExploration3D GraphicsSlow BurnPuzzle SolvingMain Story 10–20 HoursSolo-friendlyInvestigationLinear LevelsWar
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideApr 23, 2024
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideApr 23, 2024
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Sources
- www.nintendo.com