Eiyuden Chronicle Sequel Transferring Ahead Regardless of Dying of Its Creator

The crew at Rabbit & Bear Studios is constant with the event of a brand new Eiyuden Chronicle sequel following the dying of collection creator Yoshitaka Murayama.

The studio opened up about its future and what’s subsequent for the Eiyuden Chronicle collection in a current Reddit AMA carried out with Studio Head and Character Designer Junko Kawano, Director and System Designer Osamu Komuta, and Artwork Director and Producer Junichi Murakami. With the discharge of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes solely days away, followers had been fast to ask about how the crew may proceed with out Murayama on the helm. Rabbit & Bear acknowledges the unlucky passing of their former studio head however hopes to hold his legacy into the longer term.

“We’re transferring ahead with a sequel,” the studio stated. “It is extremely unhappy that Murayama shouldn’t be with us anymore, however we have now mentioned many issues with him. I hope we can stick with it Murayama’s legacy, and I all the time need to treasure his final work. I hope many individuals will help this sport.”

How precisely the collection could proceed will depend on many components, together with how Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes will promote when it launches subsequent week. Rabbit & Bear says that it mentioned some prospects with Murayama earlier than he handed.

Respecting the Suikoden creator means staying true to a few of the design choices he made throughout Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes’ growth. When one Reddit person recommended Rabbit & Bear implement extra choices to save lots of their progress, the studio defined how present the design sticks to Murayama’s imaginative and prescient. A restricted autosave function was finally added in however solely as a result of the crew felt it might be included with out tweaking Murayama’s “idea of play.”

“Murayama all the time stated that enjoying RPG dungeons is a sport of useful resource administration,” Rabbit & Bear stated, “and that he wished to create a stress stage by clearly separating ‘preparation,’ by which gamers put together tools and objects after they arrive in a brand new city, and ‘problem,’ by which gamers tackle new dungeons and enemies. The save level system permits saving solely at particular places within the dungeon, thereby making a stress till you attain the save level, a satisfaction when reaching it, and a gradual reduction whenever you do attain it.”

Murayama’s passing was introduced on the Eiyuden Chronicle X/Twitter account earlier this yr. On the time, the social media web page revealed that the Rabbit & Bear head had handed on February 6, 2024, following issues with an ongoing sickness.

One person took the AMA as a possibility to not ask the crew a query however, as an alternative, cross alongside their ideas and condolences following Murayama’s passing.

“Thanks very a lot, everybody,” Rabbit & Bear replied. “The unhappiness of our followers is being shared with your entire RB crew. We’re additionally considered one of you.”

The studio additionally defined that it was proud to have introduced Murayama’s imaginative and prescient to life, occurring to share a few of the crew’s fondest recollections with him: “Regardless of how dangerous Murayama’s temper or his well being, he was all the time glad and smiling as quickly as he noticed the enjoyment and pleasure of his followers. I do know that he beloved you all.”

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes launches for PC, Nintendo Change, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X | S, in addition to Xbox Recreation Cross, on April 23.

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