The group at Rabbit & Bear Studios is constant with the event of a brand new Eiyuden Chronicle sequel following the loss of life of collection creator Yoshitaka Murayama.
The studio opened up about its future and what’s subsequent for the Eiyuden Chronicle collection in a latest 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 group 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 long run.
“We’re shifting ahead with a sequel,” the studio stated. “It is rather unhappy that Murayama is just not with us anymore, however we now have 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 recreation.”
How precisely the collection could proceed is dependent upon 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 among the design selections he made throughout Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes’ improvement. When one Reddit person prompt 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 characteristic was finally added in however solely as a result of the group felt it may very well be included with out tweaking Murayama’s “idea of play.”
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“Murayama all the time stated that enjoying RPG dungeons is a recreation of useful resource administration,” Rabbit & Bear stated, “and that he needed to create a pressure stage by clearly separating ‘preparation,’ wherein gamers put together gear and objects once they arrive in a brand new city, and ‘problem,’ wherein gamers tackle new dungeons and enemies. The save level system permits saving solely at particular places within the dungeon, thereby making a pressure till you attain the save level, a satisfaction when reaching it, and a gradual reduction while 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 chance to not ask the group a query however, as a substitute, go alongside their ideas and condolences following Murayama’s passing.
“Thanks very a lot, everybody,” Rabbit & Bear replied. “The disappointment of our followers is being shared with your entire RB group. We’re additionally certainly one of you.”
The studio additionally defined that it was proud to have introduced Murayama’s imaginative and prescient to life, happening to share among the group’s fondest recollections with him: “Irrespective of how unhealthy Murayama’s temper or his well being, he was all the time completely happy and smiling as quickly as he noticed the enjoyment and pleasure of his followers. I do know that he cherished you all.”
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes launches for PC, Nintendo Change, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X | S, in addition to Xbox Sport Move, on April 23.
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