For followers of the previous Suikoden collection, final 12 months’s reveal of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes was massive information certainly. That 2023 JRPG might be a religious successor to the basic PS1-era collection, and it brings a vibrant mixture of 2D and 3D JRPG tropes to fashionable platforms. But when JRPGs aren’t to your style, and Metroidvanias are, Hundred Heroes’ spin-off Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising might be extra attractive. That smaller recreation now has a launch date: Could 10.

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is an action-RPG on a 2D airplane, so anticipate plenty of dextrous sword preventing and loads of meandering exploration. However what makes it actually stand out is the city constructing aspect. Henry Stockdale performed an early construct final month, and the mixture of genres appears to be working effectively. “City constructing in JRPGs is so usually a facet dish overshadowed by the story or the battle system,” Henry wrote, “however Rising is blowing it up into a correct first course.”