If you enjoyed the Suikoden series, you won't be disappointed in this game I think. Don't expect anything groundbreaking with this game in terms of gameplay or story which I suspect some people might have expected. I too, wanted a classic JRPG game to play and this game I think scratches that itch.It's a bummer to see so many people this kind of down on the game, or "meh" at best. I am glad I ended up just playing on Game Pass, but man. I really am looking for something like Octopath, or Triangle Strategy, or the like to scratch this classic JRPG itch I've had for some time now…
Suppose I'm waiting for Metaphor.
Say what? Are you locked, then?Ow, found a pretty bad bug at the end of the game. If you defeat the first midboss in the final dungeon then teleport out of the area, you can't teleport back and its not accessible otherwise.
There is a shortcut open that lets you go through the mine faster. Bottom right after going down the well, kind of easy to miss.I just got my base
only objective is to find more allies, do i have to go through the mines again to go through the world? COuldn't find any other exit
also i don't suppose there's an ally hiding somewhere in the base? Went everywhere and couldn't find anyone at least
But you should have seen mutiple rune shops by now. Do you not check out every shop in a town?This game is worse than I expected.
They do not explain anything to you.
"Nowa unlocked a new rune"
Ok what is a rune? Where is the menu for it? I even have some runes in my inventory, but I cannot do anything with them except discard them.
I had to go to the status page, and accidentally pressed triangle 2 times and then found out that was the rune menu. Even then, I could not equip runes or change anything there.
I tried using the help menu, but its bare bones and has barely anything in it.
I am seriously considering dropping the game. It has some of the worst PS1 tropes ever.
I'm still here waiting twiddling my thumbs.I really wonder if the PS5 version will be fixed until I finish Unicorn Overload. So far, they haven't even acknowledged it, am I right?
I really wonder if the PS5 version will be fixed until I finish Unicorn Overload. So far, they haven't even acknowledged it, am I right?
I really wonder if the PS5 version will be fixed until I finish Unicorn Overload. So far, they haven't even acknowledged it, am I right?
I'm still here waiting twiddling my thumbs.
Have they really said nothing yet?
If your party is fully when you recruit characters, you'll need to get to an Inn to swap them out. That is, if I'm understanding your question correctly.
Ah ok thank you,I was trying to add her just through the regular menu,will try at an Inn later.Theres like 4 more slots besides the 6 first,one that says support etc etc and I thought I could add her there...
The game certainly could have less cutscene breaks. Feels like you are walking a short bit, cutscene break, walking another few steps, cutscene. I'm still early on, but I've played long enough for it starting to become worrying for the rest of the game.
If it's any help, that hasn't happened in about 5 hours for me (I'm level 30). There were two bad sections in a row for it right around where you were, which made it seem even worse.one of the few things that enrages me
the whole cutscene! take 2 steps! forced battle! cutscene! take 2 steps! forced battle! thing that i've experienced multiple times now is sooo obnoxious. i'm about level 17. please i don't want all the cutscenes for the next 40 hours that i have left in the game.
Unrelated, I wish the (HQ spoiler)Achievement Society did something other than display stats. The guy gives you an item that implies it'll do more.
But you should have seen mutiple rune shops by now. Do you not check out every shop in a town?
I think the Switch patch reduced the encounter rate a fair amount. I started getting battles about half the pace I was before (in the rune barrows in Treefolk Village), this is going to drastically improve my experience with the game.
(More specifically - I was getting encounters on pretty much every screen pre-patch, two on longer screens. Post-patch I only got encounters on the long screens)
The Proving Grounds was a nice dungeon. Always felt tense because i feared running out of healing items. And then the bosses... Half my squad was laying on the ground during most of the fight lol. On hard it really felt like i was always close to wiping, but i got both on the first try. Now on to more recruiting.
Sidetracking a bit to my Japan-specific rants, I think Switch version is the one that is quite a concern (low FPS, long loading times), not just simply for reviewers. By country, Japan will be the biggest market for this game and Switch version will by far be its most popular version. Just the arrival of Switch version today alone resulted in Eiyuden trending in Japan on Twitter. Poor word of mouth of this version will be very bad. Mainstream / casual audience will be much more tolerant, but unfortunately I currently see no effort in the marketings to reach this group. Marketing was good till end of March, with regular gaming press interviews and coverage, participating in gaming conventions and other gaming-related events, lots of promotional materials were sent to retailers, etc. But these mainly attracted the core gaming audience.
The launch month, which is right now, is the best time to expand the marketing to mainstream audience, which includes TV ads, train stations and many other busy areas. But there's no such signs. In interviews, the devs often expressed that Eiyuden is designed to be easily enjoyed by anyone, including people who rarely play games. The low pricing also shows such desire to reach a wide audience, yet the marketing efforts are contradictory to such intentions. If budget is the concern, then they could have allocate it more efficiently, like using gamepass money for marketings instead of DLC3. There's plenty of time to think about DLCs after the game is successful, I'm not sure why it was immediately decided to fund DLC3.
I just got my base
only objective is to find more allies, do i have to go through the mines again to go through the world? COuldn't find any other exit
also i don't suppose there's an ally hiding somewhere in the base? Went everywhere and couldn't find anyone at least
Unless you missed a bunch of allies in the previous area, you don't need to go out through the mines. Just walk out the front door of the castle and explore the area around.
There's at least one ally that turns up in the castle, but that happens later.
What front door? Like the other person who answered me said, i had to go through the mine, by using the shortcut, and there was 3 allies to find inside there (only one of them was there before recruiting and he was only selling stuff, had to go back talk to him after to recruit him)
There is an entire world map area outside of the castle, with several new recruits and the next main plot area, if you walk out the front entrance of the castle town. Have you explored the castle town yet? It has like six exits.
i only could find the well that goes back to the mine, i explored everywhere, what am i missing? lol
i went back to the previous area and recruited several characters already
i only could find the well that goes back to the mine, i explored everywhere, what am i missing? lol
i went back to the previous area and recruited several characters already
If you go to the first floor of the castle (where the front desk is with Ymir), just walk down/south from there. Mind blown?
Go to the first floor of the castle, where Ymir and Iris have their little setups. The exit to the castle town is between their two "shops". It's on the southern border of the screen, flanked by two torches. It's right in front of the main stairs leading up to the second floor and down to the basement/jail.
As I feared earlier, Eiyuden is getting review bombed in Japan for Switch performance, and momentum dropped sharply as of April 26. Due to initial hype, it will still do very well for 1st week sales in Japan, but after that, especially after Golden Week on Week 3, sales will rapidly drop to next to nothing. It's very sad to see Murakami addressing and apologizing to players individually on Twitter. He's one of the hardest workers on this project to give us the vast amount of hand drawn sprites. If they are making a sequel, I hope R&B is able to work with a better publisher.
The latest 1.04 Switch patch also won't make it on time to Japan before the start of Golden Week and currently has no ETA. Just like 1.03, Japan and Asia will receive it last.
Just spent a half hour perfecting my strategy and waiting until luck was on my side, finally beat Reyna and got the bug and she still didn't join me...
I wish you could see the enemies on the map so you could choose the encounter or not like in Dragon Quest.I think the Switch patch reduced the encounter rate a fair amount. I started getting battles about half the pace I was before (in the rune barrows in Treefolk Village), this is going to drastically improve my experience with the game.
(More specifically - I was getting encounters on pretty much every screen pre-patch, two on longer screens. Post-patch I only got encounters on the long screens)
Unrelated, I wish the (HQ spoiler)Achievement Society did something other than display stats. The guy gives you an item that implies it'll do more.
If it's any help, that hasn't happened in about 5 hours for me (I'm level 30). There were two bad sections in a row for it right around where you were, which made it seem even worse.
You have to beat her in 2 rounds, not 3, if that's what's happening. The battle ends halfway through the 3rd and it doesn't count.
A simple strategy:
Use 2 characters with Charge, have them Charge first round.
Break her armor with Nowa, ensure he goes before the next step.
Put her to sleep with Sleep Edge, so she'll start the next round not defending.
Unload on round 2.
There's other optimizations you can make of course, but yeah, need to win on the second round. Something like the above worked for me on Hard, which has a higher threshold.
I wish she was better than she seems though... I was hoping she'd have a unique rune
I haven't noticed a major difference and haven't seen impressions from others (checked the subreddit and discord). I felt like there might have been a slight improvement when I played last night, but it could've easily been the placebo effect. The overall experience is better from the reduced encounter rate though.
I mean, if you went to rune shops then you would have seen the menu for equipping runes there...I did see them in towns but again they were never explained. I have 3 runes in my inventory that I have no idea how to use or equip. I can only discard them when I highlight them.
Don't focus on the Runes. My issue is the game doesn't explain much and runes are only 1 of the things they don't explain
I don't think performance was one of the things addressed in this round of patches on any platform. Looks like they prioritized the Lam and cooking bugs, as well as the encounter rate bug on PC.I haven't noticed a major difference and haven't seen impressions from others (checked the subreddit and discord). I felt like there might have been a slight improvement when I played last night, but it could've easily been the placebo effect. The overall experience is better from the reduced encounter rate though.
It sounds like you've probably missed some of the recruitable characters in the Grum County areas, so go back down the well into the Abandoned Mines (go out the back exit from the first floor of the castle into the cemetery). There's a shortcut that opened up in the mine, so you don't need to go back through the whole thing. There are also new people in the mine itself you can recruit now.Can someone help me? I have now the HQ and need to recruit more allies. I have done everything that is possible and according to the IGN guide I have done everything needed:
- Nowa's Aunt Martha, who you may remember from Homecoming, can be found in your town just to the east of the Inn (and is chattier than ever)
- Head to the area southeast of your town to Bounty Hill, where you can begin a side quest to recruit Wyler and Marin
- In the area southwest, the Dappled Forest, you can find Kerrin directly to the right of the entrance. Just make sure you have 20 Lumber to give them!
but I do not get that a cutscene when going back to the castle…. I also build my first additional building outside of the tutorial flow
Ufff. Ok thank you!It sounds like you've probably missed some of the recruitable characters in the Grum County areas, so go back down the well into the Abandoned Mines (go out the back exit from the first floor of the castle into the cemetery). There's a shortcut that opened up in the mine, so you don't need to go back through the whole thing. There are also new people in the mine itself you can recruit now.
I mean, if you went to rune shops then you would have seen the menu for equipping runes there...
I'm not saying the game is great at explaining all of its systems or mechanics, but I swear some folks aren't even trying either.