After a pretty meaty delay, developer Rabbit & Bear Studios has announced revised release dates for the three upcoming Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes DLC packs, the first of which arrives later this month.
The JRPG was supposed to land its story expansions last year, but a last-minute delay put the whole thing on pause while the team dealt with issuing digital codes to its Kickstarter backers. Until today, that is!
According to the developer's newly-issued roadmap, the first wave of DLC will be available on the Switch eShop on 27th February, with Marisa in the starring role. Next up is Seign, whose DLC pack will drop on 13th March, before the Markus expansion arrives on 3rd April.
You can find a little more about what each pack entails in the following summaries from Rabbit & Bear and publisher 505 Games:
27th February will see the release of The Chapter of Marisa
In the Marisa expansion you will get to know more about her journey as a Guardian. The story revolves around her encounter with an enchanted girl who is fascinated by ancient ruins and ends up becoming Marisa's cherished companion. However, mysterious and sinister forces at play, and the duo sets out to uncover the secrets surrounding the enigmatic "Child of the Rune" .13th March will see the release of The Chapter of Seign
This story extension immerses you in the saga, viewing events through Seign's perspective and those who parted ways with Nowa's troupe to address a certain "predicament" within the Galdean empire. What transpired inside the empire during their time apart? Moreover, what covert roles did Seign and his allies undertake, influencing the unfolding drama from the shadows?3rd April will see the release of The Chapter of Markus
In this story expansion, Markus, Carrie, and Nowa brace themselves for an intriguing discovery. An anomaly dubbed "Menhir's Distortion" has unlocked a mysterious teleportation gateway. Venturing forth as a trio, they prepare to delve into the enigmatic realm beyond. What hidden truths await them there? Perhaps the revelations would shed light on Markus's shrouded past, unearthing long-buried secrets. With bated breath, they steel themselves for the unravelling of an extraordinary tale.
Each DLC pack will set you back $7.99 / €7.99 / £5.99, which we suppose is a small price to pay if you enjoyed the base game and want to find out more about its leads.
We, unfortunately, didn't have the best time with Hundred Heroes at launch. While the narrative, sprite work and combat all received a thumbs up in our review, we referred to the title as "the epitome of a flawed gem", with outdated designs and performance issues at launch that were hard to overlook. The game has received a handful of patches in the months since, so there's every chance the DLC will land at a good time to dive in.
Will you be checking out the first Hundred Heroes DLC pack later this month? Let us know in the comments.
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I hope they’ve optimized the game better for the DLCs. The base game had some rough performance issues on Switch—fingers crossed for improvements!
@Soroush Didn't they patched it for better? I have the game but the backlog didn't let me play it yet
Nice, looking forward to playing these DLCs and the base game (which now I have since I got it from my sister and her boyfriend as my birthday present last month) when the former come out and I have the time for both!
Doesn't it absolutely suck on the Switch, tho?
@TomSupreme Yes, they released some patches that improved performance, but there were still some issues on the Switch version. Hopefully, the DLCs will run even better. And no worries—hopefully, you'll get to play it soon when your backlog clears up!
Anyone know the current state of the Switch version?
Nice, but I will wait and play the whole thing on the Switch 2!
I almost grabbed the game itself earlier this week, but other discounted wishlist temptations managed to build a case on my ongoing EC Rising playthrough. Still, the latter is damn neat in itself and may ultimately hook me on the world and cast hard enough that I will still pick this successor up ahead of the Suikoden ports.
Well this makes it easier for me not to buy this. I was on the fence but now I’ll wait for some definitive edition, if it ever comes. Otherwise there’s no way I’m paying +- 80€ for the full experience.
The game with all of the current patches on switch is still sort of rough. The frame rate seems fine for the most part, but their are load times for battles and even opening the start menu.
If was enough to make me shelf the thing, though you can tell there is a solid game behind the flaws. Hopefully Switch 2 helps it run better?
Finally, they sure made us wait a while for this, so it's nice the DLCs are coming in quick succession. Also, I played the game about three or four months ago (so, after it'd already been patched a bunch of times) and I thought it played great on the Switch, especially if you set it to "performance mode". Really excellent game that everyone who enjoys JRPGs shouldn't miss.
So for an extra $24 we got 3 new chapters? Cool hopefully the extra contents add some value to the game. I hope after they finished releasing these DLC expansions that they also release a complete edition of the game for the Switch 2.
I much preferred the prologue game over this one
Is this the game where the localizers had free rein adding modern online terminology like 'chud' as an example, butchering the original script?
Oh nice, can't wait for the DLCs, base game is pretty good on Switch now and very underrated overall, imo.
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