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Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising Has Been My Stress Relief

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In a time filled with First Person Shooters, Season Passes and never ending loot, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising halts that with a peaceful and happy filled soundtrack mixed with easy to handle controls and supremely elegant visuals.

Sure, you often find yourself repeating levels over and over but they're not that long. Fetch quests galore? Yep. Again, not an issue. Fighting my way through evil bats, plants that shoot seeds at me and the occasional giant tree that comes to life only to attempt to rip out my soul, I've never been happier to hop back and forth between Town and Dungeon (level? area? fighting space!).

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is the precursor to 505 Games and Rabbit & Bear Studios' upcoming Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes which is essentially a spiritual successor to the Suikoden Series. It's basically the original creators who started such a huge Kickstarter to get the game launched into the atmosphere.

In Rising, though, you take over as CJ. A young, inspired adventurer set out to find a bigger treasure than her ancestors could haul. You know, as a rite of passage. 

The game is filled with some pretty funny and honestly, realistic dialogue. Seeing a "Yussssss" in a response bubble from a main character is not only sort of jarring (not in a bad way) but also makes me realize that she is 16 and I am not. So why am I texting like that to my friends? 

Rising is a side scrolling action RPG where you boop, slash and magic your enemies into oblivion with combos that can be upgraded. You are sent to collect materials, items, journals and ingredients to build a town to ultimate glory. The action is fast paced and even though you're in the same areas a lot, it never really feels stale. Upgrading your characters armor or weapons gives you access to new abilities.

You also have two other companions to join you on your quest. Switching between them confused me at first (it's a literal button press and then only that same button for their attack) but I was learning "Link Attacks" in no time. Instantaneously swapping my attacks and destroying all that is in my path.

Doing favors for others is usually what I complain about the most. In real life and in video games. This game makes me feel like I actually want to. I know I'll get some extra money to spend on buffs or new abilities. I dig it.

I have sort of needed to take a break from chaos. Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising does just that by letting me do things at my own pace and enjoying the heck out of some nice looking Sprites and backgrounds.

I enjoy the game so much I put it on my YouTube channel: Chill Game Plus. Check that out and relax for once. You need it.

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is out now on: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows

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