Sidequest: The Game

Eiyuden Chronicle: Risingis a bit of a weird one.

I’d maybe feel more generous toward Rising if it weren’t for its blasted stamp card.

I kid you not, the first ‘main’ quest of this game is to find someone’s cat.

A young girl looks at a village notice board in Eiyuden Chronicle Rising

Even battling its monsters fails to inspire much excitement.

Since then, it’s been an absolute cakewalk.

But this too falls victim to the game’s poor sense of pacing.

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In the meantime, though, Rising is definitely not the required must-play you oughta absorb beforehand.

A young girl runs through a watery cavern in Eiyuden Chronicle Rising

A young girl fights a giant lava snake in Eiyuden Chronicle rising