Eiyuden Chronicle Rising | 2K |
It is a game that argues that the most important part of an epic fantasy isn't the war, the magic, or the dragons. It’s the carpenter who fixes the bridge after the dragon is slain.
Here is where Rising gets weirdly philosophical. Without ruining the twist, the game reveals that the earthquake and the magical "resonance" causing the problems are the result of a timeloop. You are, essentially, Sisyphus with a pickaxe. Eiyuden Chronicle Rising
The game answers by letting you build a town, brick by brick, literally erasing the ruins. If you played Rising as a frantic sprint to get the "save data bonuses" for Hundred Heroes (the free town hall statue, the extra party member), you missed the point. You treated the journey like a loading screen. It is a game that argues that the