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I've played it for a few hours now. Yeah it's pretty much Suikoden 1/2 with a different name and glossy coat of paint. I'm not the hugest fan of those games, but it's mostly from the story and characters. Eiyuden Chronicle having a voiced protagonist immediately improves it over Suikoden by a long shot. The game has a bench for story characters if you don't like them, including the main character, so you can play with favorites.

There's definately a lot of quality of live features that modern RPGs have that this doesn't. Namely fast travel at the moment, but Suikoden's whole gimmick of fast travel is tied to a party member so maybe it will be the same here.