Chain Chronicle is a tower defence game for iOS and Android developed and published by Sega.
The game was discontinued in the West and South Asia on February 28th, 2016 but the Japanese version is still being played to this day.
As of October 1st, 2021, the announcement of a spiritual successor to the game, Sin Chronicle was announced at the Tokyo Game Show 2021. The focus of this title is on a non linear story, although there is no word on how it relates to Chain Chronicle's world.
Plot[]
The story takes place in the fantasy land of Yggdra, a world filled to the brim with humans, elves, goblins, skeletons, slimes and other fantasy fare.
The player plays as a hero (default name Yuri), a Captain in Yggdra's Volunteer Army hoping to keep the continent from the danger it's currently facing. Alongside the hero's sidekick Pirika, a rare sprite who guides the hero through the game's mechanics they set out to gather a personal army to fend off the Dark Army.
Gameplay[]
Chain Chronicle uses a unique combination of RPG, Tower defence and card collecting gacha mechanics to create it's core gameplay.
Players can form a party using a certain amount of points that each member is worth. Once the point limit is reached any further characters will be added to the reserves of a 'Sub-party' with them appearing when one of the characters of the field have their HP reduced to 0.
The player's army can be placed on a 3x3 grid and moved around to best combat the hordes walking towards them.
There are five main classes:
- Warriors: The Hero/Yuri is an example of this class. They have good attack power and are able to knock shields of the Knight class out the way with their greater movement.
- Knights: A warrior type focused on defence, often carrying a large shield around with them. As a result they do better against ranged fighters such as mages and archers than the warrior. Kain, the first person to join the player's army is an example of a Knight.
- Magicians: Magic users who have access to ranged elemental attacks. They can hit opponents from afar.
- Clerics: Healers who have no ranged attacking magic, but can heal and support their team mates. They will resort to melee attacking when an opponent is right on top of them however. Phoena, the main heroine and Marina are examples of clerics.
- Archers: Ranged fighters who use a variety of bows(and occasionally guns) to attack from afar. Michidia is an example of an archer.
Depending on where the player places their soldiers will greatly affect the outcome of battle. Occasionally after defeating a monster attack the player will recieve a card, which will allow them to obtain a new soldier into their army.
Characters[]
Sega characters[]
Chain Chronicle has had many crossover promotions, some of which have been Sega character related:
- SeHa Girls: Dreamcast, Saturn, Mega Drive, Game Gear, Genesis, Mega Drive 2, Master System, Sega Mark III, Robo Pitcher all appeared as limited time recruitable soldiers.
- Sakura Wars: Sakura Shinguji, Ichiro Ogami, Sumire Kanzaki, Maria Tachibana, Kohran Li, Reni Milchstraße, Kanna Kirishima, Iris Chateaubriand, Orihime Soletta, Sakura Amamiya, Seijuro Kamiyama, Hatsuho Shinonome, Clarissa Snowflake, Azami Mochizuki and Anastasia Palma all appeared as limite time recruitable soldiers.
- Valkyria Chronicles: Alicia Melchiott, Welkin Gunther, Edy Nelson, Selvaria Bles, Kurt Irving, Imca, Riela Marcellis and Juliana Everhart appeared as limited time recruitable soldiers.
- Persona 3: Makoto Yuki, Aigis, Yukari Takeba, Akihiko Sanada, Junpei Iori, Elizabeth and Mitsuru Kirijo appeared as limited time recruitable soldiers.
- Persona 5: Joker/Protagonist, Morgana, Ann Takamaki, Ryuji Sakamoto, Makoto Niijima, Yusuke Kitagawa, Haru Okumura and Futaba Sakura all appeared as limited time recruitable soldiers.
- Shining Blade: Sakuya, Rage Sheena, Rick Elwood, Altina Mel Sylphis and Mistral "Misty" Nereis all appeared as limited time recruitable soldiers.
- Shining Resonance: Yuma Ilburn, Sonia Blanche, Kirikia Towe Alma, Agnum Bullet, Rinna Mayfield, Marion Le Sheila, Excella Noa Aura, Jinas Aeon, Beatrice Irma, Lestin Serra Alma and Zest Graham appeared as limited time recruitable soldiers.
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic, Tails and Knuckles appear as limited time recruitable soldiers.
- Puyo Puyo: Arle Nadja, Amitie, Ringo Ando, Sig and Witch appear as limited time recruitable soldiers.
- Sin Chronicle: Ream, Sera, Chloe, Agatha and Florissa appear as limited time recruitable soldiers.
Trivia[]
- Apart from the above Sega characters, Chain Chronicle has also run collaborations with anime such as Konosuba, Sword Art Online and Overlord.
- Chain Chronicle was adapted into both a manga and an anime series.
- Chain Chronicle outlived it's sequel, Sin Chronicle.