As the year draws to a close, we want to take absolute responsibility for everyone who didn’t tell us there was an indie JRPG called Chained Echoes. Not only is this obviously very good, but the 15 second turtle race is set to blast. , scream hardcore metal. (In case you didn’t know either, I encourage you to echo Shame Sessions here.)
Seriously, it’s hysterical and an amazing green light to try the game. It’s a great moment to beg to take a moment of what you might be thrown into the inevitably growing pile of pixelated nostalgia journeys.
So, fans, players and PR people, shame on you. It’s been 22 days since this game came out and Turtle just found out about the race, sorry. (What you can watch on youtube (opens in new tab) Or embed it on top if you prefer. )
A brief portion of the guitar riff was provided by ironically poisoned, sludged British metal and mathcore band ZILF. “When he was asked to write a 15-second mathcore his song for a herd of turtles competing against each other in a pixel art JRPG game,” ZILF said in his press release. heard. ‘”
Chained Echoes has great art, but the name and description might give you the feeling that, like me, it’s just your average indie JRPG nostalgia trip. Solo developer Matthias Linda’s game currently ranks pretty high with his 91% of 1,250 Steam user reviews.
The only person who has been exempt from my wrath is Andrea Shearon. Her article on her Chained Echoes on PC Gamer didn’t include any significant Turtle race details, but it does very briefly explain what’s interesting.
She called Chained Echoes’ Overdrive battle system “simple and uniquely appealing” in an editorial about its appeal. (opens in new tab)note that even though it adds an extra layer to the classic JRPG battle, it doesn’t make it “unnecessarily complicated.”
“Combat starts with an orange overdrive arrow, but this doesn’t give any flashy buffs. The green one does the best damage to the party. My goal is to keep things steady in the middle, so the arrow The fun comes from how you rotate between colors.I can’t use armor break just because I think bad guys need to break armor.Check the symbol next to the skill and see if it corresponds to my ever-changing overdrive rules.When the symbols match, the arrow goes back.When the symbols don’t match, I’m close to red We don’t want to talk about red.
This year has been a great one for indies working in the JRPG space, as it started with Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga. (opens in new tab) which — apart from the title (opens in new tab)— was a fun twist on an exploding strategy RPG (opens in new tab) method. We hope to see even more in 2023.
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