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Recently, Chained Echoes successfully completed its Kickstarter campaign, and is now set to release in Q4 2022!
The game is an interesting homage to JRPGs from the SNES and PSX era, such as the Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, and Xenogears. For more information on the game check out its Kickstarter page here -

Chained Echoes

They will support Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 consoles in addition to Windows/Mac/Linux PC support!

Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit SNES style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits. Follow a group of heroes as they explore a land filled to the brim with charming characters, fantastic landscapes and vicious foes. Can you bring peace to a continent where war has been waged for generations and betrayal lurks around every corner?

Chained Echoes is a story-driven game where a group of heroes travel around the vast continent of Valandis to bring an end to the war between its three kingdoms. In the course of their journey, they will travel through a wide array of diverse landscapes spanning from wind-tanned plateaus and exotic archipelagos to sunken cities and forgotten dungeons.

Key Features:​

• 40 - 50 hours of play time
• Fast paced turn-based battles
• No random encounters; enemies can be seen running around
• Tons of items to be looted, stolen or crafted
• Complex skill and equipment system
• Customize your own airship
• Travel and fight by foot or in your Mech
• 16-bit SNES style graphics
• Music inspired by PSX RPGs

 

[DragoonKain]

Yes. Don’t have huge hopes for it, but leaving the door open it could be a gem.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Could be cool, but... Is it me? Or is there something wrong with the mixing of the SFX sounds in the trailer?

 

[Fuz]

It's kinda pretty, but I can't stand games that look like they're made with RPGmaker.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Can you add "Wut ?" to the poll

 

[German Hops]

It's kinda pretty, but I can't stand games that look like they're made with RPGmaker.

It's an rpgmaker game.

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[RoadHazard]

Never heard of it, so I'm gonna have to say no.

 

[Fbh]

I was interested in it.
But I tried the limited demo they had on GOG like a year ago and didn't really like it.

Battles felt very slow (even random enemies seemed to have a lot of HP) and even though they were eager to promote having no random encounters I still felt like they forced you into battle way too often. No random encounters doesn't do much if you are going to put unskippable enemies in my path every 2 minutes.

But then again that was only a demo and it was like a year ago so I'm sure things have changed. Won't pick this up at launch but I'll keep an eye out for user reviews.

It's an rpgmaker game.

Wait really? It looks way nicer than any other RPG maker game I've seen

 

[Kimahri]

I'm just very bored with the whole pixel look. How about something slightly more interesting than top down views, yeah?

I wait for the day when the pre rendered backgrounds of the ps era become the inspiration.

 

[German Hops]

Wait really? It looks way nicer than any other RPG maker game I've seen

I should've said that Chained Echoes started development as an RPG Maker game.

 

[Yamisan]

Never heard of it so no.

 

[German Hops]

Never heard of it so no.

 

[AX8]

This looks as bad as the Mavs against the Warriors

 

[German Hops]

This looks as bad as the Mavs against the Warriors

 

[Nautilus]

Yes!

Not a fan of the main carachter sprites(as they all seem very generic) but everything else seems awesome.

I'll wait for reviews obviously, but this seems very promissing.

 

[Captain Toad]

How dare 99% of people?

 

[saintjules]

 

[Fbh]

Well my take after the demo in this thread was definitely wrong as this ended up being one of my favorite JRPG's since Chrono Trigger

 

[Doom85]

Seems Metacritic already fixed the issue.

 

[graywolf323]

gotta admit I voted nope but this game has been a gem

Well my take after the demo in this thread was definitely wrong as this ended up being one of my favorite JRPG's since Chrono Trigger

yep, same here

 

[German Hops]

yeah, it's the best pure jrpg to come along in years.

 

[ANDS]

Excellent game that I had to put on the side but will get back to soon; combat system does really sell the game, however the story isn't bad either (though there's one scene involving a character in that beginning that is just a WILD fucking tonal shift that you're going "What. The. Fuck.")

. . .as said though, this is modern-retro through and THROUGH. Like I would have absolutely skipped a month of elementary school to have played this game back in the day like I did with ZELDA: LTP.

Those reviews are a bummer though and look like it's just based on not having language options. Like. Really? Gamers man. . .

 

[phant0m]

i've never given a fck about MC user reviews

imo steam is the only place that does user reviews right. you can see how much playtime the person has and if they were given the title for free

anyway, Chained Echoes is brilliant and a must-play for any JRPG fans

 

[Captain Toad]

This was a great game.

Not sure what the review bombing is about. Oh well. It will likely only succeed in bringing more attention and improving sales, like almost all review bombings.

 

[Fuz]

But... why?

Seems Metacritic already fixed the issue.

Yeah, this is even worse.

 

[Metnut]

Enjoyed this game and need to finish it. Did they ever patch and fix the stupid crystal system?