Chained Echoes is a wonderful retro 2D turn based RPG. Despite the game mostly being made by one person, Chained Echoes feels like a full robust and deep RPG made like the big boys. It's wonderfull style and charm carries throughout the 30-50 hour epic. Gameplay is balanced really well. The combat feels like you need real strategy and team composistion to make it through. Status effects and combo's play a large part in victory. There are enough characters to make it feel like you have your own prefered team to match your pallete. The story is pretty engaging throughout and there is lots to do and explore. Lots of side activities and post game content are included as well. Honestly it was a pretty memorable RPG and the only real negitives are minor ones and things that would have made quality of life better. A defiinite top tier indie RPG for sure and one I'm sure that could be on many's game of the year lists.

Reviewed on Jan 14, 2023


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