i simply cannot recommend echo as much as i would like to due to its glaring structural flaws. there are many clear moments of brilliance here but it's held together by hours of mindless character interactions that honestly result in nothing meaningful. for a visual novel the writing is often lackluster, and while the moments of actual horror are fairly great, it doesn't make up for the rest of the game. there are only really a few character moments that i can say i actually enjoyed and cared for, otherwise i could really just cut out everything except the "horror". i still don't really get the symbolism either