i just reread it so i gotta meatride it again. gonna do my best to keep this spoiler free but i might get a lil carried away and allude to some plot elements or something.

this shit is superior to everything howly has worked on in almost every way to the point that it's shocking. paintfox did a brilliant job with the art and character designs, and really brought all the characters to life, his art perfectly compliments the story. COMPLETELY fixes the issue echo had of inconsistent and oftentimes poor visual quality.

as for the writing itself? im convinced howly was born to write this story. i completely understand why he called this his "most important story" on the echo project patreon- it is, hands down. theres so much to take away from this, it's like the gift that keeps on giving. the characters, while few, are fucking spectacular, everyone is written with so much depth and so much care. i could go on (cam's character arc, the narrative symbol of an ARCH????? A HALF CIRCLE???????? IM GONNA GO CRAZY!!!!!!!!!) but i gotta shut myself up before i stay up for 72 hours gushing about this vn

anyone who says this is echo 2 or its doing the same thing as echo again is dumb as hell btw