
Primarily, Chained Echoes focuses on the story of Glenn, a talented Sky Amor pilot who gets caught up in a larger conflict to make ends meet as a mercenary. Additionally, the inclusion of mechs connects the game to Xenogears, and having more powerful forms for party members does feel a touch like Legend of Dragoon. There are also design concepts pulled from Chrono Trigger and much of Chained Echoes’ architecture and scene compositions feel similar to that iconic game. However, the narrative and way the world is laid out are closer to Final Fantasy XII which also focused on a macro-scale war as a backdrop to the character drama. Using the visual language found in SNES-era titles, Chained Echoes is probably most comparable to Final Fantasy VI, going as far as even spotlighting new party members like they’re a part of a stage play. There are some minor missteps and like many RPGs, the best parts of the game do not reveal themselves until many hours in but this is one that fans of the genre should take the time needed to explore its wonders. After seven years of development, Chained Echoes from developer Matthias Linda and publisher Deck13 with music composed by Eddie Marianukroh is a game that goes beyond tribute to create a beautiful fantasy world wrapped in a fairly mature story of nations wielding weapons of mass destruction and people doing their best to survive. Being that games have changed considerably since then, there are a lot of features in those beloved games that do not carry over into a modern sensibility, especially for players in regions where hundreds of new games release every week, making many players and critics far less patient than before. 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.Many projects have attempted to capture the magic that swirled around several Japanese role-playing games of the 1990s but few have come as close as Chained Echoes. 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. Follow a group of heroes as they explore a land filled to the brim with charming characters, fantastic landscapes and vicious foes. 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 Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech.

