

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. This is a hot take but, to me, you are one of the modern greats akin to FromSoftware or Santa Monica Studio. Chained Echoes is a story-driven JRPG where a group of heroes travel around the vast continent of Valandis to bring an end to the war between its three kingdoms. I will be watching what you guys do moving forward. This is a love letter to Deck 13 and Matthias Linda. I'll say that the characters don't piss me off, the combat is the right amount complex - not overloaded with clutter like Xenoblade 3 and the music I've left idling while making tea/coffee because I've got COVID and feel like hot garbage. I could go on forever about other stuff but I hate walls of text. I am reminded of Final Fantasy Tactics not only from character art but from how that plot unfolds through clean dialogue. It is succinctly detailed without excessive exposition you are informed and then left to either follow along or Google to catch up with the plot. The source material respects itself as much as its homages respect previous masterpieces. I'm frequently left in these moments, savoring the game's efforts to impress me. The direction cut from the slaps, the turtle race and the homage to previous RPG legends remind me that I'm not slogging through a cliche.

In a recent tweet, Michael Hoss, head of product at publisher Deck13, highlighted a spate of negative user reviews attached to Chained Echoes. The direction cut from the slaps, the turtle race and the homage to previous RPG legends remind The creative genius feels especially present. The publisher of an acclaimed indie JRPG has called on review aggregate site MetaCritic to take action after the game was review-bombed for no discernible reason. The creative genius feels especially present.
