![]() ![]() As a result, enemies seem to do more damage and healing items were more important in the throes of combat rather than after the fact. Need a healer that isn't in the fight? Just tap a button to swap them in, so long as they are in your 8-person formation. In battle, you have 4 characters along with another 4 that are on the side. You can also swap your playable characters out mid battle as needed for different abilities or other needs. I never felt like I had to hold off on using magical abilities, buffs, or debuffs as I knew that I'd be able to use them again on the next fight even if I drained all my skill points, called TP in Chained Echoes. However, it made battles more focused and energized. In my mind, this would make the game too easy. One quality of life feature I was skeptical about was the notion that after every battle, your health and skill points would be refilled. While certainly fond of the old ways, Chained Echoes also welcomes the new and innovates in smart ways. It's nice to be able to pick whichever character you want to lead your party. Be it the initial one you meet with Glenn or one of the more obtuse side characters you can find later on. In the same way Final Fantasy 6 doesn't really have a dedicated main character, Chained Echoes also let's you choose whichever of the cast of characters to be your lead. Towns, forests, dungeons, and everything in between are also beautifully detailed and bring to mind the early Final Fantasy and other SNES RPG art styles. Each Character and enemy is beautifully done in this format. Chained Echoes welcomes it's nostalgic roots with gorgeous pixel art. In this era, we see many games that are of the highest quality and caliber with top notch, realistic graphics. Even the intro is a callback to the game's inspirations. ![]() The whole game is an homage of sorts to what has come before. ![]() A tough act to follow, but Chained Echoes met the challenge. I downloaded the game on day one from Gamepass after just having finished God of War Ragnarok. I have learned more often then not, however, that there still needs to be a good game behind the art style and Chained Echoes hits all the right marks. If there is one thing that is guaranteed to draw my attention, it is some quality pixel art. I had learned of Chained Echoes quite some time ago and was immediately captivated by the pixel art. By sodapop6548 | Review Date: January 4, 2023 ![]()
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