You can just use the same 5 or 6 characters for the entire playthrough and never worry about the others). Additionally, some characters were cool conceptually but pretty useless in game. However, the world is filled to the brim with vicious foes that you need to defeat. Here, you will play as one of the heroes tasked to bring peace to the continent. It is a 16-bit SNES-style roleplaying game set in a fantasy world. The main mechanic that brings the game down for me is the crystal system being complete RNG and the crafting system. Chained Echoes is a free indie game by Matthias Linda. Mechanics/Battle system: 7/10 (The overdrive system is a fun and unique system, didnt have any issues with it. Polish: 10/10 (Experienced 0 bugs during my entire playthrough) Amazing world building, twists and detail put into this game) Story: 10/10 (honestly a highlight considering how lazy some indie games are when it comes to story and just putting together something boring and predictable. I highly recommend this game to any fan of the genre, and without going into any spoilers, hope that with all the rich world building and open questions a sequel gets announced. I have become, in recent years, one of those gamers that just wants to throw myself into the game, have fast action and don't care too much about story but Chained Echoes managed to bring back the old me that loves a gripping storyline, characters and sitting through cutscenes.

After completing the game and 100%ing the achievements, I can say that this is one of the best JRPGs I have played in quite some time.

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