Echo Generation

"There’s a lot to like about this game. The setting is intriguing, the characters are fun, and the art style can be spectacular. However, problems with some pretty core concepts bring the overall experience down. In conclusion, while Echo Generation …"

"Echo Generation: Midnight Edition has a great voxel look, great references, and a fun story, but be prepared to do a lot of fetch quests and grinding to progress!"

"Echo Generation may frustrate some players with puzzles with their unorthodox solutions and backtracking. If you can get past those parts, you will find a fun, quirky, and sometimes dark RPG that will keep you guessing just what supernatural or …"

"That said, Echo Generation is a fun, unique way to spend 8 or so hours, and I don&s;t regret my time with it at all. It&s;s a charming experience full of engaging gameplay and fun secrets to discover, and should …"

"Beautiful, funny, and full of heart, Echo Generation is uncompromising in its aims and successful at accomplishing what it sets out to do, even if people without a certain fondness for adventure games and turn-based RPGs might be a bit …"

"Slightly Stranger Things"

"Echo Generation is what I would have liked to see from the games based on Stranger Things. But don&s;t let its inspiration for Stranger Things fool you because it is also capable of standing on its two feet alone that …"

"All in all, there’s a lot of heart to this little gem. It’s got some rough edges, particularly in its refusal to hold players’ hands. Players might find they need the extra help, and for that, we’ll have a plethora …"

"While Echo Generation stumbles a few times, our time with the game was never squandered. It&s;s a testament to how wonderful its world is to explore, along with its engaging RPG systems. You never quite know what surprise will be …"

"There are so many odd design choices in Echo Generation that grinds my gears. However, the more frustrating game design elements were often overshadowed by how much I enjoyed exploring the world, taking in the fantastic art design and listening …"

"At the end of the day, this is one of the games that doesn&s;t try to reinvent the wheel or appear more than the rest of its peers, but it also lacks a strong personality and a concrete reason for …"

"Playing Echo Generation conveys a chiaroscuro of sensations. You are impressed by the beautiful graphics, a very inspired soundtrack and an effective and creative turn-based combat system. On the other hand, however, the numerous structural limitations of a product that …"

"Echo Generation is a gorgeous turn-based adventure game with an awesome retro vibe. It doesn’t always live up to the adventure it promises, with combat sometimes feeling too lengthy or repetitive, and it’s not always clear what you should be …"

"Echo Generation has potential to be an indie darling. Perhaps if it eased up its combat prompts and set some clear goals in its storyline, then it wouldn’t be a pretty but aimless experience that it is now."

"A charming voxel-based action adventure that can entertain, but also periodically frustrate"

"Echo Generation is a fun homage to several different flavours of genre greats. An exceptional aesthetic and sound design balances the eerie with the nostalgic well, and good writing goes some way to making up for dull mechanics and lacklustre …"

"Echo Generation does an excellent job of combining nostalgic feelings for the 90s with modern game development in a way that makes every second an enjoyable time. The characters are diverse and interesting, the combat is varied and fun, and …"

"Echo Generation is visually striking, with a lot of intriguing concepts and solid combat and gameplay at its core. Unfortunately, a lack of focus with the narrative holds it back from being a truly impressive RPG. The boss battles alone …"

"Through a lean and straightforward adventure, Echo Generation: Midnight Edition is a perfect choice for anyone who wants an adventure tailor-made for newcomers to RPGs, or even video games in general. But some details, or even lack of ambition (if …"

"Echo Generation does require its players to think a bit more than we&s;re currently used to, and some may run into a couple of snags along the way, but even that adds to the experience, and solving the puzzle of …"

"Although Echo Generation might seem unassuming at first, it is packed with depth and interesting ideas. The distinctive combat stops the action from getting stale, making it more involving and exciting than many other turn-based adventure games. The compelling story …"

"Anybody who enjoys a sci-fi yarn that blends Stand by Me with The X-Files, or grew up in the ’90s, will find plenty to enjoy here."

"It&s;s easy to be down on Echo Generation, even though it does a lot of things well: it never feels like it fully respects your time. It&s;s got an interesting story and it&s;s set in an interesting world, but you&s;ll …"

"So overall, fans of RPGs, fans of the occult, fans of aliens, ghosts and crazy science experiments, I would seriously recommend checking out Cococucumber’s Echo Generation especially over Halloween which is the perfect time for this kind of story. Well …"

"Voxel-rich graphics. A high-spirited Stranger Things vibe. Clever turn-based quick-time-event combat. But also dopey dialogue, endless fetch-questing, and weirdly placed grind. Echo Generation looks great, tastes half-baked."

"Echo Generation is a perfect blend of charm, mystery, and horror. The overall vibe is very fun and upbeat but can change to a dark and suspenseful tone in a matter of seconds."

"t’s beautiful to look at and has an engaging turn based combat system but Echo Generation has a few core issues that undermine its best qualities. An unfocused narrative leads to confused and unclear quest lines which, combined with some …"

"If the game’s pacing, its toolsets and some of the missed opportunities mentioned throughout this review were in place, the score here would be much higher. Even with rose-tinted glasses on as someone who grew up in the 80s and …"

"Echo Generation honestly feels like it could have been one of this year’s great indie games, but the developer&s;s inspiration from 90s adventure games ended up being both a boon and a curse. It has a brilliantly refined style and …"

"There’s a lot I like about Echo Generation. The adolescent youth in sci-fi suburbia story is really charming and aided thoroughly by the game’s gorgeous voxel visuals and delicious soundtrack. There were definitely some parts held down by archaic design …"