Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition

[h1]Rather competent but a bit bland[/h1] A hysterical magical gal fighting orcs and humans to protect her half-brother. For $8 on sale YES, full-price: NOPE. - No RayTracing, but it has UE5 Lumen in a fairly decent state. - Very linear (with a few hidden chests around) - Californian writing pops-in at times

your safe I am not putting spoilers in my review. Its an enjoyable game with familiar game mechanics that give some fun combinations in combos in the fight. Meaning throwing swords and bringing back to you, shoving enemies into one another, hack slash, parrying, dodging, and partner assists. The story is interesting while you play through, but, the delivery in some areas is kinda eye rolling in delivery. the jump partner assists as some odd moments and frustrating to make happen in some moments. But the environments and costumes are good designs. With you have moments of nerd history about how life was for people in medieval times and geeky easter eggs for other franchises. The score music works well to the events. In the end if you want a pleasant game to past time with a fun time and decent story that is interesting, acted well, scored well. Then give it a go.

Great game. I loved the puzzles and I really wish the game was longer. The writing is well done and the combat is fun. A quick weekend game that didn't dissapoint. I really hope that there is a sequel.

Overall, I do recommend this game, but be aware that there is a lot of jank, which can be very frustrating. Some of the worst of it was that unlocked combos sometimes worked correctly and sometimes didn't. For example, one combo R1 + R1 + R1 (Hold) didn't work at all in one chapter without an additional R1 before the final Hold button press and worked randomly in the following chapters. It seemed to work correctly outside of combat, but not during combat. A variation of the combo, R1 + R1 + R1 + R2 (Hold) occasionally did the animation for the version with one less R1 button press. Another frustration for me was that there wasn't clear enough on-screen indicators for off-screen ranged attacks, which to me is a war crime. A couple of the boss fights were too frustrating for me and I had to turn down the difficulty from Adventurer, which I think is second highest, to Story, which is the lowest. Checkpointing was generous, however, and for the most part combat was enjoyable without being too difficult, which is how it should be for this type of game. Otherwise, I thought the story was good, the graphics were very nice (at least on my high-end system) and the soundtrack was good.…

Bought it on a deep sale and its worth a playthrough. Very linear experience which i can appreciate.

Incredibly charming game by a up and coming team in Iceland, engaging performances by cast, lovely story and well rounded characters, I especially love the main character, Ryn. Also, if you are/speak Icelandic it is an extra treat as you will recognise most of the places/enviroments that inspired different areas, and sometimes the Durtar will speak Icelandic. "I should keep to the path" tickled me infinitely at the mud-pools. Some of the puzzles can leave you puzzled, if you didn't realise you passed the bit you needed to solve them, some of the grapics glitch a wee bit, and sometimes -especially in the first couple chapters- poor Abram gives too much 'We should go there!' and 'What is that?' kind of commentary that becomes a bit tiring, but those are minor issues. Very strong debut game.