Echobreaker

After getting all achievements and challenge times, I can confidently write my review about the game. I'm not usually a fan of speedrunning, but every now and then, I enjoy casually playing tailor-made experiences like this one. This is a speedrunner game, there is no point in playing if not for speedrunning, so be aware of that before you buy, not only is speedrunning the main goal, but also the expected out of the player. If you can't clear at good times, you do not unlock later stages. There are some games that try too hard at demmanding the best out of the player and become really tiring to me, but this one has a nice balance of demmanding just enough so that you don't auto-beat any challenge, but you are also not exhausted by having to try too much. If you ARE into hardcore speedrunning, however, by all means go ahead and enjoy yourself at the leaderboards, you'll have a pretty good time. The platforming is smooth and the game has few, but very well implemented and creative mechanics. Graphics are cool, it plays really well, you really feel in a trance of flow and speed. I'd say the challenges come in 2 flavors, the initial stage and final stage that speedrunning has on an…

The game looks good, feels great, and provides a very nice time attack racing experience. If you enjoy leaderboard chasing or repeatedly beating your own best times in racing games, this is a great game. I just took #1 place on all 15 challenge levels at 10 hours clocked. Why not see if you can beat some of my records?

Am I biased by being one of the top 12 fastest in the world on one level (as of this writing, nobody run A1 plz)? A little. Does it change my belief this is the best mech racing game ever made? Of course not--Echobreaker is an amazing top-down racing game that I'd call Neon White if it was a platformer with swords as well as guns. Playing a level once and scoring gold on the first try is a triumph; playing a level 30 times and then discovering a shortcut to shave 34 milliseconds off your time to score platinum is downright euphoric

A fantastic speedrunning game with a ton of style and really good audio/visual feeling. I do wish there were more levels/a level creator and I also find myself wishing that when swapping levels the lengthy intro cutscene was skippable. I do think that the requirements for unlocking the last third of the game are a bit steep, but that may be because I was streaming it and felt pressured to not grind out individual levels too long. If you're a fan of going fast and chasing self-improvement, you're gonna love this game.

Pretty good game, if you are into speedrunning as the main motivator. Also, be prepared to replay levels a lot to get the higher ranks that block progress even early on.

Fun speed game