Chained Echoes Review - Noisy Pixel

[@johnnyjessie4651]

8 Hours into the game and I can't stop playing. It truly is a masterpiece of a turn-based RPG. Beautiful environments and just fun all around. Definitely recommend.

[@MarauderM00gi]

Yet you stopped to type this review...? You're a liar.

[@johnnyjessie4651]

@@MarauderM00gi haha. Only because I was in a cut scene like I am now. I do have to eat and take in a beverage in between sometimes. But still playing hard, my friend.

[@zackfair6791]

I lost interest after the prologue thing. The overdrive and overheat stuff seems like a really shit mechanic.

[@daktaklakpak5059]

@@zackfair6791 It is a really $hit mechanic. It draws out mundane fights even longer than necessary. At least if you follow the glowing skills to reduce the overdrive meter. If you would strictly follow what the system gives you, way too often you won't even attack, or simply do stuff that is completely pointless and only wastes AP. So forget the balancing and go for combination attacks if availalbe like Oil and Fire attacks etc. Or buffing your damage for the next attack and hit does weakpoints to shred. Doesn't matter if you rush head on into overload. Occasionally there will come one or two glowing skills and reduce your Overdrive again. Just deal damage everytime possible. And forget defending/blocking. It may "reduce" overdrive. But every enemy attack smacks it right back towards overload. So blocking is pointless and you waste a round you could have done something useful, like attacking or use an item/buff/heal what ever. Once you learned to ignore Overdrive, the combat is no issue anymore. Its only in your/our mind.

[@austinaldy2150]

@@daktaklakpak5059 yes at first i was avoiding overheat so much, but after a while i think managing overheat is just a waste of turn, GO full damage all the way, you can mitigate the extra damage gain from overheat by using amelia as healer

[@xenoblade6965]

A minute in the review I thought my KZbin playback speed was set to 1.5 x . This 10 min review is packed full of retro Goodness, he gives us so much info in that time frame, I wish all reviewers was this precise and fast giving us no fluff and only the good stuff, its a digital buy for me and a pre-order physical next year.

[@dougr8646]

Suck him off why not Jesus

[@MarioSonicDKPokeFAN]

Talks a lil too fast for me. Was trying to keep up with everything he was saying even though I got most of it

[@facugarcia8373]

He talks to fast for me 2, it's irritating haha gmhe needs a joint and chill

[@LordOfChoco]

A game with unique mechanics we need more games like these.

[@Divine1Right]

9.5/10, glad to hear you liked it as I already preordered it. I’m so glad retro 16 bit style turn based rpgs are making a comeback.

[@Alamoe1]

30 hours in, and it's a classic RPG. Matthias Lynda created something special that deserves more attention. If you're a nostalgic kid from the 90s/00s, who gamed on SNES/Playstation, or just an jrpg style lover... This game is a must play. Simply incredible.

[@jeffreyklima7612]

This deserves zero attention, the battle system, overdrive, leveling, skills, everything is a messy pointless mechanic. This game sucks

[@Luso1221]

​@@jeffreyklima7612 You want every turn based JRPG to have the same battle mechanic? No innovation at all? "Just make it action, turn based is outdated!" ??

[@battledrill]

One of my favorite reviewers gives one of my most anticipated games a great score. Feels good man ☺️

[@NoisyPixelNews]

We’re here for you

[@nightfall22]

Damn, what a great review and a stunning rating…. I’ll give this a shot when it’s on sale… I’ve bought so many games and have so many preorders coming in right now it’s insane 😂. I’ll wait for this one

[@valor9370]

gamepass

[@Divine1Right]

It’s only $25! Buy it, support the developers

[@Dispoboy1]

Its a single dude who made the game alone in 5 years. Only the soundtrack is from a composer, the rest is all Vision of a single person. Usually I wait for sales, but I will pay the full price to support the guy. We need more projects like this, less trippleA bullshit.

[@50percentpotato29]

Isn't the lore just the eberron lore from DND???

[@css1323]

Glad to see good reviews so far. Love pixel art-style games.

[@PigDaddy2020]

If Noisy Pixel says it's good, then I'm sold! Had been trying not to get my hopes up too much, especially since the other recent game I was really hyped about, Calisto Protocol, let me down quite a bit. Gonna rest easy now and pick up on Thursday! Also, great review! I appreciate you not explaining much when it came to the overall story as well so we can experience that for itself. I will avoid all other reviews now so as not to spoil, since I've heard all I need to hear!

[@rotciv1492]

I was mildly looking at the new stuff out in the eShop, especially RPGs, like I do every 2 months or so. Then saw this game, which looked like one of those quite basic JRPGs which are dime-a-dozen in the eShop. I readed some reviews, decided to give it a try and... well... let's just say that it is now within my personal Top 10 of JRPG and JRPG-inspired games. This game is just great. Its making is filled with love and talent and you can see references of other great games and stories everywhere you look. There's Final Fantasy IX and XII, Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, Zelda... but especially Berserk. Oh boi, do I see Berserk everywhere. And I fucking love it. Pd: Yeah. I know I copy-pasted my own comment from another video-review. But honestly, people *need* to play this game. I want its makers to receive all the money and recognition they deserve for making such a gem.

[@Pramix]

I am hooked from minute one, I really love the feeling of the game. Has some kind of nostalgia vibe for me. But so much deeper and better gameplay than anything else I have played.

[@--ART3MIS--]

YESSSS! I hope the developer makes a sh*tload of money out of this, in a time, where "tripple A" products stumble over their lack of imagination and greed!

[@1wayroad935]

Are you okay? The AAA games this year have been pretty great. Unless you think certain AAA games are actually indies for some reason.

[@MarioSonicDKPokeFAN]

Heard great things about this game and luckily having Gamepass I'm able to try it out. I knew that I was going to be my main focus over all the other games I was trying to play. I had no problem passing up on my pokemon Violet playthrough for this, seeing as how the franchise isn't the same how it used to be. Already lost interest I'm continuing with Violet. But Chained Echos so far has my undivided attention. The music, the characters, the dialogue is 🔥 🔥🔥🔥 And all done by 1 person???? He really needs his accolades!!!!

[@gvaz9636]

I’m currently playing Rise of the Third Power and it’s a great callback with a few strategic tweaks that I like so this title seems like the perfect transition for me. Playing this one next!

[@HyruleStreams]

Thanks for giving this great JRPG the attention it deserves!

[@MrJvchef]

Made by 1 very talented dude. Yet Pokémon, an embarrassedly broken mess made by a huge company… Can sell millions. Something is not right here. Good thing I saved my dough for this game instead of Pokémon.

[@buckroger6456]

So true. Sadly this is how the gaming industry is these days. Little indie games like this just don't get the attention the so often deserve, and that means they don't have the hype that the bigger name games get. Personally smaller AA and indie games are my thing, I just haven't had that much fun with the big AAA games like I use to many years ago.

[@Noumakara]

Sadly the pokemon fans still try to defend the games with bugs

[@28_Spokes]

Pokémon is the biggest IP in the world, hard to compare apples to oranges.

[@MMACinephile]

@@28_Spokes Give up that clichéd phrase.

[@Cman1991]

This game is only $25, you broke ass bitch

[@filipjovanovic8138]

Can't wait to play it! Ara Fell and Rise of the Third Power have shown me that amazing turn-based 2D games are still being made, and I'm sure this one will only strengthen that belief

[@Naygen]

I like it when you do longer reviews, good job!

[@Robadobb289]

Great review, wonderfully written and very informative. Subbed.

[@Gr33nMindx6]

Great review, but I put the playback speed to 0.75 .. sometimes I can not catch what he is saying.

[@Terron29]

Great review! I played the steam demo of this and was absolutely sold. Ordered a physical copy already for switch but that likely wont arrive for a year or more so gonna play this digitally in the mean time 😁

[@joewhan11]

Where did you get a physical version?

[@Yusei255]

@@joewhan11 probably playasia my guess

[@eded9157]

Seem good, its kind of weird you didn't show any of the "Mecha" things... its that part too little on the overall game? Also i hope a physical release come in the future for PS4 or NS.

[@seemangalbj]

Just a matter of us having to upload footage to a kind of small space, and the timing on this review being a bit tight. You'll see examples of the mech combat at the very beginning of the game if you're curious.

[@sdtrawick]

3:13 I don't usually enjoy RPG's without traditional number based level ups (I love grinding levels), but this game seems to have enough other positive traits that I will give it a try.

[@FullMetalB]

Completely agree. I've been so excited for this game, I really hope I enjoy it without that.

[@ChronoMune]

lol what makes you love that so much? Also, why would you still need that in every game in order to enjoy it when this of course still has its own version of progression

[@sdtrawick]

@@ChronoMune I like being able to grind to get stronger and it makes combat more rewarding. I just finished act 1 in Chained Echoes and I find combat more annoying than fulfilling since I get 1 SP point per enemy and it takes hundreds of SP points to level up a skill. Also, when I come up against a strong enemy that beats me, I can't just grind enemies in the area to get a higher level and try again, instead I have to proceed in the story further until I get a new grimoire shard to level up my team. I don't need it in every game, I just prefer it, so not having it is a negative thing in my opinion.

[@Vic2point0]

Nothing wrong with setting the world itself up as the "main character", so to speak. It's what FF6 and FF12 did, and those are two of my favorite games of all time.

[@KrsJin]

This review was jam packed with detail but it was much appreciated. Thanks for this.

[@kanetidus]

I'm so addicted, i only just started, I didn't even realise the game it's on Gamepass, I'm just at the part where you reunite with everybody and make the "team", I love it , maybe because it reminds me of Chrono Trigger and 100% because the game has the old school style in 16 bits

[@mattmatter5643]

All I’ve played the last couple of years are metroidvanias, this looks like the rpg that could win me back.

[@ioannisdenton]

Man your reviews are really good. Loving chained echoes so far. I am hooked after 7 hours

[@JesseGilley]

Geeze, man, Adderall much? Jokes aside, the verbiage used was ultra descriptive! Subbed for more obscure RPG reviews! Was hoping to hear about the mechs, though!

[@coolcarlosa66]

Good channel. Like your reviews.

[@28_Spokes]

This game wasn’t even on my radar! But it certainly is now!

[@joshuaknox2724]

this game suffers from some of the worst balancing issues some bosses are piss easy and some minor enemies can hit you for everything early on, unless you turn down the damage in the setting which is pathetic and MY GOD it takes so long to finally get your sky armor which was the selling point to this game how disappointing that you have to slog through hours of boring backtracking before you get it, listen there are way too many games out there for indie devs to be making tedious games. game needs a patch for balance that's all the negatives, positives? its a beautiful looking throw back game with an amazing concept and story with mature themes and rob is my fave

[@ashzerodude]

Idk. I just finished the game in about a week and... Despite how many party members you end up with, it felt like they didn't create enough characters to fulfill all the story plots they did. And the way some out of combat - combat scenes happened with people stopping others with a single hit or sneak attack just felt really dumb somehow. The weapon upgrades were annoying too because you usually find the next non shop upgraded tier out in the wild and by the time you upgrade them you've already found the next tier. The enchantments are ignorable, the attack all options were never strong enough and elemental damages rarely felt like they lined up or matched. I could go on but idk. It ate up my attention for thirty hours. That's something.

[@dellcruz]

Just downloaded it through Xbox Gamepass,if it's really good I'll buy it,looks like Chrono Trigger so I'll definitely give it a try,great review btw

[@Piipe1984]

I'm sold!!!! Anyone knows why is not available yet on the PS Store? its supose to launch tomorrow...

[@kg888]

Sony doesn't update their store till afternoon.

[@stevenjohnson8736]

this is one of my favorite 2D RPG for the switch i love this kind of game

[@igable82]

So those crystals to strengthen yourself are only from bosses and quests? If I heard right. Doesn't seem this game is for me, if I can't grind levels I'll lose interest. Oh well.

[@jhonayo4887]

I feel like this is great intro for people getting into jrpgs period. It takes out so much of the antiquated mechanics that alot of jrpgs still to this day haven't fixed. Mind you I have dropped most jrpgs before finishing because of some of these mechanics. -no random battles(i refuse to play any jrpg with this mechanic I dont care what anybody tells me) -no respawning mobs -quick animations -no intro or end of battle animations -very minimal grinding because you don't level up in a conventional way -game isnt overwhelmingly long ect ect Going forward any jrpg that I play must have atleast half of these features if not I will not play them. We are in 2023 and turned based games have and must move past all these dumb mechanics that just bog down the game. I give some more patience for older jrpgs but going forward modern jrpgs that have random battles will not get my attention. Octopath Traveler 2 refused to get rid of that garbage and I refuse to play it. I dropped the original because of it. I know im limiting myself to a small selection because of this but I just cannot get over this stuff.

[@AnimatedLoopHD]

Definitely need to check this out now

[@13Sunkenrock]

Thanks for review,. I'll give it a try.

[@awake1251]

Oh excellent, I’m so glad NP found time to review this game. I’m pumped to play it. Thank you for the upload

[@gldev8191]

If you're on the fence for wether or not get this game, do it, its incredible

[@jego207]

Great review. (is it me or the voice speed is a little too fast)

[@mrdarkstar3756]

We must appreciate works of passion

[@NoisyPixelNews]

Same

[@Makuro_XIII]

The Kickstarter campaign already sold me back then, but it is even more amazing now. Looking forward to play :).

[@1wayroad935]

You guys have fantastic JRPG tastes so I know this will be good.

[@alienanxiety]

This game feels A LOT like CrossCode with a medieval skin.

[@amsterdamG2G]

Both are " Deck13 Spotlight " games

[@alienanxiety]

@@amsterdamG2G oh that makes perfect sense.

[@EddieTHead2266]

MAN seriously take a breath in your review commentary. Your talking so fast by the end. Breathe.

[@SUGMalaysia]

This and Sea of Stars will spawn a whole lot of indie pixelart RPGs and I'm all for it.

[@jaysherriff3086]

Glad I've downloaded this. Looks great reminds me of suikoden 1

[@GeminiSunrise06]

Great review! I want to play it, it looks interesting and i love turn based.

[@Slymind]

Great review. Grabbing this tomorrow.

[@docmars]

Just finished it yesterday. I was in tears -- what a f'king beautiful game.

[@qasderfful]

Holy moly this all sounds fantastic. I need to finish my backlog and get onto this one before Se of Stars also comes out.

[@chuckrichardson83]

This game reminded me a lot of paladins quest for anyone that happened to remember that game on the SNES

[@Neobelmont1]

This is going on the list. Thank you noisy pixel.

[@epliuscorus4328]

Preordered physical collectors edition copy on 1st press games, it should release in Q3 2023. I just hope it doesnt take 2,3 years to ship 😆 I heard they can take some time.

[@GalanOfTruth]

I discovered this game like 2 days before it came out, and immediately was floored by the previews. I'm a fair number of hours into it and I'm shocked by how good this is, it's like a Cross Code/Chrono trigger hybrid with ironically the Chrono Cross progression system of bosses giving you a "level up." And the early optional boss I found was hilarious and actually tough, it's such a good game.

[@flapjackgd937]

Although it’s not mechanically similar to Crosscode, I do find it funny how both games are somehow underrated indie gems made by German developers over the course of exactly 7 years

[@GalanOfTruth]

@@flapjackgd937 I wouldn't say Chained Echoes is underrated, maybe under noticed because everyone I know that's playing it is gushing over it. Cross Code is a bit overwhelming with the puzzles so I can see how a game like that would be underrated though its quite an undertaking despite its brilliance.

[@jamesa.646]

I'm a massive Xeno fan, are the characters and stories on the same level? Gameplay seems fantastic but I am most interested in the story

[@mooping9398]

Noisy pixel just does it again. First review top quality review. I love these people

[@NoisyPixelNews]

We love you

[@silverstatic]

Damn this game looks straight fire. Too bad I missed the physical release preorder.

[@Pikagreg]

The wait for physical is going to be killer

[@xleaselife]

Wow. This was an insanely well-written review. I've been so excited for this game, and I'm so delighted to hear that it was worth the wait.

[@HyrexChia]

+1 on the part where I cannot reread things, I have no interest to read at the beginning of the game (a lot text throw at my face and I get overwhelmed, then find out there is no way to get them back.) and so, I've refunded the game.

[@tazmanceltic]

What a fucking review!!!!

[@NoisyPixelNews]

Yay!!!

[@tazmanceltic]

@@NoisyPixelNews definitely getting this lol

[@kraenk12]

Game still isn’t out on the German Switch store..weird considering it’s from a German dev and publisher. I wanna buy!!!

[@jaebeatz5167]

A 9.5 score speaks volumes if it's coming from you. Will definitely check out

[@NoisyPixelNews]

Love you

[@timothykirby4406]

Great review, very in depth.

[@rinas6550]

This game is so cool but why does almost everyone have red hair 😂

[@rinas6550]

Like change the main party members and give some of them black hair.. or even blue or green

[@TheSomberGamer]

Seriously can’t wait to get off work to play this

[@megaman1806]

i know that feeling too well😁

[@itsmatt517]

Did the reviewer’s script include any commas or full stops?

[@shigaxn]

Great review but you read it like you were in a hurry

[@NoisyPixelNews]

Might have just edited it without pauses because it was a long review

[@feistymind4915]

Somebody explain why is it M rating +17

[@hungbuiart]

these are the games i wanna support more

[@sombrego2260]

An absolute gem of a game. It's so damn good that I'm about to buy it on Switch on top of Steam and will start a savefile over just to be able to play it on the go. It's that good.

[@EpicBladeTime]

How can I buy this?

[@TheNewThrone]

Got it downloaded and I'm ready to dive in. Between this, midnight suns and eastward I'm a busy busy dude

[@josephdoiron3246]

When is New game Plus coming out?

[@BabyMaharaja0]

I bought it and didn't care for it. Nice graphics but didn't like the battle system or characters

[@methodofinstruction1368]

A message to the reviewer: your command of the English language is very good. However, your overly wordy sentence structure and use of “less commonly used synonyms” is in opposition to what makes Noisy Pixel a good source for game reviews in my opinion. I’m not saying my opinion is right, or that my opinion should trump the majority of other viewers perceptions about the quality of your reviews; I’m just suggesting, if you wouldn’t mind, after you write your reviews, could you then look at what you have written and see if you can say the same thing with less words and more commonly used language? Disclaimer, if the majority of other viewers on the channel oppose my opinions here, I’d rather the reviewer disregard my opinion for the sake of the majority. At the end of the day, I really love NP and appreciate the objective reviews provided by the channel. Thanks for your efforts.

[@NoisyPixelNews]

Bailey just likes being creative. He knows he’s a grammar nerd.

[@jimmyvbuck1868]

Thanks for the review, I will be buying this for sure

[@times2duel]

Saw this on gamepass, tried it out and I'm pretty hooked

[@kingarcadian]

amazing but a bit long rev

[@daktaklakpak5059]

This is probably the most important 2D RPG in recent years and well worth the 25 bucks. While the combat system is this games weakest argument. Why they didn't implement Combo Attacks in the form of Chrono Trigger or Phantasy Star 4 is beyond anyones comprehension, because it should have been a nobrainer... But everything else is good. The story is surprisingly good, so good that games from the past 5-10 years cannot even compete. Its a long game, so for people who don't have time. This might be a problem. The part with the flying robots is really cool, and they allow you to traverse the world much faster and there is much to discover. I would describe this game as Xenoblade Chronicles in 2D. Its no Chrono Trigger, not even in the slightest. But what you get for just 25 bucks is outstanding! Buy this game.

[@grimthunder9858]

I’m only about 3 hours into the game and I’ve been having a blast. I like the dialogue, characters, and even grinding since I feel rewarded every fight with the loot that I know will be attributed to my weapons making me even stronger. Great game that if you’re looking for a new game to play this is one to check.

[@AdAce21]

are characters locked into using specific weapon types, or can we mix-and-match?

[@UntitledName4]

How does this game compare to Triangle Strategy? :D

[@Stophocles]

Damn how have I never heard of this??

[@lighthaze5777]

i want to like this game but i hate every fight being a boss fight. ill try again one day...

[@ShiPaTown188]

Does the game have voice acting or is it all reading

[@onlydadopest]

Do they have a physical copy of this?

[@buckroger6456]

Hopefully we hear of a physical release soon. I would love to add this to my collection.

[@a_parkgaming1581]

totally great game but the ending had me dying

[@samuellascari8056]

Succinct and informative. Subscribed!

[@sabin1981]

What a fantastic review, thank you! I already had this on my wishlist and I'll be buying it the second it launches on Steam ... but I gotta say; wtF with the downvotes on the video? People suck :(

[@AirGearikki17]

Does the japanese version have english?

[@robertplaysgame]

This game is very promising i remember xenogears, suikoden 2 and chrono trigger on this game 😁

[@prasenjeetbanerjee2867]

How long is the game ?

[@kg888]

30-40 hours base on the devs

[@lucid_delirium976]

Wow, hype train mania over this game... I don't think Chained Echoes is anywhere near as good as the games that inspired it.. It's a decent start, and far better than octopath (which was terrible apart from the graphics), but still, long ways away to go to be compared to the likes of Chrono Trigger, FF, Terranigma etc.. I personally enjoyed Eastward more. Eastward is also no where near as good as the classics that inspired it though. But its certainly closer than chained echoes is...

[@BatmanBeyondBelief]

This is the first jrpg I’ve played and i sincerely hope this isn’t the best the genre has to offer. This game did not engage me at all

[@lucid_delirium976]

@@BatmanBeyondBelief me neither... just play the classics on the SNES and PS1. Chained echoes is a 6/10 at best...

[@OZEEtube]

Idk. It was pretty good in the first 10 hours, but once I reached certain events at the 14h mark, this game moved into my top 10 JRPGs real quick. And I played all the classics. The fact that 1 guy made this blows my mind.

[@Cellfix]

FINALLY!!! I've been following this game for the last three years! I've listended to that soundtrack forever!! Glad to see it's finally out! Pre ordering my copy at First Press Games now!!

[@RoyaleIRL]

Review Speed Read - Any %

[@50percentpotato29]

...isn't the lore just the eberron lore from DND???