Chained Echoes’ story has lots of moving parts, and I had difficulty recalling some of the characters I’d met. I also would’ve loved a glossary for all the characters, locations, and terminology I encountered. A great party does a lot for me in JRPGs, and while the one in Chained Echoes is good, it just isn’t up there with some of my fondest parties in the genre. They get their side quest and a few bits of dialogue here and there, but otherwise, they’re just along for the ride.
I understand why: they’re optional, so they can’t have too big of an impact on the story in a game of this scope. Each non-optional party member has an arc and grows throughout the story, but the optional party members don’t get the same treatment. While I liked the cast, with a ton of variety that each character brings into battle, I didn’t particularly love any specific character. That’s not to say I don’t have any issues with Chained Echoes, however. The pacing is excellent throughout, and there’s barely any filler or fluff to drag the experience down. It wears its influences on its sleeve, but by mixing and matching otherwise familiar plot points, it ends up feeling like its own thing. By the end of the game, the party had grown to 12 (4 of which joined via optional side quests), we had 4 sets of Sky Armor (mechs), an airship, and we’d started an adventuring clan on an island base filled with recruitable NPCs.Ĭhained Echoes does a great job pushing you through its story by ending each of its 4 acts with moments that legitimately made my jaw drop. In Chained Echoes’ opening act, Glenn groups up with several other characters, each with their reasons for joining him in his quest for peace for the continent. War has raged amongst its three kingdoms for six generations. Chained Echoes follows the story of Glenn, a mercenary, who finds himself at the centre of a conflict on the continent of Valandis.
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