Deal | RPG with dragons vs mechs in a fantasy world gets sizeable discount in limited-time Steam sale
Chained Echoes launched in 2022, and it has since racked up over 6,600 reviews and garnered a "Very Positive" rating on Steam. The game combines the piloted mech suits of futuristic sci-fi games with more traditional medieval fantasy elements, all with a charming retro aesthetic inspired by SNES games and the PSX era of console gaming.
The game is a single-player RPG, and it puts you in the shoes of a mercenary who goes on an adventure with a band of misfits after accidentally causing a disaster. The goal: To destroy the crystal that resulted in him losing control of his weapon and ridding the world of its evil. The adventure takes you across the medieval fantasy world land, pitting you against a variety of quirky and powerful enemies in both regular combat and, eventually, mech-suit battles. For the remainder of the limited time deal, Chained Echoes costs just $12.49 on Steam.
Chained Echoes is often praised for its strong character writing and world building, which give all of the game's pivotal characters their own lore, motivations, and backstories. The areas you traverse are hand-crafted, and each has its own visual style, variety of enemies, and atmosphere, from the ominous dungeons to the laid-back tropical islands and mysterious forests.
The combat in Chained Echoes is turn-based, but it has a focus on fast-paced action, and there's more than enough variety, between the weapons, magic, and mech suits, to keep you busy and entertained. If you're after new weapons, there are plenty of ways to acquire them, from crafting and looting to straight-up theft. Skills and equipment can also be upgraded through an in-depth progression system, just in like any good RPG.
The Steam reviews of Chained Echoes speak for themselves, with the majority of the reviews praising it for its fun battle system, in-depth storytelling, and excellent handling of mature themes that make you believe that there are actual stakes. The exploration and the progression systems both also get mentioned frequently in the Steam reviews, with many calling it a great homage and even an improvement to the great RPG games of the '90s and early 2000s.
The game's minimum system requirements call for as little as 900 MB of free space, a dual-core processor, and an AMD Radeon R9 200, making it nearly perfect for the gaming handhelds like the Lenovo Legion Go S (curr. $649.99 on Amazon).
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