Echo Generation Midnight Edition Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

Our Echo Generation Midnight Edition review takes us on a turn-based adventure game about a gang of kids investigating supernatural occurrences while battling monsters and mechs to save their small town.

Echo Generation Midnight Edition Review Pros:

• Beautiful voxel graphics.
• 1.6GB download size.
• RPG gameplay.
• Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
• Graphics settings – anti-aliasing.
• Tutorials happen as you play.
• 3 save slots.
• Turn-based combat.
• The 3D world with a cool as fuck system where the background is blurry and gets clearer the close you get.
• The World is so inviting and detailed.
• Button prompts show a symbol like a magnifying glass for something to look at and a hand shows for things you pick up or collect.
• Stranger Things vibe to it all.
• Nine characters to play as.
• Skill points govern what attacks/abilities you can play in a battle.
• Each character earns EXP and levels up which allows you to pick either health, power, or skill points to increase.
• Some wonderful locations and vistas.
• Attacks initiate a mini-game style button press that changes for each attack, nailing it does more damage, and messing up does leave damage.
• Time your blocks to take less damage in combat.
• Has a Costume Quest energy to it all.
• Find comics and books which once equipped or used you get a stat bonus or buff.
• Your journal keeps tabs on all the quests given to you.
• Turn-based combat and each attack or defend action is a time-based button press that affects how much damage you do or take.
• You can change the camera position when out exploring.
• Cassette tapes can be found and played on tape players.
• Great soundtrack.
• Very inviting game to play.
• In-game cutscenes.
• Fast loading times.

Echo Generation Midnight Edition Review Cons:

• No touchscreen support.
• The beginning is slow and painful as it doesn’t help guide you so you know what’s expected.
• A lot of performance issues like a slowdown, glitching through walls, etc.
• The story is a bit up and down, especially with the pacing.
• At times it feels like a game I have played many times before.
• Gets repetitive.
• Combat begins to outstay its welcome.
• Checkpointing means you will end up playing sections over and over.
• No voice work.

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Echo Generation Midnight Edition:

Official website.

Developer: Cococucumber

Publisher: Cococucumber

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