Chained Echoes Review - Noisy Pixel 

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.

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

A minute in the review I thought my RU-vid 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.

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.

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.

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

Great review, wonderfully written and very informative. Subbed.

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

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.

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!!!!

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.

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!

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 😁

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Thanks for giving this great JRPG the attention it deserves!

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!

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

Definitely need to check this out now

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

Good channel. Like your reviews.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Great review. Grabbing this tomorrow.

Great review, very in depth.

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

We must appreciate works of passion

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.

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.

Subbed !

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

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.

What a fucking review!!!!

Damn how have I never heard of this??

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.

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

Great review, very well explained

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

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

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

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 :(

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

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

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

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

Succinct and informative. Subscribed!

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

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.

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

playign dq11 on switch beat pokemon vileot it was ehhh im excited for this afrter

these are the games i wanna support more

When is New game Plus coming out?

Thanks, great review, I'll give it a go :)

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

Day 1 for me.

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

totally great game but the ending had me dying

Might wait for the physical release 🫡

This is a great review

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

When does this come out on PS5?

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.

Im getting this first thing tomorrow!

How do I buy Chained Echoes? I can't find it on Amazon or eBay.

How long is the game ?

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.

The wait for physical is going to be killer

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!!

How can I buy this?

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

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

how long to finish?

How does this game compare to Triangle Strategy? :D

Does the japanese version have english?

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.

I love this channel.

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

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.

but i love this game 10/10

Review Speed Read - Any %

amazing but a bit long rev