Somber Echoes

This game will definitely scratch the Metroid dread itch. It has the same general feel and graphics, world layout, as Metroid dread. The combat and moment is extremely fluid, satisfying, and fun. The Aether Lantern ability, being granted so early in the game, being so intrinsic to the gameplay, is ridiculously satisfying and more games should absolutely utilize gimmicks like this for basic world traversal. It even grants you a Metroid like morph/spider ball and version of a shinespark in the later game. As much as I truly enjoyed this game,I felt that the mythological slant in a sci-fi setting to be questionable. It largely seemed nonsensical that you’re treading Ancient Greek and Roman concepts, story beats, and the way that people lived, in a futuristic star ship. But hey, the game is amazingly fun, so I just shrugged it off as modus operandi for why a warrior would be granted these specific upgrades and utilize melee weapons. Google says you can finish the game in 3-5 hours, and the average time is 8-10 hours. Sure I guess, but I’ve spent a much longer time in the game, hunting down upgrades, figuring out pathing to objectives, and just general exploring. It can very much be an extremely substantial experience if you’re a completionist as I am. The upgrades are very much worth hunting down and the hoops you go through to find them are generally very fun and satisfying. I do wish that there were more combat and enemy variations but that’s just because I truly enjoyed the combat and movement so much. There’s a much lower amount of bosses than has become standard in modern MV’s. They’re rather imbalanced some are easy to pull off a gutless encounter the first or second try, then you’ll encounter the one later boss that severely needs patching. That bird has serious hit detection issues and bypassses your protected state while in lantern form (when upgraded). Its patterns will go haywire and basically one shot you. After my many frustrating deaths at this boss, multiple times I respawned at the shrine, and still had its little shurikens orbiting me and damaging me. The boss isn’t hard and could be a very fun and memorable boss fight, if they fix it to behave and actually go down consistently ,when you hit its weak spot. The other bosses behaved and were actually enjoyable. One was kinda stupid easy, and I felt that at that point in the game, should’ve provided more of a challenge, or at least another phase to the fight to break up the monotony of combo, jump over, rinse and repeat. The hover boots needs a bit of refining as well. I found myself not being able to count on them to behave consistently, even after upgrading them. TBH,I was so in love with the Aether Lantern ability, that I used it in absolutely every scenario and second of the game lol. It added such vertical complexity to the exploration, that other developers truly needs to take note of a true genius idea being utilized here. I just couldn’t get enough of it, and felt like a true super powered demigod with it. The game is very much worth your time, money, and experiencing. Don’t let the mythological slant fool you,or the heavily melee centric combat throw you off. There’s a lot of Metroid here, and I mean that with the utmost praise and thankfulness for finally having something close to Metroid dread to play on PC. Devs please feel free to make us some substantial DLC or much larger sequel. Even with my complaints and pointing out flaws, I’ll be the first in line to come back for more.

Somber Echoes is fine. You, the player character, are brought back to life at the bottem of some type of scifi greek mythology spaceship and must climb up it again. While there is more to the story, it is told entirely through a narrator in the past tense. Encounters with NPCs or flashbacks are explained/narrated to you rather than actually happening (think, instead of an NPC saying "Thanks" you have the narrator say "The NPC thanked you". This may work for some players but for me it never truly clicked so my incentive was to just play the game regardless of the story. Fortunately the game mechanics are fairly solid with very few if any friction elements. The game has a relatively clean art style so it was always easy to differentiate between gameplay sections and background fluff, some interesting movement mechanics (think Metroid Morph Ball but in mid-air), weapon/attack variety (although I admit I never used the bow or axe), and enough collectables to make exploring feel worthwhile. I appreciate as well that the bosses in the game are not health sponges. Rather the difficulty with them lies in figuring out the mechanics (when to block/parry, where to hit, when to attack, etc) and once you know what to do the none of the bosses should take too long to defeat. Likewise, while there are a few tricky jumping/platforming spots there is no full section of difficult jumps. There is no Path of Pain or Crucible in this game. Somber Echoes is not a long game. According to the save file time I completed the game in 8 hours, which included finding all the collectibles. It reguarly goes on sale and I picked it up when it was 75% off. I suspect I won't remember too many details of the game itself as time goes on, but I will at least remember having a decent time and not regretting the purchase.

This was a surprisingly good metroidvania. Although it starts fairly weak, after an hour or so it gets a lot more interesting. Both mechanically as well as story and environments. Solid platforming, exploration and combat, with a few difficulty spikes but overall not at Hollow Knight difficulty level. It excels at exploration and secrets and the story is actually very good. Definitely recommended if you like HK, Ori et al.

Rigoberto Patapocha se parte la pierna y se le quea toa pocha, recomienda este juego

Very good action platformer metroidvania! It is part of my top 5 metroidvania now. The exploring and map is great. The combat is above average. There's not much enemy variation but didn't bother me much. Progression of skills and different weapons and abilities is great, always getting new combat or traversal abilities to keep things fresh. The boss fights are unique and challenging. The big unique thing is there's an aimed additional blast(instead of double jump or dash) that makes moving and combat really fun. 9/10 highly recommended

great gameplay i didnt pay focus to story at all :D so i cant tell even though it have 1 difficulty i cant say its hard nor easy, hardest boss took me 10-15 tries

Somber Echoes is a hidden gem in the metroidvania genre that offers some very fun and fluid movement paired with exceptional visuals. The story combines greek mythology, a little bit of family drama and some backstabbing on the side. Puzzles and platforming are very enjoyable and don't overcomplicate things. Gametime clocked in a little under 7 hours for 100% completion, so a a bit on the shorter side. The game is relatively easy, not counting the optional 1 hit challenges for bosses (which are also not needed for achievements) With that being said, I would still recommend the game, especially to all metroidvania fans. Everyone else can check out the free demo to get a better picture of Somber Echoes.

面白かったですね。メトロヴァニアとしての要素は全て盛り込まれていました。 主人公の機動力高く、HPも多めで攻撃がヒットする度に回復アイテムが出るため難易度は優しい方だと思います。 マップも適度な広さで、ファストトラベルが最初から使用できるため時間も掛かりませんでした。 グラフィックは美麗で音楽も世界観に合っており、快適な操作性や敵のデザインなども秀逸でした。 何より特筆すべきは、多段ジャンプ＆空中移動による独特のアクションですね。 爽快感もあり素早く移動したり、敵の攻撃を避けるアクションは気持ちが良かったです。 多段ジャンプ＆空中移動は、ステージ上のギミックや謎解きにも大きく関わっており楽しめました。ややパズル要素が強めですが、アクションの正確性も求められるため中毒性がありました。 間違いなく良作だと思います。続編がリリースされればぜひ購入したいですね。