{"id":112972,"date":"2022-08-24T18:10:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T10:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.qoo-app.com\/en\/?p=112972"},"modified":"2022-10-11T12:15:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T04:15:12","slug":"echocalypse-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.qoo-app.com\/en\/post\/112972\/echocalypse-review","title":{"rendered":"Echocalypse Review \u2013 A Simple Waifu Collector, But Nothing More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RPGs are a dime a dozen in the mobile market, with features ranging from complex combat systems to heart-string-tugging stories, or even a beautiful soundtrack. Yoozoo Games\u2019 latest entry Echocalypse<\/a><\/strong>, which soft-launched recently in\u00a0Australia and Southeast Asian\u00a0countries such as\u00a0Indonesia\u00a0and the\u00a0Philippines, is looking to make its mark in the genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Echocalypse is an RPG with beautiful animations and a stellar Japanese voice cast. Unfortunately, these notable qualities are trapped inside underwhelming gameplay, which relies on risqu\u00e9 outfits and suggestive eye candy to create a memorable experience for the player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u258d<\/strong><\/span>A Great Beginning to a Story That Falls Flat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Echocalypse, the player takes on the role of a civilian accompanied by his\/her younger sister Rayna, where the duo excavates Echo Crystals in order to make a living in a post-apocalyptic world torn apart by foreseen calamities 50 years ago. On one such trip, the radical organization Rasparta attempts to kidnap Rayna in the belief that she is the Ancient One, who is believed to have brought Echo Crystals to the world and caused the calamities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the ensuing struggle, Rayna becomes completely fused inside Echo Crystals while the protagonist is forced to watch. With nowhere else left to turn to, the protagonist takes on the role of Awakener, teaming up with a group known as Teslovik so that they can obtain the Great Relic needed to free his\/her sister from the crystalline prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Regardless of the gender selected for the main character, Echocalypse features voice acting for many story cutscenes, interactive CGs, and live 2D character sprites. The game\u2019s story does an amazing job of capturing the chaos that comes from being suddenly ambushed by armed forces, and its voice acting and anime cutscene sets the tone for the chapter to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Sadly, Echocalypse wastes the tension built from the initial story beats with several consecutive levels dubbed \u2018training sessions,\u2019 which don\u2019t provide any new information important to the story and act as a filler. While it isn\u2019t difficult to progress through most of the early levels, it felt that my time was being wasted after experiencing an exciting introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u258d<\/strong><\/span>Little to No Control in Combat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The combat system of Echocalypse draws similarities to Princess Connect! Re: Dive, where each character, or Case in this particular game, builds up a gauge through their auto attacks. It will automatically cast a Skill when the gauge is filled to the maximum that features a quick anime cutscene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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