Before the Echo

I applaud the attempt to come up with new game mechanics and new playstyles and such, but the gameplay in this game just falls flat on its face. There’s no logic to this combination of elements. The game is like, you start on the floor of a tower where you select a monster to fight out of a list of three of however many monsters. Then you fight that monster with a rhythm game that requires you to time buttons to symbols with techno music. But this is incoherent because there isn’t even a pretense as to what some random monster drawings have to do with the music or a rhythm game. Unfortunately the combination of these things ends up being uninteresting and incoherent. Difficulty isn’t the problem. You’re just left wondering what the point of all this random overly simplistic stuff is.

Entretenido aunque no es para tirar cohetes.

Neat, fun, and relaxing game. It has a slower pace menu system more akin to Puzzle Quest, which I like. The gameplay was very unique at the time, one of the first games to put rhythm and rpg together. I really enjoyed my time with it.

You'll probably like Before the Echo (previously named "Sequence") if (but not only if!):You'd like a mashup of Dance Dance Revolution like rhythm gameplay (using your controller instead of a dance pad) with real-time RPG battles.

Not recommending due to the devs no longer supporting the binary puzzle solution. You won't be able to decipher the puzzle anymore unless you cheat and look it up. Additionally, there are similar and better indie titles out now, some for free. Very much an indy title. Mixes a bit of RPG elements into a ddr-esque rhythm game. If you have a dance mat, probably something to consider. Runs fine on steam deck.

Yes