And they don't, actually. Adastra is another visual novel from the echo project which is not horror themed and I enjoyed it as much as the other ones. It does have drama and crude moments as well though, kinda their signature in my opinion and I don't think these vns would be half as good without those elements. Just my humble opinion :p
I just got done binging through the TJ and Flynn routes for hours on end and I must say that I am emotionally drained. Echo is without a doubt the most emotionally invested I’ve ever been into a single piece of media in my entire life. Sure I know that sounds pretty rich coming from a 19 year old.
I still gotta say that Echo does such a good job at sucking you into the world and it’s characters. Despite it being a rather average visual novel visually with some expressive still work and some CG work here and there, it is absolutely carried by the story and the framing of every scene. You can tell that who ever sequenced the music/sound and scenes paid a lot of attention to what type of emotions they were trying to get across to the reader.
I especially was impressed with how the game handled the horror elements. When I was searching for “gay furry visual novels” to play and saw Echo I really thought that the horror aspects would just take a back seat to a dating sim story. However, the opposite is true with the dating sim aspects coming on hard at first only for things to get progressively more miserable as the story carries on.
I love how scenes will change so dramatically without warning when going into a dream sequence or back into reality. I recall during the TJ route when Chase is playing never have I ever with TJ and Carl, out of nowhere being confronted with three choices to brutalize Sydney with that droning horror music seeping in while still having the regular cheerful music playing in the background. When you pick your poison the scene just reverts back to normal as if nothing had just happened. It made me question my sanity and also made me laugh by just how jarring it was.
There’s so many moments in this game that I just want to gush about how the implementation of horror and framing pair so well together to create a cacophony of psychological instability. It was entertaining through and through and I don’t regret spending hours partaking in the two stories. I plan to finish the rest, but the TJ and Flynn routes were the ones that called out to me the most.
If you haven’t played this game yet, definitely give it a download. I’ve played a few gay furry games such as Tennis Ace, Four Letter Word, Nekojishi, Blackgate, Amorous, Dawn Chorus, Far beyond the World, and Beyond the Harbor but I must say that this game takes the cake for me. I never thought I’d get so invested in a game and it’s characters from something on itchio, but damn look at me now typing a long winded “review” on my phone.
Sorry if my points aren’t too coherent I just got done playing and it’s 4 in the morning lol I just really felt the urge to give this game a bump and what better way to leave a review after a fresh play through. If you got to the end of the wall of text many blessings to you ;)
I also finished TJ's route a few days ago, and just finished Flynn's today (also being 4am when I did so haha). And I must say, the story pulled me in so much that I did stay up this late to read it. I noticed that at the end of Flynn's route it said to be continued, so I can't wait for it to do so!
But guys, imagine if you had an ability to enter in any games depends on their character appearance (beast-man, etc.) Means, as any appearance you want. What will you do "IF" you have this ability?
If you ask me. I will enter on "Echo" to have fun, relax, be friends with the main characters, solved the mystery there (that I/you know what will happen, and you can stop and change it). As an Wolf.
To Echoproject, or is it just Echo? I don't know, anyway.
I'm new here, and first of I just want to say that Adastra, made me see a new light of things, a lot of things. Playing it was just a roller-coaster of emotion and I kid you not, sometimes I instantly turn my phone off because I instantly get assaulted with emotions, both the good and the bad. One night, I was binging till 3am and decided to stop for a bit and rest, but I couldn't, I stayed awake as my mind was just being blendered with these emotions over and over again until I realised that the sun was rising, it instantly reminded me of the title screen, and I both laughed and cried. Adastra reflected a lot of things in life, like strife and happiness, pain and healing, and the known dread of furthest reaches of existence, like the Parents,and the Other, that bit was nightmare fuel to me.
Seeing as how the relationship unfolds with everything around you, the character, learning some morals and a bit of wisdom to be honest, and the most memorable moments for me is with Amicus. I have never experienced what it's like in a relationship, single since birth basically but I don't mind it, although with the carnal urges and also the confused selection of which sex to choose (I'm Bi) but playing Adastra, made me realize something that I already knew, basically I just vibe checked myself like heck, and I realize, I'm just so lonely. Adastra gave me a bit of hope that anywhere and some day, there will be that someone that you just want to do everything with, a moment which I hope will happen (Parent forbid, lol). Speaking of Parents, them able to see the future kinda reflected me a bit, when I'm making big decisions I always try to imagine every possible outcome and pick the most favourable, but Adastra, as I said, major vibe check, reminded me that life is just weird, and that seeing of what's already to happen is boring, like watching that one movie all over and over again, because knowing of what's to come next in life, is like your life has already ended as color that is worth painting on the canvas is just, gone.
To summarise all this, Echoproject or Echo, I thank you for this game, Adastra, and I hope that you will read this and get as much as the love I have felt for it. As I go to sleep in emotional content, excited to continue the story tomorrow. Thank you😘🤗
Also having just finished reading Adastra, being bi, and feeling everything you just said, I want to say thank you also. I could not have been able to word my feelings as you just have.
Just started reading Echo today, hoping for that same amazing storytelling!
after reading several comments saying things like, "the game destroyed me", "it was painful to play", "it destroyed my heart", "traumatized me," "I cried with fear", I am really worried about what will come of this game, a part of me says to stay away of this game but my curiosity spoke louder so I'm downloading the game, I hope I don't regret it
This novel is making me feel things. I’m not sure if that’s good or not but i am sure the writing is great. I just don’t know if i have the strength to return for more.
Incredibly good (and by good I mean it broke my heart and I can't listen to the title screen music without feeling like shit anymore). Can't wait for Jenna's route to be finished and the epilogue game.
Oh my god, I just finished the TJ route and holy fucking shit... I was going to go back and go Carl and Leo's routes but not anymore. That's not to say it's bad of course, it's fucking astonishing, but I think I am legit having an existential crisis. I played The Smoke Room first, and sure it was a little creepy every now and then but I don't think I will ever recover from this one.
Yeah I went looking in the .rpy files, and the TJ route actually seems to be one of the best ones because like the least amount of people die? Idk I may go back and try the Carl route but def not the Leo route after what I saw.
Ugh... I can still feel my Heart shattering it's like a knife that has been stabbed inside me I-I just can't! I think I got attached to Leo that until the the end I know it's the only way to get a happy ending is that you have to end you're relationship with him and after I did I can't help but to cry I can't help but to feel upset it's been a week since I finished this and everytime I hear or read the word "Chula" I can't help but to cry I really sad I can't I just can't be happy I been really sad the entire I haven't really been eating a lot since the I finished the game and I know this may sound absurd and weird but VN can really affect my emotions and how I feel I've been heart broken a lot of times with VNs like one of you're VNs called Adastra the ending was sad I cried when I was dying in the arms of my wolf so I just came here because I want to express my emotions and I'm also thankful that you created VNs and I think I'm fine it's been week it's been a very sad week for me I just don't like to my emotions well I'm done here thanks for listening...
This is the first time i come to this homepage games, the first thing i see is 18+ content warning, second the massage "CW: Echo can be an emotionally intense experience and may not be for everyone. Please put your mental well-being first and take this into consideration before downloading!", and third is the comment section that everyone says that this game is absolute TERRIFYING, and now i don't even want to click the download button cause i scared to play, is this even more TERRIFYING than Bird Box? im curios
Its SUCH a good game but it DOES touch on some super intense (potentially triggering) content and supernatural-esque horror hence the warnings. If that's cool with you then I HIGHLY recommend it.
Playthrough wise, my recommendation is to not play TJ's or Flynn's routes first since those are the most lore heavy and its more fun to wonder what's going on. Honestly even though it was an emotionally heavy experience the Echo team did SUCH a good job with this. Honestly my favorite VN on itch. ^u^
All the smoke room references in echo have me HOOKED on that title as it's being developed.
(P.s. Leo's route made me so emotional I literally went into the script files to try and see if there was another ending but I'm still pretty satisfied with the 'good ending' TuT)
TLDR; play it if you feel comfortable enough to handle it
Well im actually kinda fine with gore or horror stuff, what i scared it's the atmosphere, and also you say theres the "good ending" right, well then i might wanna download it as long theres good ending
But don't forget, there isn't really romance. It's like 90% horror and 10% romance. If you're looking for more of these VN's visit my profile. You won't regret it!
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I wish I had read your recommendations before playing it lol, I have done TJ's route in my second time playing now I just can't play anymore with everything I know... :P
Maybe spoilers i dunno. Just don't even read this comment, I'm emotionally broken and destructed and I just have to somehow blow off steam.
Bruh I just.. Alright, this is my FIRST. NOVEL. EVER. And, what the f actually. Just cus of this game I found out that I really like this kind of furries but thats another topic.. What I want to talk about is why the hell was Leo's route such a rollercoaster of f'up emotions. I know, I know, he has to forget about Chase to find his own happines BUT WHY. I felt immediately in love with this couple. I had dreams about them being together even when Chase was acting like a dkhead. I thought I'll be playing a cute lovestory game, not this. The wanna-be-"happy"-end destroyed me in pieces. I just.. Omfg I feel so exhausted without a will to live anymore wtf. I feel literally empty. After this I just wished for a good ending. Ik I might seem sensitive af, which is true, and that's why it hit me hard. Not even talking that I kinda can relate to Leo. But.. IDK IM SO CONFUSED WHAT I AM EVEN TALKING ABOUT I JUST WANT TO SIT IN THE CORNER AND CRY MY HEART OUT. I'm definitely not playing Route 65 or anything else, cus I was so dumb to read the spoilers which are not good for Leo as well. I mean, why does the devs hate their relationship.. I'm empty and I want to disappear rn. Can't stop crying and this will stuck in me head for so fucking long. FUCKIN VIDEOGAMES. IM SO SORRY.
There there *hugs. I was feeling exactly the same. I couldn't eat or sleep. I have to tell you that it's gonna be okay. I just played Leo's route and I never want to play this game again lmao... Of course I will tho, but not soon, it's gonna take me months to risk my mental health again. I absolutely love this game but y'know, enough of suffering for now. (sorry any mistakes, english it's not my first language.
This is by far the most underrated comment I have ever read on an itch.io game page. I absolutely adore the intricacies proposed by this ingenious question-poser, the in-depth conspiracy that seems to unfold with each and every word they produce is something I just cannot shake off as sheer skill, it is far too godly to be taken as such pestilence. Should I ever find reason to refer to you in one of my numerous essays, I will sir. I will.
I'm not sure if I understand this correctly, but I have an idea: I can understand playing a game only for the 18+ scenes, although, I think you may find that the plot can be much more rewarding because of the time spent on it.
Context: It can take writers up to days to perfect a story, and it can really show if you pay attention to what they write.
I'm not your mom though, so I can't really force you to.
does anyone know how to keep save files when getting the latest build? or is it necessary to just replace the previous build with the current one then skip all the parts of story you've already done?
Ok so I just wanna say that I made a horrible decision playing this game at night during a stormy weather which means that as I played this, the lights would occasionally flicker, I'd sometimes hear something crashing outside, and the wind was so fucking strong it felt like the windows were about to blown off. Overall, it just added a much more scary atmosphere as I got further into the game and I genuinely got goosebumps during certain parts. This is such a great game and this is the first time I got scared of a visual novel.
SPOILER:
One thing I still can't completely comprehend though is what the fuck happened during Flynn's route? I just finished it and was so confused. I mean, I got the gist of it that he turned into THE monster but everything seemed so vague to me or maybe I just haven't connected the pieces. Can someone help?
So long story short: Flynn was sent through time loops thanks to The Embrace. All endings are canon and all happen at the same time. I'd recommend hopping in the game's discord for quicker answers
hi hi, i wanted to ask for help for something i just discovered. There's a picture you find in Chase's old house, right? I wanted to find the second of three, but I don't know how, can someone help me? if I'm not mistaken, it's on the Flynn route.
God, this game is very good, I get chills every time that demon (hahah) appears and every time something becomes serious or something appears (like the fake Chase) I start to water with fear and this is very good, THIS GAME IS SIMPLY PERFECT.
Thank you very very very much for making this game!!!
Flynn route ending is tough to explain. I think Flynn got possessed by the spirit and stuck in a loop that always ends up in the past when jenna was kid. IDK man
but any of them have kill on purpose, it's like they story have been already writte.
i don't know why but i got a feeling than Chase will be (kill) by Janice's nephew in Archer cause Janice was there when Sam was killed and Janice's ancestor was William.
If you're the person who wrote the comment directly below, your post was probably deleted because you started with a major spoiler for the end section of Flynn's route on the main page's comments without giving any spoiler warnings. Whether you were right or not is irrelevant, it's more for protecting people who haven't completed the routes.
You have to remember that just because you and a lot of others are up to date, not everyone is.
sorry for the spoilers, but I'm kinda confused....could anyone probably give me a hand?
for Leo, he refused to move leave Echo to take care of his family, which is why Chase broke up with him, because the wolf thing to take care of the pack, according to the beginning of stories, right?
but in the meantime he said all his siblings already moved out, even his parents moved to Payton, and they already tried to sell the house. so why was him stuck in there , even at the cost of breaking up? especially when the economic in Echo was at bay for like an century already? he could have just moved and open the family shop some elsewhere，just like his parents already did.
Leo wanted to stay in Echo for a number of reasons. He refused because he's stubborn, which is why the best ending means you HAVE to break up with him. Chase HAS to move on to get out. Part of Echo's supernatural effects is a burden. A burden of guilt, of trauma, weighing you down and keeping you still. Leo was ironically one of the more affected ones by Sydney's death, not that anyone got off scott free. More to say that it seems Leo's trauma response was to tighten up the group, and refuse to let them go, to let it go, out of fear. Moving out of Echo is a change, a big one. Leo cant do change. Even after what happened, in basically every route he STILL doesn't move. His trauma response was perfect for the curse of Echo to feed off of, keeping him there. His only reason for staying wasn't just his family, that was more so an excuse.
thanks a branch. I fully understand that chase HAS to leave Echo, to survive, to the least. but for Leo, do you mean he used family as a excuse, to cover his fear? after rechecked the leo line, I figured that it's a logical theory. just want to make sure if I get you right.
This story has never emotionally fucked with me in a way I've never seen before, I played a long time ago, and every time I think about it, that twisting feeling in my gut, the increase in heart and breathing rate. Breaths and chest feel heavy, just thinking about the word Chula. Yesterday I decided to play again, in thought I could muster the strength to play again, I was deeply wrong, my heart rate almost constantly stayed up and I started to shake and fidget, when someone happened that was just too much all I could think was "fuck x24" I did Leo's route first and it hurts my heart knowing you can never truly have him, through his obsession that he could be yours forever, he is a poor baby and needs hugs and cuddles. Then I played Flynn, and at one point I didn't wish to continue. it hurt so much to watch Leo go, to act like your not interested, I don't care what he did. Leo was amazing, he is so kissable and huggable.
It's the next day since I played it, and I'm hungry but if feel like if I ate I would throw it up, no distraction in my life can distract me from remembering Leo and him calling Chula. I will be wired for a couple of days. So this is my warning. The warning atop should seriously be taken into account because I've never felt worse. Getting close and attached to the characters will only hurt you. It's a great game that can conjure these feelings but awful because it does the opposite of Adastra.
Thank you for anyone who is reading, I wanna know how you felt when you played if its an overwhelming game.
At the very beginning there's a choice telling her that you were gay, remember? sounds to me like a chance. especially when in this route, even the possessing ghost itself was kinda took enough of it, so he showed up and told Chase IN THE FACE that who is actually hurting Leo. so at least Chase knew that Leo is possessed. yet the madness isn't really started, lol.
by the way, I tried to convince myself that Leo isn't so loving as it seems, by some details found in Echo Route 65.
if you remember there was a website where Leo looked for lawnmower. look again at WHEN. and see for how long he did NOTHING with what he found in there. not even a short message.
didn't very much working on me, still trying though.
P.S., it is VERY NOT RECOMMENDED for you to play route 65 , if you haven't yet. because knowing what will happen in Echo main story, Route 65 will be unbearably sad and bitter to you. it is about how the couple got together in the first place at their high school.
I feel exactly the same! I have anxiety and depression and omg, I've never been this worse, and I love it! How could such a great writing makes this with me. Leo's my favorite, and it hurts me so much that him couldn't be "happy" with Chase. It's been more than a week and I still feel bad, and anxious, and, like, don't wanna eat anything.
Though, I like to think that I, myself kinda take care of him in the end, idk I like to think that way. Put youself together dude! It's just a VN, Leo's fiiiiine! He's gonna find someone who loves him for real.
Chase is so terrible omg lmao. Sorry my bad english anyway, I'm from brazil, probably my english sucks but idc.
Also, I never want to play this game again, at least not now. I want to take MONTHS away from this VN actually. I love it of course but it hurts too much. Sorry for being cringe
I LOVE this game, it’s my second furry novel after adastra, however I needed help with something, I’ve been playing Jennas route and I got to a “to be continued” part, that led me to discover that this game is still in development. Which is awesome! But then I noticed there was an update 4 days ago, I downloaded Echo about 2 weeks ago and I was wondering how I update it? Do I just reinstall to the new version? And will it save all my save files and choices I’ve made so far? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Oh hey I've been wanting to join the EchoProject discord server but I've been wondering: Do you have to be a Patron to join it?
nope, here's the invite tho https://discord.gg/wYXTCQcZ
Imagine if Echoproject made some kind of rom-com for once. "The body started shaking. Joan reminded him of the harlem shake. It was very amusing."
I'm telling you, if echo project stop abusing their MC and make romantic comedies or something, they'll earn like ten times more.
I really don't think so. These narratives are unique in my opinion.
Indeed, and I don't think they have to stick to horror themes.
And they don't, actually. Adastra is another visual novel from the echo project which is not horror themed and I enjoyed it as much as the other ones. It does have drama and crude moments as well though, kinda their signature in my opinion and I don't think these vns would be half as good without those elements. Just my humble opinion :p
I just got done binging through the TJ and Flynn routes for hours on end and I must say that I am emotionally drained. Echo is without a doubt the most emotionally invested I’ve ever been into a single piece of media in my entire life. Sure I know that sounds pretty rich coming from a 19 year old.
I still gotta say that Echo does such a good job at sucking you into the world and it’s characters. Despite it being a rather average visual novel visually with some expressive still work and some CG work here and there, it is absolutely carried by the story and the framing of every scene. You can tell that who ever sequenced the music/sound and scenes paid a lot of attention to what type of emotions they were trying to get across to the reader.
I especially was impressed with how the game handled the horror elements. When I was searching for “gay furry visual novels” to play and saw Echo I really thought that the horror aspects would just take a back seat to a dating sim story. However, the opposite is true with the dating sim aspects coming on hard at first only for things to get progressively more miserable as the story carries on.
I love how scenes will change so dramatically without warning when going into a dream sequence or back into reality. I recall during the TJ route when Chase is playing never have I ever with TJ and Carl, out of nowhere being confronted with three choices to brutalize Sydney with that droning horror music seeping in while still having the regular cheerful music playing in the background. When you pick your poison the scene just reverts back to normal as if nothing had just happened. It made me question my sanity and also made me laugh by just how jarring it was.
There’s so many moments in this game that I just want to gush about how the implementation of horror and framing pair so well together to create a cacophony of psychological instability. It was entertaining through and through and I don’t regret spending hours partaking in the two stories. I plan to finish the rest, but the TJ and Flynn routes were the ones that called out to me the most.
If you haven’t played this game yet, definitely give it a download. I’ve played a few gay furry games such as Tennis Ace, Four Letter Word, Nekojishi, Blackgate, Amorous, Dawn Chorus, Far beyond the World, and Beyond the Harbor but I must say that this game takes the cake for me. I never thought I’d get so invested in a game and it’s characters from something on itchio, but damn look at me now typing a long winded “review” on my phone.
Sorry if my points aren’t too coherent I just got done playing and it’s 4 in the morning lol I just really felt the urge to give this game a bump and what better way to leave a review after a fresh play through. If you got to the end of the wall of text many blessings to you ;)
I also finished TJ's route a few days ago, and just finished Flynn's today (also being 4am when I did so haha). And I must say, the story pulled me in so much that I did stay up this late to read it. I noticed that at the end of Flynn's route it said to be continued, so I can't wait for it to do so!
lol i felt the same when i saw it.
Same here!
But guys, imagine if you had an ability to enter in any games depends on their character appearance (beast-man, etc.) Means, as any appearance you want. What will you do "IF" you have this ability?
If you ask me. I will enter on "Echo" to have fun, relax, be friends with the main characters, solved the mystery there (that I/you know what will happen, and you can stop and change it). As an Wolf.
To Echoproject, or is it just Echo? I don't know, anyway.
I'm new here, and first of I just want to say that Adastra, made me see a new light of things, a lot of things. Playing it was just a roller-coaster of emotion and I kid you not, sometimes I instantly turn my phone off because I instantly get assaulted with emotions, both the good and the bad. One night, I was binging till 3am and decided to stop for a bit and rest, but I couldn't, I stayed awake as my mind was just being blendered with these emotions over and over again until I realised that the sun was rising, it instantly reminded me of the title screen, and I both laughed and cried. Adastra reflected a lot of things in life, like strife and happiness, pain and healing, and the known dread of furthest reaches of existence, like the Parents,and the Other, that bit was nightmare fuel to me.
Seeing as how the relationship unfolds with everything around you, the character, learning some morals and a bit of wisdom to be honest, and the most memorable moments for me is with Amicus. I have never experienced what it's like in a relationship, single since birth basically but I don't mind it, although with the carnal urges and also the confused selection of which sex to choose (I'm Bi) but playing Adastra, made me realize something that I already knew, basically I just vibe checked myself like heck, and I realize, I'm just so lonely. Adastra gave me a bit of hope that anywhere and some day, there will be that someone that you just want to do everything with, a moment which I hope will happen (Parent forbid, lol). Speaking of Parents, them able to see the future kinda reflected me a bit, when I'm making big decisions I always try to imagine every possible outcome and pick the most favourable, but Adastra, as I said, major vibe check, reminded me that life is just weird, and that seeing of what's already to happen is boring, like watching that one movie all over and over again, because knowing of what's to come next in life, is like your life has already ended as color that is worth painting on the canvas is just, gone.
To summarise all this, Echoproject or Echo, I thank you for this game, Adastra, and I hope that you will read this and get as much as the love I have felt for it. As I go to sleep in emotional content, excited to continue the story tomorrow. Thank you😘🤗
Also having just finished reading Adastra, being bi, and feeling everything you just said, I want to say thank you also. I could not have been able to word my feelings as you just have.
Just started reading Echo today, hoping for that same amazing storytelling!
Chase possess by Sam's Ghost
Flynn become that Rake-like monster, also possess by Sam's Ghost as well
Carl possess by James's Ghost
Jenna possess by John's Ghost
(I don't know, if the "POSSESS" is the right word to call it)
Correct me if, I'm wrong..
after reading several comments saying things like, "the game destroyed me", "it was painful to play", "it destroyed my heart", "traumatized me," "I cried with fear", I am really worried about what will come of this game, a part of me says to stay away of this game but my curiosity spoke louder so I'm downloading the game, I hope I don't regret it
Lmao, what do you think?
Did you know?
This recurrent song in the game is Clean Soul by Kevin Macleod
Man.... It's kinda funny to me to see the background of Adastra, and name of Amicus in Echo..😂
Ikr? They even revamped the story to make amicus "Straight"... I think
This novel is making me feel things. I’m not sure if that’s good or not but i am sure the writing is great. I just don’t know if i have the strength to return for more.
Is there only one ending with Leo? Am I missing something or he's just fucking psychopath?
You mean end up with Kudzu right? So it's actually one.. fuck I love Leo but it's way too insane.
Either Kudzu or your life. 😔
So...uh, what are the FINISHED route of Echo? Please tell me!
Every route is finished except Jenna`s route and Flynn`s epilogue
thank you for telling me, my friend
Np
Hey could you guys stop writing this well? Hard to do anything but wanna read more.
Same haha, I stayed up until 4am reading this today, I need to be awake soon haha. (glad I did though, the story is so compelling. It's so good!)
Incredibly good (and by good I mean it broke my heart and I can't listen to the title screen music without feeling like shit anymore). Can't wait for Jenna's route to be finished and the epilogue game.
I took Leo route and tried the bad and good ending.... Im just lost of words.... I don't know anymore....... :(
I definitely had to step back and process it all. The same with Flynn's route. Breaks my heart
this game is just perfect, all the routes are good, it made me cry with fear, i am terrified and traumatized, note 100000000000 ...
I was wondering where I can find the smoke room theme (backstage2) because I am very addicted to this theme and I really wanted to download it
Thanks
Obrigado
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should be in the game files
Found itYAAAAAIIII
thank you sooooooooo much!!!!
(つ≧▽≦)つ
Oh my god, I just finished the TJ route and holy fucking shit... I was going to go back and go Carl and Leo's routes but not anymore. That's not to say it's bad of course, it's fucking astonishing, but I think I am legit having an existential crisis. I played The Smoke Room first, and sure it was a little creepy every now and then but I don't think I will ever recover from this one.
You can try Carl's route. There's a good ending(possibly the only one) if choosing the options in it correctly.
Yeah I went looking in the .rpy files, and the TJ route actually seems to be one of the best ones because like the least amount of people die? Idk I may go back and try the Carl route but def not the Leo route after what I saw.
I won't spoil you but TJ's route is maybe the saddest of all, it is for me. Tragic is the better word I think.
Ugh... I can still feel my Heart shattering it's like a knife that has been stabbed inside me I-I just can't! I think I got attached to Leo that until the the end I know it's the only way to get a happy ending is that you have to end you're relationship with him and after I did I can't help but to cry I can't help but to feel upset it's been a week since I finished this and everytime I hear or read the word "Chula" I can't help but to cry I really sad I can't I just can't be happy I been really sad the entire I haven't really been eating a lot since the I finished the game and I know this may sound absurd and weird but VN can really affect my emotions and how I feel I've been heart broken a lot of times with VNs like one of you're VNs called Adastra the ending was sad I cried when I was dying in the arms of my wolf so I just came here because I want to express my emotions and I'm also thankful that you created VNs and I think I'm fine it's been week it's been a very sad week for me I just don't like to my emotions well I'm done here thanks for listening...
Have you read some messages on Leo's phone while he was showering? It's pretty important
Uh... No? I'm still not on that part though..
?? I was replying to the author of the parent post
This is the first time i come to this homepage games, the first thing i see is 18+ content warning, second the massage "CW: Echo can be an emotionally intense experience and may not be for everyone. Please put your mental well-being first and take this into consideration before downloading!", and third is the comment section that everyone says that this game is absolute TERRIFYING, and now i don't even want to click the download button cause i scared to play, is this even more TERRIFYING than Bird Box? im curios
Its SUCH a good game but it DOES touch on some super intense (potentially triggering) content and supernatural-esque horror hence the warnings. If that's cool with you then I HIGHLY recommend it.
Playthrough wise, my recommendation is to not play TJ's or Flynn's routes first since those are the most lore heavy and its more fun to wonder what's going on. Honestly even though it was an emotionally heavy experience the Echo team did SUCH a good job with this. Honestly my favorite VN on itch. ^u^
All the smoke room references in echo have me HOOKED on that title as it's being developed.
(P.s. Leo's route made me so emotional I literally went into the script files to try and see if there was another ending but I'm still pretty satisfied with the 'good ending' TuT)
TLDR; play it if you feel comfortable enough to handle it
Well im actually kinda fine with gore or horror stuff, what i scared it's the atmosphere, and also you say theres the "good ending" right, well then i might wanna download it as long theres good ending
But don't forget, there isn't really romance. It's like 90% horror and 10% romance. If you're looking for more of these VN's visit my profile. You won't regret it!
If Project Aego wouldn't have been discontinued, I believe it could have taken Echo's place as best horror furry VN.
Project Aego?, is that another studio games?
Did you dislike my comments for no reason? Project Aego has one of the best intros to a VN that I've seen and is set in a dark, cruel scenario. It's about two brothers with superpoweres who's father was in some shady business. One of them wants to find out what happend, the other one decides to do research as detective. https://twitter.com/projectaego?lang=de
wait, did i?, i don't remember dislike your comments, and also i already see the link you give to me, it is free on patreon?, cause it usually pay
I wish I had read your recommendations before playing it lol, I have done TJ's route in my second time playing now I just can't play anymore with everything I know... :P
guys. maybe Chase didnt't do "you know what" during their childood at the Lake. but i say maybe a big maybe.
Big love from 🇫🇷 to everyone who read this comment
Lmao. I am scared just by looking at the download button.
Man...Echo and Repeat just hits me everywhere. Like omg....im speechless.
Maybe spoilers i dunno. Just don't even read this comment, I'm emotionally broken and destructed and I just have to somehow blow off steam.
Bruh I just.. Alright, this is my FIRST. NOVEL. EVER. And, what the f actually. Just cus of this game I found out that I really like this kind of furries but thats another topic.. What I want to talk about is why the hell was Leo's route such a rollercoaster of f'up emotions. I know, I know, he has to forget about Chase to find his own happines BUT WHY. I felt immediately in love with this couple. I had dreams about them being together even when Chase was acting like a dkhead. I thought I'll be playing a cute lovestory game, not this. The wanna-be-"happy"-end destroyed me in pieces. I just.. Omfg I feel so exhausted without a will to live anymore wtf. I feel literally empty. After this I just wished for a good ending. Ik I might seem sensitive af, which is true, and that's why it hit me hard. Not even talking that I kinda can relate to Leo. But.. IDK IM SO CONFUSED WHAT I AM EVEN TALKING ABOUT I JUST WANT TO SIT IN THE CORNER AND CRY MY HEART OUT. I'm definitely not playing Route 65 or anything else, cus I was so dumb to read the spoilers which are not good for Leo as well. I mean, why does the devs hate their relationship.. I'm empty and I want to disappear rn. Can't stop crying and this will stuck in me head for so fucking long. FUCKIN VIDEOGAMES. IM SO SORRY.
There there *hugs. I was feeling exactly the same. I couldn't eat or sleep. I have to tell you that it's gonna be okay. I just played Leo's route and I never want to play this game again lmao... Of course I will tho, but not soon, it's gonna take me months to risk my mental health again. I absolutely love this game but y'know, enough of suffering for now. (sorry any mistakes, english it's not my first language.
I feel like playing different routes will break me more, cus there will be the lack of Leo :(
Chase's relationship with Leo is hella abusive, u know that?
Hey , this game have sex scene ? :3
This is by far the most underrated comment I have ever read on an itch.io game page. I absolutely adore the intricacies proposed by this ingenious question-poser, the in-depth conspiracy that seems to unfold with each and every word they produce is something I just cannot shake off as sheer skill, it is far too godly to be taken as such pestilence. Should I ever find reason to refer to you in one of my numerous essays, I will sir. I will.
XD
Sorry ahah , play game with +18 content is funny for me because that really not realist xD
I'm not sure if I understand this correctly, but I have an idea: I can understand playing a game only for the 18+ scenes, although, I think you may find that the plot can be much more rewarding because of the time spent on it.
Context: It can take writers up to days to perfect a story, and it can really show if you pay attention to what they write.
I'm not your mom though, so I can't really force you to.
LMAO
does anyone know how to keep save files when getting the latest build? or is it necessary to just replace the previous build with the current one then skip all the parts of story you've already done?
Unfortunately old saves are not usable in newer versions. U just gotta skip.
Ok so I just wanna say that I made a horrible decision playing this game at night during a stormy weather which means that as I played this, the lights would occasionally flicker, I'd sometimes hear something crashing outside, and the wind was so fucking strong it felt like the windows were about to blown off. Overall, it just added a much more scary atmosphere as I got further into the game and I genuinely got goosebumps during certain parts. This is such a great game and this is the first time I got scared of a visual novel.
SPOILER:
One thing I still can't completely comprehend though is what the fuck happened during Flynn's route? I just finished it and was so confused. I mean, I got the gist of it that he turned into THE monster but everything seemed so vague to me or maybe I just haven't connected the pieces. Can someone help?
I wish there was some sort of alternate ending to Flynn route. The current one is hella sad and scary.
SPOILER for Flynn's route
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So long story short: Flynn was sent through time loops thanks to The Embrace. All endings are canon and all happen at the same time. I'd recommend hopping in the game's discord for quicker answers
OMG you're right! I just now noticed that!
hi hi, i wanted to ask for help for something i just discovered. There's a picture you find in Chase's old house, right? I wanted to find the second of three, but I don't know how, can someone help me? if I'm not mistaken, it's on the Flynn route.
God, this game is very good, I get chills every time that demon (hahah) appears and every time something becomes serious or something appears (like the fake Chase) I start to water with fear and this is very good, THIS GAME IS SIMPLY PERFECT.
Thank you very very very much for making this game!!!
So I have a question regarding the end of Flynn's route. It seems a bit confusing but...
Does Flynn become the monster and go back in time? Because I'm pretty sure that small fox he was interacting with is a young Jenna
Flynn route ending is tough to explain. I think Flynn got possessed by the spirit and stuck in a loop that always ends up in the past when jenna was kid. IDK man
OMG
I just realise
(BIG SPOILERS ALERT)
It's like a circle
Sam (kill) his buddy in the mines
Sydney father(kill) Sam
Sydney (kill) his father
Chase (kill) Sydney
but any of them have kill on purpose, it's like they story have been already writte.
i don't know why but i got a feeling than Chase will be (kill) by Janice's nephew in Archer cause Janice was there when Sam was killed and Janice's ancestor was William.
this will make a true circle...
but i only suppose 😅
You mean Jack (TSR)?
If he is... True, Sam killed Jack on the mines but he only did that... because of what Jack done... You know!... Sam only defend himself..
(But, we will find out, about that...)
Yesterday i write theory about Echo and about Chase n the gang but my post was deleted. Did i was right on some part ?? 😅
If you're the person who wrote the comment directly below, your post was probably deleted because you started with a major spoiler for the end section of Flynn's route on the main page's comments without giving any spoiler warnings. Whether you were right or not is irrelevant, it's more for protecting people who haven't completed the routes.
You have to remember that just because you and a lot of others are up to date, not everyone is.
it doesn't mean your right, you just didn't put a warning for spoilers lol.
Maybe put a warning before massive spoilers, thanks.
did you not finish the others route ???
How can you ?? 😂
sorry for the spoilers, but I'm kinda confused....could anyone probably give me a hand?
for Leo, he refused to move leave Echo to take care of his family, which is why Chase broke up with him, because the wolf thing to take care of the pack, according to the beginning of stories, right?
but in the meantime he said all his siblings already moved out, even his parents moved to Payton, and they already tried to sell the house. so why was him stuck in there , even at the cost of breaking up? especially when the economic in Echo was at bay for like an century already? he could have just moved and open the family shop some elsewhere，just like his parents already did.
Spoilers mainly for Leo's Route
Leo wanted to stay in Echo for a number of reasons. He refused because he's stubborn, which is why the best ending means you HAVE to break up with him. Chase HAS to move on to get out. Part of Echo's supernatural effects is a burden. A burden of guilt, of trauma, weighing you down and keeping you still. Leo was ironically one of the more affected ones by Sydney's death, not that anyone got off scott free. More to say that it seems Leo's trauma response was to tighten up the group, and refuse to let them go, to let it go, out of fear. Moving out of Echo is a change, a big one. Leo cant do change. Even after what happened, in basically every route he STILL doesn't move. His trauma response was perfect for the curse of Echo to feed off of, keeping him there. His only reason for staying wasn't just his family, that was more so an excuse.
thanks a branch. I fully understand that chase HAS to leave Echo, to survive, to the least.
but for Leo, do you mean he used family as a excuse, to cover his fear? after rechecked the leo line, I figured that it's a logical theory. just want to make sure if I get you right.
Yeah. His family is an excuse to justify it to himself and to others.
There is/might be spoilers, I'm sorry.
This story has never emotionally fucked with me in a way I've never seen before, I played a long time ago, and every time I think about it, that twisting feeling in my gut, the increase in heart and breathing rate. Breaths and chest feel heavy, just thinking about the word Chula. Yesterday I decided to play again, in thought I could muster the strength to play again, I was deeply wrong, my heart rate almost constantly stayed up and I started to shake and fidget, when someone happened that was just too much all I could think was "fuck x24" I did Leo's route first and it hurts my heart knowing you can never truly have him, through his obsession that he could be yours forever, he is a poor baby and needs hugs and cuddles. Then I played Flynn, and at one point I didn't wish to continue. it hurt so much to watch Leo go, to act like your not interested, I don't care what he did. Leo was amazing, he is so kissable and huggable.
It's the next day since I played it, and I'm hungry but if feel like if I ate I would throw it up, no distraction in my life can distract me from remembering Leo and him calling Chula. I will be wired for a couple of days. So this is my warning. The warning atop should seriously be taken into account because I've never felt worse. Getting close and attached to the characters will only hurt you. It's a great game that can conjure these feelings but awful because it does the opposite of Adastra.
Thank you for anyone who is reading, I wanna know how you felt when you played if its an overwhelming game.
very much alike feelings shared.
though I still got a dump dreaming for an ending where Leo got not SO heartbroken in the Jenna's route.
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At the very beginning there's a choice telling her that you were gay, remember? sounds to me like a chance.
especially when in this route, even the possessing ghost itself was kinda took enough of it, so he showed up and told Chase IN THE FACE that who is actually hurting Leo. so at least Chase knew that Leo is possessed. yet the madness isn't really started, lol.
by the way, I tried to convince myself that Leo isn't so loving as it seems, by some details found in Echo Route 65.
if you remember there was a website where Leo looked for lawnmower. look again at WHEN. and see for how long he did NOTHING with what he found in there. not even a short message.
didn't very much working on me, still trying though.
P.S., it is VERY NOT RECOMMENDED for you to play route 65 , if you haven't yet. because knowing what will happen in Echo main story, Route 65 will be unbearably sad and bitter to you. it is about how the couple got together in the first place at their high school.
I feel exactly the same! I have anxiety and depression and omg, I've never been this worse, and I love it! How could such a great writing makes this with me. Leo's my favorite, and it hurts me so much that him couldn't be "happy" with Chase. It's been more than a week and I still feel bad, and anxious, and, like, don't wanna eat anything.
Though, I like to think that I, myself kinda take care of him in the end, idk I like to think that way. Put youself together dude! It's just a VN, Leo's fiiiiine! He's gonna find someone who loves him for real.
Chase is so terrible omg lmao. Sorry my bad english anyway, I'm from brazil, probably my english sucks but idc.
Also, I never want to play this game again, at least not now. I want to take MONTHS away from this VN actually. I love it of course but it hurts too much. Sorry for being cringe
I LOVE this game, it’s my second furry novel after adastra, however I needed help with something, I’ve been playing Jennas route and I got to a “to be continued” part, that led me to discover that this game is still in development. Which is awesome! But then I noticed there was an update 4 days ago, I downloaded Echo about 2 weeks ago and I was wondering how I update it? Do I just reinstall to the new version? And will it save all my save files and choices I’ve made so far? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
yet the Jas route isn't finished in the 0.50 version. have to wait a little more.
haven't played this in so long, but why is the audio so loud?
there is no option to turn it down in the settings.