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There Came an Echo
Ender Wiggin. Admiral Ackbar. That dude who commands the G.I. Joes. These totally rad commanders knew that battles are won not by a single footsoldier, but by issuing precise commands that put their units in position to achieve victory. In There Came an Echo, follow in those commanders' footsteps by giving orders to Corrin Webb (Wil Wheaton) and h...
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- Released
- February 23, 2015
- Developer
- Iridium Studios
- Genres
- Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Strategy · Indie
- Publisher
- Iridium Studios
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There Came an Echo Reviews
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A unique control scheme that was put a great deal of care to do correctly, shame the game it very short and a little bit simplistic in a few ways or it could have been excellent.
I came away from There Came An Echo quite sold on its unique approach to inputs, and that is both surprising, and really quite inspiring. Because it plays so differently, the game requires that you take a very different approach to playing it, and while I don’t think this is an innovation that’s going mainstream any time soon, having a voice controlled game on the PlayStation 4 makes for a unique, interesting, diversion. Throw in production values well beyond what most indies can achieve, and a plot that will get you thinking across its last few hours, and you’ve got a genuinely worthwhi…
There Came an Echo is a voice-controlled real-time strategy game in which you, the field commander of a small squad, use your voice to direct your units around a map to accomplish various objectives.
When the topic of voice control in games arises, the conversation rarely goes beyond the thought of a tacked-on feature that could easily have been left on the cutting room floor. Shouting at a guard to distract him in Splinter Cell: Blacklist, voice commands in Binary Domain, and issuing orders to your squad in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas are examples of when voice recognition wasn't really needed. So instead of making it feel like an unneeded component, Iridium Studios decided to base its second game There Came an Echo entirely around the concept. Originally released for PC in February l...
Overall, I’d rate that an 8 out of 10. The game creates a dynamicity of feelings within the player. From being calm and cool-headed to frantic and panicky. There’s really no end to what you need to be in order to beat this game. Whether you’re in the offense or in the defense side of it, the possibilities on how to approach There Came an Echo is endless.