2024-07-22 00:20:33| Engadget
Somehow in all these years, Ive never gotten into visual novels, despite being a person who loves both reading and video games. The idea has always intrigued me in some way, but Ive never really felt compelled to actually pick one up. That changed when I first saw the announcement for Echoes of the Emergent a few months ago. Described as a personal journey through a shattered post-apocalyptic world, all it took was a glimpse of Echoes of the Emergents gritty aesthetic and melancholic atmosphere to get me to preorder it. And now that Ive finally gotten around to playing (reading? experiencing?) it, Im kind of blown away.
Echoes of the Emergent is a Playdate-exclusive title from RNG Party Games, the same team that made Bloom. It opens with its main character, Ayumi, on a tense scavenging trip to find any food she can in a ruined city. Shes alone, afraid and increasingly concerned about her dwindling resources. As the story progresses, it bounces between Ayumis bleak new reality and flashbacks to a time when things were normal. Her panicked efforts to stay alive, to keep going, are interwoven with memories of her family and friends some of them happy, some painful. And theres a cat.
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The narrative is illustrated with haunting backgrounds of Ayumis dilapidated surroundings, and these move ever so slightly to create a really unsettling effect. If you press the down arrow on the D-pad, you can collapse the text box to get a full view of the backgrounds. It takes a few hours to get through the entire story, but its definitely worth carving out some time for. You can save your place by pressing B to pull up the menu.
Echoes of the Emergent is the kind of experience that will stick with you for a little while even after its over. Its available on the Playdate Catalog for $8, but you can also get it and its captivating soundtrack on itch.io.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/echoes-of-the-emergent-a-hauntingly-beautiful-playdate-exclusive-sold-me-on-visual-novels-222033336.html?src=rss
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