7/5/2023 0 Comments Echoes of sorrow 2 glitches![]() ![]() Of course, he could be a devil or demon of some sort, rather than an actual person. Does that make him a pedophile? I don’t think so, because his obsession with this one person continues throughout her adolescent and adult life. So yes, this guy appears to have been obsessed with the main character since she was a kid. That did not look like an accident to me. As the car races towards the sister, you just manage to glimpse an out-of-focus image of the driver, and all you can see are his GLOWING RED EYES (I swear to God) that are fixed right on the girl. Wait, what? I mean, if I misinterpreted this, someone feel free to correct me, but the game seems to be implying that the killer has been obsessed with the main character since she was eight years old, to the point where he felt the need to run her sister over with a car for no apparent reason! Granted, maybe that particular incident was his first encounter with the main character and was actually an accident…but it sure as hell didn’t look that way from the movie scenes. He killed her college sweetheart in order to get close to her, he killed her father when the old man discovered the truth, and he even killed her twin sister when….when they were both little girls. You discover that he has basically been bumping off people close to the main character for years. My main complaint with the story had to do with the motivations of the killer. SPOILER ALERT***SPOILER ALERT***SPOILER ALERT Unfortunately, discussing them means revealing several key plot points, so if you don’t want to know, please skip the next couple paragraphs: My only real issue with the story was that some of the plot details struck me as odd. ![]() It’s a neat trick, all things considered, and it helped the story to feel that much more real. This subtle use of language shifts the focus of the story to “you”, placing you in the character’s shoes and enabling you to feel what she feels after each new revelation. ![]() The story is emotionally compelling, and highly personal, especially because most of the narration is done in the second person (even though the visual viewpoint is first person). Each scene you complete unlocks the painful memories that have been burdening her, literally releasing the “chains” from around her heart. Instead of wasting time on elaborate setups, the story simply reveals itself as the game goes along and the main character discovers more about herself. In fact, one of the things I really liked about the game was the distinct lack of exposition. The whole “amnesia” thing might be a little clichéd, but in this case, I thought it was handled very well. Her consciousness is then transported to a dream world, where she has to piece together who she is and what has happened to her. The story’s premise is simple, yet effective: A woman is being chased by an unknown assailant she trips and hits her head, falling into a coma. However, if you are into hidden object games-or even just curious about them-this game is definitely one worth checking out! I should preface this review by saying that hidden object games are not for everyone and if you already know that this genre isn’t your cup of tea, you probably won’t enjoy this game, no matter what praises I may lavish upon it. As it turned out, Echoes of Sorrow happened to number among them, which was one of the reasons I jumped at the chance to review it. Of several dozen games I bought, downloaded, and played during this period, only a handful stood out as truly excellent games. I first played Echoes of Sorrow while I was in the midst of the “hidden object game” craze that took over my life for about two months earlier this year (see this month’s “Gamer Girlfriend” for more on this). ![]()
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