Ash Echoes Review(s)
4.8
I wanna first talk about the characters cause omg i love them. The amount between the female and male characters, i think, is more balanced compared to many other games and they are all gorgeous. Even the "average joes" (they really put those characters under this category in their encyclopedia) look like they were designed with care and love. ALSO they don't seem fanservicey :D (save for some, but that's okay cause it goes back to their characterization. yk, individualism.)
The story is fairly immersive. I think what caught my interest first was the reveal that the public is against our faction, so ig it kinda touched on my empathy? But anyways the rest of the story turned out to be interesting, although it can be hard to understand sometimes (much reading of the lore was needed for me). Enjoyable, nonetheless. The stories in nexus (especially mirage) are also fun!
For the gacha... it may be a little stingy? There's a pity system, but it's like, 300. Around my first 120 pulls have dropped me ssr 4 times (including dupes) and with the free ssr from phase missions, i now have 3 ssr charas. Are they enough? I think, yeah, sure, i mean i get by just fine with just them, and i don't deploy all 3 every time. I'd say, 1 ssr and another that you can borrow from other players are enough if you're not very competitive. Oh and gacha currencies are pretty easy to obtain for the beginning weeks and the tickets you need for limited and standard banners are the same.
Another thing: the memory traces were drawn by different artists (I think the characters were also) and are properly credited to them, which I appreciate.
Current - is that there's only JP VO for the time being. CN VO might be coming soon, though, or idk.
I'll update this when I remember other things to review!