Video Round-Up (April 17, 2023)

Welcome to RPGamer’s video release round-up. In this column we look to provide our readers with details on all of the video reviews, impressions, features, and more uploaded recently to our YouTube channel.

Chained Echoes Review

Chained Echoes follows a group of heroes who are brought together to try and end a continental war and destroy a recently uncovered weapon of mass destruction. Encounters take place on set battlefields with their own environmental elements that can be taken advantage of. Players are also be able to pilot and upgrade their own mechs and airship.

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8-Bit Adventures 2 Review

8-Bit Adventures 2 aims to take on look and feel of RPGs from the NES, SNES, and PS1 libraries, without their dated inconveniences. Its world is being ravaged by a terrible entity known as the Glitch and seven brave warriors must band together in order to save everyone. The game features turn-based battles, no random encounters, the ability to save anywhere, and a story that spans over twenty hours with no need for grinding.

The Legends of Heroes: Trails to Azure Review

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure is the second part of the series’ Crossbell duology and takes place following the events of The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero. The game continues following the adventure of the Crossbell Police Department’s Special Support Section as rising tensions affect the city state. Those looking to read more about The Legend of Heroes series and where the Crossbell arc fits in can check out RPGamer’s Where to Start? guide, as well as watch the video review of Trails from Zero.

(Please note that due to issues with the recorded gameplay file, some colors are washed out)

Theatrhythm Final Bar Line Review

Rhythm title Theatrhythm Final Bar Line is a celebration of the music of Final Fantasy and marks the first release of the series on home consoles. Players take their own party of characters through tracks from across the series, with the game including two-player couch co-op and up to four-player online rhythm battles. The game features 385 Final Fantasy tracks, with 27 more exclusive to the Digital Deluxe Edition and 90 more added with the Season Pass that includes tracks from other series such as SaGa, Live A Live, The World Ends with You, and NieR.

Persona 4 Golden PS4 Review

Persona 4 Golden is an enhanced remaster of PlayStation 2 title Persona 4. It released for PlayStation Vita in North America in 2012, with a PC version released through Steam in 2021. The game puts players in control of a transfer student in the rural town of Inaba. He and his friends become involved with a series of murders and disappearances associated with a bizarre Midnight Channel after they discover the ability to enter a Shadow World connected to events. Those looking to read more about the Persona series can check out RPGamer’s recent Where to Start? video guide.

Mato Anomalies Review

Futuristic dystopian RPG Mato Anomalies puts players in the role of the detective Doe and exorcist Gram in the metropolis of Mato. They aim to uncover the secrets behind an invasion of supernatural creatures. It features a mixture of investigation sections with Doe and dungeon-crawling sections with Gram.