Echoes of the End Launches to Mixed Reviews Amid Technical Issues

Echoes of the End Kicks Off With Mixed Reviews on PC and Consoles

Myrkur Games, with support from publisher Deep Silver, recently launched their debut action-adventure title, Echoes of the End. Unfortunately for the developers, the game has had a challenging start, receiving mixed reviews from players.

On Steam, Echoes of the End currently holds a 'Mixed' rating, with only 54% positive reviews from approximately one hundred players at the time of this report. This initial feedback highlights a range of issues despite some praise for its visual presentation and underlying potential.

Player Feedback Highlights Rough Edges

Many players point to significant technical problems, including poor optimization leading to frame rate drops and stutters, even on high-end PCs. Animations are frequently described as clunky and unnatural, particularly for character movement and combat sequences. Enemy artificial intelligence is often criticized for being overly simplistic, allowing players to easily exploit their predictable patterns.

Other common complaints include a general 'budget' feel to the game, citing repetitive level design, basic puzzles (like burning grass repeatedly or finding open windows next to locked gates), and a lack of polish in physics and character models, where weapons or hair might clip through geometry. UI issues such as the absence of HDR options and the inability to increase subtitle size have also been noted.

Despite these drawbacks, the game's visual style and atmosphere have received compliments. The world is often described as visually pleasing, with some breathtaking vistas, and the game offers good ultrawide monitor support. The combat system, while basic, incorporating blocks, parries, dodges, and magic abilities, can be fun in moments. The narrative, following warrior Rin on her quest to save her brother and prevent a war, is considered interesting, with good English voice acting and humor, though some find the characters a bit generic.

Players have compared the game to classic action-adventure titles from the early 2000s, with elements of parkour and platforming, and some even draw parallels to games like Atlas Fallen and Uncharted 4.

Developer Acknowledges Issues, Promises Patches

Myrkur Games has acknowledged these issues and has promised to address them in upcoming patches. While Echoes of the End is not being hailed as a masterpiece, many players see it as a potentially enjoyable, straightforward adventure for a few evenings, provided one has patience for its current technical state.

The game is available on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, featuring Russian text localization. Its success will heavily rely on the promised post-launch support to smooth out its current rough edges.