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Posted July 08, 2016
Point your hearts towards the sky.



<span class="bold">Fossil Echo</span>, a challenging, narrative-driven 2D platformer about a boy's dangerous climb, is available now, DRM-free on GOG.com.

A young boy is faced with the greatest challenge of his life: to reach the top of a tall tower, standing in the middle of the ocean. His determination, dexterity, and resourcefulness will be tested against weird creatures, cunning traps, lethal pitfalls, and those who don't want to see him succeed. But why? Why is the boy's desperate ascent so important? What awaits at the top? How many times will he have to die before he succeeds?
<span class="bold">Fossil Echo</span> tells its evocative story only through sound, beautiful imagery, and wordless interactions. The unforgiving gameplay will require you to time your moves perfectly, as each jump has you reaching higher into the tower and deeper into the intriguing mystery of the boy and his enigmatic quest.



Help a willful boy climb to the top of a majestic yet perilous tower in <span class="bold">Fossil Echo</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com.
Posted July 08, 2016
wow, new game now? quite strange release time :D
Posted July 08, 2016
The game page says it's short. :P

Kudos for being honest. XD
Posted July 08, 2016
Begging the question: How short, really? :)
Posted July 08, 2016
Looks like multi colored LIMBO
Posted July 08, 2016
Graphically it looks alright, but I'm all platformered out.
There are also several bullet points I don't particularly like the sound of, nor the usage of the word 'short' in the description in addition to the unfair price package.
Posted July 08, 2016
Looks pretty.
Posted July 08, 2016
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Smannesman: Graphically it looks alright, but I'm all platformered out.
There are also several bullet points I don't particularly like the sound of, nor the usage of the word 'short' in the description in addition to the unfair price package.
how short is it? i have lots of HOG (hidden object games) and the take me at least 3 tot 6 hours to complet, ofcourse by myself not using walkthroughs cause these will shorten any game.

The HOG i buy are usually 9.99 euros average, (older ones are priced at 4.99 to 6.99) new releases (also drm free on cd/dvd) tend to be 11.99 or 13.99
but usually its a CE with extras so that makes up for the 2 or 3 euros extra compared to the normal game at 8.99 to 9.99 euros (drm free retail)

14.99 for this platformer is way to much to pay.
Posted July 08, 2016
Looks nice, but way overpriced- if the game outright admits it's short then it must be really, really damn short. Wishlisted until it's on sale. Major sale.
Post edited July 08, 2016 by Breja
Posted July 08, 2016
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Doc0075: Looks pretty.
It does but don't let looks deceive you.
Anyway i'm no platform gamer, i have Unepic and thats it :D
14.99 is a bit to high no matter how gorgeous it looks, maybe to fans of the platforme genre the price wont matter, i paid 13.99 euros for a retail hidden object game (HOG) (CE(collectors Edition) but thats because i like playing HOG's

In the old days i paid 129.95 guilders for red alert, and 89 guidler and 79 guilders for commandos and commandos beyon the call of duty, but those games were fabulous they dont make them like that anymore (its all 3d now the c&c and red alert which imho is ugly)
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Breja: Looks nice, but way overpriced- if the game outright admits it's short then it must be really, really damn short. Wishlisted until it's on sale. Major sale.
I assume you refer to 2 or 3 dollars ? :D
I bought casual games at steam for 29 , 39 49 and 69 cents, normally they would sell at 4 or 5 euros/dollars, o way i would pay that for those kind of games, even with casual games there are godly games and crappy casual games.
Post edited July 08, 2016 by gamesfreak64
Posted July 08, 2016
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Breja: Looks nice, but way overpriced- if the game outright admits it's short then it must be really, really damn short. Wishlisted until it's on sale. Major sale.
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gamesfreak64: I assume you refer to 2 or 3 dollars ? :D.
Depends on what else is on sale then, and what's still in my backlog. I mean, it's not only overpriced right now, but nice as it looks it didn't exactly make the top of my wishlist.

By the way- it would be a useful feature if I could actually sort the wishlist by my own priorities.
Post edited July 08, 2016 by Breja
Posted July 08, 2016
Narrative-driven. That's what I like to hear! Wishlisted.
Posted July 09, 2016
I did read somewhere (maybe Steam), that it can be finished in about 4-5 hours (for experienced players even less). But it has also about 15 minutes of high-quaility animated cutscenes.
Posted July 09, 2016
The game would only be overprized if it's not good at all. Which I still don't know.
If it's 4-5 hours it's not really that short.
Brothers is a 15€ game that's meant to be played in one sit up and it's worth every bit. So, length shouldn't be the only variable for prize.
But this is GOG. Why should I expect any better that people complaining about prize time and time again?
And this is not a casual game at all, so please do NOT compare this to HOGs.

It's funny how the GOG community works.
If a game is not here, GOG has no idea and it should definitely be here.
If it is here, then GOG only has games that I DON'T WANT and/or it's way overprized.
Over and over and over again.
Post edited July 09, 2016 by rgnrk
Posted July 09, 2016
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rgnrk: If it's 4-5 hours it's not really that short.
That's true, but judging from youtube videos, it's a fairly difficult game and most of the playing time will be retries.

Not sure how that plays into the equation. :)
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