I was given a PS4 code but played on my PS5 code from PR Hound @pr_hound Publisher Deck 13 Spotlight @Deck13Spotlight Developer Matthias Linda @ChainedEchoes
This is released in the UK on the 07/08/2025 and in the UK is priced at £7,99.
INTRODUCTION
Eldrea is calling once again. Eldrea needs you. One. More. Time. Ashes of Elrant is the official DLC for the highly acclaimed Chained Echoes, offering you more of what you enjoyed so much. Meet all your beloved characters and answer the call as the Crimson Wings are needed once again.
Ashes of Elrant takes place right before the end of Chained Echoes. While you and your clan are preparing for the final fight, a new call for help reaches the Crimson Wings. This mission will reveal more about the origin of the Order of Leonar and Lenne’s past. What challenges await you in a new land where nothing is as it seems?
FEATURES
- A new playable character.
- Visit new areas.
- Over 40 new enemies and bosses.
- Over 15 new music tracks.
- Fresh equipment and items.
- New Mini-Games.
FAN ART
Story is fun and interesting.
World is great not only feels alive but loads to do and explore from power ups to chests to find and much more.
Nostalgic vibes very old school jrpg vibes.
Enemies are cool as alot of them and all have own look and own attacks and weaknesses to learn.
Talents are new and very cool as earn talent points for winning fights and can be used to talk to animals potentially telling you secrets and much more and are very cool and different talents to suit own style.
Playable characters are cool as all have own look and feel and stats to them as can adjust to suit own playstyle and more such as if not a fan of some party members can remove them from party and can swap between members in fight and not loose turn.
New character is cool as has cool look and own stats and feel and can make own build to suit playstyle and more.
Difficulty options are nice as can adjust to suit own playstyle such as making enemies more or less aggressive and more.
Alot of content as so many different build potentials and different characters to try and things to do and find in the world and more.
Can be daunting as alot of skills to learn.
OVERALL SUMMARY
Overall can be daunting as alot of skills to learn. However for £7.99, Story is cool and the world is fun and feels alive with lots of stuff to do and find with cool enemies that all have own attacks weaknesses and look to them and playable characters and the new character all have own look, stats, feel to them and have tons of build potentially to suit own playstyle and has nice difficulty options to suit playstyle and much more. LOVED THE GAME.
I RECOMMEND THIS GAME.
Story is fun and interesting.
World is fun, full of stuff to do, feels alive.
Nostalgic old school jrpg.
Enemies own look, attacks.
Talents nice make own build.
Playable characters own look, feel, stats.
New character own feel, look, stats, build potential.
Difficulty options nice suit playstyle.
Alot of content to do, places explore, more.
Can be daunting as alot of skills to learn.
Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.
https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE
VIDEO REVIEW
https://youtu.be/3eO2-7VVOZA?si=13rOZuwu39dZpUAM
PLAYLIST
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPz4WhUat3YRfkTm7CJf1Q5S&si=jsxsjWD7BDiQ8JGs
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