Echo Generation is an interesting indie game released earlier this year on Xbox, PC and Game Pass. It's a mix of Paper Mario combat, adventure game puzzles and beautiful voxel art.
The story is one you'd be familiar with if you've ever seen Stranger Things, or other paranormal 80's shows. Two young siblings and their pet - which could be anything from a cat, to a robot, to an alien cat - make some creepy, supernatural discoveries in their suburban town and decide to take care of it themselves, since the adults are incompetent.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that Echo Generation is another wholesome release cashing in on some nostalgia, at least from the opening. The game welcomes you with massive, pixelated grins on every face and a charismatic 8-bit theme playing, which could've been ripped straight from a Pokémon game. The tutorial section pits you up against bad-mouthed racoons as you rummage through neighbours' trash in your white-picket-fenced suburbia.
