## 2024-12-24 I never played the **Crystal Chronicle** games on the DS - I loved **The Crystal Bearers** on the Wii, but the DS library was so huge and filled with stuff that I wanted to play that took priority. But I'm trying to play through [[2025 Games#The Final Fantasies I Never Played / Finished|the Final Fantasies I never played / finished]] in 2025, and **Echoes of Time** is one of the shortest ones on my list, according to HTLB. So far: it's quite adorable! I'm really enjoying it. It took no time getting started - literally one quick cutscene, and then I was on to my first dungeon. It's interesting to see how the **Crystal Chronicles** formula is adapted here. The original game is a dungeon crawler at heart, and so is **Echoes of Time**. I made four party members and proceeded to go around around killing enemies and doing very light puzzles. It all has the usual polish that comes from a Square Enix title. The game also has the magical "circle placement" that the original did. All of it just feels smoother though, especially because one character doesn't have to carry a Miasma container around in this game! I'm sad I don't have people around I could play this in local mutliplayer with, it seems cute and neat! Oh also impressed by how funny this game is? The town dialogue has gotten legitimate chuckles out of me, I'm gonna have to look into who has done the writing. But yeah I could see myself finishing this!