![]() Sell what you find and buy more fuel, shields and kits. The first lets you travel, the second is HP that can be taken from randomly generated events and the third lets you go mining for resources. You’ll have to manage fuel, shields and exploration kits. The other element of the game is light resource management as you travel across the stars. They are quite simple to do and occasionally a little picky about whether they are right or wrong. The second then takes those starsongs and you have to fan out their light rays onto patterns of stone and align them. The first involves rotating light orbs around the screen to see if they can trigger a starsong to be recorded. ![]() It’s not all story though, there are two types of puzzles to complete. Everywhere can be visited if you have a ship with enough fuel to get close to your destination. Whomever wrote the scripting and dialogue places the lore into dialogue and dialect – its so well done. For me, it was less about the humans but more about the mystery of the world around you that made me so engaged with the game. Jun needs a slap a few times but largely grows into a more mature, less selfish human whilst Eda grows in confidence in herself. The characters do have progression but are quite anime in their styles and tropes. OPUS’ best asset is its world building and with years of lore to uncover, the world feels lived in. Instead, you’ll be uncovering memories to fill out the world. Whilst I’ve outlined the initial scope of the story, much of what you discover isn’t really related to that. To say more of the story will start to spoil it. Together the four of you will meet by chance and travel the stars in search of glory. You’ll also have two other characters – Kay who is Jun’s guardian and Remi your pilot. Eda is the second character you play as and she is a witch travelling the solar system to discover Lumen. The story reminds me of fossil fuels on Earth and the parallels initially are interesting. These witches are trained like military women. However, with Lumen now in short supply, witches are used to sing and record voice tracks to resonant with Lumen and discover untapped mines of them. As this powers each of the planets, caves, outputs and space stations around the solar system, wars have been raged to take over or defend Lumen caves. Lumen is a bit like crystallised energy that’s been fused with souls and spirits of the dead. Jun has been exiled from his clan for losing the caves that they owned and mined Lumen from. In OPUS: Echoes of Starsong you’ll be mostly playing as Jun. Jun reflects back on his life and tells his story from old age. That’s because everything is broken up into a galactic road trip of short, sharp travels with some light puzzles and resource management to keep you engaged. OPUS is more of a style of game you might enjoy if you love a visual novel that never feels like one. Each story is self contained and standalone. OPUS: Echoes of Starsong is the third OPUS game but don’t let that put you off if you’ve not played one before.
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