Echochrome is one of those clever well thought out games that will sadly be overlooked by many people. The concept of the game is that perception is reality which means whatever view of the world you currently see is the way it is. You have to get a little character to walk around the various puzzles to certain points. which consist of various unconnected beams. Your only controls are moving the camera and to stop/speed up your character, by rotating the camera you can hide holes or merge gaps to allow the character to walk across. For example if you have two beams, one horizontal with a hole in the middle and a vertical beam sitting separately you can rotate the camera so that the vertical beam blocks your view of the hole. Since you can no longer see the hole, your character can walk across.

Much of the concepts of the game are the optical illusions people have been impressed by for years. At times it can be a bit tricky because what you're doing doesn't make sense and it can… more »

Echochrome is one of those clever well thought out games that will sadly be overlooked by many people. The concept of the game is that perception is reality which means whatever view of the world you currently see is the way it is. You have to get a little character to walk around the various puzzles to certain points. which consist of various unconnected beams. Your only controls are moving the camera and to stop/speed up your character, by rotating the camera you can hide holes or merge gaps to allow the character to walk across. For example if you have two beams, one horizontal with a hole in the middle and a vertical beam sitting separately you can rotate the camera so that the vertical beam blocks your view of the hole. Since you can no longer see the hole, your character can walk across.

Much of the concepts of the game are the optical illusions people have been impressed by for years. At times it can be a bit tricky because what you're doing doesn't make sense and it can mean quite a bit of spinning the cameras to make the beams join up in their unconventional way.

While some may complain about the poor graphics, personally I thought the presentation is outstanding. Everything (aside from that awful cover, what were they thinking??) is presented in a simple black and white scheme with a single violin providing the only music. The simplicity very much suits the game as anything more complex would make the illusions more difficult to see and they wouldn't work as well.

The game is available on both the PS3 (download only) and PSP although I prefer it for the PSP as I find it's the sort of game that's enjoyable to pick up and play for a couple of levels during a break. If you're looking for something a bit different from the mainstream games I'd highly recommend this