Fading Echo Brings Its Water-Bending Desert Punk Adventure to PS5 and Xbox Series

Fading Echo expands its console footprint today, launching on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S after arriving on Switch 2 on September 17 and PC earlier this summer. Developed by Emeteria and published by New Tales, the action-adventure follows a young Legend exploring the floating islands of Corel while trying to uncover her past. Its central hook is water manipulation, and the game takes that idea considerably further than simply giving the protagonist a splashy projectile. Players can transform between human and liquid forms, squeeze through narrow spaces as droplets, travel through tubes, launch themselves as water bombs and use vapour to gain height. Environmental substances including lava, toxic waste and corruption react differently with water, creating chain reactions useful in both combat and traversal. The player also gains Æther abilities for waves, close-range attacks and character progression. Exploration extends into alternate versions of Corel known as Shadows, distorted realities with their own rules and hazards. The combination gives Fading Echo a puzzle-platforming streak underneath its faster action. Today's PS5 and Xbox release completes the game's arrival on the current major console platforms, giving players who skipped the earlier PC release another chance to discover whether turning into a sentient puddle is, in fact, the next major step in action-game evolution.
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