This is a game where you can just relax and let your instincts take over... it's fun, addictive and cool.

User Rating: 9.2 | Echoes (2007) PC
This is a free download here at Gamespot, so you should not be reading this but playing it right now. Remember back in the day when top-down arcade shooters were the best thing ever? well Echoes is in the same boat. I for one am really glad games like this and Geometry Wars etc. are still around, anyone can enjoy it, it is simple and complex at the same time and once the game gets moving there is this adrenaline rush that only an old school shooter can deliver. Games nowadays can't get this feeling that one gets when you play a game like this, it is such a blessing for people like me who grew up with these types of game. Plus you dont even realize the controls, your thoughts are steering the craft, this type of gameplay is so rare today. Additionally you can use a gamepad but the mouse and keyboard controls are fine.

Granted you already played this, why waste memory and stuff on your PC? most likely you don't have a very polished and psychedelic trippy shooter that is easy to jump into on your PC do ya? sure neon at newgrounds, red, pixel blaster and other web-flash games are great but Echoes has those extra layers of shiny wax that make it special. Also the controls are fully customizable, the graphics are sweet and the music is fast paced techno, plus it is just so addicting. Also you can upload your own music to play during the game, some mp3 converter or something.

Basically go download it for free (takes about as long as it takes to take a leak), go play it and have a blast. Ahhh... yet again GS fails us for our scoring department. Ignore what i said in the four departments
Difficulty- you choose it, so variable. Time spent- well i just got it... but you find yourself playing it for fun and to kill some time.
Learning curve- EVERYONE knows how to play games like this.
classification- right on this one.