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after. A new entry in the OPUS series has also been announced, ''OPUS: Prism Peak''.
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* AmbiguousEnding: It's possible to interpret the EvolvingTitleScreen as an implication that [[spoiler:once Jun passes, the characters will able to reunite at the gates of Binarii]], for players who wish to view the ending through a happier lens as well as tie all the mythology together (if you don't feel that [[spoiler:the Binarii imagery was already used for the finale]]). However, there's also nothing that strongly suggests this either, and as with the rest of the game, it's never firmly established how true the mythology is.
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* AmbiguousEnding: It's possible to interpret the EvolvingTitleScreen as an implication that [[spoiler:once Jun passes, the characters will be able to reunite at the gates of Binarii]], for players who wish to view the ending through a happier lens as well as tie all the mythology together (if you don't feel that [[spoiler:the Binarii imagery was already used for the finale]]). However, there's also nothing that strongly suggests this either, and as with the rest of the game, it's never firmly established how true the mythology is.
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* AmbiguousEnding: It's possible to interpret the EvolvingTitleScreen as an implication that [[spoiler:once Jun passes, the characters will able to reunite at the gates of Binarii]], for players who wish to view the ending through a happier lens as well as tie all the mythology together (if you don't feel that [[spoiler:the Binarii imagery was already used for the finale]]). However, there's also nothing that strongly suggests this either, and as with the rest of the game, it's never firmly established how true the mythology is.
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* BeYourself: Kay and Red tell Jun and Eda this respectively--for Jun, that his true personality is what makes him a worthy clan master, and for Eda, that this is what it means to be a true witch. Much of the game comes from their struggle in accepting this. [[spoiler:In the end, Eda is able to find herself but dies in the process, while Jun is, as himself, able to lead his clan to prosperity; though tragically, this doesn't prevent him from living a bittersweet and regret-filled life]].
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* CreationMyth: Explore enough and you'll pick up the pieces of Myrian mythology, detailing the rise of Helius and eventual creation of humanity, along with lore explaining the Myria Taiyang branch from which Jun hails and the beginnings of East Ocean.
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* DivineConflict: According to Myrian mythology, there was one between Ignis and Helius in the past, as Helius fought against Ignis for the good of the other gods, and Ignis felt that the Helius was undermining his authority. Eventually, this split the lesser gods into two divisions, between those who supported Ignis and those who supported Helius.
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* FertilityGod: This was God Prime Terra's role, as her singing channeled lumen and extended the Sanctums' life, as well as caused flowers to bloom.
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* GodOfLight: God Prime Ignis, who serves as the sun and source of lumen energy.
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* NonStandardGameOver: There's one way to get Jun "killed" that isn't related to gameplay: at the start, choose not to save Eda. Given that Jun's impulsive decision to try and help her kicks off their entire relationship [[spoiler:and fuels Jun's guilt over getting Kay involved]], ''not'' doing so is the one story choice that cannot be canon no matter what, hence why elderly Jun has to backtrack on it happening.
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* PiecesOfGod: In Myrian mythology, Helius's soul was ultimately scattered into fragments with a small number of people believing that Taiyang is one such fragment that drifted throughout East Ocean, resulting in the eventual creation of East Ocean nobility.
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* {{Precursors}}: Before humanity in the Peaks, there was the ancient civilization Myria, belonging to the deities. Nearly every cave is the remnants of their empire and lumen-wielding technology.
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* StraightForTheCommander: A variation. Bones provokes Jun into confirming that he's Kay's master, [[spoiler:at which point he immediately orders his men to shoot Jun, knowing this will end the stalemate as Kay has to focus on protecting Jun]].
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* DubNameChange: Aside from a few characters, many names are different between the Chinese and Japanese versions as well as the English translation, most prominently Jun (Ribaku in Japanese, Lee Mo in Chinese).
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* DubNameChange: Aside from a few characters, characters such as Eda and Remi, many names are different between the Chinese and Japanese versions as well as the English translation, most prominently Jun (Ribaku in Japanese, Lee Li Mo in Chinese).Chinese) with his clan name also differing between versions.
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* HundredPercentCompletion: The "Memories" menu displays every item you've received across your playthroughs and allows you to see if you missed any. Due to the RNG nature of some events, you're almost guaranteed not to get 100% on your first run.
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** If you're approaching endgame but neglected on your ship upgrades for whatever reason: at the Ironwind Border Patrol, the game may give you enough supplies to increase your fuel capacity rather than force you to backtrack on the map looking for said supplies.
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* CallBack: Late in the game, the Red Chamber crew receives an SOS signal but is somewhat divided on whether or not to respond to it--Jun says yes, Remi says no. Eda jokes to Jun that it could be pirates in disguise, referring to the trap at the very start of the game.
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: More than one event has the Red Chamber crew sneak around in United Mining stations and be mistaken as enlisted help, which they roll with to avoid getting into trouble for trespassing.
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* ThatsNoMoon: In the Lumen Ziggurat, Jun and Eda try to open what they believe to be a gate only for them to realize that what they just activated was actually the old ruin's core. And they are standing right in front of it.
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* ThatsNoMoon: In the Lumen Ziggurat, Jun and Eda try to open what they believe to be a gate only for them to realize that what they just activated was actually the old ruin's ruins' core. And they are standing right in front of it.
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** Eventually, due to storyline reasons, the Red Chamber crew will be in the Lumen Assocation's good graces, meaning that if you run out of fuel (at least within their territory), being rescued is no longer a matter of RNG. In particular, this coincides with the point in the game that you're expected to explore more freely, making it less stressful to wander off-course.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Lumenide, one of the central resources that lots of factions are after and is only found in old sacred asteroid ruins. It can take the form of a gas, liquid or solid and is primarily used for fuel but also seems to have other uses. It can also cause hallucinations and according to Eda seems to have a consciousness or will.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Lumenide, one of the central resources that lots of factions are after and is only found in old sacred asteroid ruins. It can take the form of a gas, liquid or solid and is primarily used for fuel but also seems to have other uses. It can also cause hallucinations and according to Eda seems to have a consciousness or will.
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** Eventually, due to storyline reasons, the Red Chamber crew will be in the Lumen Assocation's Association's good graces, meaning that if you run out of fuel (at least within their territory), being rescued is no longer a matter of RNG. In particular, this coincides with the point in the game that you're expected to explore more freely, making it less stressful to wander off-course.
* AppliedPhlebotinum:Lumenide, Lumen, one of the central resources that lots of factions are after and is only found in old sacred asteroid ruins. It can take the form of a gas, liquid or solid and is primarily used for fuel but also seems to have other uses. It can also cause hallucinations and according to Eda seems to have a consciousness or will.
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* CentralTheme: According to the developer "Behind the scenes", the theme of the game is "Finding yourself". A theme seen most clearly with Eda as she struggles with who she wants to be.
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* CentralTheme: According to the developer in "Behind the scenes", the theme of the game is "Finding yourself". A yourself", a theme seen most clearly with Eda as she struggles with who she wants to be.be. To a degree, it's also conveyed in the low self-esteem prevalent in many of the characters, with Kay telling Jun to simply BeYourself--while Jun believes that that's not good enough--and Red having told Eda, similarly, to be true to herself. On Eda's part, she acknowledges that neither she nor Remi is happy with who they are.
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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:After Kay dies, the next course of action is to arrange for his body to be sent back to the East Ocean.]]
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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:After Kay dies, DueToTheDead:
** After [[spoiler:Kay dies]], the next course of action for the Red Chamber crew is toarrange [[spoiler:arrange for his body to be sent back to the East Ocean.]]Ocean]]. Similarly, Jun even offers words of mourning for [[spoiler:the assassin who was after his life and killed Kay]].
** Some of the odd jobs Jun can take include work related to the dead--retrieving corpses from asteroid debris, marking the names of those lost in the war, etc.--and he's always humbled when carrying them out.
** Conversely, it's clear how bad the prejudice has gotten against witches when United Mining suggests that they'll remove their names from the war memorial, even though the witches helped win the war for them.
** After [[spoiler:Kay dies]], the next course of action for the Red Chamber crew is to
** Some of the odd jobs Jun can take include work related to the dead--retrieving corpses from asteroid debris, marking the names of those lost in the war, etc.--and he's always humbled when carrying them out.
** Conversely, it's clear how bad the prejudice has gotten against witches when United Mining suggests that they'll remove their names from the war memorial, even though the witches helped win the war for them.
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* EvolvingTitleScreen: After playing the game, the title screen will show a combination of characters (different on each startup), who will [[spoiler:disappear into light]] if selected or if you continue from your autosave.
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* EvolvingTitleScreen: EvolvingTitleScreen:
** The initial title screen is--in elderly Jun's time--Jun's ship arriving at an asteroid. Afterplaying starting the game, it switches to the location in said ruins where Jun sits, narrating the story.
** After completing the game, the title screenwill will, instead of an elderly Jun, show a combination of characters (different on each startup), startup) at the aforementioned spot, who will [[spoiler:disappear into light]] if selected or if you continue from your autosave.
** The initial title screen is--in elderly Jun's time--Jun's ship arriving at an asteroid. After
** After completing the game, the title screen
* JustifiedTutorial:
** The tutorial for the side-scrolling gameplay segments is presented as Kay explaining how cave running works in Thousand Peaks to Jun, a NaiveNewcomer.
** The exploration mechanic is introduced via Red Chamber being damaged after escaping from Bones's base, and thus Jun has to scavenge for parts.
** Purchasing supplies is introduced via Rushell--both the shopkeeper NPC of the location and whom the Red Chamber crew was just talking to--insisting that the crew make sure to stock up on fuel before they leave.
** The tutorial for the side-scrolling gameplay segments is presented as Kay explaining how cave running works in Thousand Peaks to Jun, a NaiveNewcomer.
** The exploration mechanic is introduced via Red Chamber being damaged after escaping from Bones's base, and thus Jun has to scavenge for parts.
** Purchasing supplies is introduced via Rushell--both the shopkeeper NPC of the location and whom the Red Chamber crew was just talking to--insisting that the crew make sure to stock up on fuel before they leave.
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* MagicMusic: The song used by Lumen Witches such as Eda is used to locate sources of Lumenide and can also be recorded by runners to be used to operate various Lumenide powered devices.
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* MagicMusic: The song starsongs used by Lumen Witches such as Eda is are used to locate sources of Lumenide Lumen and can also be recorded by runners to be used to operate various Lumenide powered devices.
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* OurWitchesAreDifferent: The witches of this setting primarily act as human radars, being able to track sources of Lumen though song. They are trained from a young age at the Lumen association and study a religion based around the stars and planets of the system.
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* OurWitchesAreDifferent: The witches of this setting primarily act as human radars, being able to track sources of Lumen though song. They are trained from a young age at the Lumen association Witching Tower and study a religion based around the stars and planets of the system.
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* ThatsNoMoon: In the Lumen Ziggurat, Jun and Eda try to open what they believe to be a gate only for them to realize that what they just activated was actually the old ruins core. And they are standing right in front of it.
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* ThatsNoMoon: In the Lumen Ziggurat, Jun and Eda try to open what they believe to be a gate only for them to realize that what they just activated was actually the old ruins ruin's core. And they are standing right in front of it.
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* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler:When Jun is buried under rubble and all seems lost, it's United Mining that saves him, aka the very group that the Red Chamber crew was trying to avoid out of fear of being arrested or killed.]] Downplayed, in that the one responsible for the rescue operation was [[spoiler:Bones, who isn't an antagonist by this point and has bailed Jun out before--still, it's not as though Bones could call all the shots unconditionally.]]
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->''Should we find each other in the next life, let us live on a planet of our own. I will plant flowers among the valleys and sing for you into old age and death''
-->--'''God Prime Terra Melody of Starsong, Act 2'''
''OPUS: Echo of Starsong'' is an AdventureGame with elements of a SpaceOpera developed by SIGONO INC. and is the third entry in the OPUS series. The games mostly focus on the developing relationship between the two main leads as they overcome the obstacles in their way with Echo of Starsong being the most successful game to date.
The game opens with an old man named Jun Lee, a noble of the East Ocean system, reminiscing of his past while visiting some old ruins. A time 66 years ago when he was a young man who had been exiled from his clan after having slighted the Emperor and was now traveling across the planetary system of Thousand Peaks alongside his mentor, Kay Volan, for undiscovered Lumen Caves to restore his name.
While travelling he encounters a witch named Edalune and discovers she had been feed false intel about a cave somewhere in the system. Not wanting to sit idly by while she walks into a trap, he saves her and her cranky crewmate Remi, before deciding to join her crew as their goals align.
-->--'''God Prime Terra Melody of Starsong, Act 2'''
''OPUS: Echo of Starsong'' is an AdventureGame with elements of a SpaceOpera developed by SIGONO INC. and is the third entry in the OPUS series. The games mostly focus on the developing relationship between the two main leads as they overcome the obstacles in their way with Echo of Starsong being the most successful game to date.
The game opens with an old man named Jun Lee, a noble of the East Ocean system, reminiscing of his past while visiting some old ruins. A time 66 years ago when he was a young man who had been exiled from his clan after having slighted the Emperor and was now traveling across the planetary system of Thousand Peaks alongside his mentor, Kay Volan, for undiscovered Lumen Caves to restore his name.
While travelling he encounters a witch named Edalune and discovers she had been feed false intel about a cave somewhere in the system. Not wanting to sit idly by while she walks into a trap, he saves her and her cranky crewmate Remi, before deciding to join her crew as their goals align.
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->''Should we find each other in the next life, let us live on a planet of our own. I will plant flowers among the valleys and sing for you into old age and death''
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-->--'''God Prime TerraMelody in ''Melody of Starsong, Starsong'', Act 2'''
''OPUS: Echo of Starsong'' is an AdventureGame with elements of a SpaceOpera developed by SIGONO INC. and is the third entry in the OPUS series. The games mostly focus on the developing relationship between the two main leads as they overcome the obstacles in their way withEcho ''Echo of Starsong Starsong'' being the most successful game to date.
The game opens with an old man named Jun Lee, a noble of the East Ocean system, reminiscing of his past while visiting some old ruins.A Most of the game takes place during then: a time 66 years ago when he was a young man who had been exiled from his clan after having slighted the Emperor and was now traveling across the planetary system of Thousand Peaks alongside his mentor, Kay Volan, for undiscovered Lumen Caves to restore his name.
While travelling he encounters a witch named Edalune and discovers she had beenfeed fed false intel about a cave somewhere in the system. Not wanting to sit idly by while she walks into a trap, he saves her and her cranky crewmate Remi, before deciding to join her crew as their goals align.
-->--'''God Prime Terra
''OPUS: Echo of Starsong'' is an AdventureGame with elements of a SpaceOpera developed by SIGONO INC. and is the third entry in the OPUS series. The games mostly focus on the developing relationship between the two main leads as they overcome the obstacles in their way with
The game opens with an old man named Jun Lee, a noble of the East Ocean system, reminiscing of his past while visiting some old ruins.
While travelling he encounters a witch named Edalune and discovers she had been
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* DubNameChange: Aside from a few characters, many names are different between the Chinese and Japanese versions, most prominently Jun (Ribaku in Japanese).
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* {{Utsuge}}: Echo of Starsong is a game focusing on a cast of flawed characters all struggling with emotional trauma with plenty of tears and heartbreak along the way.
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* {{Utsuge}}: Echo ''Echo of Starsong Starsong'' is a game focusing on a cast of flawed characters all struggling with emotional trauma with plenty of tears and heartbreak along the way.way.
* WarIsHell: The game pulls no punches in demonstrating how much the Lumen War has ruined Thousand Peaks, possibly permanently, and how the people hope war will never break out again. [[spoiler:Tragically, their wish is denied, as the timeskip reveals a second Lumen War occurred not long after, spanning years like the first.]]
* WarIsHell: The game pulls no punches in demonstrating how much the Lumen War has ruined Thousand Peaks, possibly permanently, and how the people hope war will never break out again. [[spoiler:Tragically, their wish is denied, as the timeskip reveals a second Lumen War occurred not long after, spanning years like the first.]]
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* EscapeSequence: [[spoiler:Jun/the player will end up in one after encountering the assassin; allowing him to reach Jun will result in Jun's death (narrative backtracking notwithstanding).
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* EscapeSequence: [[spoiler:Jun/the player will end up in one after encountering the assassin; allowing him to reach Jun will result in Jun's death (narrative backtracking notwithstanding).]]
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* EscapeSequence: [[spoiler:Jun/the player will end up in one after encountering the assassin; allowing him to reach Jun will result in Jun's death (narrative backtracking notwithstanding).
** It's already known that Jun goes on to be a respected clan master, so it's not a matter of if he redeems himself but how.
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* InterfaceSpoiler: Only Eda, Remi, and Jun have message inboxes, [[spoiler:suggesting Kay doesn't stay with the crew. And considering his fierce loyalty towards Jun, he clearly won't leave of his own volition...]]
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** Only Eda, Remi, and Jun have message inboxes, [[spoiler:suggesting Kay doesn't stay with the crew. And considering his fierce loyalty towards Jun, he clearly won't leave of his own volition...]]
** Averted in the finale [[spoiler:when you try to return to Ironwind after leaving Banshee. Your fuel gets depleted as usual... but no matter what, you're not making it back there.]]
** Only Eda, Remi, and Jun have message inboxes, [[spoiler:suggesting Kay doesn't stay with the crew. And considering his fierce loyalty towards Jun, he clearly won't leave of his own volition...]]
** Averted in the finale [[spoiler:when you try to return to Ironwind after leaving Banshee. Your fuel gets depleted as usual... but no matter what, you're not making it back there.]]
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's never confirmed if AllMythsAreTrue. The setting mentions researchers who offer scientific explanations (e.g. Excidium being conceived to keep people away from the black hole), but the nature of Eda's throat injury and dreams and the visions Jun experiences imply the mythology is real. With that said, nothing in the story runs on the strict assumption that that's the case.
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* MerchantCity: Silk Oasis is infamous for being this.
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* ThirdWheel: Played with. Remi sees herself as this to Eda and Jun, which is part of why she hates the latter--she's afraid that Eda will run off with him. (On their parts, it's clear that they would never dream of abandoning Remi and see her as no less important.) Then, on the flip side, platonically ''Jun'' considers himself to be the outsider, intruding on the comfortable dynamic Eda and Remi have formed over years.
* TimedMission: A few cave runs will involve one, typically when Jun has to achieve his goals before United Mining arrives.
* TimedMission: A few cave runs will involve one, typically when Jun has to achieve his goals before United Mining arrives.
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* TopGod: Ignis is described as the god of gods, being the origin of the others. One consistent thread across all versions of the mythology is Ignis's fury over his authority being undermined, explaining the solar flares Ignis emits.
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* AsteroidMiners: A common practice, though rather than mining minerals, it's lumen they're after. That, or scavenging parts from the wreckage of war.
* AsteroidThicket: A few locations have this, resulting in Remi/the player having to navigate through debris or incoming asteroids to avoid damage.
* AsteroidThicket: A few locations have this, resulting in Remi/the player having to navigate through debris or incoming asteroids to avoid damage.
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* CataclysmBackstory: The various lore tablets found throughout the game heavily imply that something of truly cataclysmic proportions happened some time in Thousand Peaks distant past, destroying the systems habitable worlds and leaving it barren past a certain point.
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* CataclysmBackstory: The various lore tablets found throughout the game heavily imply that something of truly cataclysmic proportions happened some time in Thousand Peaks distant distant' past, destroying the systems system's habitable worlds and leaving it barren past a certain point.
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* EscapePod: Red Chamber has a virtually forgotten one in the cargo bay [[spoiler:that Eda tricks Jun, with Remi, into going in]].
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* ReincarnationRomance: Helius and Terra, as StarCrossedLovers, were hoping for this if ''Melody of Starsong'' is to be believed. [[spoiler:If you pay close attention to descriptions, it's hinted Jun and Eda could be their reincarnations. Maybe.]]
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* SolarFlareDisaster:
** Expect this to happen every time the ship passes by Ignis, where no matter what, you ''will'' lose armor plates.
** Inverted in East Ocean, where being born during one is considered a ''good'' omen. Case in point: Jun was born during a rare solar flare storm, and while it disrupted satellites, it also caused many barren lumen caves to produce lumen again and thus brought prosperity to East Ocean that year.
** Expect this to happen every time the ship passes by Ignis, where no matter what, you ''will'' lose armor plates.
** Inverted in East Ocean, where being born during one is considered a ''good'' omen. Case in point: Jun was born during a rare solar flare storm, and while it disrupted satellites, it also caused many barren lumen caves to produce lumen again and thus brought prosperity to East Ocean that year.
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* StealthInSpace: Part of what makes Remi such a skilled pilot is her talent in keeping Red Chamber undetected by other ships. With that said, it's not always convenient, as more than once it means [[spoiler:completely cutting off communication with Jun to remain off the radar and abandoning him to his fate]].
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* DownerBeginning: Jun's first cave run ends with [[spoiler:Kay getting shot and him having to blow up his beloved ship]]. Things get a little better from there, but [[ForegoneConclusion not]] [[BittersweetEnding for long]].
* DubNameChange: Aside from a few characters, many names are different between the Chinese and Japanese versions, most prominently Jun (Ribaku in Japanese).
* DubNameChange: Aside from a few characters, many names are different between the Chinese and Japanese versions, most prominently Jun (Ribaku in Japanese).
* EvolvingTitleScreen: After playing the game, the title screen will show a combination of characters (different on each startup), who will [[spoiler:disappear into light]] if selected or if you continue from your autosave.
* FamilyOfChoice: Eda, Remi, and Jun--the former two being adoptive sisters, while the latter explicitly comes to see them as his family, equal to his clan in terms of importance.
* FamilyOfChoice: Eda, Remi, and Jun--the former two being adoptive sisters, while the latter explicitly comes to see them as his family, equal to his clan in terms of importance.
* HoldingHands: Subverted. At one point, Jun asks Eda to hold out her hand, only to take her wrist. With that said, he's actually doing an East Ocean-specific intimate gesture with her (albeit one that isn't inherently romantic). She's clearly disappointed. [[spoiler:It later becomes an implicit case of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, as he does take her hand... when they're fleeing for their lives.]]
* LaResistance: The Ring Liberation Front was one against the United Mining, with the unfortunate reality that most of them were forced into becoming pirates or mercenaries after the war. Many locations depict the aftermath of their fight against United Mining.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer establishes that Jun and Eda are torn apart, but suggests [[spoiler:it was because of a fight, with Eda's declaration that she wishes she'd never met him--a line with virtually the opposite connotations in actual context]].
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer establishes that Jun and Eda are torn apart, but suggests [[spoiler:it was because of a fight, with Eda's declaration that she wishes she'd never met him--a line with virtually the opposite connotations in actual context]].context. Similarly, Jun's spoken line in the trailer is, in the game, actually to ''Kay''. Presumably, this is to avoid spoiling the real reason Jun and Eda are separated.]]
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* RewatchBonus: The lumen-induced memories and lumen sprites aren't fully explained as you're playing, but once you're aware of the full mythology and the ending (and have the Myrian Inscription Decipherments to translate the dialogue, if you're willing), [[spoiler:it becomes clear on a subsequent playthrough that Helius and Terra's story is a parallel to Jun and Eda's, and that the sprites are connecting Eda and the elderly Jun]].
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* RewatchBonus: RewatchBonus:
** Thelumen-induced memories and lumen sprites aren't fully explained as you're playing, but once you're aware of the full mythology and the ending (and have the Myrian Inscription Decipherments will allow you to translate the dialogue, Lumen visions and sprite dialogue if you're willing), [[spoiler:it becomes clear on a willing, but it'll take you virtually the entire game to collect them all, meaning you can't do so until subsequent playthrough that Helius and Terra's story is playthroughs. That's for a parallel to Jun and Eda's, and that the good reason: [[spoiler:the Lumen sprites are connecting Eda a reflection of the characters' future thoughts, meaning they give away part of the ending.]]
** A minor case, but the CG of Kay swearing his UndyingLoyalty to Jun shows him and Jun grasping each other's wrist. As you don't learn about this gesture until late in theelderly Jun]].game, you won't realize that it's reaffirming Kay and Jun's vow that their lives are interwoven.
** The
** A minor case, but the CG of Kay swearing his UndyingLoyalty to Jun shows him and Jun grasping each other's wrist. As you don't learn about this gesture until late in the
* RunningGag: A somewhat dramatic example, but Jun blows up no fewer than three caves during the game, each for a different reason. This isn't lost on him.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''Melody of Starsong'' is an opera that the Red Chamber crew has the opportunity to watch (via separate acts) over the course of the game, featuring the story of Helius and Terra. Eda is a huge fan, Remi is indifferent, and Jun mostly remembers his time spent with Eda rather than the play itself if you have him watch it with her.
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** Jun will move more slowly on the map if he's carrying or pulling someone along, or when he's a old man using a cane to walk.
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* TimeSkip: TimeSkip:
** Over a year passes between Chapter 2 and Chapter 3.
** Chapter 5 ends with a skip of 66 years, returning to old Jun's time.
** Over a year passes between Chapter 2 and Chapter 3.
** Chapter 5 ends with a skip of 66 years, returning to old Jun's time.
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* ChildSoldiers: It's made clear, especially in Red's admonishments towards Eda, that the children of the Witching Tower were used for warfare.
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* CrapsackWorld: The system of Thousand Peaks is far from what one call idyllic. Still reeling from the after effects of the Lumen War. People are forced to live in space stations or asteroids as the only planets in the system are gas giants that orbit the incredibly temperamental star Ignis. Meanwhile, poverty is rampant while the United Mining Corporation rules with an ever increasing iron fist as they continuously exploit whatever recourses are available in the system. And all that is if you are a normal human. For witches things are even worse as they are increasingly being treated less and less human by those around them.
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* CrapsackWorld: The system of Thousand Peaks is far from what one call idyllic. Still reeling from the after effects of the Lumen War. People are forced to live in space stations or asteroids as the only planets in the system are gas giants that orbit the incredibly temperamental star Ignis. Meanwhile, poverty is rampant while the United Mining Corporation rules with an ever increasing iron fist as they continuously exploit whatever recourses resources are available in the system. And all that is if you are a normal human. For witches things are even worse as they are increasingly being treated less and less human by those around them.them.
* CultureClash: This comes up occasionally (also depending on player choices), with Jun being from the East Ocean and its differing values from Thousands Peaks.
* CultureClash: This comes up occasionally (also depending on player choices), with Jun being from the East Ocean and its differing values from Thousands Peaks.
* DysfunctionJunction: Each of the main cast has a DarkAndTroubledPast of some kind that fuels their motives today, whether it be Eda's abandonment issues, Jun and Remi's self-loathing, or Kay's embitterment towards the Lee clan.
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* FantasticRacism: There is significant bad blood between the residents of Thousand Peaks and the witches from their involvement in the Lumen War. Members of the faction were conscripted to accompany the United Mining Corporation during their campaigns. Their learned ability to locate and manipulate the element that powered the universe’s technology made them invaluable tools. The witches were scapegoated as the aggressive faction following the war by United Mining’s propaganda, giving those displaced by the war a target for their ire and are in general treated with distain and hostility.
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* FantasticRacism: FantasticRacism:
** There is significant bad blood between the residents of Thousand Peaks and the witches from their involvement in the Lumen War. Members of the faction were conscripted to accompany the United Mining Corporation during their campaigns. Their learned ability to locate and manipulate the element that powered the universe’s technology made them invaluable tools. The witches were scapegoated as the aggressive faction following the war by United Mining’s propaganda, giving those displaced by the war a target for their ire and are in general treated withdistain disdain and hostility.hostility.
** A much lesser example, and one considered by Kay as justified, is the Peakers' contempt towards those from East Ocean given that [[{{Hypocrite}} East Ocean promised they wouldn't surrender to United Mining but were the first to do so]].
** There is significant bad blood between the residents of Thousand Peaks and the witches from their involvement in the Lumen War. Members of the faction were conscripted to accompany the United Mining Corporation during their campaigns. Their learned ability to locate and manipulate the element that powered the universe’s technology made them invaluable tools. The witches were scapegoated as the aggressive faction following the war by United Mining’s propaganda, giving those displaced by the war a target for their ire and are in general treated with
** A much lesser example, and one considered by Kay as justified, is the Peakers' contempt towards those from East Ocean given that [[{{Hypocrite}} East Ocean promised they wouldn't surrender to United Mining but were the first to do so]].
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer establishes that Jun and Eda are torn apart, but suggests [[spoiler:it was because of a fight, with Eda's declaration that she wishes she'd never met him--a line with virtually the opposite connotations in actual context]].
* NoodleIncident: Jun notably keeps the details of his time in [[RedLightDistrict Taoyuan]] sparse.
-->''Some memories are best not spoken.''
-->''Some memories are best not spoken.''
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* RewatchBonus: The lumen-induced memories and lumen sprites aren't fully explained as you're playing, but once you're aware of the full mythology and the ending, [[spoiler:it becomes clear on a subsequent playthrough that Helius and Terra's story is a parallel to Jun and Eda's, and that the sprites are connecting Eda and the elderly Jun]].
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* RewatchBonus: The lumen-induced memories and lumen sprites aren't fully explained as you're playing, but once you're aware of the full mythology and the ending, ending (and have the Myrian Inscription Decipherments to translate the dialogue, if you're willing), [[spoiler:it becomes clear on a subsequent playthrough that Helius and Terra's story is a parallel to Jun and Eda's, and that the sprites are connecting Eda and the elderly Jun]].
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The Bones Brigade is made up of former members of the Ring Liberation Front, who fought against United Mining and continue to do so. They were forced into piracy after the war, with nowhere else to go, but they're still regarded as war heroes in the eyes of many.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Lumenside, one of the central resources that lots of factions are after and is only found in old sacred asteroid ruins. It can take the form of a gas, liquid or solid and is primarily used for fuel but also seems to have other uses. It can also cause hallucinations and according to Eda seems to have a consciousness or will.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
** When you upgrade your ship's fuel/armor/exploration capacity, the game will also provide you with free resources to cover the increased capacity.
** If you make a mistake and end up with zero ship armor (aka what would be a Game Over in most games, as it means you're dead), the game will simply restart from before your decision without you having to reload.
** Eventually, due to storyline reasons, the Red Chamber crew will be in the Lumen Assocation's good graces, meaning that if you run out of fuel (at least within their territory), being rescued is no longer a matter of RNG. In particular, this coincides with the point in the game that you're expected to explore more freely, making it less stressful to wander off-course.
* AppliedPhlebotinum:Lumenside, Lumenide, one of the central resources that lots of factions are after and is only found in old sacred asteroid ruins. It can take the form of a gas, liquid or solid and is primarily used for fuel but also seems to have other uses. It can also cause hallucinations and according to Eda seems to have a consciousness or will.will.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The BlueBlood Lee clan, torn apart by internal power struggles between its many sons, which is only fueled by how the clan as a whole is in decline. Kay sees Jun as the WhiteSheep and its only hope for a better future.
** When you upgrade your ship's fuel/armor/exploration capacity, the game will also provide you with free resources to cover the increased capacity.
** If you make a mistake and end up with zero ship armor (aka what would be a Game Over in most games, as it means you're dead), the game will simply restart from before your decision without you having to reload.
** Eventually, due to storyline reasons, the Red Chamber crew will be in the Lumen Assocation's good graces, meaning that if you run out of fuel (at least within their territory), being rescued is no longer a matter of RNG. In particular, this coincides with the point in the game that you're expected to explore more freely, making it less stressful to wander off-course.
* AppliedPhlebotinum:
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The BlueBlood Lee clan, torn apart by internal power struggles between its many sons, which is only fueled by how the clan as a whole is in decline. Kay sees Jun as the WhiteSheep and its only hope for a better future.
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: Downplayed, as Jun is still alive and the nature of the FramingDevice means that most of the cast would've inevitably died from old age anyway, but [[spoiler:Kay dies, Red was DeadAllAlong, Eda almost certainly dies young on Phoenix, Ruchell and Bones go MIA during the timeskip, and Remi passes away peacefully shortly before the present]].
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: Downplayed, as Jun is still alive and the nature of the FramingDevice means that most of the cast would've inevitably died from old age anyway, but [[spoiler:Kay dies, Red was DeadAllAlong, Eda almost certainly dies young on Phoenix, Ruchell Rushell and Bones go MIA during the timeskip, and Remi passes away peacefully shortly before the present]].
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* MagicMusic: The song used by Lumen Witches such as Eda is used to locate sources of Lumenside and can also be recorded by runners to be used to operate various Lumenside powered devices.
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* RiseToTheChallenge: [[spoiler:Banshee is in fact a giant trap meant to lure grave robbers and once the trap is sprung it will cause the entire interior to flood with Lumenside forcing those inside to hurry upwards to try and get away. And unfortunately, Jun and Eda set it off]].
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* RewatchBonus: The lumen-induced memories and lumen sprites aren't fully explained as you're playing, but once you're aware of the full mythology and the ending, [[spoiler:it becomes clear on a subsequent playthrough that Helius and Terra's story is a parallel to Jun and Eda's, and that the sprites are connecting Eda and the elderly Jun]].
* RiseToTheChallenge: [[spoiler:Banshee is in fact a giant trap meant to lure grave robbers and once the trap is sprung it will cause the entire interior to flood withLumenside Lumenide forcing those inside to hurry upwards to try and get away. And unfortunately, Jun and Eda set it off]].
* RiseToTheChallenge: [[spoiler:Banshee is in fact a giant trap meant to lure grave robbers and once the trap is sprung it will cause the entire interior to flood with
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* AfterTheEnd: Downplayed. It was a war, not the apocalypse, but nevertheless, most of the setting is told through the ravaged aftermath of conflict.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The Red Chamber's cargo bay doubles as an escape pod. It first comes up when Eda tells Jun to use it before they [[spoiler:head for Phoenix]], knowing that if he accompanies them then he may never return to his clan. He says no. [[spoiler:It's used later when Eda forcefully ejects Jun and Remi to save their lives.]]
** Lumen itself, as while the game deliberately leaves its exact nature ambiguous to the player, we do receive the occasional explanation of what it does such as [[spoiler:connecting emotions across time, granting Eda and Jun the ability to feel each other's presence in the final chapter despite being separated by decades]].
** The Red Chamber's cargo bay doubles as an escape pod. It first comes up when Eda tells Jun to use it before they [[spoiler:head for Phoenix]], knowing that if he accompanies them then he may never return to his clan. He says no. [[spoiler:It's used later when Eda forcefully ejects Jun and Remi to save their lives.]]
** Lumen itself, as while the game deliberately leaves its exact nature ambiguous to the player, we do receive the occasional explanation of what it does such as [[spoiler:connecting emotions across time, granting Eda and Jun the ability to feel each other's presence in the final chapter despite being separated by decades]].
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:After Kay dies, the next course of action is to arrange for his body to be sent back to the East Ocean.]]
* EverybodyDiesEnding: Downplayed, as Jun is still alive and the nature of the FramingDevice means that most of the cast would've inevitably died from old age anyway, but [[spoiler:Kay dies, Red was DeadAllAlong, Eda almost certainly dies young on Phoenix, Ruchell and Bones go MIA during the timeskip, and Remi passes away peacefully shortly before the present]].
* EverybodyDiesEnding: Downplayed, as Jun is still alive and the nature of the FramingDevice means that most of the cast would've inevitably died from old age anyway, but [[spoiler:Kay dies, Red was DeadAllAlong, Eda almost certainly dies young on Phoenix, Ruchell and Bones go MIA during the timeskip, and Remi passes away peacefully shortly before the present]].
* ForegoneConclusion:
** Invoked. Since the story is Jun narrating his life, he can't die in the "past". Any actions that the player takes that result in his death are presented as Jun misremembering how things went and thus forcing the player to try again, rather than granting a game over.
** Jun's regrets as an old man make it clear that something happens to separate him and Eda. The main plot is learning how this came to be.
** Invoked. Since the story is Jun narrating his life, he can't die in the "past". Any actions that the player takes that result in his death are presented as Jun misremembering how things went and thus forcing the player to try again, rather than granting a game over.
** Jun's regrets as an old man make it clear that something happens to separate him and Eda. The main plot is learning how this came to be.
* InterfaceSpoiler: Only Eda, Remi, and Jun have message inboxes, [[spoiler:suggesting Kay doesn't stay with the crew. And considering his fierce loyalty towards Jun, he clearly won't leave of his own volition...]]
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* NoAntagonist: The game has no real antagonistic force for the characters. Even the United Mining Corporation is more of an oppressive presence than something actively antagonistic. The real threat is really the characters characters' own personal demons.demons.
* NostalgicNarrator: The story takes place through Jun looking back on his past, with many game descriptions reflecting this. For instance, one location notes in the interface that this is the cave he remembers the most clearly, being where [[spoiler:Kay dies]].
* OhCrap:
** When Jun and Eda set off the Lumen Ziggurat, mistakenly thinking they're only opening a gate.
** A decidedly dark version when Jun and Eda read the final mural in [[spoiler:Banshee]], realizing that this isn't a tomb for Terra but [[spoiler:a deadly trap for would-be grave robbers]]. Jun's narration notes that he can still remember the chilling writing, even years later.
* NostalgicNarrator: The story takes place through Jun looking back on his past, with many game descriptions reflecting this. For instance, one location notes in the interface that this is the cave he remembers the most clearly, being where [[spoiler:Kay dies]].
* OhCrap:
** When Jun and Eda set off the Lumen Ziggurat, mistakenly thinking they're only opening a gate.
** A decidedly dark version when Jun and Eda read the final mural in [[spoiler:Banshee]], realizing that this isn't a tomb for Terra but [[spoiler:a deadly trap for would-be grave robbers]]. Jun's narration notes that he can still remember the chilling writing, even years later.
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** The Red Chamber crew isn't with United Mining, meaning that if you as a player try approaching any of their locations, you're almost certainly going to run into trouble with varying degrees of avoidability.
** If you run out of fuel mid-flight, are within the territory of the Lumen Association, and are at the point where the Red Chamber is in the good graces of said organization, they'll respond accordingly and even give you some fuel on top of rescuing you.
** Jun will move more slowly on the map if he's carrying or pulling someone along, or when he's a old man using a cane to walk.
** As noted under ForegoneConclusion, Jun and co. can't meet an untimely demise, since the present day already establishes that couldn't happen. Therefore, there are no actual game overs; anything that leads to a party wipeout via player choices will have Jun backtrack on his narration, so to speak.
** The Red Chamber crew isn't with United Mining, meaning that if you as a player try approaching any of their locations, you're almost certainly going to run into trouble with varying degrees of avoidability.
** If you run out of fuel mid-flight, are within the territory of the Lumen Association, and are at the point where the Red Chamber is in the good graces of said organization, they'll respond accordingly and even give you some fuel on top of rescuing you.
** Jun will move more slowly on the map if he's carrying or pulling someone along, or when he's a old man using a cane to walk.
** As noted under ForegoneConclusion, Jun and co. can't meet an untimely demise, since the present day already establishes that couldn't happen. Therefore, there are no actual game overs; anything that leads to a party wipeout via player choices will have Jun backtrack on his narration, so to speak.
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* FishbowlHelmet: The various spacesuits shown all make use of the classic fishbowl look in order to make characters faces as visible as possible to the player.
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Amongst his travels he encounters a witch named Edalune and discovers she had been feed false intel about a cave somewhere in the system. Not wanting to sit idly by while she walks into a trap, he saves her and her cranky crewmate Remi, before deciding to join her crew as their goals align.
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* ShipTease: As the game progresses, it's increasingly obvious that Jun and Eda have developed more than platonic feelings for one another with Eda in particular worried that Jun is gonna leave her behind and [[spoiler:Jun at one point stating that meeting Eda was one of the best things to ever happen to him.]]
** [[spoiler:The most explicit scene comes after Jun has been saved from a cave collapse and is resting in the greenhouse of the Red Chamber. After a brief conversation, Jun and Eda begin moving closer together and... Remi [[MomentKiller activates the sprinkler system, soaking both of them before anything can happen]]]].
** [[spoiler:The most explicit scene comes after Jun has been saved from a cave collapse and is resting in the greenhouse of the Red Chamber. After a brief conversation, Jun and Eda begin moving closer together and... Remi [[MomentKiller activates the sprinkler system, soaking both of them before anything can happen]]]].
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series. The games mostly focus on the developing relationship between the two main leads as they overcome the obstacles in their way with Echo of Starsong being the most successful game to date.
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->''Should we find each other in the next life, let us live on a planet of our own. I will plant flowers among the valleys and sing for you into old age and death''
-->--'''God Prime Terra Melody of Starsong, Act 2'''
-->--'''God Prime Terra Melody of Starsong, Act 2'''
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* LuckBasedMission: In some parts of the game there is an element of luck on whether or not you will succeed in a certain task. These changes can be boosted more in your favor with certain upgrades and items, but due to the games autosave feature it also means that you won't get a second chance if things don't go your way.
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''OPUS: Echo of Starsong'' is an AdventureGame with elements of a SpaceOpera developed by SIGONO INC. and is the third entry in the OPUS series.
The game opens with an old man named Jun Lee, a noble of the East Ocean system, reminiscing of his past while visiting some old ruins. A time 66 years ago when he was a young man who had been exiled from his clan after having slighted the Emperor and was now traveling across the planetary system of Thousand Peaks alongside his mentor, Kay Volan, for undiscovered Lumen Caves to restore his name.
Amongst his travels he encounters a witch named Edalune and discovers she had been feed false intel about a cave somewhere in the system. Not wanting to sit idly by while she walks into a trap, he saves her and her cranky crewmate Remi, before deciding to join her crew as their goals align.
!!OPUS: Echo of Starsong provides examples of:
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Lumenside, one of the central resources that lots of factions are after and is only found in old sacred asteroid ruins. It can take the form of a gas, liquid or solid and is primarily used for fuel but also seems to have other uses. It can also cause hallucinations and according to Eda seems to have a consciousness or will.
* BirdsOfAFeather: A big reason to why Jun and Eda are so attracted to each other is that they share a lot in common. Both are outcasts from their respective societies, both have traumas relating to their mentors and both are suffering from serious self esteem issues.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Leans more towards the bitter end, but Jun manages to find the remains of the Red Chamber within his lifetime and finds that even in death, Eda managed to keep her promise of letting him see the fields of flowers of her homeworld]].
* CentralTheme: According to the developer "Behind the scenes", the theme of the game is "Finding yourself". A theme seen most clearly with Eda as she struggles with who she wants to be.
* CometOfDoom: [[spoiler:Banshee, the comet hidden in Thousand Peaks outer rim that orbits a black hole and that Red was supposed to investigate when she vanished as well as the one that destroyed the black hole monitoring station. Additionally, it has an eerie starsong tied to it that drove one man to near madness and that even Eda was unnerved by. And worse, the thing is not a true shrine but a giant trap dedicated to the god of the abyss, the black hole Excidium, meant to ensnare would be grave plunderers]].
* CrapsackWorld: The system of Thousand Peaks is far from what one call idyllic. Still reeling from the after effects of the Lumen War. People are forced to live in space stations or asteroids as the only planets in the system are gas giants that orbit the incredibly temperamental star Ignis. Meanwhile, poverty is rampant while the United Mining Corporation rules with an ever increasing iron fist as they continuously exploit whatever recourses are available in the system. And all that is if you are a normal human. For witches things are even worse as they are increasingly being treated less and less human by those around them.
* CuttingTheKnot: [[spoiler:When faced with a cave obscured by a debris field, instead of weaving through it like the Red Chamber crew did, the United Mining convoy simply starts blasting the whole thing to kingdom come]].
* FantasticRacism: There is significant bad blood between the regular humans and the witches and with the witches being the losers of the Lumen War, they are in general treated with disdain.
* GreatOffscreenWar: The Lumen War, a giant war between numerous factions in order to gain control of the resource known as Lumeside. After several years, the United Mining Corporation managed to eventually claim a decisive victory. [[spoiler:Then in-between the chapter 5 and the epilogue there was the Second Lumen War, though details of it are never revealed]].
* InMediasRes: The game opens with an old Jun reminiscing of his past before jumping 66 years back into the past [[spoiler:before then jumping back to the present during the final chapter]].
* MagicMusic: The song used by Lumen Witches such as Eda is used to locate sources of Lumenside and can also be recorded by runners to be used to operate various Lumenside powered devices.
* MegaCorp: The United Mining Corporation. After they won the Lumen War they basically have a monopoly over Thousand Peaks and even acts as a sort of corporate government over the whole solar system.
* OurWitchesAreDifferent: The witches of this setting primarily act as human radars, being able to track sources of Lumen though song. They are trained from a young age at the Lumen association and study a religion based around the stars and planets of the system.
* PoliceBrutality: While only police by a technicality, the men of United Mining loves to employ JackBauerInterrogationTechnique's and the like to those caught even when they are only allowed to do so ''after'' they have been read what they are arrested for.
* RiseToTheChallenge: [[spoiler:Banshee is in fact a giant trap meant to lure grave robbers and once the trap is sprung it will cause the entire interior to flood with Lumenside forcing those inside to hurry upwards to try and get away. And unfortunately, Jun and Eda set it off]].
* SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty: The technology and vessels of the United Mining Corporation have a noticeably boxy and dirty aesthetic to them, compare this with the Myrian technology that despite being in ruins, looks clean and shiny while incorporation plenty of circular motifs.
* SpaceIsNoisy: This trope ends up actively invoked in the Lumen Ziggurat where Eda instructs Jun to release as much Lumen as is available so that she can use it as a medium for her song in the vacuum of space.
* ThatsNoMoon: In the Lumen Ziggurat, Jun and Eda try to open what they believe to be a gate only for them to realize that what they just activated was actually the old ruins core. And they are standing right in front of it.
* TimeSkip: Chapter 5 ends with a skip of 66 years, returning to old Jun's time.
* UnspecifiedApocalypse: Digging through the lore reveals that some kind of massive disaster happened far in Thousand Peaks past. What that was is never revealed, but it caused the system to go from ten planets to just the four gas giants that remain.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Although the game is generous enough that you actively have to work for it, it is fully possible to screw yourself over by going somewhere and not paying attention to the remaining fuel aboard the Red Chamber, leaving you stuck with no way to progress.
* {{Utsuge}}: Echo of Starsong is a game focusing on a cast of flawed characters all struggling with emotional trauma with plenty of tears and heartbreak along the way.
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The game opens with an old man named Jun Lee, a noble of the East Ocean system, reminiscing of his past while visiting some old ruins. A time 66 years ago when he was a young man who had been exiled from his clan after having slighted the Emperor and was now traveling across the planetary system of Thousand Peaks alongside his mentor, Kay Volan, for undiscovered Lumen Caves to restore his name.
Amongst his travels he encounters a witch named Edalune and discovers she had been feed false intel about a cave somewhere in the system. Not wanting to sit idly by while she walks into a trap, he saves her and her cranky crewmate Remi, before deciding to join her crew as their goals align.
!!OPUS: Echo of Starsong provides examples of:
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Lumenside, one of the central resources that lots of factions are after and is only found in old sacred asteroid ruins. It can take the form of a gas, liquid or solid and is primarily used for fuel but also seems to have other uses. It can also cause hallucinations and according to Eda seems to have a consciousness or will.
* BirdsOfAFeather: A big reason to why Jun and Eda are so attracted to each other is that they share a lot in common. Both are outcasts from their respective societies, both have traumas relating to their mentors and both are suffering from serious self esteem issues.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Leans more towards the bitter end, but Jun manages to find the remains of the Red Chamber within his lifetime and finds that even in death, Eda managed to keep her promise of letting him see the fields of flowers of her homeworld]].
* CentralTheme: According to the developer "Behind the scenes", the theme of the game is "Finding yourself". A theme seen most clearly with Eda as she struggles with who she wants to be.
* CometOfDoom: [[spoiler:Banshee, the comet hidden in Thousand Peaks outer rim that orbits a black hole and that Red was supposed to investigate when she vanished as well as the one that destroyed the black hole monitoring station. Additionally, it has an eerie starsong tied to it that drove one man to near madness and that even Eda was unnerved by. And worse, the thing is not a true shrine but a giant trap dedicated to the god of the abyss, the black hole Excidium, meant to ensnare would be grave plunderers]].
* CrapsackWorld: The system of Thousand Peaks is far from what one call idyllic. Still reeling from the after effects of the Lumen War. People are forced to live in space stations or asteroids as the only planets in the system are gas giants that orbit the incredibly temperamental star Ignis. Meanwhile, poverty is rampant while the United Mining Corporation rules with an ever increasing iron fist as they continuously exploit whatever recourses are available in the system. And all that is if you are a normal human. For witches things are even worse as they are increasingly being treated less and less human by those around them.
* CuttingTheKnot: [[spoiler:When faced with a cave obscured by a debris field, instead of weaving through it like the Red Chamber crew did, the United Mining convoy simply starts blasting the whole thing to kingdom come]].
* FantasticRacism: There is significant bad blood between the regular humans and the witches and with the witches being the losers of the Lumen War, they are in general treated with disdain.
* GreatOffscreenWar: The Lumen War, a giant war between numerous factions in order to gain control of the resource known as Lumeside. After several years, the United Mining Corporation managed to eventually claim a decisive victory. [[spoiler:Then in-between the chapter 5 and the epilogue there was the Second Lumen War, though details of it are never revealed]].
* InMediasRes: The game opens with an old Jun reminiscing of his past before jumping 66 years back into the past [[spoiler:before then jumping back to the present during the final chapter]].
* MagicMusic: The song used by Lumen Witches such as Eda is used to locate sources of Lumenside and can also be recorded by runners to be used to operate various Lumenside powered devices.
* MegaCorp: The United Mining Corporation. After they won the Lumen War they basically have a monopoly over Thousand Peaks and even acts as a sort of corporate government over the whole solar system.
* OurWitchesAreDifferent: The witches of this setting primarily act as human radars, being able to track sources of Lumen though song. They are trained from a young age at the Lumen association and study a religion based around the stars and planets of the system.
* PoliceBrutality: While only police by a technicality, the men of United Mining loves to employ JackBauerInterrogationTechnique's and the like to those caught even when they are only allowed to do so ''after'' they have been read what they are arrested for.
* RiseToTheChallenge: [[spoiler:Banshee is in fact a giant trap meant to lure grave robbers and once the trap is sprung it will cause the entire interior to flood with Lumenside forcing those inside to hurry upwards to try and get away. And unfortunately, Jun and Eda set it off]].
* SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty: The technology and vessels of the United Mining Corporation have a noticeably boxy and dirty aesthetic to them, compare this with the Myrian technology that despite being in ruins, looks clean and shiny while incorporation plenty of circular motifs.
* SpaceIsNoisy: This trope ends up actively invoked in the Lumen Ziggurat where Eda instructs Jun to release as much Lumen as is available so that she can use it as a medium for her song in the vacuum of space.
* ThatsNoMoon: In the Lumen Ziggurat, Jun and Eda try to open what they believe to be a gate only for them to realize that what they just activated was actually the old ruins core. And they are standing right in front of it.
* TimeSkip: Chapter 5 ends with a skip of 66 years, returning to old Jun's time.
* UnspecifiedApocalypse: Digging through the lore reveals that some kind of massive disaster happened far in Thousand Peaks past. What that was is never revealed, but it caused the system to go from ten planets to just the four gas giants that remain.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Although the game is generous enough that you actively have to work for it, it is fully possible to screw yourself over by going somewhere and not paying attention to the remaining fuel aboard the Red Chamber, leaving you stuck with no way to progress.
* {{Utsuge}}: Echo of Starsong is a game focusing on a cast of flawed characters all struggling with emotional trauma with plenty of tears and heartbreak along the way.
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