Opus: Echo Of Starsong - Beginner Tips
Opus: Echo of Starsongis a visual novel and exploration game from SIGONO, and another entry in their acclaimed series of science-fiction dramas. It follows the exploits of Jun through his memories of a galactic mining rush, time spent with the space witch Eda, and the fortunes and tragedies that visited them throughout life.
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Opus is driven by both interactive visual novel elements and exploration, through map exploration, resource hunting, and walk-around puzzles. The multiple levels of interaction mean Opus has a more in-depth gameplay experience than many visual novels, and needing some pointers on where to start is not unexpected.
The choices in the main narrative path are generally about how the characters interact in the moment, along with the potential to earn us resources and memories to unlock. The main plot itself proceeds along one path, and shouldn't cause you to overthink the choice. In the same way, losing your life takes you to your last autosave as Jun, now elderly, clearly recalls that that is not what actually happened.
The choices that occur in the optional explorations are similar, having little impact on how the characters interact. They're more an opportunity to earn rewards and memories, along with shaping how you envision Jun and Eda's histories.
Choices in encounters with pirates and other groups looking to attack rely on the mechanic of either the resilience of your ship (level of armor plating) or your ability to scramble signals. Using the signal scrambler is the potentially riskier option, but may avoid any damage at all. It activates a chance minigame that pits your scrambler's number range against a fixed challenge number. Your scanner then
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