Echo Night 2: Nemuri no Shihaisha[a] is a 1999 survival horror first-person adventure video game developed and published by FromSoftware for the PlayStation.[1] It is the second game in the Echo Night series. While it shares common elements with Echo Night, Echo Night 2 takes place in its own timeline.
| Echo Night 2: The Lord of Nightmares | |
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| Developer(s) | FromSoftware |
| Publisher(s) | FromSoftware |
| Director(s) | Akinori Kaneko |
| Producer(s) | Toshifumi Nabeshima |
| Programmer(s) | Akinori Kaneko |
| Artist(s) | Masahiro Kajita |
| Writer(s) | Toshifumi Nabeshima Eiji Matsumoto Hiroyasu Sugiyama |
| Series | Echo Night |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
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| Genre(s) | First-person adventure Survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Story
editThe game is set in an old Gothic manor house.[2]
Gameplay
editLike the first game, Echo Night 2 is played from a first-person perspective. However, unlike most other first-person games, there is no use of firearms in the game. When confronted by a ghost, the player must turn on the lights in the room by means of a light switch. The player is often transported into the past via the passengers or certain objects. Once the player fulfills a task important to a spirit, they will vanish and drop an "Astral Piece" which can be used to get a different ending scene.
Release
editThe game was released for the Sony PlayStation on August 5, 1999, and published by FromSoftware.[1] It was released only in Japan.[3]
In 2007, it was re-released for the PlayStation Network in Japan.[4]
In 2015, an English language fan translation was released.[5]
Reception
editJapanese gaming publication Famitsu gave it a score of 32 out of 40.[1]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "エコーナイト#2 眠りの支配者 [PS] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "TGS '99: Tokyo Game Show 1999". Gamers' Republic (13): 36. June 1999.
- ^ "Replay – Echo Night". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ Gantayat, Anoop (2007-10-10). "Sony Doubling Archive Output in Japan". IGN. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ "Echo Night #2: Nemuri no Shihaisha". ROMhacking.net. Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-07-25.