How ECHO NIGHT Defined FROM SOFTWARE’s Iconic Storytelling Style
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2024
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Before FromSoftware entered their golden Age with their highly influential lineup of Action RPGs Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, they’ve been around for a while. In this video, we’re going to dig up a genuine black sheep of their early PS1 days, an experimental aberration of their otherwise more action-oriented lineup, Echo Night is an unabashedly Japanese take on the western adventure game. A chilling mystery/horror puzzler that displays many of the hallmarks that FromSoftware’s famously cryptic, asymmetric and shrouded-in-mystery type of storytelling, raw and uncut.
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Daniel Kurland - [Retrospective] The ‘Echo Night’ Games Were ‘Fatal Frame’ Before ‘Fatal Frame’
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Credits
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Original Script: @MichaelSaba
Music
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TheStoryShop - Suspense
Contains Music from the following soundtracks:
Dark Souls, Echo Night, Echo Night 2: The Lord of Nightmares
Gameplay Credits
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World-of-Longplays - PSX Longplay [056] King's Field (Played By: Deskawa)
GetRektNoob - All Shinobi Execution in Main/Story Bosses ( ALL FINISHING MOVES ) - Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
Boss Fight Database - Bloodborne: All Bosses (1080p)
World-of-Longplays - PSX Longplay - Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins (Played by: Spazbo4)
10min Gameplay - Armored Core ... (PS1)
“...undeniably a From Software game.”
*clip of a character laughing ominously*
The Dark humour in fromsoftwaregames needs it's own highlighr reel.
Pretty accurate I say
*sees feet*
"...undeniably a From Software game."
FromSoft has such a good touch for aesthetics. Also, that mishmash of western and eastern influences gives their games such an unique feel.
Too be fair a lot of Japanese game studios combine eastern and western cultures.
Their aesthetic is heavily inspired by the manga Berserk. You should check it out if you like Dark Souls visuals, the creator was a master of his craft. It blends eastern and western, and you will recognize a lot of things since you played the games, they're full of Berserk easter eggs and visual references.
YES!! They do it better than any other developer I’ve seen.
This game...wow. Along with Final Fantasy VII, they are both games I watched my mother play when I was very young. She used it to practice her English and taught me to read before starting school. Hearing that theme gave me a Ratatouille moment where I felt swept away to a moment I haven't thought of in well over a decade. Thank you.
It's somewhat refreshing to see such a positive take on this game. Grimbeard and ThorHighHeels were quite less forgving. Also I have to address that Armored Core (especially the first one) had ASTONISHING atmosphere, in fact I'd say it was more atmospheric than Echo Night, which might sound strange unless you've played it: there is something to the quietness that ensues as you stop moving your mech and look around the pitch blackness of a forest, or the empty streets of an underground city that you have to cause chaos in. It's a really strange feeling, especially when you count in the ps1 3D graphics that add dreamlike surreal look to what would otherwise be a militaristic action game - it feels quite unlike anything I've played, tbh. It's definetely more than just "lightning fast and relentless" action game - the final mission alone feels like Gundam as directed by David Lynch.
The first Armored Core was not only one of the best Mecha games ever, it had a staggering amount of content for its time. Also, I am glad I am not alone in thinking that game had such a unique and engrossing atmosphere.
Interesting take, many games from 90's era are full of this air of mystique in them
I honestly thought their reviews were pretty fair, more falling into the "we can dig it but can get why other people can't" camp. This is pretty much one entry in a long line of old experimental FromSoftware titles that only really appeal to a specific audience. You could say that it's one of the grandfathers of the "walking simulator" genre, not quite action-adventure or horror but a separate beast that doesn't exactly play the best because nothing like it had really been done before.
Wow, that's impressive, I haven't watched this particular ThorHighHeels video but to think that he would be harsh on an obscure PS1 game was something inconceivable to me. I love his channel, but every video of his is him just playing a really bad/busted old game and reaching for reasons to like it
I'd say most the AC's up till the end of the ps2 titles had extremely atmospheric worlds and dark stories/tone. The environmental/background story telling they and many other FROM games did were things the souls games expanded on later.
I came from Tenchu. Had the demo that came with the Playstation. I love that demo cd. It had soul reaver, Metal gear solid (japanese audio), medievil, Spyro the dragon, test drive 5 and also had the Intro for Parasite Eve.
Talk about walking down the memory lane.
I... I think I have that disc somewhere?...
I had that one too, along with many others including one of the first that had Armored Core 1 , Croc and Intelligence Qube on it. Great times, the nineties. Probably the last golden age of video games honestly...
Acquire developed Tenchu 1 and 2, and Tenchu Wrath of Heaven is not developed by From Software either. It was developed by K2 LLC and published by From Software only in Japan. Activision published it in Europe and USA. Same for Fatal Shadows and Tenchu Z.
My very first FromSoftware game was actually Echo Night: Beyond but I was too young to get into it with how slow and different it was from other games I played at the time which had action and dialogue progressed story elements. I thought it was a one off title though and had no idea it was part of a trilogy so I'm super happy I stumbled across this awesome video, thank you so much! My Mom and I used to play things like Resident Evil or Silent Hill together in the dark and we just made plans to split the cost of a physical copy of this game to play together once this pandemic is over (she's immunocompromised) on her PS2. Thanks again, man. We're both really looking forward to playing a classic together again! :D
I hope you & your mom got to enjoy the game together!
yes, PLEASE cover kuon!
ya his horror videos are my fav so would love to see kuon.
Is it odd that I remember the Sugoroku (Japanese Backgammon clone) minigame the most from that game? That was a lot of fun. That and the really freaky song, like something out of the Japanese horror film One Missed Call. The gameplay may not have been the most memorable but the atmosphere undoubtedly was.
+1
I have a childhood memory of seeing Kuon at a Mexican fleamarket and was like "Hmm is that a new or old Fatal Frame game?"
Nice, Kuon is great
Me, a minute in: “FROMSOFT MADE ARMORED CORE??? AND METAL WOLF CHAOS????”
I know, I spat my goddamn coke at that! Holy shit! XD
That was me too but with tenchu
And Chromehounds
@@lordzaibek5292 Technically just an armored core spinoff, but more MechWarrior and less Gundam.
~Crys quietly in Armored Core~
4:53 "Echo night is still unmistakably a Fromsoft title." (NPC giggles mysteriously at you) Hmm, yep. That seems familiar.
I always forget that Fromsoft made anything before Demon's Souls, even though I tried to play a couple of them years before Soulsborne was a thing. I was terrible at them. Anyways, yes, I'd love to see more videos on their back catalogue.
Here's when you realise how important the community is. You start playing Dark Souls and you die over and over again. Normally you would be like "fuck it, I'm playing something else", but then you see all this people praising the game, and how challenging it is, and talking about the lore, and you think "I'll give it another try".
You can see that happen in a bunch of let's plays, the player is irritated and frustrated by the... general clunkiness, but all the comments are like "Keep trying! It's worth it! It's part of the experience" and then when the game is over the player can't wait to play the next souls game. You also see people playing the game because they're interested in the lore (something that's only possible because of the community).
On the other hand you have all this "unknown" games (even Demon's Souls was part of this list for a while), where you start playing, you're terrible at them and go "Ok, I'll play something else" and there's no one encouraging you to keep trying.
@@BATTIS94 Honestly a big part of that is that their older games simply don't have fun gameplay/controls, sure some of the gameplay mechanics can be neat (with many of them getting refined in the souls games) and the worlds fascinating, but if you thought the souls games were clunky it's nothing compared to how bad the older games could get, where the souls games can get really fun once you pretty much reprogram yourself, the older games sometimes just didn't.
That's pretty much the reason I stopped playing Eternal Ring, the controls were that bad, movement was miserably slow (oh but you could move faster if you went diagonal!), movement and aiming weren't done with the analog sticks (these were outdated controls even before the PS2) and looking up and down was a chore for a first person game. I remember the EXACT moment I stopped playing, when it demanded I fight Lizards (who you have to look down to hit) and flying bugs (who you have to look up to hit) with controls not absolutely not designed for it.
So yeah, not sure how much it applies to their other games, only other one I played was Ninja Blade which I actually really liked, but there's a reason people don't talk much about their older games unfortunately.
"Oh cool, Ragnar is talking about one of those hidden gems that happened only once..."
*Finds out that there are 3 games and the third one is set IN SPACE*
...
Auaehoaeuhoaeuha
Sadly, Echo Night Beyond was the only one I ever even heard of. So this video is already quite a treat.
With a gravely voice he narrated a thrilling tale of a game i've never heard of before. Excellent!
2:03
Elden Ring 2020
Hah, I wish.
according to preorder sites, will release december 2020, but will probably be delayed because of everything going on
@@victorbitencourt9481 If it says something like 12/31/2020, that's just a placeholder date. It still doesn't have a confirmed release date. Not even an estimation of what year it'll come out.
:(
fkn end me
fromsoft is one of the last big game companies with creative vision.
Considering how they bent over backwards to make the same game without improving the gameplay much for 10 years, no.
They HAD creative vision back in their armored core days.
@@ImranAhmad-rz5oz Have you actually played any of the souls games?
@@ImranAhmad-rz5oz I guess you must think the souls games are universally loved for no reason then
I disagree, they only make one kind of game now, yeah they're good games, but it's like saying the Assassin Creed games are all creative or the call of duty games are.
They are innovative in what they make but they only make"souls games"
"Dark Souls is the Echo Night of RPG games" - IGN
A little something for everyone
Ah yes, my mothers favourite game.
I remember to this day when I was 5 or 6 and watched her play on good old ps1.
This is the title that pulled her into vast world of gaming, we still talk about this one after all these years.
I love From's eerie artistic tastes. Echo Night looks incredible.
None of the classic Tenchu were developed by From Software, they just end up with the IP eventually.
Exactly.
That's right, I was thinking Tenchu was developed by Activision not From, this is FAKE NEWS.
@@mattcarter6559 no need for that, seriously.
@@mattcarter6559 it wasn't even Activision either, they just published the games before FromSoft. Acquire made the first two and Shadow Assassins and the rest are basically all K2 LLC
Years ago at the end of the PS2's lifespan I went on a shopping spree trying to get every horror game ever released on the console.
Your channel is like a greatest hits of my horror game collection. I love it. These are some real gems you are choosing to cover. So many great horror titles on the PS2.
I cant believe I'm seeing echo night!! Man that brings back memories of my childhood hiding scared of that girl ghost😭😂
You might be interested to know that the developers that worked on Armored Core worked on a game called DemonxMachina for the Nintendo Switch.
You could consider it a spiritual sucessor of AC it contains many of the game play mechanics from that series. I recommend it if you are craving a good mech game again.
Loved the fact that Fromsoft has always been great at their game mechanics, but gradually improves their narrative skills overtime. I believe the next step would be blurring the lines between the two even more
Speaking about Kuon, I remember watching my older friends played It on their ps2 way back, and while I don't understand the plot or anything, I still recalled the sense of haunting and horror that it had, and the similar vibe it had with Fatal Frame, a game I considered at the time the scariest game ever. If you could cover Kuon in the future (next) that would be great
"what's the very first thing that comes to mind when you think of the japanese game developer from software"
Cookies & Cream
Echo Night is the Dark Souls of Forgotten Gems.
I really love this series. You made me remember a few games I enjoyed and presented some gems I didn't know.
In a near future I'll give you a few (possible) forgotten gems to cover in this series.
Thanks you for this ^^
I am happy from software didn't forget their past, Dèraciné felt like a trip back to memory lane
KUON - my favourite survival horror game! Please Cover it!!!
TheBloodswordsman jesus, thought this gem is forgotten completely in the sea of fromsoft game, it’s 1 of the most japanese game i’ve ever played
Kuon and Siren 2 are my favourite horror games.
There was so much tension on Kuon. It really surprised me at the time. I haven't felt that nervous playing a horror game in awhile since Fatal Frame. Kuon just really nailed the atmosphere well, and the limited saves added to the tension.
I got both EN on PS1 and ENB on PS2, they're always going to have a special place in my collection.
thank you so much for potentially getting more people to play the series! echo night beyond on the ps2 is still such an amazing psychological horror title and my personal favourite.
I absolutely loved this game as a kid! And going back to it, while a bit rough, I always get so wrapped up in it. I loved Echo Night Beyond and regret ever selling it about a decade ago before it was worth much.
A long standing games development studio with good and consistent titles behind their back. Also. The name Hidetaka Miyazaki comes into mind.
My God I loved the Tenchu series. I would love for a new game there. Also wow I remember playing the Armored Core demo for hours because of the customization options.
Man, didn't know they did Tenchu. So many fond, frustrating memories from that series.
@@mc_zittrer8793 They didn't make Tenchu. The only games they have developed is the port of the second game on PSP and a shitty bomberman-type spin-off. They were mainly publishers
I'm glad Echo Night is getting some attention. This is a true classic in atmosphere and narrative. I am one of those few who had followed From Software since its early days of inception when it was a very poorly received company. If you wanted a brand new game dirt cheap you could always count on From Software. My parents were not very wealthy, but I loved going all the time to the video game store growing up. Most of the time I wasn't seeing the new stuff people were raving about. I had to wait till a game I really wanted had been out for a long time and was heavily discounted. I didn't get to experience the Tomb Raiders until much, much later after they had come out, for example. But From Software was my way of getting a new game here and there when I couldn't afford a lot. This is how I came to love them: Echo Night, Eternal Ring, Evergrace, Kuon. I have actually played Echo Night 2: Lord of Nightmare. But I did not find it lived up to 1 as much as it could have. There were some horribly cheesy moments that destroyed the mood at times, characters not nearly as endearing that fell at times flat, and the premise while interesting, seemed underdeveloped.
"Whats the very first thing that comes to mind when you think about the Japanese game developer From Software"
Armored Core?
Steel Battalion?
really tho? come on now
JoJo fans are like stand users
We attract other JoJo fans
Tenchu
@@gluever54 Which wasn't made by From Software??
Honestly it's such a shame that such unique & cleverly written games like EchoNight is forgotten, never see the light of the day (no pun intended)
And games with microtransaction nowadays which bankrupt of creativity can be "succeed" just by making the game "addicting" with limited stamina or even limited goods that you have to buy with real money
all matters of in-game purchase should be illegal. only then that you'll see quality games more frequently.
@@hellacash126 That'll never happen. As much as I'd like it to be illegal, companies make an absurd amount of money from it from people who just want to burn their money. Since the customers that throw away their money don't have an issue with it, there's no reason for the companies to stop. It's a really unfortunate outcome.
Just a heads up for those that don't know, Echo Night 2 has a full English fan translation. Played through the first two games a couple years ago and they are both fantastic!
I wish my vocabulary was smooth enough to weave in words like paterfamilias or double entendre with no effort
How do you always manage to pick a topic that is absolutely relevant to what I'm working on, while also introducing me to a game I've somehow never heard of. Thanks again man
I'm watching you closely.
armored core was so underrated
i mean, it wasn't?? it was CRAZY popular back in the day, it had a million sequels and was always highly regarded. thats like saying crimson skies was underrated just because nobody talks about it anymore
Armored Core is probably one of the most successful mecha game franchise, more so than, let's say, Front Mission series, now that the series totally ruined & abandoned by Square Enix.
Not as underrated as Chromehounds
@@crozraven you're gonna make me CRYYY why does EVERY robot series crash and BURN
@@wikikomoto as of now, you can enjoy new Sakura Wars, albeit more of love sims instead of mecha focus game. Unfortunately, it's still PS4 exclusive.
The thing that I can not figure it out is... How can you still being under-looked?
You're delightful as always!
So underrated.
The first game I think of when I someone mentions From Software has to be Dark Souls, but the SECOND one is definitely Lost Kingdoms. I didn't even know FromSoft were the ones behind that series until fairly recently, but when I discovered that that was the case it all sorta clicked
Dude I have been trying to remember this game! I watched my step dad play it when I was young, and the ghost girl used to give me nightmares. Been wanting to play it for myself.
I am pretty sure that FromSoft did not create Tenchu. Tenchu is a great series that needs more love. Also, I wish they would just make a good, stealth-based Tenchu game in the style of MGSV. That would be really cool. Also, great video.
I love your videos, I watch them a lot. You have amazing voice, for what you do. Thank you so much, for familiarizing me to this truly hidden gem. I overpaid for my copy, but it was so worth it. This game is not for everyone. But if you love slow burn, thriller/horror then this is definetly for you!
really would love if From would try their hand at an other genre like fps or mecha like they used too. Their current 3rd person game style is amazing but god i'd love a moody first person game by them
Deracine
Look it up
I LOVED echo night!! Had it for my PS2, and I must have nearly melted the disc I used it so much!
Great video! Would love to see your take on King's Field: the Ancient City!
Completed it many years ago, not knowing that it will be my favorite studio over a decade later.
You've earned a subscriber! Your tale-telling voice is calm and warm, it is very appealing!
Project Firestart on the C64 is the original surival horror game. It came first and is much closer to the modern games. Sweet Home is just a JRPG.
This is actually one of my go to recommended games for classic horror games from the ps1 because it's unnerving in plot, atmosphere, mechanics, and gameplay.
Man, I remember when I played this game in ; I was mesmerized, took a memory card from friend who had PS, played it in game caffe since I didn't have a PS back then, and tottaly forgot the name, but never the scenes form it, and was was slammed to the screen, while playing, finding out how different it was at the time form other popular games. Loved it, and thank you Ragnar for reminding me the name I couldn't remember for so long :)
Had to see this after your KUON vid--wound up reading the Bloody Disgusting article--WOW, the whole series sounds fascinating, with the time travel changing the scenery and such! Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
-blinks-
-tears chunk of hair out-
LOST.
KINGDOMS.
WHY DOES NO ONE REMEMBER IT.
I had that game on my gamecube and just realized a few month ago, that it was a From Software game :D
The creepy part is, I was just talking with a friend via Discord about that game a few minutes ago, I told him, it's kind of a forgotton From Software game and then after refreshing UA-cam Startpage, bam this video plopped up. Yeah I guess I am being monitored ^^
@@Itama22 *Fidgets uncomfortably* I cannot divulge at the moment whether the CIA has a satellite pointed at you or not.
Exactly!!!! I love Lost Kingdoms 1 and 2!!! I replay 2 every few years. It's one of my all time favorites.
3:50 wow that's literally sekiro
Tenchu was the shit. The music was amazing.
I remember seeing vague footage of this game and kept having a feeling of deja vu! I liked the video and you have me interested in this game definitely!
Even the design of the mansion/castle in Echo Night looks similar to modern FromSoft gothic architecture.
"What's the first thing that comes into your mind when you think From Software?"
"Eternal Ring for PS2.
...What? You didn't say it had to be a GREAT FromSoft game."
That's exactly what I remember too.
Surprising fun game, though, I must say.
it was a great one.
Definitely want your video om Kuon. It was such unique survival horror game imo & still nothing close resemble it.
This makes me wish Fromsoft reviving their old franchises like some kind of remakes 'cause I am sure not many people ever actually play King's Field or something more obscures like Echo Night, Kuon, Shadow Tower, & Otogi.
Loved this video, I hadn't made a connection between Echo Night and Project Zero before, and now I can't stop thinking about it. Also, KUON yes please! It was one of those games that a friend found at a flea market and unexpectedly pulled us in. I remember how it was flawed in some aspects of gameplay, but so atmospheric and had some genuinely good scares. Your channel is a goldmine of memories of nights after nights I spent with friends, puzzling over strange little games that we never heard of, getting close to morning hours, but unable to put the controller down.
"Jar Jar Martin"? Was that a joke or a verbal trip?
I mean, he kills characters just as easily as jarjar killed the prequels, so I'd say it's valid.
so happy I'm not the only one that caught that lmao
I heard the same thing and was like what???!
@LeadFaun george's bad dialogue did that. But past that terrible dialogue the prequels were pretty fun
Pretty sure he said "George R Martin"
Damn, Ragnarox, I had no idea this was From Software's game!
I've become a huge fan of Soulsborne series around five years ago.
When I saw the title of the video, I was wondering was this an old game I played almost 20 years ago...
Somewhere around 2003 IIRC, at the beginning of my gaming "career", one of my older friends introduced me to couple of PS One games that I should play on an emulator (I played only on PC back then).
One of those games was Echo Night, and I really found the game to be interesting and very good horror adventure.
I remembered it having incredible atmosphere and great storytelling.
I gotta tell you, I never got to finish it, but now after watching the video, you've reinvigorated my interest in playing it again. :)
Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it and thank you for the blast from the past! :)
I played Echo Night: Beyond, its a fun game. I wish we have a fan-translation for the second one, great video Ragnar! xD
There is a fan translation, the game is great, go play it!
@@Bandersnatch187 Yes. I check it and its true! Appreciate! xD
this style of storytelling was present in later king's field titles as well, at least as early as king's field 2 (1 in the US), but it was a side-dish to the main narrative of those games until 4, where i would say it was the main course with little direct plot to speak of.
of course, shadow tower also heavily featured this type of storytelling.
Yup, in King's field, you could totally see their storytelling style slowly evolve. Super fascinating in hindsight.
Shadow Tower has a fantastic story but you really had to dig around for it. Love that game and it’s survival horror elements. Just beat it for the first time last summer.
The first thing I think of when I hear “FromSoftware” is a health bar and another stat in bar/meter form that regenerates but not as fast as you wish it would, accompanied by a limited healing item supply, and challenges designed to make the dopamine rush happen AFTER the fight
Not during?
randomguy6679 that’s for the git gud club
As far as i know From didn't make tenchu, Acquire did, from just holds the IP now
I just discovered your channel through your Rule of Rose video, and am fairly disapointed that I hadn't sooner.
I played Echo Night : Beyond long ago, and loved the storytelling and the gameplay, but never realized it was a From Software game. As I'm having a blast playing through the Dark Souls series, I may turn my PS2 on again...
Man, your channel is just amazing. Absolutely deep and interesting.
My favorite part of echo night was just how lush in detail the environments are
I loved Echonight beyond while I was in high school, I was really disappointed that Echonight 2 was not localized and was one of the reasons I started learning rom-hacking and fan-translation but only managed to make a menu translation. Luckily there a complete fan-translation for Echonight 2 now.
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Ahh yes, my favorite author, JarJar Martin.
Yup. I knew I heard this title somewhere.
I saw the review of Echo Night: Beyond and didn't knew it was part of a series
Lost Kingdoms and Otogi are the first things that come to mind.
Glad to see you are still alive. Flx.
Great video! I did play Echo Night: Beyond so long ago during the PS2 era. It was a purchase made on a whim because I was bored and looking for something new to play. I remember being surprised at how gorgeous the opening cutscene was... and how atmospheric, nerve wracking, and terrifying the game was in many sections. I remember having surreal and uncanny moments as I unconsciously synchronised my breath out loud to the sound of my in-game character's after escaping in panic from a ghost encounter. It was really great. Unfortunately, it also had one of the most atrocious voice acting in memory. I tried to hunt down the previous games but by then I no longer had my PS1 console.
This franchise is definitely slept on. Imagine what From Software can do with a new VR Echo Night!
Thanks, Echo Night is on my wishlist now (psn store). Please revisit From Software's backlog!
He's back!!! Missed your videos dude.
Tenchu Steath Assassins is one of my all-time favorites but I don't remember FromSoftware being involved. I know they worked on a Tenchu title I haven't played, though.
I don't think they made the early Tenchu games on PS1
they didnt
Hey Rag, I have been subbed to you for years. Since at least 2013/2014.
I am telling you this because I just saw your video in my recommended, clicked it, and I was not subscribed to your channel. I don't know why, but it might be worth keeping an eye out for it from others. I never unsubbed you. No clue how long this has been a thing.
Wow, takes me back. I remember the surreal atmosphere.
Yes please! I know nothing about Kuon and I'd love to see what you have to say.
Whoa ive not heard of Echo Night, ive never seen it for sale used anywhere. Very amazing looking.
Reminds me of one of my top favorite games ,"Eternal Darkness:Sanity's Requiem". It had all kinds of cool mechanics that was unique. One mechanic was if you took too much damage or you saw too many crazy things, your sanity would lessen and you would hallucinate and the gameplay would actually get weird and you would see things that were not really there and the scenes would warp and change around.
It was a supernatural time traveling investigation story also and had some really great moments of scariness and bizarreness.
I will have to look for this Echo Night. It looks like a real mystery adventure story.
Man I miss good old Tenchu... Definitely one of the best games I've played on my PSOne.
Those games were developed by Acquire Corp and not by FromSoft.
@@xraymind I checked to be sure as I didn't remember and according to Wikipedia Tenchu had three developers working on it and it was the one you mentioned Acquire as well K2 LLC and FromSoftware. Funny enough FromSoftware was also one of the publishers.
@@yoh_moriyama Acquire made Tenchu 1 and 2. Fromsoft had nothing to do with those games. Acquire made the Shinobido series as a spiritual successor to Tenchu due to losing the IP.
That Armored Core clip awakened a deep memory in me...
i was playing this game a few months ago and the giggling ghost girl made me fear quit. to be fair, i was drunk and alone in a rainy night. i`ll try to muster the courage to get back to it
Echo Night, and its sequel Ruler of Sleep, makes incredible use of the PS1's software. Probably some of the best graphics in any PS1 3D release given the amount of detail in the textures.
I'm a firm believer that Echo Night Beyond is one of the greatest games ever made. It is utterly brilliant.
I'd love to see more coverage of FromSoft games. Keep up the great work!
I'm currently going through all my old favourite games and am part way through "Eternal Ring" on the PS2. I didn't even remember until recently that it's a From Software game. It definitely has Sould type combat in that it's a "lure the enemy into attacking, dodge, attack, repeat" type of game. Worth a look if you don't already know it.
And the intro, don't forget the intro to echo nights. Really something! Have desperately tried for years finding piano sheets to it so i can play. But this game really seems to be forgotten/not known and picked up by most. Bit sad:/
echo night was great. I randomly bought it on the recommendation of a co-worker when I was working at gamestop. the graphics were not that great but the story and atmosphere was very engaging. I really found interesting the lack of combat and dealing with enemies either involved running away or finding a light source.
I'd love to see you do a breakdown of the influences and rich pedigree of Japanese horror classics that the original Luigi's Mansion pulls from, in a kid friendly way. Not even a joke. I grew up playing Luigi's Mansion, and now that I'm an adult, playing Resident Evil, Hellnight, and Silent Hill, watching your videos on Clock Tower, Fatal Frame, and now Echo Night, I feel you could identify the sort of genetic makeup that went into Nintendo's attempt at a kid friendly survival horror... if there is even such a game, they definitely played around to make it. They even influenced the design for the GameCube controller!
Love your content!
Definitely adding this to my backlog. Looks fantastic for my taste.
I never heard of this game before this video. I'd love to see another video for Kuon as well :)
Born too late to explore the world. Born too early to explore the universe. But born just in the right time to experice FromSoftware's golden age.
I just recently played through both Echo Night and Shadow Tower on my Vita TV. Hope you end up talking about Shadow Tower since it predates Demons Souls and seems to be the prototype for it. It’s got everything a Souls fan could want just on the PS1. It’s probably the most interesting PS1 game I’ve ever played and has more atmosphere than even Echo Night.
Giggling Ghost girls???!!!!, It gave me ptsd from Luigi's mansion for the Gamecube, the ghost girl that has the room upside down e.e, that motherflopper e.e!
The first thing that comes to my mind is *Armored Core*
I really liked Echo Night when i played it way back in the day. I also cry when I think about how much these cult classics sell for now, I had a lot of them.
I played one of their old titles called Forever Kingdom. It was a pretty great game, and The OST was lit.