Echo Night 2: The Lord of Nightmares
{{Short description|1999 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Echo Night 2: The Lord of Nightmares
|image = Echo Night 2 - The Lord of Nightmares Coverart.png
|caption =
|developer = FromSoftware
|publisher = FromSoftware
|director = Akinori Kaneko
|producer = Toshifumi Nabeshima
|designer =
|writer = Toshifumi Nabeshima
Eiji Matsumoto
Hiroyasu Sugiyama
|programmer = Akinori Kaneko
|artist = Masahiro Kajita
|composer =
|series = Echo Night
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|August 5, 1999}}
|genre = First-person adventure
Survival horror
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = PlayStation
}}
Echo Night 2: Nemuri no Shihaisha{{efn|{{Nihongo||エコーナイト#2 眠りの支配者|lead=yes}}}} is a 1999 survival horror first-person adventure video game developed and published by FromSoftware for the PlayStation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?a=page_h_title&title_id=3999|title=エコーナイト#2 眠りの支配者 [PS] / ファミ通.com|website=www.famitsu.com|access-date=2018-07-25|archive-date=2018-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910040734/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?a=page_h_title&title_id=3999|url-status=live}} 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.
Story
The game is set in an old Gothic manor house.{{Cite journal|date=June 1999|title=TGS '99: Tokyo Game Show 1999|journal=Gamers' Republic|issue=13|pages=36}}
Gameplay
Like the first game, Echo Night 2 is played from a first-person perspective, but 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
Echo Night 2 was released for the Sony PlayStation on August 5, 1999, and published by FromSoftware. It was released only in Japan.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/04/15/replay-echo-night.aspx|title=Replay – Echo Night|magazine=Game Informer|access-date=2018-09-10|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215233802/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/04/15/replay-echo-night.aspx|archive-date=2018-02-15|url-status=live}}
In 2007, it was re-released for the PlayStation Network in Japan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/10/10/sony-doubling-archive-output-in-japan|title=Sony Doubling Archive Output in Japan|last=Gantayat|first=Anoop|date=2007-10-10|website=IGN|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-10|archive-date=2018-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910040729/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/10/10/sony-doubling-archive-output-in-japan|url-status=live}}
In 2015, an English language fan translation was released.{{Cite web|url=http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2380/|title=Echo Night #2: Nemuri no Shihaisha|website=ROMhacking.net|language=en|access-date=2018-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324140125/http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2380/|archive-date=2018-03-24|url-status=live}}
Reception
Japanese gaming publication Famitsu gave it a score of 32 out of 40.
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/echo-night2-nemuri-no-shihaisha}}
{{FromSoftware games}}
Category:1990s horror video games
Category:First-person adventure games
Category:Japan-exclusive video games
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:PlayStation (console)-only games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games about ghosts