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          Out there in the Atlantic Ocean a storm rages eternally on; a tempestuous maelstrom that hides a story lost in time and it's a story that we're going to be delving into for this let's play. From Software has quite a diverse catalog of games that they've managed to produce over the years; Demon Souls, Metal Wolf Chaos, King's Field, Armored Core. Today however we're going to be taking a look at one of their lesser known franchises, Echo Night. Now Echo Night is a first person adventure mystery game that leaves the player exploring a remote location in the hopes of unraveling the mystery surrounding said place while dealing with the locale's current denizens (usually of a ghostly nature) via a means of placating the spirits rather than just out and out combat. For the first installment of the series the player takes control of Richard Osmond, a man who has recently received a letter from his estranged father requesting an audience with his son and all this just snowballs into a series of events that will lead Richard into not only learning about his father's sordid past but also the disappearance of 45 people aboard the cruise ship, Orpheus. Now the Echo Night games are known for a couple of key things; first they always have an amazingly rocking soundtrack (especially this game) and secondly they are known for an engaging story, so I please ask that we keep a to no spoiler policy. Bonus Videos Let's Play Echo Night- Bonus: Gambler's Den Let's Play Echo Night- Bonus 2: Japanese voice acting Let's Play Echo Night- Bonus 3: Game Over Leather Organizer Update 1: Marvin Foremast, Frank Keelson, Henry Osmond, William Rockwell, Crea Rockwell Update 2: Greg Capstan, John Cutter(past), Christina Ratline, Billy Bollard(past), Medium Update 3: Peter Schooner, Rob Derick, Fiona Parcelling, Diana Parcelling, Ed Mooring, Oscar Rockwell, Jimmy Tender Update 4: Thomas Gusset(past), Karen Moulding, Scott Garboard, Fred Moulding, Poly Owning, Elizabeth Crownest, Tom Rudder Update 5: Arthur Rockwell, Hilda Rockwell, Pole & Paddle, Andrew Galleywood, Allen Rockwell, Ellie Scuttle, Carlos Recess, William Rockwell Update 6: Bell Loran, Carter Batten, Howard Boss, Ernest Ullage, Henry Osmond Update 7: Mike Transom, Charlie Girder, Robert Danforth, Martin Backstaff, Crea Rockwell Update 8: Emilia Rockwell, Jack Rockwell, William Rockwell, David Berthing, Harry Gunwale discworld is all I read fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Apr 24, 2016 |
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  Man, I love this game's soundtrack so much. It's crazy good.
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Mar 7, 2016 00:29
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I really love this series. I'm still holding out hope that From will use some of that souls money to continue either this, the shadow tower or the king's field series. Come on From, plz plz plz plz. There is a Shadow Tower Abyss LP going on right now too. All my praise to tireless non-official translators. So many great games I never would have played because I am too lazy to learn Japanese.
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Mar 7, 2016 13:19
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coleman francis posted:I really love this series. I'm still holding out hope that From will use some of that souls money to continue either this, the shadow tower or the king's field series. Come on From, plz plz plz plz.
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Mar 7, 2016 17:45
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I'm absolutely charmed by 32-bit pixelated horror (Niggurath's previous Clocktower LP attested to that), but I really, honest to god can't deal with these horrific blocky early PS1-era graphics. But it's a Niggurath LP, so who am I kidding, I'm gonna watch it.
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Mar 7, 2016 18:33
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placid saviour posted:I'm absolutely charmed by 32-bit pixelated horror (Niggurath's previous Clocktower LP attested to that), but I really, honest to god can't deal with these horrific blocky early PS1-era graphics.
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Mar 7, 2016 18:48
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I hope the rest of the LP is just waiting for the ghost captain to let us out, like in some Beginner's Guide-styled narrative. I've seen random bits of this game during a stream, but never the entire thing. I hope From Software returns to these strange games someday after they're done with Dark Souls. They had some clunky, but interesting ideas.
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Mar 8, 2016 10:51
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Hey, this started. I liked the train vignette as a setup, but presumably we are on the Orpheus for the rest of the game.Niggurath posted:While the graphics are pretty rough, I think the sound work and story really make up for it. Even the simple ambient noises like the train pulling out of the station just seem higher quality than most PS1 games and the voice work is also top notch (which we'll see more of later, but the distressed ghosts actually sound like distressed ghosts). Honestly, outside of the burned out house, I think it looks pretty good. I mean it's still a PS1 game but it looks pretty clean & "readable". I was a bit surprised by the voice acting though, since neither the police nor the train people had voices.
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Mar 8, 2016 17:23
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Hel posted:Hey, this started. I liked the train vignette as a setup, but presumably we are on the Orpheus for the rest of the game. And yeah, as far as I know only very particular people have spoken lines but that's usually because they are saying something super important. So it's not super random like Sword of Etheria thankfully. RealSovietBear posted:I hope the rest of the LP is just waiting for the ghost captain to let us out, like in some Beginner's Guide-styled narrative. Also something I was wondering about, but do you guys think there might be some deeper meaning with the ship's name being Orpheus. Maybe because it's more focused on the musical and literary side of the ancient Greek's life, with his ability to get his fellow Argonauts from being drawn to the Sirens? Or maybe it has a more nihilistic side regarding his doomed tripped to the Underworld to save Eurydice...which turn will this journey take? discworld is all I read fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Mar 8, 2016 |
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Mar 8, 2016 17:52
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I'm thinking doomed rescue mission, myself. Something makes me think that ol' Dad is either going to try and save the old man from himself or the girl from the old man, and (maybe not entirely but still technically) fail.
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Mar 9, 2016 00:50
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Man, that "Stay in the room" part really reminded me of the start from Far Cry 4. Wonder if there's also a secret ending here for staying in it.
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 Round and round. Love will find a way, just give it time. -Ratt Also since we now have an easy means to keep track of all the people we run into on our journey, I'll be adding screenshots with each update for the ones that get added to the leather organizer. It's also going to be located in the OP. Leather Organizer Update 1: Marvin Foremast, Frank Keelson, Henry Osmond, William Rockwell, Crea Rockwell Update 2: Greg Capstan, John Cutter(past), Christina Ratline, Billy Bollard(past), Medium Deceitful Penguin posted:Man, that "Stay in the room" part really reminded me of the start from Far Cry 4. Wonder if there's also a secret ending here for staying in it.  , and I know you're excited to see them all).
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Mar 11, 2016 07:27
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Hel posted:
Yeah, to its credit it doesn't have the typical swimming textures that plague so many 3d psx games.
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Mar 13, 2016 02:16
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What a trustworthy and honest looking man, with a lovely laugh. I don't see anything that could possibly go wrong in giving him pieces of peoples spirits at all!
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Deceitful Penguin posted:What a trustworthy and honest looking man, with a lovely laugh. I don't see anything that could possibly go wrong in giving him pieces of peoples spirits at all! It's more like spirit poop.
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Mar 13, 2016 23:50
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Even if he's not very trustworthy, he's offering us a relatively large source of healing items which it currently seems the game isn't giving us in bountiful amounts. And the remnants of a dead man's soul seems of little consequence to keep us alive, a worth sacrifice indeed.
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Mar 14, 2016 00:12
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coleman francis posted:It's more like spirit poop. I wonder though, if they already have snow they must be either far in the north heading south or already very far to the south. Or maybe it just runs on ghost logic.
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 Leather Organizer Peter Schooner, Rob Derick, Fiona Parcelling, Diana Parcelling, Ed Mooring, Oscar Rockwell, Jimmy Tender Here's a topical semaphore joke, see if you can decipher the secret coded message: 
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Mar 18, 2016 05:43
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Richard, this is a sneaking mission, heh heh heh.
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Mar 18, 2016 20:11
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I really love the vignettes and am really glad they continue. I was expecting the semaphore coins puzzle to be a lot more survival horror bullshit, but was pleasantly surprised. This game has a lot of charm even with a lack of body the first person camera moments are really well done, with stuff like entering the mine carts and sitting in the rocking chair being really cool. I noticed you lost your ESPer rating, do you know how the rating works? Is is just reduced by hints?
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Mar 18, 2016 23:45
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Richard, this is a sneaking mission, heh heh heh. Hel posted:I really love the vignettes and am really glad they continue. And yeah, the whole rating thing is a bit of a mystery but I think it has to do with the speed you solve puzzles and if you go initiate hints. So if you just mix the drink without talking to Rob or looking at the painting, and maybe solve the mirror room without going to trigger the poo ghost. I don't think it affects anything really.
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 Leather Organizer: Thomas Gusset(past), Karen Moulding, Scott Garboard, Fred Moulding, Poly Owning, Elizabeth Crownest, Tom Rudder Thrills, chills, laughs, and tears. This game just has it all...including gambling. Let's Play Echo Night- Bonus: Gambler's Den
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Mar 25, 2016 05:32
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I really like the voice acting in echo night. It is of special quality when you take into account other voice acting done in PSX games. Also the lumber gag is timeless.
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Mar 25, 2016 23:57
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coleman francis posted:Also the lumber gag is timeless.
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Mar 26, 2016 03:31
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coleman francis posted:I really like the voice acting in echo night. It is of special quality when you take into account other voice acting done in PSX games. Also for those interested in an upcoming game with a similar PS1 aesthetic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOYoj-a4UI4 (which apparently comes out sometime next week, and between that and Nightcry...well I'm pretty excited for the upcoming week in horror games)
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Mar 27, 2016 08:25
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Niggurath posted:Also for those interested in an upcoming game with a similar PS1 aesthetic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOYoj-a4UI4 (which apparently comes out sometime next week, and between that and Nightcry...well I'm pretty excited for the upcoming week in horror games) Oh man that is the good poo poo. I am sad I had not heard of this but am also glad that I have now having been heard of this. And sure, i've never listened to any of the JP voive acting.
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coleman francis posted:Oh man that is the good poo poo. I am sad I had not heard of this but am also glad that I have now having been heard of this.  Let's Play Echo Night- Bonus 2: Japanese voice acting Just for you, Coleman, my man.
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Awesome, thanks! The voices are crisp and clear, they did a really good job.
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 Leather Organizer: Arthur Rockwell, Hilda Rockwell, Pole & Paddle, Andrew Galleywood, Allen Rockwell, Ellie Scuttle, Carlos Recess, William Rockwell As we reach the halfway point of the game, it's finally time we learned a little bit about these Rockwell's.
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Apr 1, 2016 06:00
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I'm guessing that the hostile spirit on the ship is the woman whose body you found when William tried to murder you in a corner.
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Apr 2, 2016 07:29
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The part where William stalks you thru the tunnels freaked the poo poo out of me when I first played it. Man I flubbed that section many many times.
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Apr 2, 2016 23:28
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coleman francis posted:The part where William stalks you thru the tunnels freaked the poo poo out of me when I first played it. Man I flubbed that section many many times. Shei-kun posted:I'm guessing that the hostile spirit on the ship is the woman whose body you found when William tried to murder you in a corner.
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Apr 3, 2016 00:19
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Niggurath posted:There is a very good chance of that and I'm fairly certain we'll be able to deal with that in the next video. I guess the question remains, what do you think will be our hindrance after that?
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 Leather Organizer: Update 6: Bell Loran, Carter Batten, Howard Boss, Ernest Ullage, Henry Osmond Under the crimson moon one man lost his life, while we gain the knowledge about these mysterious stones. Also a different kind of ghost pops up in the lower portions of the ship. Shei-kun posted:I am morbidly hoping it's a puppy spirit.
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Apr 8, 2016 07:58
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Jesus gently caress, the king creeps me the hell out like not even the little girl did. Like, drat, that is some legit scary poo poo, even for a PS1 game. GAH.
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Apr 8, 2016 08:39
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That libary employee has been on edge ever since his skull collapsed.
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For some reason, any resolution below 720p60 stops loading the latest video at the 3:33 mark for me. It's probably a "YouTube's still processing" thing, though. I kinda like that the game labeled the Senior Osmond as just the protagonist's Father mid-conversation. Kinda helpful if you're forgetful and forget the plot thus far.
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ElTipejoLoco posted:For some reason, any resolution below 720p60 stops loading the latest video at the 3:33 mark for me. It's probably a "YouTube's still processing" thing, though. But yeah, I think it helped either way because we've become a bit overwhelmed with names by this point and even I worry that I might refer to one of the many, many members of the Rockwell family by the incorrect name.
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 Leather Organizer: Mike Transom, Charlie Girder, Robert Danforth, Martin Backstaff, Crea Rockwell Man, I can't explain how much I love the music and the atmosphere of the game. And how it somehow straddles the line fairly well between actually spooky and exceedingly goofy. discworld is all I read fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Apr 22, 2016 |
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 Leather Organizer: Emilia Rockwell, Jack Rockwell, William Rockwell, David Berthing, Harry Gunwale We get a lovely tour of the more scenic cabins on the ship and also gunfire.
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