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Echo Night

Echo Night is a mystery adventure video game developed by From Software. The story revolves around Richard Osmond and his journey to find out what happened to the ship Orpheus, which mysteriously disappeared…

13 August 1998

Echo Night is an adventure developed by FromSoftware, released 13 August 1998 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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What Echo Night is

Echo Night is an adventure game developed by FromSoftware and released in 1998. It was published by Agetec. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In Echo Night you roam around a ship called the Orpheus, searching for items and releasing the souls of ghosts roaming the ship by helping them fill their final wishes so that they can find peace. Helping ghosts give you items that allow you to progress in the game, also in general adventure game fashion, there are puzzles you must complete to receive new items. There are evil ghosts haunted by their memories that will attack you, preventing you from progressing in the game. You can temporarily banish the ghosts by putting on the lights in each room.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Echo Night launched on 13 August 1998, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid, SoulCalibur, F-1 World Grand Prix and The King of Fighters '98.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid, SoulCalibur, F-1 World Grand Prix, The King of Fighters '98.

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When did Echo Night come out?
Echo Night was released on 13 August 1998 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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