Echo Night 2: Nemuri no Shihaisha (1999)

Developer: FromSoftware
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Genres: Adventure
Where to get it: Website

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How it feels

A quiet, unsettling first-person wander through ghostly encounters where solving the dead's lingering tasks matters more than fighting back.

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About

Echo Night 2: Nemuri no Shihaisha is a first person adventure. 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.

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