Echo Night: Beyond

Echo Night: Beyond

PAL cover art Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20928 Release date: July 27, 2004 CRCs: 2DE16D21 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-53414 Release date: August 26, 2005 CRCs: BBF8C3D6 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPS-25314 Release date: January 22, 2004 CRCs: B6AA81EE Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): From Software
Genre: Horror, Adventure
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic
Game review score: Metacritic: 60/100
Game description: The game tells a science fiction ghost story, set in the not-too-distant future. Players take the role of a Richard Osmond, off for a honeymoon on the moon. The vessel crashes before reaching its lunar resort destination, however, separating the just-married couple and leaving the hero alone at an abandoned research base. Players explore the station from a first-person perspective, inside a spacesuit. In addition to the many spiritual anomalies that haunt the forgotten station, strange lunar lighting and relative weightlessness add to the atmosphere of the game's environments.
The game is played from a first-person perspective, but unlike most other first-person games there is no use of firearms in the game.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
PAL	?	Intel i5 2500K @3400MHz GeForce GTX 460 SE 768MB	v1.1.0 r5782	GSDX AVX r5818	SPU2-X r5776 XPad v0.2.0	HACKS: Default ones and MTVU. The game has an unknown status in the game DB., Has some serious issues in hardware mode. Walls are transparent. Doors are black or transparent. Some models have shadow issues or are fully black. Plays fine in software mode, so it is emulated correctly. Runs fine in hardware (3x upscale) and software modes. Sadly the hardware mode is broken. Needs around 60% CPU with the mentioned config in software mode.	Yuri

Trivia

• The game has widescreen support built-in. It works kind of funny, as it vertically stretches the the screen. Because of that, parts of the HUD and the rims of the helmet are out of screen. Aspect ratio is correct and it is usable, just a strange way to solve it.
• Also Known As Nebula: Echo Night (JP)

Known Issues

Transparent walls, black doors and models

• Status: Active
• Type: Serious
• Description: The walls, floors and ceilings are transparent (I think only the ones with reflection effect on it). Doors on the other hand are opaque black. Some models are black too with transparency. Other models disappear, but can be used.
• Workaround: Use software mode.

Flashlight charge HUD display in HW mode

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: If you charge your flashlight with a portable battery or the flashlight is depleted, the HUD acknowledgement is not shown in hardware mode.
• Workaround: Use software mode.

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	Echo Night Beyond (SLUS 20928) (U) Echo Night - Beyond (SLES 53414) (E) Nebula Echo Night (SLPS 25314) (J)