Echo Night: Beyond - Nitro Rad

[@CerealBox64]

'James Insulting You Through Song' is my new ringtone.

[@HjalleCalibursChannel]

I want fullversion of james insulting song!!

[@icyfire7604]

10/10 music

[@KashKey-]

Bro gimme a download link

[@royalloser4225]

Download link please

[@zenothtri4504]

Time stamp pls

[@DaizoDeeVonOfficial]

"Wait, I'm Richard Osmend? Always have been." Now, literally.

[@theheroneededwillette6964]

Maybe these games are all parallel timelines with Richard, the spirits, and the red stone being the constants?

[@ShinoSarna]

In summary: this, kids, is why adventure games need designers as much as they need writers.

[@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419]

Amen

[@J0rdan912]

Nah, just "git gud", no designers needed

[@ShinoSarna]

@@J0rdan912 Just because puzzles are difficult doesn't mean they are fun to solve.

[@J0rdan912]

@@ShinoSarna Exactly, it was sarcasm

[@ShinoSarna]

@@J0rdan912 Ah yes, sarcasm, notably very easy to get across in writing on the internet.

[@Minusoh]

Alright now everyone, let's give a big "Thank You" to NitroRad for ending our suffering.

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

Is there something I'm missing? Because I think I missed something

[@ukokira9852]

@@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 The video kept getting delayed because the election results would have swept over it. Eventually he just decided to post a link to the unlisted video and almost at the same exact time the election got called.

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

@@ukokira9852 Ah thanks

[@solgaleo3533]

He ended our suffering like the ghosts in the game

[@YuniX2]

@Judah Macabee I think I found the bitter trump fan. You lost. Deal with it.

[@styx6661]

Damn dude, that speech near the end about holding onto connections in death. Give yourself a pat on the back, that was great.

[@juliemassam933]

Never thought I'd get teary eyed watching a game review, but here we are.

[@twilightfire93]

I almost cried too. Like holy heck man, you really sold it.

[@MajoReviews]

This is the 2nd time I cried to a review, the first time was over nitrorad's super mario odyssey review 😂😂

[@patch-fm]

Damn it... My humanity is leaking

[@GrimDim]

Another good video was him talking about Canadian cartoons near the end.

[@soyeahsauce]

Echo night, or as it should be called the haunted misadventures of the many Richard Osmonds

[@willofthewind]

Parents, please don't name your children this!

[@BlueDavrial]

Maybe the real echo night was the richard osmonds we made along the way

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

@@BlueDavrial Maybe the Richard Osmonds were the Richard Osmonds we made along the way, too. It's a rich tapestry.

[@bellicosebean]

Richard Osmand’s Ghostly Adventure

[@BobbinRobbin777]

@@bellicosebean the grim adventures of the Osmond's

[@UnicornstarLight]

"Hey, you're back ear-" "moonishaunted" "What?" *Loading Gun* "Moon.Is.Haunted."

[@nojustno4209]

You have earned some internet points

[@BullFrogFace]

Destiny 1&2

[@Katelynnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

Dang James it’s 358 days till Halloween and your already uploading your Halloween special I respect the grind that’s insane!

[@AxxLAfriku]

It's weird indeed. Everywhere I comment, people tell me how much they love me and my videos. Sometimes it is annoying. But right now it would be okay. So say something nice about my content, dear eric

[@exetone]

@@AxxLAfriku god you're the worst

[@Fi___]

@@AxxLAfriku *educated shut up*

[@kieranwalker7830]

*Insert Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days joke here*

[@MrWatchAndwatch]

@@AxxLAfriku bro nobody cares about your subpar garbage

[@charless6552]

29:21 "Hey V-Sauce James here and are we Richard?..."

[@charless6552]

I'm sorry it just felt natural.

[@NitroRad]

I WAS LITERALLY THINKING THE SAME THING WHEN WATCHING THAT CLIP BACK

[@MrNickPresley]

"And where is 'here', really?"

[@Cosplaybuddygiraffes]

This might be one of my favorite reviews of yours because of that sharp editing. Splicing together the clips between the android and the director admitting his guilt to create the full story was just one example of how well this one was thought out. It paints the painful, but resonant story of how far humanity will go to salvage something, be it pride, love, the truth, etc. And bringing it all back to the Russian team who found the wreckage and the space-bound casket was the perfect bow on top of the wrapping. Excellent job hooking me into this game with narration and editing alone! This was well worth the wait :)

[@NitroRad]

Thank you so much duder!!! I spent WAY more time on the script this time than i ever have before. Super glad to see it was worth the effort!

[@puppymaroon964]

Out of all of the videos I watched that Nitrorad has done, this is my favorite.

[@joinedzer0591]

"I'm going to the one place still untouched by ghosts... SPACE!" - MC LATER "Moon's Haunted" - Ghosts "DAMMIT!!" MC, with a Heartrate of 298

[@ItsRetroPlanet]

37:20 yes, YES. THANK you. The preservation of games and the extension to preservation of childhoods is one of the most important things. People have to remember, these were made by people with aspiring dreams! People who wanted to give you the best kind of game they knew how to do, and some of these games even have historic ties. some created entire genres, others perfected it. some were made to tell a story, and some were supposed to be the most brutal ball bustingly hard games you've ever played. Whatever the story is, these games mean something to somebody. I have entire complete libraries of different consoles, spanning from a multitude of companies from nintendo, sega, atari, and even obscure ones that you probably don't even know about. Ones that I didn't even know about! I'm not keeping them on my computer to just flip the bird off to some company like nintendo, I'm doing this because I care. Some of these games never have that glorious second return. Some don't even see the light of day, and are never released. Some have the earlier builds of their games found and leaked on the internet. These things we can all look at, learn from, and appreciate what was put into them. doesn't matter if the game is good or bad you can still learn something about them. some of the most interesting stuff came out of bad games. And from learning what we could about these games, some people even got to create their own games. They make them and now sell them to you. Games that you may very well praise to the heavens. So please, help preserve these dreams, these childhoods, these *Games*. Because they are worth preserving. They are worth being cared for. They are worth it to everybody. Tl;dr: game preservation is very important, and it's up to you to help save these. One day, the internet is going to be the only place to have them.

[@lordanzu8763]

Preach!

[@AoiLucine]

//hugs her precious game collection to her chest My... precious...

[@maxaroni39]

Yes!! Games deserve to be cherished and preserved. So much work is put into them, and too often are the people who made them forgotten. There is always something to be found in a game, no matter how flawed it is. Some of my favorite games were huge commercial failures, but they still mean a lot to me. To everyone out there helping to preserve games, thank you for your hard work.

[@Alorso_]

Yes exactly! One of my favorite examples is a game on the Sega Saturn called Panzer Dragoon Saga, a truly amazing game most people have never played. With disc rot becoming a real factor and the games insanely high price now, its a prime example that game preservation needs to be better, or else they will be lost to history

[@ItsRetroPlanet]

@@maxaroni39 same here dude! Some of my favorites are just some of the worst games imaginable. Sonic 06, just being one, has so many things that I never knew were in it. There are ways you can glitch into this weird zone where you're stuck in the forest with nothing but a couple of stop signs in front of you. There are ways you can get Omega to hover past where his stage is supposed to end and be able to reach the background. And you can walk on it! these kind of things are some of my favorites because, well you're not supposed to be there obviously. It's fun to break a game. And a game to be so easily manipulated, makes me feel smart almost. As the AVGN put it, I can be my very own game graphic glitch gremlin.

[@Slipnslide19]

This is why I love Nitrorad. He doesn't just bash a game for being bad, he tells you what parts of the game have problems and provides examples for how to improve it. Like that part with the duct tape when he showed a picture of it being yellow. Brilliant!

[@trumangraham2602]

"Space. It has to be the most lonely place you will ever die." Oh, this is gonna be fun.

[@Dragynn999]

19:00 Why does this make me believe that you noticed your intonation was fitting the song and then SLAPPED it into the video because you just had to. I love it.

[@NitroRad]

I actually went back and rerecorded the line to go with it lol, I initially just picked a random goofy Banjo song, but the last few notes made me think of it lol

[@DaCaptainDerpy]

Ok I feel dumb asking What song is it

[@bulletsunderpressure]

@@NitroRad FUCKING EPIC

[@KH2FanLover]

Never imagined Nitro saying directly to my face: ''Let's do it on the moon.'' With a smirk.

[@MiloKuroshiro]

Ok now I blushed

[@bizarreislandfan]

@@MiloKuroshiro B-bowser???

[@Bomberfish795]

I did

[@SCMabridged]

"They're doin' it on the moon" -- Lyric from Charles Wright's Express Yourself.

[@vahlok1426]

Game preservation is indeed a problem. It's why I still have folders filled with emulators and game roms.

[@mariospapadoniou7086]

You are preserving the game. Digital is forever. Physical will at some point fade away. This is coming from someone who physically owns all his games. I enjoy owning physical artifacts, but if one wants to play the ROMs and ISOs for games because they're too expensive then that shouldn't ever be frowned upon. Gaming is too expensive now.

[@bun_66]

@@mariospapadoniou7086 >digital is forever Wtf

[@dannylamb456]

@clayton b So long as the hardware is functional.

[@Carcosahead]

This remind me of SOMA.

[@Nekoszowa]

@@dannylamb456 Just put it in your Google Drive, problem solved

[@TheBrickly]

You could argue the camera mechanic plays into the theme of distance too. Being able to see these people and know their stories but never truly being able to interact with them in life

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Or even rarely being able to interact with them at all and finding their clues as segregated recordings. Man that camera mechanic is cool.

[@SwaggyG_2102]

Although you won't see this James, The dates that come after the copyright symbol are to signify the year that each game came out. From the earliest to latest installment.

[@baroquechevalier8516]

Pretty funny they acknowledge the entry that never got a western release lol

[@connorhughes8291]

My 18 year old cousin committed suicide back in February, and I've been depressed since then. The ending at the spoiler section really got to me. Thank you James, this really helped me come to terms with his passing.

[@tintinhelicopter2677]

I’m sorry

[@coyraig8332]

:')

[@SassafrasTee7366]

Omg that’s horrible. I’m sorry for your loss.

[@NihilistAlien]

Happened to my 'father, i know the feel

[@AshleyParkreiner]

Yo my stepdad was in this game as a VA! It’s wild to hear this being talked about.

[@BoredGhostInk]

Really? Which of the characters did he voice?

[@supercamborg4218]

I’d like to know too

[@Thor-Orion]

Guess the world will never know...

[@EmilyDaCow]

I know im late but wich character

[@reikahakuryuu]

So it's Rule of Rose but in Space. Huh. Sign me up.

[@annabella1650]

At least there’s less dead dogs and evil children.

[@maxonwolf5841]

I just saw this as dead space, but on the moon and around 150 years earlier

[@koox8108]

And eating children

[@cristobalalvarez1427]

As someone who suffers from anxiety, I many a time have panic attacks of what's after death but hearing nitro rads explanation of echo nights lesson of "don't fear what's after death because you'll have memories and connections with the ones you love" is very comforting to hear and makes my anxiety just a bit easier to deal with, thank you nitro rad, for helping spread the beautiful message that this game wants to share.

[@mooxsir]

Man, the last part talking about how you interpreted the theme hit me really hard to the point of tearing up. The themes of isolation hit close to home because of quarantine and it's made me really think about life. Life really should be about making connections and being happy.

[@Fried-Octopus]

I agree completely about companies making more accessible their older games, but I swear to god, if they start using bullshit like limited releases, my head will explode. btw awesome video!!! this is my favorite by far!!!! : D

[@GatorRay]

Nintendo's already doing that and because of it among other things I hope Switch sales drop like a rock after the PS5 & Xbox Series X come out.

[@SaberToothPortilla]

@@GatorRay Yeah. Limited releases (especially for so short a time frame), are a really bad look in a post scarcity medium like video games. Strong arming people into buying as soon as possible is about as consumer antagonistic as you can get, especially when it's a product that you know a lot of people are interested in.

[@alfalldoot6715]

@@GatorRay sorry dude but they'll probably only suffer a slight decrease

[@toumabyakuya3498]

@@GatorRay Oh yeah, Switch sales should fall simply because of a pair of games (that are actually re-releases or ports) getting the limited treatment.

[@toumabyakuya3498]

@@SaberToothPortilla Dude, there's nothing wrong with what Nintendo is doing. If you want the games then buy them prior to the time limit and that's it.

[@mamahorseteeth9780]

i can't wait to see how THIS one's about how immortality sucks

[@KOTEBANAROT]

Immortality in a mortal world sounds shitty, immortality where you ascend to a higher plane and dont have to deal with being stuck in a meatbag, now thats something to be excited for

[@GundamGokuTV]

Spoiler The main character is an Android. So you're immortal from the start.

[@CyberLance26]

The only way that immortality would be a bad thing to me is if you where stuck in some kind of prison that you cant escape or if the earth would blow up and your still on it. Except for that immortality would only be a wonderful thing for me and i would do it right away if i could because you get to experience so many different interesting things that will happen during history and meet so many different interesting people and you will have time to travel all over the world and do all the things you wanna do. It will feel sad when friends and family die yea but you can get many more of those so its not like you must be alone. And once your dead your gone forever and can never do anything anymore so we should try to avoid that for as long as possible.

[@GundamGokuTV]

@Zoomer Waffen technically an android can always replenish it's power source and replace parts. Despite needing occasional maintenance it won't die until destroyed by an external force. As long as it can replace parts and maintain a power supply, which theoretically is super easy, it'll be fine. Even then you can argue it's consciousness will exist even if it's body is destroyed cause its a machine and its mind is digital.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@KOTEBANAROT depends on what you perceive as a higher plane of reality and whethere or no said meatbag would just be a giant amorphous jelly.

[@kurukurushuffle]

Really appreciate the addition of chapters to the video! I usually watch these in one sitting anyway but I'm sure they'll be useful to others. Also wow that opening cutscene looks beyond it's years, very nice looking.

[@Bladebrent]

37:45 It is really weird to see some companies go "the game didnt sell well at launch so it obviously wont sell well now." Atlus themselves was surprised how well a re-release of Persona 4 Golden sold in Steam....when that was already a very popular game. People have been clamoring for re-releases of games like the Original PS2 Xenosaga's, and though I dont know how hard it is to make a game work on different hardware; it's got to be worth the money and effort for games or even companies that have gotten alot more traction since their original re-release. This isnt even going into tweaking gameplay; just re-releasing a game can be very successful if it was hard to get ahold of before

[@infinitedreamer9359]

Hell,the same thing applies to all the PS2 SMT games(Not Persona 3 and 4).Until the SMT3 remaster that just released,there was no way to play any of them aside from digging up a PS2. The remaster is a lazy one,but it being released on modern consoles might open up the game to potential new fans that never played t. Hopefully Atlus does the same thing(except better effort) with the Digital Devil Saga duology and the Raidou duology. Persona games get re releases out the ass,so it's nice that the other PS2 games might finally get a shot.

[@Bladebrent]

@@infinitedreamer9359 I specifically recall saying Atlus saying the P4G release did so much better than they were expecting that they would do more re-releases like that in the future.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

@@infinitedreamer9359 Minor counterpoint, Digital Devil Saga and Nocturne *were* on the PS3 PSN. And then in Japan it took the PS4's *entire life span* for the remaster to come out, and for the rest of the world, a quarter of a year AFTER the PS5 releases. ...Kinda normal Atlus being Atlus and only REALLY giving a shit about a platform well after its successor is out, huh? Hell, they did it with Persona 4 TWICE now, with the original PS2 game and Sega screaming at them to port Golden to Steam.

[@Bladebrent]

@Buddha UwU Thats a pretty pessimistic outlook and is overlooking franchises that did come back out of nowhere, or times when game companies DO pay attention to fan demand. Guilty Gear Accent Core +R recently got a major update improving the online because *fans* were making an fanmod for it. ArcSys saw that and basically said "okay, we'll make it an official update to the game so you dont have to make it a mod". Theres also characters like Kos-mos from Xenosaga or Morrigan (and often Darkstalkers as a serious) who get constant references in modern projects even if they havent had their own game in years. Sure, not every company does that, but other companies do. Freaking BUBSY and SHAQ-FU came back due to their infamy, which was shown through fan engagement.

[@YouDonkeyfu]

it is the same i feel about odin sphere, i want to experience that, but i dont own a console, unless i have to emulate.

[@thegreatstoneddragon9432]

I got to say, hearing you talk about isolation and the connections people make with each other resonated with me. Especially given the state of world right now... Not gonna lie, it made me tear up a bit. 😢

[@cooltrainervaultboy-39]

I hear ya. We got people asking for unity between political parties, but you got one party saying no because party A wants to take Part B's rights away, even though it's Party A that's calling for the unity in the first place! I hate politics. I really do.

[@kiraina25]

@@cooltrainervaultboy-39 I... don't follow where there's a contradiction in those words. A: We want everyone to work together and respect each other! B: _crafts laws explicitly designed to single out and hurt groups because they're "weird" or "scary" or "sinful" or "freaks"_ A: _sets themselves against B and openly decries their terrible bigoted goals, because what B is doing is _*_*the opposite of unity*_*

[@linezero9016]

"its entropic nature assures our inevitable demise"... oof someone did his thermodynamics homework

[@kyucumbear]

Ah, "The heat death of the universe." Something about it always strikes me as... odd. I have no clue why.

[@shadesofnier1]

seeing the hell this video's release has been through, I'll rewatch it aa few time consecutively, for good measure ^^

[@chikinonfrydai]

What happened?

[@shadesofnier1]

@@chikinonfrydai he wanted to release it on Halloween, but got delayed, then he delayed it because of the election to not disappear in the flood of news and then when he released it, the US president was chosen.

[@chikinonfrydai]

@@shadesofnier1 Oh, that’s no fun.

[@JacobTheCroc]

When Nitro Rad swears it always sounds so fitting to the situation that can go past my ears until I realise that He actualy swore on a video. It just blends in well for some strange reason.

[@sheaedwards]

Man, that's gotta be the coolest use of Moonlight Sonata ever Edit: Man, that talk about game preservation reminds me PT was officially announced as completely unavailable to play on the PS5. I really hope we get SOMETHING from Silent Hill soon

[@sheaedwards]

@@SirBlackReeds Current rumors. Don't believe anything till it's announced, this has been going all year long for every single important game event and PlayStation announcement.

[@Joawlisdoingfine]

@@sheaedwards Konami is gonna ruin it like they did with Metal Gear.

[@sheaedwards]

@@Joawlisdoingfine Yeah I definitely wouldn't trust Konami on their on, but if the rumors are to be believed a lot of the work is probably gonna be with Sony, so at the very least there's going to be quality assurance even if it completely betrays what Silent Hill is, but the rumors also say some of the Team Silent guys are coming back. I still don't trust it till the day it releases, and I don't believe it exists until it's announced, but if the rumors are true I'm not as worried about Konami getting their grubby hands on it

[@voidnoodle8911]

I gotta say, I didn't expect this game to be redeeming- usually when a series ends it's because the last game sold poorly or was received horribly. Instead we got a game much like Rule of Rose- fantastic story, ideas, and fantastic concepts... Locked behind a game with more flaws than perfections.

[@annabella1650]

The trouble is it’s very hard for a game to overcome poor gameplay mechanics, because you have to go through them to get to the story and alike.

[@thehatman7051]

I know I'm a few months late, but if you want a game similar to Echo Night, I would highly recommend the Sexy Brutale and The Return of the Obra Dinn, two games that have a similar death exploration concept, but handle it *very* differently. In the Sexy Brutale, you explore a mansion hosting a massive party, during which all of the guests are killed in various ways at different times, you have to observe what happens during their deaths and figure out what you need to change to save them. In Return of the Obra Dinn, you play an insurance investigator for the East India company, and you have to figure out what happened to the crew of the recently returned ship the Obra Dinn by using a magic pocket watch to see the exact moment of someone's death, with the puzzle being figuring out who everyone is and how they died. Neither is *exactly* like Echo Nights, but both have a similar concept of exploring death and learning about people from how they die

[@DrJones-uv4nj]

While the rest of the video was great (as per usual), the segment at 35:00 was OUTSTANDING. The script for that part was written and delivered perfectly, which, combined with the impeccable visual and music editing and timing, legitimately caused me to stand up, pause the video, and think for a little while. I felt like you managed to not only explain the theme of connection, but also effectively convey how and why that theme should impact us. I think that you really poured a lot of time and passion into this video, and man, does it show. Additionally, overall, the editing in particular was fantastic this video. This is, at least to me, the most impressive video on this channel (so far)!

[@hogwarner9008]

This is your best video. Please be proud of yourself, your interpretation of the game's themes were beautiful. Sure, you're just talking about a video game, but you put effort into actually thinking about what the developers were trying to say, and you really poured your heart into sharing this message with us. Thank you, James, you're really someone special. I know this might be a cheesey message, but I just wanted to put myself out there and show you some genuine appreciation for what you do, which is sharing art with us, your audience.

[@RedIsntThatSmart]

wait fromsoft added a platforming section to a game that doesnt work with it? sounds familiar

[@soyeahsauce]

a new millennium fromsoft staple I'd say

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

It's almost like FromSoft should fucking stop having a jump command when they seemingly don't know that Super Mario Bros. did it with one button and the jump was simple. (Seriously, what jackass came up with how it works in Dark Souls 1?)

[@MiloKuroshiro]

My God, your edition is SO SMOOTH on this one. I LOOOVE what you did with the music specially

[@Nintentoad125]

I love how, even though Halloween has passed, this video still has the Halloween intro

[@Diwasho]

And his channel still has the Halloween icon as of this comment.

[@jarne7447]

Well it was supposed to be uploaded on Halloween but he couldn't finish it in time

[@algarcia689]

“Game preservation is becoming a problem”. Honestly, any other year I would have undoubtedly agreed with you, but now, well, the word “problem” has acquired a new magnitude.

[@Sneedboy]

What do you mean

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

@@Sneedboy Nintendo, Nintendo, Nintendo. Nintendo most especially. They're dangling a fucking carrot with the idea of preservation so cruelly it hurts. They started off the Wii so good too, the Wii Virtual Console was truly expansive and we can kinda forgive not having a bunch of the others due to licensing. But as the consoles went on, the VC shrunk and shrunk until we were left with Nintendo Switch Online having us begging for goddamn SCRAPS at this point. And hey, Wii U ports because no one bought the Wii U! ...That because they're treating it like the Wii U never existed are selling for 60 bucks. Oh well, we buy all sorts of collections five times over all the time, one single normal purchase isn't that bad. Super Mario 3D All Stars! The FIRST TIME EVER that Mario Sunshine has been ported! We get to try out the Shindou version of Mario 64! Mario Galaxy without shaking the controller to spin and gyro is just as easy as pointers! ...By the way, *the digital version is gone in March.* Why? Fuck you, buy it now before you miss out! Mario 35! It's Tetris 99, but with Mario 1! It's awesome and an even better idea than the old fanmade battle royale game! ...By the way, *it's gone in March too.* when even Tetris is staying. Why? Fuck you, pay for NSO right now or you miss out forever. The original NES Fire Emblem game is FINALLY LOCALIZED, so Intelligent Systems is actually bothering to give us the original six FE games they never translated outside of the later remakes! *It's also gone in March. A MOTHERHUMPING WITH EXTRA EMULATOR OPTIONS. AND IT'S BEING REMOVED TOO. WHY!?* FE1 IS EVEN ON NSO ANYWAY ON THE FAMICOM APP, WHY THE FUCK BOTHER!? You see? Nintendo suddenly decided to make a hugely restrictive Disney Vault to prey on Fear Of Missing Out. Why, when they're literally the richest entertainment company in Japan? Fuck if I know. *They were going to remove Jump Rope Challenge too. A free game. That employees made so everyone has a fun exercise DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC MAKING EVERYONE STAY HOME, AND THEY WERE ABOUT TO REMOVE IT * THAT was just...you truly can never understand Nintendo. People may claim they're actually predictable if you look at their business patterns, but...no, not with that.

[@butterlove1605]

@@UltimaKeyMaster I couldn't have said it better myself. A great paragraph about why it's all just inexcusable and such a stupid problem...

[@butterlove1605]

@videoluver7 It's sad that you're probably very, very right.

[@TheVampireFishQueen]

@@UltimaKeyMaster thing is its likely they will backtrack and not remove the games.

[@fourkz]

Y’know, I think a good alternative to the music sting when you’re spotted by the ghosts would be to have the beep of the heart rate monitor getting faster and louder. That would actually get people on edge, and not just startled.

[@ozmium1418]

That talk about the ending, about how are connections go with us. That whole speech brought me to light tears. Truly beautiful.

[@Dragular]

I have two words for what you said about game preservation at the end: PREACH IT.

[@gwarriorfromhell]

I've been watching the Nitro Rad channel for a couple of years now. I always liked his style of reviews, they felt more like a true retrospect instead of the typical rant and rave videos that several other channels do. There was a special something that I couldn't figure out that really kept drawing me back. I finally figured it out! His voice over work is on a different level. There is not over produced script read sounding voice track, but something that feels real and gets you into the mood for the video. His horror videos all have that slow melancholy feel to them, putting you in edge. His platformer videos are more exuberant and pronounced, giving you that fun vibe. The games he adores you can just hear him gush about them in his voice. It all feels like a conversation rather than saying a deadpan line wjth memes attached to it to try and get lols. Please, don't ever change James! You are awesome and have some amazing content. Keep this up bud!

[@rajasnagpurkar]

Word. Good articulation of the value in NitroRad's comtent there :)

[@sinmenon4347]

This game has an incredible atmosphere despite the gameplay issues, and it is one of those that you should play if you have the patience...But it might not be a good idea to play alone or if you are feeling down, it can be an upsetting experience sometimes. And I also agree with the video game preservation. Moreover, there is also the fact that physical copies degrade over time. Not only we have fewer copies over time, but some of these copies might not run properly after a while, making some hidden gems lost forever

[@mateusgreenwood1096]

This is the kind of game that deserves a remake to fix all the criticisms, quality of life improvements and to preserve all the things it got right and considering its a FromSoftware property they could attract much more players after the success of Miyazaki's games.

[@s0mniosidae]

"A wedding ring, with the initials R.O. carved into it." oh

[@junichiroyamashita]

?

[@s0mniosidae]

@@junichiroyamashita look at my name

[@junichiroyamashita]

@@s0mniosidae oh,well

[@DanieluYoshikoto]

Thanks for that speech on the ending, it really resonated with me... an artist I followed has passed away all of a sudden and I have been wrestling with the feeling of that, it really hurts seeing someone leave, but it's inevitable.

[@DeAnnaSkedel]

Which artist?

[@baerthe]

2003 to 2008 Graphics: GREY. GREY, MORE GREY DAMN IT.

[@ThatGuyChar]

Fun fact. This puzzle you praise at 22:10? If you happen upon the toy before the puzzle and return to it later? IT EXPLODES WHEN YOU TRY USE IT AGAIN. The game is now softlocked if you do not have a guide or older save. Glad to see someone else suffered through this game like I did. These "Puzzles" were something else. Felt like they were there to gatekeep the player as long as possible rather than something to be solved. Turns this 4 hour game into a 12-20 hour game depending on how lucky you get with the pixel hunts. But goddamn if the plot and setting didn't keep me intrigued enough to suffer through it all.

[@NanaKyoto]

Perhaps if they had the ability to scan for items, it would make finding these obscure items easier, but it would consume battery power used for the flashlight, and that would have made the battery management a lot more interesting. But the low gravity platforming? That was something that could have been handled better, but this is outer space they're emulating, with all its trappings.

[@Areala21]

FANTASTIC video. I stumbled across my copy of "Echo Night Beyond" in a GameStop in 2006 for $4.99, and snapped it up right away since I'd heard nothing about it, but love horror gaming experiences. The idea that it now sells for hundreds and hundreds of dollars second-hand really threw me for a loop, although judging from the prices of the other two as seen in your earlier vids, I shouldn't have been shocked. I love this game, warts and all. Except for the platforming...that can go jump in a hole. But the story and the revelation that, oh yeah, by the way, you aren't really Richard, you've just been thinking you are this whole time because of that ring...HUGE kick in the head. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you took to make these Echo Night videos.

[@RadioactiveMoth]

I never made the connection before, but Echo Night: Beyond reminds me a lot of The Starship Damrey on 3DS. I'd recommend playing it if you haven't. It's also a cool horror-adventure game set in space, though much shorter and only 8 dollars. The development was headed by two old Chunsoft devs who worked on their visual/sound novels. Now I want to replay it.

[@MojaveManiac]

The heart rate monitor syste. really reminds me of Illbleed for the Dreamcast, wish more horror games used a health mechanic like that

[@sarafontanini7051]

I'd love to see Nitro Rad talk about Illbleed. It's quite an interesting obscure title.

[@Thor-Orion]

@@sarafontanini7051 you got your wish!

[@Ajehy]

Nitro, you might really like Return of the Obra Dinn. It’s less scary and more puzzle-y, but it also has that sense of wandering an abandoned ship and unraveling the mystery of those who died there. Incredible atmosphere and an intriguing plot, I highly recommend it.

[@itaybashan3757]

‘Echo Nights’ sounds like such a good and interesting game series, and it’s such a shame that I (And many others, I assume) haven’t heard about it before Jame did his reviews about them. This is that kind of game series that deserves a good remake, to be available to a long range of people who didn’t play it when originally released

[@MrBizznessMan]

Wait, if it turns out we're an Android, then why do we have a heart monitor/die of shock?

[@shadycactus8669]

This guy asking the real questions

[@lullabibi]

major spoilers kinda really my personal idea (its probably not canon but its how i think of it) is that claudia designed kenneth before richard, and therefore kenneth doesnt have the shock/heart monitor technology richard does. this kinda makes it so richard seems more human until you learn hes an android. yeah this sounds kinda like an excuse but i dont think theres any canon reason for this so im just like its free real estate shskdnsk

[@Ballade90]

@@lullabibi Doesn't really make sense though, what purpose would a heart rate have? A battery for life support makes more sense, and those flashlight batteries could be a dual purpose item, do you refill your health or your flashlight, and it would still keep the intrigue without causing a plot-hole. Plus it would eliminate the annoying need to leave the room whenever you find a hostile ghost as a proper health system means you can risk it or play it safe.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

To be fair a human being would die long before their heart rate reached 300bpm

[@lullabibi]

@@Ballade90 ngl you do have a huge point tho. that idea genuinely makes a lot more sense tbh

[@lucchi018]

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's haunted nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon's haunted."

[@DrawnMaskOficial]

Great video as always

[@GlutenDSena]

You here?

[@jivranmanueljimenezllamas7437]

18:55 When your parents move something that you couln´d find where you left it

[@LeMasterofSwords]

Damn that end speech feels straight out of a MGS game

[@puppymaroon964]

That was such a beautiful story. Also, that part with the teasing about not finding the letter heading was hilarious.

[@luprsil]

How James talks so passionately about the game's plot and themes.... That's why Nitro Rad is one of my favourites youtube channels, you deserve all the success in the world, mate!

[@ZebitasMartinex]

I love you are making the timestamps now! I always watch your videos from beginning to end, but hopefully this will make videos more accessible for other kind of public too!

[@BlankPapers]

Secret tunnel, secret tunnel. Through the Twitter. Secret, secret, secret, secret tunnel.

[@krownwave]

YEAH

[@lukemckenzie0121]

TWO LOVERS

[@i_teleported_bread7404]

Is that a reference to what I think it's a reference to?

[@DeAnnaSkedel]

@@i_teleported_bread7404 god I hope so!

[@OshanWorld]

I wanted to leave a comment because this is litteraly one of my favourite review. I love your horror game videos they are somehow so entertaining and engaging. I replay them quite often when I need to relax or something nice to listen to when I work. Keep being that very chill and open minded person you are in your vids !

[@Glitch_Man42]

This video just really makes me want to just port some old games to newer consoles. So many games that could be given new life that just aren't because nobody can play them in an affordable capacity. Some have never been released outside of Japan! That speech about game preservation really resonates with me, since it frustrates me as well, so many amazing games that hundreds of thousands of people want to play are locked on older consoles. It almost makes me want to start up my own company to port these games. I am interested in playing so many of the games NitroRad has talked about in these Halloween specials Fatal Frame , Silent Hill, Siren, Clock Tower, Haunting Ground, Rule of Rose, and now Echo Night. These games look interesting and I would love to play them. But I can't, they're all either absurdly expensive, hard to get a hold of, not localized, or have really bad ports on that are almost two generations old. And it's not even just these games. For Example: I am a big fan of Fire Emblem, but playing most of the games is an exercise for your wallet. Only the 3DS games and Three Houses are reasonable to purchase. You are at MINIMUM paying original retail price. But Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance will run you anywhere from $150-$300. Its sequel is cheaper, but that runs anywhere from $60-$90. I'm glad I got my copy of Radiance back when it was $110. It's absurd that a series that so wildly popular now (Three Houses sold over 3 million units) to have entries that expensive. The main character of those games Ike is one of the most popular characters in the entire series. It makes no sense why they haven't ported them. And you can't even get almost half of the games here in North America. Popular series have titles you can't play anymore. It's so maddening, I just want to do something about it.

[@Jaffersin]

I don't consider myself especially religious but I have been watching your content for a good few years now and I'm a little shaken. I've felt a lot of things through reviewers like you and delight in getting to learn about titles I wouldn't even know exist otherwise but this is the first time I've ended up teary-eyed over it. We're around the same age, give or take and I've spent upwards of half of mine thinking about mortality and the concept of death: mortality and entropy are some of the few things that can still frighten me. For that reason though your speech summarizing the message the game tries to tell is all the more valuable. Few things are as valuable to me as the lives I touch and can affect for the better and the personal, intimate connections I forge through that. It fills me with hope and sentiment to be made to view the world as you do, if only for a second and in a way feel like we've been allowed a degree of personal intimacy and knowledge to your own person with how you bare your emotions and try to give your purest feelings over performing a character. Thank you, James, looking forward to what comes next from your channel.

[@Psilocervine]

This is my absolute favourite Echo Night game, warts and all, but you are spot on with how the backtracking and super hidden critical item stuff in this game can be exhausting at best, to say NOTHING of that AWFUL jump. Still, I'm so glad to see this game get shown to more people. I hope people give it a shot for themselves because there is a genuinely super compelling story here.

[@kiaelinkx]

Nitro rad man, I have been watching you for years and you’re not only an amazing KZbin: you also are someone I truly feel I could spend a whole night playing games and I wouldn’t get bored one single bit! Never change my boi!

[@_incogni_]

Totally agree with your last point about preservation of video games. There was a brilliant GDC talk about this and it raises many valid points as to why it should be more readily available and the harm it is doing by not supporting old software. For anyone wondering the GDC title is "It's Just Emulation!" - The Challenge of Selling Old Games. Enjoy! ^^

[@RackJacked]

Just coming back to rewatch this despite it being less than a year since it was uploaded. Utterly fantastic video, easily your best do date. Something I appreciate about your channel is how you combine critical gameplay analysis with your own subjective and anecdotal take. Yet you don't present your experience as objective. I'm the kind of person that prefers "gamey" style hardcore action games and I rarely play the sort of games you enjoy. But I enjoy your channel for your personality and style of analysis and often find myself going out of my way to play these games you introduce me to. Never stop what you're doing mayne. Hope you always find a new hidden gem to enjoy.

[@sauzeefy]

I believe emulation serves not as a band aid for game preservation, but as the ultimate solution. Intellectual property holders should honestly be forced to allow games that are released on hardware that is no longer sold to be emulated. And if i'm being honest, they should even assist with the development of the emulators. Aside from some sparse examples here and there, emulation is generally better in every way compared to original hardware anyway. So even if they DO release old software on new hardware, 80% of the time, it's still emulated, AND is still worse than what I could be playing on my PC regardless of how cheap the rerelease is. Like bro, I got nintendo switch online, and I have all these fun games that I can play for free as part of the service, but despite already having access to those games, I still choose to play them on my PC because the experience is still way better. For example, super dodge ball does NOT slow down nearly as much on my PC as it does on the switch. I legitimately can't imagine playing an HD remake of Smash bros. Melee when dolphin exists. Like yeah, the game might have improvements to the graphics, but knowing nintendo, they'll remove things that I enjoyed about the game that they deem to be "bugs". And shit man, on dolphin I still get better graphics than the original on GC, PLUS the ability to use my preferred controller, access to mod support, better compatibility with different displays, and even improved performance in games that chugged on native hardware (and will still likely chug on the often underpowered current hardware). Not to mention, that making these remasters isn't really preservation anyway, it's literally a completely different release. I just think emulation and even piracy of old games should be looked at differently. The potential for companies to lose imaginary money should not outweigh the preservation of the software, and efforts to ban piracy of old games (and arguably even new games) takes away all incentive for companies to make compelling re-releases.

[@GatorRay]

So in otherwards. Nintendo needs to be forced to go 3rd party.

[@sauzeefy]

@@GatorRay no. They can put whatever restrictions they want on their current games, but players should be allowed to pirate games that are no longer sold on their original hardware by the property holder. I say this because re-releasing old games as ports does not promote actually improving the game, or good business practice, it's almost always a shit port running on an emulator anyway, and the potential for them to "maybe" re-sell these games in the future with no real improvements gives these companies leverage to use in their dumbfuck ongoing legal battle against pirating old games and 3rd party emulators as a whole by claiming they "take away a significant portion of their revenue" Considering these ports are almost always complete trash, this is revenue that they probably shouldn't even have access to in the first place. On top of that, official rereleases are fucking horrible for "preservation". They only port one version of the game without giving players access to older patches, they often make a "NEW" "BETTER" version of the game with updated button prompts for modern consoles, upscaled textures, or fixed bugs and spelling errors. And if that's a suitable substitute for the much more professionally handled preservation efforts of sites like sega-retro, emuparadise, and wikipedia, then you are blinded by your love for unfeeling megacorporations.

[@GatorRay]

@@sauzeefy I was joking because I agree with you.

[@sauzeefy]

@@GatorRay o

[@Xeo7]

Man, you hit the nail on the head for me. I LOVE this game, but hated playing through it. It was my first and actually only Echo Night game I got to play. I saw it one day at a shop in my teens when it was just released and thought it looked cool, being a sucker for horror games. Picked it up purely on a whim with some money to burn from a new job I had at the time. And I fell head over heels with it's atmosphere, narrative and just the general vibe of the game. I tried to show it off to a friend or two, but it was such a boring game to watch without context that they dismissed it. And honestly, until you came in this year to cover this series, I've never seen anyone else talk about one of my favorite games of the era. While I will absolutely not disagree with every single complaint you had about this game, the rest of it left it as such a memorable and gripping experience that I fondly recall it. Strange how a game with some serious issues like this, that at times is the opposite of fun to play, in fact it's OFTEN not fun...can still end up being one of my favorite games of that generation. These days I love From Software, I'm a HUGE fan of the Soulsborne games, and it's the great attention to detail and lorebuilding that makes me feel that way. (Though I do enjoy the gameplay a lot too, to be fair.) But man...how I'd love to see this series get another shot on modern technology. God...it could be SO good. I know it's very wishful thinking, but I suppose I'll just say that I can dream, right? Thank you so much for covering this game and this series, and if you've bothered to read this lengthy reply, thank you for that as well. I honestly could talk for hours about this game and my memories of it. So just...thank you.

[@ccshade7294]

in hindsight, even androids can have heart attacks?

[@Trimint123]

Well, let just say that Androids is like a perfect clone of yourself. Completely captures your psychical body.

[@halinanowak781]

Kek, good point

[@Ajehy]

Maybe Claudia built him too well?

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

I suppose the android is a bit more of a cyborg, cause android tends to more imply...well, to borrow a Star Wars quote, it'd be "more machine than man."

[@VandelayDefect]

just a simple blue screen of death lmao

[@jedgrahek1426]

You have the best coverage of this series on the internet. I can't praise you enough for letting me experience and understand this series without having played it myself. I do really want to play the first two for myself, if I have time to.

[@CameronBFunny]

Dang, these graphics look like an early small budget PS3 game.

[@Tsomomma]

Took me a week to finish this vid, because somehow I kept falling asleep (was watching it late night everytime), but man this was a good review. Props to you man!

[@VergilHiltsLT]

6:00 Eddie's Pizza scene at Pete's Bowl-o-Rama music from Silent Hill 2, just down pitched/tempo'd. :) And it keeps playing through the clip.

[@LutraLovegood]

Nice use of MGS's soundtrack during the Gameplay and Story section! Never realized how fitting it could be for a spooky game.

[@trupotato]

I am feeling an urge to play this game _just_ so I can make a sort of demake reimagining of it that has original echo night gameplay and fixes some of the issues you mentioned this sounds WAY too cool to leave it stuck in a mediocre game

[@NitroRad]

that sounds sick

[@deadwar2012]

The rant about the paper in the locker followed by your little diddy cracks me up everytime.

[@andersdenkend]

Oh yeah that intro looks gorgeous. Never played "Beyond". Was always intrigued.

[@Aceacebabe]

I love that little sad ghost in the corner of the concept design doodle. It's appropriate for the series.

[@cheeseburgah563]

I feel like im finally apart of the cool kids club for once, because i get to watch this before the notification squad.

[@PinkuPeachy]

I played this at a friend's house in high school and we didn't get very far because the atmosphere was so eerie we got too spooked to follow through. At the time I didn't catch the game's title so I spent years wondering what it was. Recently I rediscovered it and I'm super excited to learn more about it, especially from one of my fave KZbinrs

[@FlameSoulis]

God... the more I keep rewatching this video, the more I keep going "If I ever did a VR project, it would be THIS." Virtually all of it screams "This could be remastered in VR and it'd work." Hell, I've played VR games with a heart rate monitor, and that would be SERIOUSLY intense if I could merge that in as an extra: you can stay alive longer in the game if you, yourself, keep calm, but if you don't, you'll make it harder.

[@solarixstar]

That was amazing; both the scripting/editing for the video in question AND the in-game story well told. I know this took you a longer time than you expected but I just want you to know: it was 100% worth the wait my dude. Also YES on the games preservation; that junk is frustrating as hell!

[@Imufur]

this game has the graphical charm of wii horror games, its hard to explain

[@krthin007]

Finally a new nitro rad episode I have run through all of your horror episodes and have thoroughly enjoyed them. Pls keep up the good work.

[@Misstykata]

The way you talk about the ending... *shed a joyful tear in unus annus*

[@kiyopawn]

Yo, hearing you talk about the cameras make it seem like it's very good. I love how it's presented.

[@sokumotanaka9271]

Yeah game preservation is an important subject we REALLY need to have.

[@jackall-trades6149]

Jeez, dude! That writing at the end of the video is so good!

[@bradengreen8146]

I spent 400+ on the silent hill series. And I agree with nitro here. Games need to be properly catalouged so people don't have to spend 400 bucks to play a game series. Great video and I may just check this out someday when I have cash to spare. But not today.

[@synaestheticstudios]

You are one of those people whose content I will enjoy regardless of knowing anything or caring at all about the subject matter. One of the best narrative voices I have ever heard. The number of completely spaced out days I've had that your voice has grounded me. It's been a while since I've been here. Just means I have stuff to catch up on.

[@crystaltriforce64]

i was just having this conversation about preservation and piracy and to be honest it pisses me off that these companies have the GALL to get angry when people pirate/fan remake games that they REFUSE to make available forcing people to pirate/fan remake games in the first place

[@cooltrainervaultboy-39]

I've been saying that companies that remake older titles should have the original available as like a completion bonus, like in the Medievil remake. At least, that is what I want out of a Legacy of Kain remake collection. It'd be a great way to actually justify a $60 price tag without the need of microtransactions, it'll make the games more accessable, and it'll fill the empty space that is usually on the disc! Seriously on that last one, there is usually empty space on those things. Supposedly one of the Tony Hawk games has that Shrek fighting game on it to fill that space. Or was it the other way around?

[@GuyWithChainsaw]

Thank you for making a video about this game. The story, symbolism, the atmosphere, that intro. It's all so beautiful, so powerful. Fantastic video. It might be one of your best works

[@Harakengard]

12:47 Poor man, he even forgot he had a daughter, not a son.