Mystic Nights is a survival horror game with similar gameplay elements to Resident Evil. This was a Korean exclusive for the PS2. The game never had an official release as it was later canceled by Sony


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This is one of those games that had never made it to the west and it's a real shame because this game is a lot of fun with a lot of re-playable value to it!

Gameplay wise, it's very similar to 3rd person horror games like Resident Evil 4, Silent Hill and Cold Fear to name a few. Your resources aren't as limited since the enemies do respawn if you go too many rooms away and they drop ammo and healing items, however, this is something that works in the game's favour as you will need to grind up experience on your weapons.

Yes, your weapons gain experience and level up just like an RPG of somekind, becoming a better and more powerful version every couple of levels and even changing function too.

The reasoning is the weapons are made at this facility with the same abilities of the monsters, called vampires, by being able to constantly evolve and yes like Countdown Vampires, this game plays fast and loose with the term "vampires" but it's actually a good game so it doesn't bother me that much!

The monsters are extremely creepy and make me think of a cross between Silent Hill and H.R.Gigar's works as the creatures are both a morbid mixture of exposed organs and mechanical parts implanted into living flesh. A real Cronenbergian monster horror show going on, including that with the bosses too!

The story itself is a fairly by-the-numbers one where your character missed his chance at love after a friend of his stole his research AND his girlfriend, but was invited by her to come down to the lab to assist them in a project that's currently going on, but after arriving you take the elevator down and a explosion happens, trapping you deep inside this facility where you will have to arm yourself to fight off the approaching horrors!

I got myself a ROM translation of this game online and I'm more than happy to share with you all so you can get the chance to play this great game: (Removed link as the platform doesn't want to support "piracy" which is questionable.)

The one behind the patch apologised for confusing moments as English isn't their first language and I was informed that there are 4 endings! Though I only managed to unlock two of them.

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