Alter Echo
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(Playstation 2 - US, Action & Adventure)
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Developed_By:
Outrage Games
Published_By:
THQ
Released On:
18 Aug 2003
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Alter Echo is a third-person action game with a focus on close quarters combat. It is set in the 29th century where a substance named Multiplast replaces all known construction materials because it can be formed into anything. But something is wrong on the planet Proteus, the only known source of Multiplast. Now the simple worker Nevin has to investigate and stop the megalomaniac shape shifter Paavo who controls an even more powerful substance.
Luckily soon after the beginning of the game Nevin gets his hands on a special suit, which allows him to morph into three forms. The sword form is for melee combat, in which combos can be triggered by using the correct button combinations. The cannon form is a big robot which is more suited for gunplay and the stealth form is a futuristic lizard with a long tongue. During combat the player can instantly switch between the forms, which allows for many combinations depending on the former action or movement. This gets rewarded with plasma points which are used to upgrade Nevin's life energy, new moves or better weapons.
Besides combat, the game features basic switch puzzles and rhythm-based mini games. Most notable is the Time Dilation Mode, which can be activated near enemies - then the mini game begins and, if successfully completed, launches an especially powerful attack.
UPC-A:
752919460238 (United States)
ASIN:
B00009XS6C (United States)
Sony PN:
SLUS-20465 (United States)
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Media Type:
DVD-ROM
Number of Offline Players:
1 Player
Save Game Methods:
External Storage
Input Device Features Supported:
Vibration
Controller Types Supported:
Analog Controller, Digital Controller
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Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
This is a third-person action-adventure game where players control Nevin, a hero with a shape-shifting PolySuit, to combat the evil mastermind Paavo. Players will engage in combat, stealth, and environmental manipulation by converting nodes to liberate the living planet Proteus.
Story
You are Nevin, armed with the most radical weapon ever. It's a shape-shifting PolySuit that can even stop time itself. You're armed and dangerous, but you'll need every advantage against Paavo, an evil mastermind controlling the living surface of Proteus.
What's a PolySuit?
Your battlesuit is fashioned from EchoPlast, the most powerful morphic substance ever known. It's called a PolySuit because it can morph between three different forms, each with unique abilities:
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Sword Form—Move quickly, jump and run while slicing and dicing enemies with devastating sword combos.
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Gun Form—Transform into a walking tank, a huge cannon- and grenade-launching giant. Annihilate enemies with torrents of gunfire.
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Stealth Form—Become invisible, climb special "stealth paths," and assassinate foes with sneak attacks.
Echo's Nervous System
You must liberate Echo's nervous system from Paavo's control. In their natural state, these nodes are gold, but Paavo can take command, making them dark and oily.
There are two types of nodes emanating from the planet's surface: Sync Nodes and Master Nodes. You must convert them with your Shaper power to free them.
Sync Nodes
A Sync Node resembles a floating Holographic Node, but it's more than it seems. Sync Nodes are a direct line into the EchoPlast's nervous system, allowing you to use your Shaper abilities to alter the environment to your advantage.
Most Sync Nodes start off controlled by Paavo. To capture and activate a Sync Node, approach it and press the button. You will enter the Time Dilation state where you must complete a grid to gain control of the node. When you have successfully converted the node, the environment will change in some way that is to your advantage (shaping a bridge across a chasm, for example, or melting away a wall to reveal a path onward).
Master Nodes
Master Nodes are major nerve centers that control large portions of the surface of Proteus, often several square miles in area. All Sync Nodes in such an area are subordinate to a governing Master Node, so when you capture a Master Node, you stop Paavo from controlling them.
Stealth Paths
When a path seems to be a dead end, look for these glowing blue paths. Echo can sometimes create a route for you to follow, but only when you are in Stealth Form.
Pounce Nubs
Like Stealth Paths, Pounce Nubs help you when all seems hopeless. Paavo will try to close off your route as you approach his den. Pounce Nubs are pure Plast shaped into floating platforms that you can use to cross the occasional chasm.
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To use Pounce Nubs, approach them in Stealth Form and press the button to pounce onto the nearest one.
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Repeated presses of the button will carry you along a chain of pounce nubs.
Story Background
Morphing PolySuit...CHECK. Time Dilation...CHECK. Massive amounts of frantic combat...CHECK. Okay, great, but how exactly did you end up in this situation?
Multiplast
In the year 2850 A.D., the most precious substance in the universe is Multiplast, an exotic goop found only one place: the planet Proteus. With its unique biocircuitry, Multiplast can be shaped by special psychics called Shapers, into just about anything imaginable.
This means that a vehicle, for example, can be shaped from a solid hunk of Multiplast: no need for wires or moving parts. Multiplast is now essential to human technology and huge Multiplast corporations now employ Shapers to produce everything from fashionwear to children's toys to spaceships. Not all Shapers are created equal, however, and the most visionary and creative Shapers achieve the status of celebrities, their names and designs renowned across the Twelve Worlds.
The Grandmaster Shaper
The most famous and brilliant Shaper in recent memory was none other than Paavo, the Grandmaster Shaper for the Stuvelt Corporation. His intuitive understanding of Plast was a thing of legend, and his designs became highly sought after. The richest people in the galaxy paid huge sums to own an original Paavo design.
The Truth Behind the Reputation
Paavo was always a recluse. As time went by, he withdrew more and more from human society, surrounding himself with menacing bodyguards to maintain his seclusion. His Plast designs grew more bizarre as he became more reclusive.
In some of his writings, he expressed the wish that he could eliminate the human element from his designs. He sought independence from his employers, but the Stuvelt Corporation was not about to cancel his contract. He was the jewel in their crown.
Paavo appeared to give in to the corporation, and proposed a grand project: The Stuvelt Gigantus. It was the largest space liner ever conceived, and the corporate leaders were thrilled. The Gigantus was to serve as a flagship for Stuvelt's prospering economic empire.
Gigantus
The Gigantus exploded in a huge atomic fireball an hour into its maiden voyage. Everyone aboard—over a thousand of the most essential Stuvelt executives and their family members—died. Investigations revealed that a catastrophic reactor failure was the cause of the explosion. But this was Paavo's design... how could he have made such a mistake?
The Secret
Contrary to popular belief, Paavo did not die on the Gigantus. He had made a deal with one of Stuvelt's competitors, the Interstellar Multiplast Systems Corporation (IMS,
How to Play
Getting Started
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MEMORY CARD slot 2
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MEMORY CARD slot 1
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USB connector
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S400 i.LINK connector
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controller port 1
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controller port 2
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disc tray
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RESET button
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(OPEN) button
Set up your PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system according to its instruction manual. Make sure the MAIN POWER switch (located in the back of the console) is turned on.
Press the RESET button. When the power indicator lights up, press the open button and the disc tray will open. Place the Alter Echo™ disc on the disc tray with the label side facing up. Press the open button again and the disc tray will close.
Attach game controllers and other peripherals, as appropriate. Follow on-screen instructions and refer to this manual for information on using the software.
Memory Cards
To save game settings and progress, insert a memory card (8MB) (for PlayStation®2) into MEMORY CARD slot 1 of your PlayStation®2.
You can load saved game data from the same card, or any memory card (8MB) (for PlayStation®2) containing previously saved Alter Echo™ games. For more information, see SAVING AND LOADING on page 28.
PolySuit Abilities
Your PolySuit can also Stop Time! This suit's radically supercharged biocircuitry is so blindingly fast that it outspeeds time itself.
Once you learn how to operate your PolySuit, you can use its incredible speed to queue up a chain of awesome attacks while your enemies are frozen helpless in time, then unleash your assault to devastate them. More information on this can be found in the "Time Dilation" section on page 11.
Gun Form Special Attacks
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Grenade/Grenade Rocket—This special Gun Form attack drains all PolySuit energy. You can fire a grenade again when the energy has recharged.
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Boomerang—This Gun Form attack drains half of the PolySuit's energy.
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Invisibility—This special ability of the Stealth Form drains PolySuit energy while in use.
PolySuit energy recharges over time. Watch the little green meter to know when you can use the PolySuit's special abilities again.
Hit/Kill Display
Displays the number of consecutive hits you have landed on opponents and the number of enemies killed.
Plasm Score
Displays the amount of Plasm you currently have stored. Plasm is the raw Plast energy that you can “spend” to improve your PolySuit's abilities at Upgrade Nodes. Plasm is very valuable, so earn all you can.
Chain Level Meter
Displays the Level of the attack chain you are currently building. The more consecutive attacks you land and the more damage you do, the higher the level of your current chain, and the more Plasm you will earn.
To keep a chain of attacks going, you must land hits without any significant pauses in between. If an enemy blocks an attack, change your approach and strike a different way quickly to keep your chain going!
Chain Description
Lists the attacks you land on an opponent when you are building a chain.
Gameplay and Combat
Your PolySuit's extraordinary abilities provide you with a great variety of options when smacking down your enemies. The specific combat moves available at any time vary with the form of the suit you have activated.
Morph Moves
You can further dazzle and destroy your enemies by using special Morph Moves. These are highly effective assaults you unleash on your enemies as you morph from one form to another during a continuing attack chain.
For example, you can pounce on an enemy in Stealth Form then morph to Gun Form to give your enemy a taste of the gun barrel—up close and personal. In the same situation, morph to Sword Form to throw your enemy and crack some Plast on the hard ground.
PolySuit Attacks and Combos
Here's a list of moves. Some moves have an optional final component, known as a finisher. For instance, holding the button at the end of the Fatal Flurry combo adds a super cool slash-o-matic finishing move.
Note that you will have to earn some of these moves by spending Plasm to upgrade your PolySuit and weapons.
Sword Form
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Jump
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(in air) Double Jump
Upgrades
During the game you will encounter special Upgrade Nodes. In these special areas, you can "spend" the Plasm you have collected to upgrade your PolySuit in a variety of ways.
Some of the most important upgrades improve the basic weapons for your Sword and Gun Forms. Others increase your PolySuit's defenses (see Upgrade Nodes, page 17).
Powerups
Health
These blue spheres float slightly above the ground. Pick them up to refill a portion of your health meter.
Time Dilation
These floating orange spheres fill a portion of your Time Dilation meter.
Plasm
When picked up, these green spheres instantly add Plasm to your amount stored. Save up for that wicked upgrade you have in mind.
Time Dilation
Time Dilation allows you to freeze your enemies and unleash your best attacks before they even know what's coming. To use this power, you'll have to collect orange Time Dilation powerups to charge up your TD meter, the orange bar in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
To enter Time Dilation, press the R3 button when you are within range of one or more enemies. If an enemy you want to attack isn't targeted, hold the R3 button down and move towards the enemy until a reticule appears around
Controls
Right Analog Stick
Camera Movement
Left Analog Stick
Movement
➤ button
Jump (Sword & Stealth Forms)
button
Action/Alternate Attack
↑↓ directional buttons
Gun Cycle
L1 / R1 button
Morph (cycle up or down)
L2 button
Sword Form: Block
R2 button
Target Cycle
R3 button
Time Dilation
or (in air)
Jump Attack
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Flashing Sword
Δ,Δ,Δ
Razor Sword
Ο,Δ,Ο, Δ,,
Fatal Flurry
Hold (optional)
Juggle Slash
Hold L2
Block
Hold L2 +A
Darting Slash
Hold L2 +
Stun Thrust
Hold L2+X
Roll Rush
▲ (following Roll)
Shoulder Dash
Hold, release
Hammer Smash
Hold,, or + Morph (while on ground)
Morph Push
Hold,, or + Morph (while in air)
Morph Stab
Energy Gun (Plast Bullet, Seeker, Scorcher, Storm Shot)
Energy Gun
Grenade (uses PolySuit energy)
Grenade
press again
Detonate Grenade
Gun Smash
Gun Smash
Boomerang (uses PolySuit energy)
Boomerang
Tips & Maps
Morph Juggle
Hold ■, ◯, ▲, or ✖ + Morph while on the ground to perform this move.
Morph Stomp
Hold ■, ◯, ▲, or ✖ + Morph while in the air to perform this move.
Jump
Press ✖ to jump.
Double Jump
Press ✖ while in the air to double jump.
Buzzsaw
Press ■ while in the air to perform a buzzsaw attack.
Tongue Grab
Press ◯ to grab an enemy with your tongue.
Tongue Juggle
Immediately follow a Tongue Grab with ◯ to juggle the enemy.
Pounce
Press ▲ to pounce on an enemy.
Pounce Slap
Press ◯ while mounted on an enemy to slap them.
Pounce Combo
Press ■, ◯, ■, ◯ (optional) after a pounce for a combo.
Neck Crush
Hold ◯ and then release while mounted on an enemy to perform a neck crush.
Jump off
Press ✖ while mounted on an enemy to jump off.
Toggle Invisibility
Press L2 to toggle invisibility.
Morph Lunge
Hold ■, ◯, ▲, or ✖ + Morph while on the ground to perform this move when morphing into Stealth Form.
Morph Buzzsaw
Hold ■, ◯, ▲, or ✖ + Morph while in the air to perform this move when morphing into Stealth Form.
Morph Throw
After pouncing onto an enemy, morph to Sword form to perform this move.
Morph Hold
After pouncing onto an enemy, morph to Gun Form to perform this move.
Torture Shot
After performing Morph Hold, press ■ to perform a torture shot.
Hold Bomb
After performing Morph Hold, press ▲ to hold a bomb, knocking enemy drones over.
Hold Rocket
After performing Morph Hold, press ◯ to hold a rocket.
Enemies & Characters
Stome
A grizzled veteran and crack marksman, Stome is the ranking officer on the mission who views duty and obedience as the center of his universe.
Arana
A master of blade combat and a graceful killer in hand-to-hand combat, Arana is focused and driven, and has worked with Stome on several missions.
Echo
Echo is friendly and seems to be a mysterious part of the planet itself, providing Nevin with the PolySuit and other assistance.
Drones
An automated army of mindless killing machines, these expendable drones are Paavo's creations, whose only mission is to hunt you down and destroy you.
Plastid and Plastid Elite
The simplest of Paavo's creations, Plastids are armed with swords for crowd control, with the Elite version having a tougher exoskeleton.
Gunner and Gunner Elite
Gunners are armed with ranged weapons, coming in models like Proto Gunner, Grenadier, and Melter, with elite versions being even more dangerous.
Hydra and Hydra Elite
This bizarre, floating monstrosity hurls balls of destructive energy at its target, and the elite version is more resistant to attacks.
Gargoyle
These demonic wing-flappers are immune to Stealth and Sword Form attacks initially, then morph into a new form invulnerable to Gun Form attacks and spew grenades.
Titan and Titan Elite
These towering brutes can knock the Plast right out of you with their 'fists of stone' and can take a lot of punishment, with the elite version being even tougher.
Plast Wraith
These revolting enemies can summon and hurl Plast energy with cataclysmic force, and are wily and more intelligent than most drones, with the elite version being even more difficult to kill.
Paavo
The most brilliant Shaper of his time, Paavo is a mad visionary devoted to creating a radically improved form of Plast, and will kill you when it suits him.
Kess
A deadly assassin with anger management issues, Kess enjoys her work and has been one of Paavo's bodyguards for over three years.
Gherran
Gherran is a straightforward guy who likes big guns and explosions, and also likes Kess, his perpetual sidekick.
Trap Nodes
Once activated, a hoard of drones pours forth in waves from these nodes, which are protected by energy rings rendering them invulnerable to attacks.
Spawn Nodes
Spawn Nodes generate waves of vicious drones and are vulnerable to attacks from the moment they appear, making them easier to deal with than Trap Nodes.
Tentacles
Paavo shapes these towering limbs from the EchoPlast; they attack non-drones and are often invulnerable to Gun Form attacks, doing considerable damage at close range.
Shock Orbs
These crude sensors generate a massive blast of lethal electricity if you get near them, requiring Invisibility or disabling to pass.
Seedlings
Hundreds of these mysterious structures, resembling huge fangs hooked in the sky, are growing rapidly around Paavo's citadel.
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