About This Demo

Experience the beginning of Ecstatica II in this demo, from your first steps through roughly 20 minutes of its strange and unsettling adventure.

Explore, face your first challenges, and discover the opening chapter of a much larger journey that continues in the full game.

Ecstatica II is a dark fantasy action-adventure set in a one-of-a-kind world built from ellipsoids. Return as a prince to a kingdom sacked by demons under a blood-red sky. Cast spells and trade blows to restore the shattered Elder Sign and free the sorceress Ecstatica.

RESCUE ECSTATICA

You saved Ecstatica from Tirich and brought her home, expecting a hero’s welcome. Instead, demons crawl through your castle, your lands lie in ruin and the Archmage sits on your throne. And Ecstatica is gone. No army is coming. It’s just you, whatever weapon you can grab, and one goal: take back your kingdom and rescue the sorceress.

Welcome to a world of magic, mysterious traps and diabolical danger, graphical glory and fast, fiendish gameplay. Your desperate struggle against the forces of chaos will pit you against a relentless enemy onslaught; you'll need wits, cunning and expert swordsmanship to defeat the evil nemeses. Let's hope you don't pass out at the sight of blood.

BIGGER, BLOODIER, STILL ROUND

The one-of-a-kind ellipsoid world returns larger and more detailed. Explore a castle and its surroundings, with richer animation, more brutal and physical combat, and the same eerie, rounded beauty that set the original apart from every polygon game of its era.

RELIVE IT LIKE NEVER BEFORE

First released in 1997, Ecstatica II is the ambitious sequel to one of gaming’s most unusual horror adventures. It’s now available digitally for the first time, with a full set of enhancements. It runs smoothly on current systems, adds full controller support, and lets you switch between graphics modes, from the original look to modern high-resolution rendering.

FEATURES

• The sequel to a pioneering survival-horror adventure, set in a larger world

• Explore the castle with its dungeons and its surrounding village and wilderness

• Visceral, physical melee combat: pick up weapons, dodge attacks and fight back

• Cast spells and drink potions with powerful, unpredictable effects

• Randomized enemies and encounters, so no two playthroughs are the same

• Dark fantasy horror with twisted humour

• Graphics built entirely from ellipsoids - a unique approach to 3D

ENHANCEMENTS

• Runs smoothly on modern hardware

• Graphics modes, including Windows 95 (based on the 1997 release) and Software (real-time high resolution render)

• Switch graphics modes on the fly to compare them in real time

• No GPU needed! The game runs on the CPU alone

• Intuitive modern controls

• Full controller support

• Optional setting for “Shaking Legs” that brings back the leg jitter from the original release

• Three soundtrack versions - the same tracks sound different depending on the setting

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Ecstatica II is a game developed in 1997. According to official ratings from that time, it contains animated violence, blood, and gore. Might not be appropriate for all audiences.