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Ah, another franchise I've been interested in but never played. I will certainly get round to buying a copy soon just for you, Mr. Ponce.
As a Nintendo kid, Ecco was one of those games I always felt I was really missing out on.
Come on Sega, you can bounce back!
Come on Sega, you can bounce back!
Man I loved the first Ecco game. It was like nothing I'd ever played before. And it was so beautiful, and so scary.
I hate the Ecco series. I find it utterly pointless and have never understood why fans praise it so highly.
Ah hell i love this damn game. Was one of the first Sega Classic's games i picked up when Steam got them. Happy Birthday Ecco!
It really is a shame they don't pick up this perl and give it some well deserved polish.
I'd really like to see what Ecco'd be like in stereoscopic 3D. Damn, I'd even get a 3DS for that. This is the kind of game you'd like to take with you when you're going on vacation - a summer game. Seriously, Sega! Just fix the goddamn lock-on mechanic of the original game and port Defender of the Future over to the 3DS. Or at least release a HD version on Download Platforms that allows for stereoscopic 3D mode and optional motion controls similar to Skyward Sword's bird controls. Just do something. Anything. At this stage even a Bonus-track for Sonic Racing Transformed would do.
I'd really like to see what Ecco'd be like in stereoscopic 3D. Damn, I'd even get a 3DS for that. This is the kind of game you'd like to take with you when you're going on vacation - a summer game. Seriously, Sega! Just fix the goddamn lock-on mechanic of the original game and port Defender of the Future over to the 3DS. Or at least release a HD version on Download Platforms that allows for stereoscopic 3D mode and optional motion controls similar to Skyward Sword's bird controls. Just do something. Anything. At this stage even a Bonus-track for Sonic Racing Transformed would do.
My GF adores these games, and has beaten both of them, but I always just give up because of how freaking brutal they are. They're amazing pieces of art though. So sad Appaloosa folded...
...I just bought a copy of Ecco The Dolphin on Dreamcast yesterday for $5. I had NO IDEA today was its 20th Birthday! Maybe I should fire it up now? I mean, I won't, because I no longer have a working TV, but it would've been fun.
There is some really impressive fanart over at deviantart Ecco fans might want to check out.
Here's one of my favorites:
Here's one of my favorites:
My absolute favorite Game Gear game. Everyone else may have loved the Genesis or Sega cd versions, but I think the 8-bit version was even more adorable, no to mention easier to get through. I used to play the game just to listen to the tinny music, and I just about wept when I found a brief clip of the GG version on Youtube. Sadly, my Game Gear has rows of dead pixels in its screen, and my copy of the game was somehow damaged years ago (I think it may have been because I put it down next to a magnet toy). Otherwise I'd still break out that game now and then.
What a shame they never finished the trilogy. Ecco: The Tides of Time ended on such a cliffhanger...
@VicYoungblood: I understand what Ecco is trying to do: promote environmentalism, which is A-okay by me. But I find the gameplay to be bland and uninspired, and the games themselves have no clear direction of what exactly they wants to be. There's also the point of the "art" factor that many fans bring up, which I find to be pretentious and forced (as with many "art" games that we've seen lately).
Those are my biggest gripes with Ecco that turn me off from the series entirely. Couple that with the overly "enthusiastic" fanbase (to put it lightly), and I am completely on the opposite side of the Ecco-spectrum.
So yeah, if you're a fan, then more power to you, but I am content with SEGA not bringing back Flipper's reluctant half-cousin twice-removed.
Those are my biggest gripes with Ecco that turn me off from the series entirely. Couple that with the overly "enthusiastic" fanbase (to put it lightly), and I am completely on the opposite side of the Ecco-spectrum.
So yeah, if you're a fan, then more power to you, but I am content with SEGA not bringing back Flipper's reluctant half-cousin twice-removed.
@UnfathomableResistance - The games were not aimed to push environmentalism at all. Your opinion is your opinion, not going to try to change your mind there; the games are what they are. The "art" factor is another thing you are wrong about; the game was not made with the intention of being artistic, forced or otherwise. It was an inspiration taken from several science fiction novels which inspired the game originally, and the creator of the game found dolphins fascinating, as well as the idea of sunken cities such as Atlantis.
It's fine not to like it, but to shit all over it for no reason when the post was made to celebrate it makes you look like an asshole, especially when your understanding of the game doesn't appear to be very strong. You could have just kept your mouth shut since nobody in here really cares about your opinion. It's like walking into a birthday party and taking a shit on the birthday cake; you weren't there to celebrate, so nobody invited you.
Great job looking all cynical and edgy, though while simultaneously trying to take the "power" away from the fans who happen to be celebrating one of their favorite games.
It's fine not to like it, but to shit all over it for no reason when the post was made to celebrate it makes you look like an asshole, especially when your understanding of the game doesn't appear to be very strong. You could have just kept your mouth shut since nobody in here really cares about your opinion. It's like walking into a birthday party and taking a shit on the birthday cake; you weren't there to celebrate, so nobody invited you.
Great job looking all cynical and edgy, though while simultaneously trying to take the "power" away from the fans who happen to be celebrating one of their favorite games.
So many awesome memories of me and my dad playing this when I was younger. It was one of the only games of the time (until Tony Hawk and Tomb Raider) that caught his attention and we'd play together, I'm sure I still have all our scribbled down passwords somewhere.
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It is an action-adventure. A game about systematically exploring your environment and testing your limits. For me it is the thrill of finding my way through a deadly labyrinth what makes this game so rewarding, but I guess people with little patience or a bad sense of orientation will not be able to appreciate the subtlety of its clever gamedesign.
Environmentalism? Maybe. If environmentalism is about teaching you about how deadly nature is, then yes, this game is about that. Most of all, this game is about overcoming your fear of the unknown. It is about bravery and skill.
Remember the thrill you had the first time you leaped inside water and tried to swim? That's Ecco.
It is an action-adventure. A game about systematically exploring your environment and testing your limits. For me it is the thrill of finding my way through a deadly labyrinth what makes this game so rewarding, but I guess people with little patience or a bad sense of orientation will not be able to appreciate the subtlety of its clever gamedesign.
Environmentalism? Maybe. If environmentalism is about teaching you about how deadly nature is, then yes, this game is about that. Most of all, this game is about overcoming your fear of the unknown. It is about bravery and skill.
Remember the thrill you had the first time you leaped inside water and tried to swim? That's Ecco.
I don't really think "pointless" is something you can throw around to any individual game. Do any games have a "point"?
@UnfathomableResistance Ugh, Ecco wasn't an 'art game.' It was a pretty looking game with nice music that people have fond memories of. So fuck off.
I'd like another 3D Ecco game. To be honest, I wasn't much of a game when the original games came out. I had an SNES near the end of it's cycle with a handful of games. (DKC!)
I bough a used Sega from a movie rental store that I can't recall the name of and bought the Ecco games for it. They were fun but with my limited skills also damn hard!
I ended up buying 2 Dreamcasts dirt cheap at $100 for both from Toys'r'Us and I bought the Ecco game for it as well.
My skills were better the. But still not great. I got past the great white and into the levels that started getting dark and gloomy.
Honestly, I never finished it because of those levels. I loved the beautiful blues of the sea in the early levels it according to my guide those types of levels were few and far between.
I'd buy one if it spent more time in levels like the opening ones from the Dreamcast and less on air management and cave/tunnel exploration.
I bough a used Sega from a movie rental store that I can't recall the name of and bought the Ecco games for it. They were fun but with my limited skills also damn hard!
I ended up buying 2 Dreamcasts dirt cheap at $100 for both from Toys'r'Us and I bought the Ecco game for it as well.
My skills were better the. But still not great. I got past the great white and into the levels that started getting dark and gloomy.
Honestly, I never finished it because of those levels. I loved the beautiful blues of the sea in the early levels it according to my guide those types of levels were few and far between.
I'd buy one if it spent more time in levels like the opening ones from the Dreamcast and less on air management and cave/tunnel exploration.
I'd like another 3D Ecco game. To be honest, I wasn't much of a game when the original games came out. I had an SNES near the end of it's cycle with a handful of games. (DKC!)
I bough a used Sega from a movie rental store that I can't recall the name of and bought the Ecco games for it. They were fun but with my limited skills also damn hard!
I ended up buying 2 Dreamcasts dirt cheap at $100 for both from Toys'r'Us and I bought the Ecco game for it as well.
My skills were better the. But still not great. I got past the great white and into the levels that started getting dark and gloomy.
Honestly, I never finished it because of those levels. I loved the beautiful blues of the sea in the early levels it according to my guide those types of levels were few and far between.
I'd buy one if it spent more time in levels like the opening ones from the Dreamcast and less on air management and cave/tunnel exploration.
I bough a used Sega from a movie rental store that I can't recall the name of and bought the Ecco games for it. They were fun but with my limited skills also damn hard!
I ended up buying 2 Dreamcasts dirt cheap at $100 for both from Toys'r'Us and I bought the Ecco game for it as well.
My skills were better the. But still not great. I got past the great white and into the levels that started getting dark and gloomy.
Honestly, I never finished it because of those levels. I loved the beautiful blues of the sea in the early levels it according to my guide those types of levels were few and far between.
I'd buy one if it spent more time in levels like the opening ones from the Dreamcast and less on air management and cave/tunnel exploration.
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