/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9554532
I don't really see a need for a remake, the gameis great as is and available in several collections, one of them being the masterful 3D port by M2. It's already a beautiful and wonderful game. My only sad point is Tides of Time is much more forgotten and has fewer ports. But anyone now who plays a version of the first game and loves it can find a way to play Tides without too much trouble.

I don't think you could reboot the game in this era and have it he the same kind of game. Players now would expect a lot more bells and whistles, Ecco would need branching skill trees, grind xp off jellyfish and items to collect and the like. All that would change what the game is which would be a huge disappointment. One of the very things that makes Ecco so great is how unique it is in many ways and presents a very different kind of game and challenge.

>>9555163
Ohh yes, which is why I say that. I think it wraps up beautifully. Ecco finally defeats the vortex for good, forcing them to co-evolve with life on earth, both giving us insects and making it kinda cool that all those damn crabs you've been killing the whole time.

Then having done his work saving the world, in true hero fashion goes on his way. To me, if someone is looking for that third Ecco game, we got it with Defender of the Future. Ecco disappears into the time steam and then re-emerges in literally a different dimension for a whole new adventure.

>>5974906
Personally I think 20 is a good amount of time, but 18 has a nice synchronicity with the rules. Once the game would be old enough to post here, it can be talked about.

For one the console rule just doesn't make sense. We can talk about Dreamcast games that are pretty much the same as their PS2 counterparts because of when the system came out, but not a GBA game released a year or more earlier.

And second as mentioned it would both keep all discussion to old games but also allow for regular new things that can be discussed. Regardless of how you feel about what should be considered retro I think we can all agree that this place has grown both stale and more vitriolic. I would also hope we're all on the same page that what we really want is more discussion about old games.

>>5814028
Is that bait or are you legit retarded?

>>5602356
>authenticity is desirable on some level

Vaguely... but I have a very low low opinon of people who care about how "authentic" someone's gameplay experience was. You are a known troll and I'm just looking at this as another troll thread.

>>5336767
The most beautiful for me is Ecco Defender of the Future. It was the first 3D console game that to me had graphics that I thought held up well to what could be achieved with 2D.

The ugliest is harder because there's so much ugly to choose from. Dragon Quest VII stands out in my memory as being particularly awful though.

>>5305256
If you can handle the nightmare fuel, Defender of the Future is excellent.