/vr/ - Retro Games

>find the switch
>push the boulder
>go refill your air
>backtrack
>fight against shitty westoid collision detection

Am I missing something? When does it get good?

>graphics, sound, art design, atmosphere are all top notch
>gameplay is broken shitty eurojank
why is this so common in western titles?

>>10193152

>>9829323
Last level is impossible.

>>9595338
>a fuckin dolphin

>make an impossibly difficult game
>...about a dolphin
>try to turn the character into an additional mascot
>shill it at every turn
What the FUCK were they thinking.

If they hadn't made Ecco the Dolphin so hard out of fear of kids renting it, beating it, and returning it in a day, would it have been more fondly remembered?

>this is my life's work
>years of hope and grind finally paid of
>you know what actually I'm gonna go back and fuck with it to make it painfully difficult, a kid might beat on a rental otherwise

Opinions on this? Also is it just me or is this insanely difficult?