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opinion on ecco the dolphin

>> No.2498583

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

>> No.2498591
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2498591

My wife loves it

>> No.2498609

>>2498560
Ecco and Ecco 2 got me spooked.

>The ancient fishes
>The giant seahorses
>These long legged crabs
>Vortexes in both games
>Queen Vortex
>THE FUCKING MORAY IN THE SEASHELL

I love it but I'm too scared to play it again

>> No.2499016

>>2498560
It's hard.
Or rather unforgiving.
Good thing there is a password to every level.
Even then I found myself dying over and over again in second level(caves). if not for savestates I would never get past it. They rush you from air pocket to air pocket - You either die from lack of oxy or from enemies hitting you as you search for next air pocket.
Had to figure out controlls for myself, only found map AFTER caves.

Dropped it before finishing third lvl, I think?

That said, awesome atmosphere, dark and mysterious, kinda alien, never seen that before.
Very good music and graphics, fluid controll when you figure it out.

Gonna come back to it in the future.

>> No.2499020

>>2499016
Also, played it for a first time about halve a year ago.

>> No.2499028

>>2499016
>They rush you from air pocket to air pocket - You either die from lack of oxy or from enemies hitting you as you search for next air pocket.
It's you who's rushing. Take your time and approach enemies with caution. You have a fairly good supply of air, which gives lots of time for you to operate in. Running blindly into the situation will get you hurt, which gives you less time.
Just be patient and don't panic. People who are way too hasty are always the ones who get stuck on the Undercaves, because they can't figure out that you need to pass the octopus slowly. Judging the game as being hard from that level alone is pretty ironic. Yes, the game is hard as fuck, but that level is actually one of the easiest ones in the entire game.

The real roadblock in the game is the Lagoon, which is like the fourth level, or something, and it's definitely among the top hardest levels, mostly just because of how lengthy it is.

>> No.2499045

>>2498591
Does it play well on the Retron 5?

>> No.2499075

gay.

>> No.2499083
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2499083

>>2499075
>implying

>> No.2499087

All I did in that game was do jumps and flips. Had no clue what the fuck I was supposed to do.

>> No.2499090

>>2499087
>he didn't even trigger the storm

>> No.2499146

>>2499028
You know what?
Fine, I started my play again. Currently entering lagoon.
How many levels there are anyway?

>>2499087
Well, to be honest there is very little hand-holding in this game so far.
I would appreciate something to differentiate crystals you move out the way and ones giving you power to do so. Either they're identical or I'm blind.

>> No.2499174

>that ear piecing sonar sound in 1
it got corrected in 2 thankfully.
2 is a mastery on every level.
Dat Tube of Medusa

>> No.2499175

>>2499146
>How many levels there are anyway?
I think around 20-25.

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2499224

>>2499087

>> No.2499226

>>2499083
man I need to finish this game.

>> No.2499228

>>2498591
you know of all the animals to portray in a gritty realistic style, dolphins aint that bad.

>> No.2499229

One of the few games on the Genesis I think actually looks really fucking good.

It plays like shit though.
Everythings really obtuse. Mechanics are annoying, jumping and shit is super inaccurate, its not really fun to play.

But its artstyle is spot on.