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8920608 No.8920608 [Reply] [Original]

The first few levels of Ecco the Dolphin give me a feeling of loneliness, especially when this track (Medusa bay) is playing:

https://youtu.be/oyCH4mHZ0dA

The game really makes you feel how vast and empty the ocean is, especially for a dolphin that's lost its pod.


The gameplay itself is decent, but the EXPERIENCE is beautiful.

>> No.8920619

>>8920608
ok, good for you

>> No.8920639

I wish I could suffer through Ecco II like I did the first one. I kept waiting for it to get transcendental but it stayed at merely good solely because of the atmosphere. You’re right though that it’s downright beautiful, I can’t think of another game from the 4th gen like it

>> No.8920651

>>8920619
Have you ever used one of these online forums before?

>> No.8920660

>>8920608
Something something liminal.space

>> No.8920663

>>8920660
Don't start with that shit. Please.

>> No.8920664

>>8920651
have you ever tried the rope before?

>> No.8920667

>>8920664
Well Your mom likes to be hogtied when I'm fucking her, if that counts.

>> No.8920674

>>8920667
ok, but have you tried the rope tho

>> No.8920685

>>8920674
Only when fucking your mom

>> No.8920697

>>8920608
yeah it makes you really feel like an ocean

>> No.8920702

>>8920608
genesis soundtrack was better than the cd soundtrack...

>> No.8920715

>>8920685
you can't neck yourself and fuck someone, the blood flow gets snatched, and ur pp floppy

>> No.8920719

>>8920608
This game blows ass
You just swim around aimlessly

>> No.8920732

>>8920719
The dolphins at the beginning of the game will give you a hint about how to get out of that first part. Talk to them;)

>> No.8920738

>>8920715
Actually that's how someone I know died.

>> No.8920870

>>8920715
But if you tie it round your penis your mom loves it more

>> No.8922113

>>8920608
Fuck yeah I fucking love Ecco!
>>8920639
How far did you get? II gets pretty weird.
>>8920719
That's the intro level which is there to let you dick around and get a feel for the controls before it starts throwing challenges at you, the actual game hasn't even started yet. It starts when you take up the challenge that the one dolphin gives you.

>> No.8922298

>normal game:
>>shit, an underwater level
>ecco game:
>>shit, an out of water level

>> No.8922312

>>8922298
>*flopping intensifies*

>> No.8922485

>>8920664
>>8920674
>>8920715
You're trying too hard and OP made you look like a bitch, maybe try following your own advice

>> No.8923868

>>8920732
Imagine being autistic even when playing a videogame dolphin...

>> No.8923890

>>8922298
More like every level was frustrating as fuck

>> No.8923897
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8923897

>>8923890
Perhaps you need to ..... git gud.

>> No.8923901
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8923901

>>8923897
haha, nice.

>> No.8924105

>>8922485
samefaging is bad, try the rope

>> No.8924124

Ecco is a very original concept for a game. They also didn't do a good job enough marketing it to sell the horror and loneliness angle. I was a SFC kid, so I just assumed it was like Barney the Dinosaur. Gay shit with a dolphin. Instead it's more akin to Alien (1979) in terms of atmosphere and dread. Almost a horror game.

I'd like a modern widescreen port, with the option of MD and CD soundtracks.

>> No.8924168

>>8920608
God I got stuck on one of the early levels of Ecco: Tides of Time for the longest time because I didn't know where to go. There was a big-ass jump upwards and my friend said he saw something to the left that you could reach, and I tried that forever.
All it took was a solid jump to the right.

A+ game though

>> No.8924193

>>8924168
Oh yeah that big jump was tough. I did it on Gens with the input lag, was brutal getting everything just right. Luckily I didn't have a dumbass friend giving me red herrings to chase.

>> No.8924206
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8924206

>>8924124
Just play the enhanced PC port with the fan patch

>> No.8924246

>>8920702
facts

>> No.8924895

>>8920608
Yeah Ecco definitely is one of the weirdest games I ever played. Never beat it but I seen the end boss and its a trip. Game is quite spooky.

>> No.8924960

>>8920608
The last few levels scared the shit out of me as a kid. Still unsettling. Here was an innocent looking game about exploring the ocean and you're left with an alien time travel plot

>> No.8925160

For me, it's the Dreamcast version

>> No.8925223

Henlo, is this the Ecco thread?

>> No.8925224

>>8925223
No u dum fugg.