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What is with this game? Anonymous 09/06/18 (Thu) 16:31:17 3267f9 No.15413534

Just finished the arctic levels and feels like the title cannot decide if it wants to test the players ability or give them a dangerous ocean world to explore.

Anonymous 09/06/18 (Thu) 16:32:46 6b65af No.15413544

It's just shitty old not-platformers for fishfuckers.

Just download dolphin porn and be done with it.

Anonymous 09/06/18 (Thu) 16:59:01 3267f9 No.15413650

>>15413544

>not-platformers

Oh, thanks for mentioning that. The game did feel a bit like a precursor to NiGHTS in some aspects of the movement.

Anonymous 09/06/18 (Thu) 18:00:49 a4cf03 No.15413880

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>>15413534

>>15413650

What did you not like about it and what did you like about it? I have only ever beat the first one and I found it to be very enjoyable. Some back tracking was annoying and the last levels "Meat Machine" or something along those lines was pure bullshit but glad I beat it.

Anonymous 09/06/18 (Thu) 18:54:12 48592e No.15414074

The sequel improves on a lot, makes it more enjoyable but it's still fairly challenging.

Anonymous 09/06/18 (Thu) 18:56:55 8bdf21 No.15414084

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I remember playing this one back in the day, I used to be terrified of the shark because I had no idea how to beat him.

Anonymous 09/06/18 (Thu) 19:08:04 3267f9 No.15414105

>>15413880

>What did you not like about it

So far (Because I haven't beaten it yet, doubtful I'm even halfway through it), the hit detection due to how inconsistent it is with darting at enemies and how you can still get hurt, and how there is little space and warning on the screen to be aware of your surroundings (Even with the mini-map).

>what did you like about it?

Strangely, I do like the difficulty of it. The music makes me want to find the OST. And, the…alien feel of the game's world (I don't know how to describe that last one).

Anonymous 09/06/18 (Thu) 19:17:15 48592e No.15414128

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>>15414084

Much as I loved the improvements the PS2 port provided they put a dolphin song behind virtually every single piece of music in the game. It wasn't intrusive but Defender of the Future has an astounding ambient and atmosphere soundtrack the likes of which I haven't experienced in other games. It goes from pleasant and peaceful to contemplative to outright horrifying.

Peaceful and Beautiful

https://youtu.be/sl_a6MXF-SY

https://youtu.be/I2sS51m1s3k

https://youtu.be/BakJFpqF4rc

https://youtu.be/72J5FPCXSL4

https://youtu.be/oWxEg1mnmIg

https://youtu.be/vYlk2zRZhow

Threatening/Foreboding

https://youtu.be/vQtlab3gp5M

https://youtu.be/WUWsEPA1Eog

https://youtu.be/EpKkYn-9jBA

https://youtu.be/mJ6xyG2vH9M

Contemplative

https://youtu.be/oNH9fskWBLw

https://youtu.be/ppKLLn0Wm3I

https://youtu.be/VVRg257zu3k

https://youtu.be/U2wHa3Oncd4

https://youtu.be/rtS_QBWX6cY

Spooky

https://youtu.be/YObnsPJl3Cc

I'm getting autistic here but the height of the game is Man's Nightmare which is a unique concept wherein dolphins are rendered retarded and mankind utilizes the technology of Atlantis to combat The Foe in addition to using dolphins as a form of slave labor. Eventually, mankind leaves the planet to combat The Foe, abandoning their dolphin laborers (split into sects each responsible for a particular task) who still revere and worship mankind but without their guidance lack the intelligence to continue their work. As Ecco continues through this nightmare post apocalyptic world (complete with underwater monsters and shit) he begins a long process of reactivating machinery that allegedly with reunite mankind with dolphinkind. It is revealed that mankind and The Foe actually killed one another off and when Ecco recovers one of the split orbs that fractured the beings of dolphins, granting them their intelligence back. The dolphin laborers reveal that the engine Ecco inadvertently brought back to life is a form of insurance that will destroy the planet as a final fuck you to The Foe. So Ecco scales this volcanic peak through a series of gigantic tubes that are meant to provide the engine with crystals that will usher forth total destruction.

Defender of the Future is a deeply flawed game with numerous errors but fuck if it wasn't a neat title to play during the Dreamcast's early years.

Anonymous 09/07/18 (Fri) 02:19:36 656f17 No.15415709

>>15414128

So, once again, the Dreamcast version of a game is superior?

Anonymous 09/07/18 (Fri) 03:15:26 5a7268 No.15415982

>the title cannot decide if it wants to test the players ability or give them a dangerous ocean world to explore

yes

>>15415709

Overall I'd say the ps2 version is better. Fixed glitches, more options for completing a certain level, better sonar, etc.

They did cut out one song that plays in one specific place but they replaced it with a mix of every song you've learned

Google a list of differences or try both yourself

Anonymous 09/07/18 (Fri) 03:18:10 04e165 No.15415994

>>15413544

(checked)

Are dolphins the delicious brown tomboys of fishfucker bait?