I once jumped up so high I got sucked along with the other dolphins in some secret tube level which then lead to the freaky end boss mother alien thing. It was rather odd.
I think having the dolphins talk about a contest for who can jump the highest, rather than one just mentioning about jumping high would've made the goal more clear without telling you that that is the way to progress
Funny enough, as a kid I WAS able to get the dolphins alien abducted. But I'd already explored everywhere underwater before that, and had seen no exit. I didn't realize that the abduction would also make a wall randomly open, and was stuck forever.
as a kid i had no trouble until the undercaves, had no idea how to destroy those rocks and kept dying to the pufferfish, as an adult though i'm embarrased by my young self
Im 12 atm and my dad let me play the game on his thing and i went up really high in the air then there was a whirlpool and all the dolphins dissapeared (not sure about the whirlpool) then i was scared and cried and i havent played since...
there is zero indicator what to do. there are no tool tips. there is no clear goal. there is no helpful dialogue or text. 'all games were like this' is not an excuse. it's shitty level design.
If I worked at SEGA and it were up to me, the game would've been a Metroidvania instead of a side scrolling puzzle-focused obstacle course. Wouldn't have needed the whole Dark Souls difficulty quirk, since most kids of the day wouldn't have been able to wrap their heads around the genre's mechanics anyway. Obviously it still would've lost out *_HARD_* to Super Metroid, but would at least kept some staying power for future retro gamers.
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"Don't touch things with spikes. Like spikes... And goth girls." So it's unsafe to touch Matt then.
I think matts just super angsty and extremely cringy
+Austin Savage Yeah, but Matt's also an 8 year old goth girl.
+Austin Savage "extremely cringey" coming from the guy with a meme as his avatar
+privaivy thats my meme that i made and you have a goddamn anime avatar you have no room to talk
+Austin Savage good job m8 you made a meme your mother would be so proud
I once jumped up so high I got sucked along with the other dolphins in some secret tube level which then lead to the freaky end boss mother alien thing. It was rather odd.
No, you did not.
My brother said he did that once
+iMonikah that's the end of the game you go back in time and go up to the alien ship and kill the queen
Somebody get in touch with his childhood friends and tell them to watch this video
9:09 the turning point in this video LOL
Yes, they did get abducted by aliens.
+Ian Pulanco ... NOT GOOD|
I think having the dolphins talk about a contest for who can jump the highest, rather than one just mentioning about jumping high would've made the goal more clear without telling you that that is the way to progress
yeah sex is great but have you ever watched someone from your era of gaming finally figure out the key to progressing after literally twenty years
Wasn't the dolphins jumping out of the water a clue since their doing it repetivly.
"Pod? is Ecco an alien?"
I facepalmed.
@OfficialNerdCubed for your next completes series do Ecco the dolphin
Star Excelsior he totes should at some point
dan went from super pissed of to very weided out to ultra happy
So long and thanks for all the fish!
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+Dex Wolf Take a towel
Dex Wolf DON'T PANIC
Dex Wolf so sad it should come to this
You do know that level is the tutorial right?
That's one hardcore tutorial.
The original dark souls
almost as hard as the cuphead tutorial
I always thought Echo as a kid because echolocation ect.
i remember five year old me playing this game, she got so far into the game and didnt know what was going in the whole time, she just knew
When ever i played this game i always thought it was sad
his friends saw this and they crapped themselves
now all you have to do is put in all Ns into the password screen as a kid and be terrified by what you saw.
What happens if you do that??
+Robotic Panda you get sent to a level that, as a kid, would terrify you.
Spoilers:A giant alien-like creatures
Creature,sorry
A.K.A.
Doing all N's would bring you to "Welcome to hell."
Funny enough, as a kid I WAS able to get the dolphins alien abducted. But I'd already explored everywhere underwater before that, and had seen no exit. I didn't realize that the abduction would also make a wall randomly open, and was stuck forever.
There is only one good water level in gaming- Abzu. That game is absolutely bloody amazing.
Are you serious? A dolphin asked you how high you can jump in the beginning....anyway great memory
"let's talk to the friends, see if there's any clues that I missed" THERE WAS A PRETTY BIG ONE DAN
as a kid i had no trouble until the undercaves, had no idea how to destroy those rocks and kept dying to the pufferfish, as an adult though i'm embarrased by my young self
completes series
takes 10,000 episodes
Please do a full playthrough of Ecco the dolphin!!!
Im 12 atm and my dad let me play the game on his thing and i went up really high in the air then there was a whirlpool and all the dolphins dissapeared (not sure about the whirlpool) then i was scared and cried and i havent played since...
The vortex queen comes every 500 years and steals parts of the ocean to feed on.
:O Cooool!
+Alyssia Johnston do you like these games? because they made a 3d one for ps2 and dreamcast
Yea i do ill check them out and ask my dad thanks!
no problem these games are underrated
Game link: nooooope
Also all of your friends just shat themselves watching this
Have you not watched the hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy? Clearly the world was ending so you had to jump into space to find a new planet
gferrol118 *read
I did this by accident after nearly giving up
Like... duh. "Fly high in the sky"
I know, but shouldn't be that hard to understand.
+RightfulFallen you're right. I was 12 when this game came out and we figured it out pretty quick.
he didn't know you have to have to smash C 5 billion times a SEC!!!!!!!!
omg he gave us the will to speak all hail the nerdcubed god
*watches nerd cubed play echo the dolphin* * gets the trial on xbox*
This was an incredible game at the time. Don't confuse having to force derpy fails to make it a silly video with bad game quality
this is blatantly bad game design. level design 101: have a coherent layout and goal. failed.
there is zero indicator what to do. there are no tool tips. there is no clear goal. there is no helpful dialogue or text. 'all games were like this' is not an excuse. it's shitty level design.
So .... in the manual ... Are tooltips. Your clear goal. helpful dialogue and text.
Star face the dolphin "say hello to my little friend "
Dan's childhood friends! WATCH THIS VIDEO.
aah, memories.
I love this game
hi nerd cubed epic video
Oh my god when the fish got abducted it scared the shit out of me!
Well done Dan!
Damn I would've snatched the controller from you and Show you want you're meant to do!
sadly I figured out how to get out of the tutorial within 10 minutes
E is for Ecco and he was delicious.
he was DELIcious at the DELI.... GET T!?
and I figured it out in ten minuets....
9:08 this was pretty much the reaction 8 year old me had except it was more like what the damn, then I just got scared.
EXEACTLY TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I played this game I couldn't read properly and remember going rather far
I have this for the Game-Gear. I still don't know how I got it.
still have this game on the saga or something
hi nerd cubed epic video!!!
I almost broke my joystick playing this game as a child
Why don't you play the superior sequal?
sea-quel
+Cuber Cymru *sigh*
get out
just
get
out
Dude clam down.
+HaHaHaKid I sea what you did there.
Holy shit how did you find this game i played this so much when i was a child! :o
I have a game similar to this but with a orca instead.
I remember that game, I used to play it all the time as a kid on the computer. Can't remember what's it called, it's been ages.
+The Great Sloth Lord it wasn't the sierra point and click game ecoquest was it?
This game made me really sad when I was younger.. Lol
And you have to jump over the right rock wall, i was 4 when i figured that out. :P
If I worked at SEGA and it were up to me, the game would've been a Metroidvania instead of a side scrolling puzzle-focused obstacle course. Wouldn't have needed the whole Dark Souls difficulty quirk, since most kids of the day wouldn't have been able to wrap their heads around the genre's mechanics anyway.
Obviously it still would've lost out *_HARD_* to Super Metroid, but would at least kept some staying power for future retro gamers.
Now that's vaporwave
i have that game
Ecco is one of my favourite games ever yes I'm 16 but I stil played it
Thumbs up if u had this on megadrive
awww
HAHA how old were you anyways.lol i beat that part fast
Wonder how many are here thanks to /r/askreddit
I spent most of the video shouting 'just Google it!'