Ecco The Dolphin: Defender of the Future
     

 
Format
Dreamcast
Publisher
Sega
Developer
Sega?
ReleaseDate
Summer 2000?
Genre
Adventure
 
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  OK, so have you ever seen a picture of a dolphin?  Well of course you have.  Now think about what that living dolphin looks like.  Got it?  OK, now think about what Ecco looks like in this new game for the DC.  Can't tell the difference can you?  The new game staring everyone's favorite mammal boasts some of the most lifelike and realistic graphics ever seen.  Now take my word here: this is not, and I repeat, NOT HYPE!!!  The graphics in this game are truly incredible.  Ecco has certainly come full circle since his last appearance for the sega genesis.  Between the fact that it's now in 3D and that instead of the 16-bit system of the past he will be swimming around in the more then qualified DC, I think that it will be one of the best games to come out for the system. 

To be perfectly honest, I never really liked the original game.  I found it boring and stupid.  Now weather I was just looking for a fast paced fighter or I was just too damn young, I think I may have passed judgment on it too quickly, because the majority of people who really remember this game only have good things to say.  But the truth of the matter is that if I told you I though those things I would by lying to you (and oh, I would never so that).  So, what I'm trying to say is that although I never played the 1st, I heard great things about it.  So if that version was incredible, just imagine what its sequel will be like.  
  
   In addition to the sweet graphics, the AI and physics are said to hold merit as well.  That honestly is a major understatement.  This dolphin moves like a frikin' dolphin!  If you can just imagine that for a second.  Not only does he look and sound like a dolphin, but he MOVES like a dolphin.  This game is going to set the standard for games in this genre for both the PSX2 and the N2000.  I just hope that they are actually able to keep up with it :).