Kazza
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Yet another gem of a video from Strafefox:
I never knew that it was developed by an Hungarian team. It must have been an amazing few years for them: one moment you're a struggling development team behind the iron curtain, the next you're making a marquee title for a big Japanese/American company. It easy to forget what a big deal Ecco was. Sega of America obviously believed they had something special on their hands and gave the game a big advertising push:
The games magazines of the day were almost uniformly positive about it (a little too positive in my opinion). Playing the same old platformers and shoot'em ups month after month seemed to be getting to the reviewers, and Ecco was like a breath of fresh air, as can be seen in the Mean Machines review below:
A "strong contender for the best game ever!" Whew! For me personally, I could never get in to the Ecco games. I borrowed my friend's copy of the original back in the day, but it just didn't fully click. Years later I tried the PS2 port of the Dreamcast game, but again just couldn't get into the groove of the game. I've heard the 3D Sega Ages version on the 3DS is very good, but I think I'll try the Mega CD version at some point in the future instead, as that seems to have more forgiving difficulty and an amazing soundtrack.
I never knew that it was developed by an Hungarian team. It must have been an amazing few years for them: one moment you're a struggling development team behind the iron curtain, the next you're making a marquee title for a big Japanese/American company. It easy to forget what a big deal Ecco was. Sega of America obviously believed they had something special on their hands and gave the game a big advertising push:
The games magazines of the day were almost uniformly positive about it (a little too positive in my opinion). Playing the same old platformers and shoot'em ups month after month seemed to be getting to the reviewers, and Ecco was like a breath of fresh air, as can be seen in the Mean Machines review below:
A "strong contender for the best game ever!" Whew! For me personally, I could never get in to the Ecco games. I borrowed my friend's copy of the original back in the day, but it just didn't fully click. Years later I tried the PS2 port of the Dreamcast game, but again just couldn't get into the groove of the game. I've heard the 3D Sega Ages version on the 3DS is very good, but I think I'll try the Mega CD version at some point in the future instead, as that seems to have more forgiving difficulty and an amazing soundtrack.
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