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Ecco the Dolphin Defender of the Future
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Item Description
The opening stretch of Defender of the Future is pure wonder: sunlight filtering through clear water, a pod of dolphins at play, and Ecco gliding through it all with a fluid grace that made people stop and stare at their Dreamcast in 2000. Then the Foe arrives, the crystalline Guardian protecting Earth is shattered, and a gentle swim becomes a fight for the planet's future.
The story came from David Brin, the science fiction author whose Uplift novels imagined intelligent dolphins long before this game did, and it gives the series a scope it never had on the Genesis. Humans and dolphins have built a shared civilization, and when the Foe steals the dolphins' defining traits, among them Compassion, Wisdom and Humility, history bends with each loss. Ecco swims into alternate futures such as Man's Nightmare, where humanity's treatment of dolphins has gone horribly wrong, and Dolphin's Nightmare, where the dolphins themselves have turned warlike. Tom Baker narrates, lending the whole thing the air of a lost sci-fi serial.
Appaloosa Interactive, the studio that created the original Ecco games when it was still called Novotrade, brought the series fully into 3D. Sonar does everything here, from talking with other sea creatures to triggering mechanisms and calling up a map, and Ecco learns songs that bend the ocean's residents to his advantage, confusing sharks or influencing turtles and rays. Moves like a quick reversal and the tail walk across the surface feel natural on the analog stick, and power-ups for speed, stealth and stamina change how each challenge plays. It is every bit as demanding as Ecco's reputation suggests, with careful air management and puzzles that expect patience.
Critics rated the Dreamcast version well above the later PlayStation 2 port, and a planned sequel was shelved when the Dreamcast was discontinued, which leaves this as the last major Ecco adventure. For a series built on solitude, mystery and the sheer beauty of the sea, it is a fitting high-water mark, and the ocean still looks remarkable on original hardware.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 2000
- Publisher
- Sega
- Developer
- Appaloosa Interactive
- Players
- Single player
About the game
At the dawn of the 30th Century, dolphins and humans had been together in a cross-species society for 500 years. Together, they had set out to explore space, offering peace and friendship to all who would welcome it. But space had its dangers; a violent species known as the Foe decided to conquer Earth. However, the dolphins and humans drove them to the brink of defeat, and so the Foe sought vengeance on Earth. The few caretaker dolphins who had been left behind on Earth were not entirely defenseless; they were protected by their creation called the Guardian—a gigantic, sentient being made of a crystalline substance which projected a forcefield over the entire planet. Undeterred, the Foe made suicide attacks on the field, searching for a weak point.
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