Churchy posted:I was always really terrible at the Ecco games but I respect them. As a gamer of old I did know about the 2nd Megadrive games and the dreamcast version. It'd be interesting to give the series a return again as the scope they could have for it now would be enormous!
Well that was the main problem with the first game, the difficulty level was
ridiculous; believe me it wasn't just you! Happily that's no longer an issue, as there are a number of excellent emulators online which allow save states and toggleable cheat patches.
Tides Of Time's a lot easier though, and has difficulty levels (as well as superior graphics, level design, story, gameplay variety and fun-factor).
I've never played the Dreamcast game, but it doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the series, aside from the protagonist being a dolphin. It doesn't follow the storyline, and nobody who developed the Megadrive games was involved with it.