"For more information please contact the national committee to prevent...child abuse?? WHAT THE F-" *Cuts to the review* I think that's the best segway Into a review I've ever seen
I take it you played this game or its sequel? I played both. Never beat both. Got further on Ecco 2. Ecco 1, I got stuck on the second level. Ecco Jr? 100& on hard mode. Fun game, but too short. Surprisingly challenging.
Same here. I find myself going back and watching the sonic reviews every now and then, the content is great, funny, and is a great listen if your busy playing a game, and, they are a delicious 40 mins long. Not only do I love the rants from a review standpoint, I love them as pure entertainment value too, seeing a known bad game get a chunky review tells me, im in for a good time!
Hey Johnny, this is my favourite review of yours, I too was sh*t scared of this game and all water levels in games (when the big fish goes after you in Jak and dexter lol) fantastic review buddy, keep up the good work
Lol I knew I wasn't alone in being scared shitless of water in games, cause of Jak and Daxter with the shark fish x.x everytime coming up and swallowing you whole like it's nothing but a snack
When you put Bubsy out of that box at the end of the video, I bursted out laughing. I seem to enjoy the suffering of others. Maybe I should be concerned.
5:56 “And these godforsaken trilobites that never let up, I’M GLAD YOU’RE EXTINCT!” Underrated outburst. This is easily one of my favorite reviews of Johnny’s and one that I revisit a lot. 7:00-7:16 also cracks me up.
I completely relate as Ecco scarred me as a child as well, Johnny. Ecco the Dolphin is a haunting, terrifying game. While it may not be exactly...easy to play, I still think the original Ecco (and Tides of Time, maybe to a lesser extent) is somewhat of a masterpiece in terms of its extremely potent atmosphere, feeling of isolation, and trippy concept. It's certainly unique and I think is definitely at least worth checking out.
Kyle Campbell its strange that a very crappy game was even considered to have its own show.. and its based of adventure of sonic.. a crappy show, but was probably better recieved among kids back then and battletoads made sense, but after seeing the animated atrocity on it, i see why the pilot was dropped, the show sucked almost as much as the difficulty of the game(the shows that suck equally to the hardness of the game is bread..no it sucks more)
I'm not aqua phobic, but I do find the sea scary for some reason, and this series is a good example on how to make the sea scary. Also, I can't wait for the next review. We need JonTron in this!
Hub Hikari Well, if your Megaman.EXE, then Lan or his old man must have been REALLY drunk to make an update to turn you into a pink pony. Or Lan just loves the new Centaurman Double Soul so much he never turns it off
Yup! Couldn't be more correct. After a smoke I still found it hard to get my head around the plot... The shit with the Aliens completely threw me off lol!
Johnny, you're not the only person who was terrified of this game. My older brother was terrified of this as well. I wasn't scared of it for some reason. At 4 years old it was the only thing I had over my brother. I used it as a way to mess with him and/or get him to leave the room when I wanted. Yeah, I was a bastard.
You know, speaking of surprisingly terrifying video games, my older sister became terrified of Chicken Run on the PC. And she was only watching our Dad play it. Actually, it wasn't the game itself that terrified her, it was the game over screen in the first level: when the guard dog captures you, the game goes into a close-up of his growling voice with a very dramatic failure song plays. I think I remember her telling me she envisioned the dog holding the sign and saying something. And this is the girl that was cool with watching our Dad play Bad Mojo: The Roach Game Redux where a cutscene concerning a woman dying in childbirth scared ME. Come to think of it, both of us were also kinda cool with watching him play one of The Witcher Project games, so maybe we both have messed up scare triggers.
the sound of Ecco taking damage is legitimately ear-grating and uncomfortable to listen to. like, shit, they really tried to make that sound as distressed as possible. definitely gets the point across
One hell of an accurate review! There is much to be appreciated in this game but watching you play it brought back all the anxiety and nightmarish claustrophobia that kept me from finishing it myself. The scenery and atmospheric soundtrack is calming but unnerving at the same time. This game is truly one of a kind. Maybe that's a good thing
both: logically it's a great way to get it to a child past the parent (I mean even abusive parents would probably get their kids games to distract them) but it's very unsettling due to the subject matter
Scott Elder It was a time when child abuse was known and acknowledged but not to the mass hysteria and paranoid that we know it today. And it was all part of a large drive to force "educational" subjects within children media. I still remember a Ninja Turtle '87 PSA about brushing your teeth.
"No More, Ecco died saving his family, a true dolphin hero! Now get this shit out of my Genesis." I just disturbed a lot of my coworkers with my raucous laughter.
You're not the only one who's Aquaphobic in video games Johnny! The first time I encountered the Ichthyosaur in Half-Life 1, I *immediately* shut the game off and it took over a year to work up the courage to play it again. I'm not even joking here!
Phobias through games? That's feel-miliar, Before playing Majora's Mask as a kid, I used to be alright with bugs. I could pick them up, let em crawl on my hand, whatever. Then I played MM, already knowing how great it is, finally having a chance to try it a couple years after its release. After taking a while to get into the Bomber's Hideout, I finally get there, but it's so dark that I get lost pretty quick. So I go into FPS mode to figure out where I am and BAM, I get to one and only spider enemy in the that area, first one in the game, smack dab in the face, where I wind up frantically mashing buttons to kill it....and then immediately stop playing. So now I can't play any of the main 3D Zeldas, I'm now retroactively phobic towards any game that does the spider jump scare B.S., or even has them scurrying around. On top of that even, the Skulltula's tendrils are black and yellow, like a bee's....guess what fucking repeated itself in Donkey Kong 64? WELP, guess I won't be playing those either!
***** In those too, eh? In MM, the gold ones are relegated to 1 location, while in OOT, it's a sidequest spanning the entire game. It doesn't matter anyway, the damage is done, and I already know the normal versions are Goomba-level mooks, showing up everywhere. I've experienced the former games well enough anyway, thanks to my older sis beating OOT and getting up to Stone Temple in MM (I fought Majora thanks to Action Replay on GC at another point). She usually let me take care of the bosses if I was around, even the final Ganon fights.
Kyle Campbell They're not in the Hero of Winds timeline games. It's not a completely lost cause though, as I beat Resident Evil 1 a couple years ago. The SGB and 2BFP LPs of RE2 are good enough for me, though. There's that entire sequence starting with the sewers where the game basically says, "You have arachnophobia? Well FUCK YOUR SHIT." Well, fuck, a you.
no spiders in wind waker but there are the moth monsters. Mothula. Not creepy. In Skyward Sword one time a skulltula advanced toward link during a cut scene in skyview temple and it was attacking link when the cut scene was over. Startled the crap out of me.
One of your best reviews in a while. I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard at a Johnny vs. review. It just seems like over this past year your content's gotten a lot shorter and the humor's gotten a little sparse. Of course, your writing and analysis have remained pretty strong, but it feels like something about your content hasn't been the same over the past year or so. Not to say it was bad, not at all. Just... different in a way I can't easily describe. Something about this video reminded me of the SGB review days and earlier Johnny vs. episodes. So next time's Bubsy, eh? Gotta stay tuned for that one.
Strangely enough i think Ecco the dolphin would work as a movie It has an interesting enough lore that I think it would make a pretty good movie Ironically enough sega seems to make Better movie concepts than video game concepts
You perfectly captured the feelings I had as a kid playing ECCO. It scared the shit out of me and I never got far. Just ECCO alone in that sea, scary music...poor guy :(
-Controls make it hard to aim -Can acquire abilities, but have to do fetch quests, and can only carry one dolphin at a time -Dashing is sort of inaccurate -Enemies can swarm you when in groups -"Welcome to the Machine"
@@retrogamelord3763 yeah my friend goes nuts over this game. It being about aliens and all. I just see it as a beautiful memory into my childhood. But I did just watch a video about the reasoning behind this game. Pretty intense
I'm sure you've heard this before, but the original game has a Sega CD "enhanced" version which fixes a lot of the difficulty issues, by introducing stuff like checkpoints. It also has an incredible soundtrack that really helps sell the underwater setting
i fucking love the Johnny vs the world show. He's my fav youtube by faaaaar. hell I even enjoy sgb and brain scratch comms and I recommend them to you guys as well. Congrats on the mile stone juan!
One of the worst things I hate about the first Ecco game, is that, on a TV commercial for the Mega Drive, they, clearly, stated that it's one of the best games that you could EVER play! Only when I played it, I had ABSOLUTELY no idea of what I was doing! Even after I, finally, activated the cutscene where your whole family is sucked away, I, still, had NO FLIPPING IDEA what I had to do to escape the area I was stuck in!! ARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! DX
I actually had a somewhat similar experience with the first Ecco. I played it when I was older, but I had (and still have) a pretty big fear of large bodies of water. The game really accentuated the exact thing that make me scared (the vastness of the ocean, the loneliness, the echoing sounds, the scary soundscapes, the giant unknown, etc.) so the experience was mostly uncomfortable for me as well. Well, that and the fact that it's EXTREMELY tough. However, I always admired the devs for trying to bring us something else in a time when it was oh so easy to make another action/platformer for the Mega Drive. Ecco's atmosphere, controls, story, the way you interacted with the world... It was all pretty different and a little daring. I don't like the games very much, but I'll always respect it for what it was trying to do.
Yeah. When I was a kid playing this game, at first, it was happy and soothing and then everything turned to nightmares. That was when I stopped playing it and played Sonic 3 instead.
The ecco the dolphin games are worth experiencing in my opinion. They have a psychodelic vibe that no other in that era has. They are games that rejected all tropes and decided to do their own weird thing with their own universe. And the Sega CD music is so good, so atmospheric, almost like DKC music at times. But play them with save states or with a rewind feature... just bypass the difficulty with cheats. The games are good, but not so good as to play them with no checkpoints and very unfair deaths.
That's the gayest way to describe a game, no offense. If I didn't already play the game myself, this description of it would've instantly killed all interest.
1:00 It was the middle of the night... I was watching the Johnny Vs playlist... I was about to fall asleep... then... BAM!!! YOU SCARED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF ME!!!
I love that I went through the same experience.. my uncle had Sega and Ecco was one of the games.. it was so weird the music sfx and atmosphere i'll always remember my experience
So i was one of them people that kinda liked the atmosphere. I always liked that dark mysterious alien feeling from the depths of the ocean. But yeah the dc game looks crappy lol
You're not alone Johnny. I saw the Vortex queen in a Sega Mega Drive game guide and I was like "NOPE!" and so, I never went back to it. Thanks for the video!
7:59 "If someone tries to touch you in a place, or in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that's no good!" - Sonic Says Thanks for reminding me that, Johnny. 😂
I was like 5 when I played Ecco and I could never figure out what to do, so I would just swim around for a bit before going back to Mortal Kombat or Sonic.
I didn't expect you to review the entire series, that was a nice surprise for sure. As a result you also gave a fairly detailed opinion on defender of the future, which I was definitely looking forward to since you mentioned it on Brainscratch that one time. So I'm pretty happy. Thanks.
I can't say that this game gave me my fear of underwater creatures and the watery depths themselves, but I can definitely say it helped. It also gave me a huge appreciation for what a soundtrack can do for a game at such a young age.
This game was very ambitious and original for its time, I highly respect what it was trying to do. The atmosphere and story, all intriguing. But damn if the gameplay wasn't confusing, I couldn't get through it either as a kid.
Yes Echo the Dolphin was one of the games that made me hydrophobic in video games. But it was also the edition of other games like Zelda games, Mario Sunshine, Sonic, etc.
It's too bad Johnny fine Ecco the Dolphin Defender of the Future boring the narrator of the game is voiced by the 4th doctor from Doctor Who himself Tom Baker I'm dead serious.
Dylan McKaig well genesis version is only annoying...from what I heard and saw of it...making that one short...it's the sequel you are gonna feel bad for him about....
Dylan McKaig THERE WaS TWO SEQUELs!!!! so im guessing bubsy 64 was the last of the three...and honestly I say that only because I seen the sega bubsy game reviewed and honestly its just a forgetable generic game
Cameron Newton I was honestly scared of Shadow Mario when I was a kid. That close up shot of him coupled with that electric guitar riff remix of the Underground theme did NOT resonate well with me and every time I tried to sleep at night, I saw his fucking face, screamed and hid under my covers. My mom would come into my room and wonder what was wrong and when I told her, she just told me to stop overreacting and go to sleep. After I found out Shadow Mario was really just Bowser Jr. in disguise, I got over that fear. Quite the tale, I know.
Thank you for your awesome efforts and reviews. Sounds sarcastic but it's not. A legit "Thank you" is something that might not come along too often. Also being entertaining is hard to do and you do it flawlessly. Without constantly swearing.
I only ever got as far as the first level as a kid/the part where you're in the tiny tunnels and help the orca, and never knew the plot as I was quite young and the Genesis was passed down to my twin brother and I from our two older brothers. But now that I know the plot, this is definitely a game that would throw me into an existential crisis. O.O
LMAO! "NO MORE!!! ECHO DIED SAVING HIS FAMILY!! A TRUE DOLPHIN HERO!!! Get this s**t out of my genesis!!!" Best part!!
Him saluting during that part made it even more hilarious 😂
sad but hilarious
The creator of Ecco the Dolphin actually said he enjoyed this review lol
Wait. Where did you see this?
Thanks.
Great. It shows a good understanding of criticism.
Any word if there will ever be an Ecco sequel ?? :'(
Aj no this series is thankfully done. I hope Sega doesn’t continue either. That all is better off left in the past.
"For more information please contact the national committee to prevent...child abuse??
WHAT THE F-"
*Cuts to the review*
I think that's the best segway Into a review I've ever seen
Agreed
Definitely my favorite part of the review. And that's saying alot
+hyperx72 I hate dolphins
What the hell was this Sega prevent child abuse thing about?
@@williamwebster9437 ikr
I beat this game when I was 9. It was a feat in conquering fear.
The fear still exists.
Wow. Congrats on that.
This game on its own is part of why I can't handle the underwater zone in WoW. :D
alyson burch money well spent
Same SirBroad
I'm 14 and can't get past the first level without cheats...
I managed to finish Ecco the Dolphin once.
Once was enough.
I swear, I'm STILL seeking therapy for Welcome to the Machine! lol
"The screen, it moves, IT MOVES! So many aliens, SO MANY!"
+Katie Smith ripepperoni
''For more information, please contact National Committee to prevent... Child abuse?''
''What the fu-''
Johnny said he needed to work on segways. And he sure has
"NO MORE! ECCO DIED SAVING HIS FAMILY! A TRUE DOLPHIN HERO! GET THAT SHIT OUT OF MY GENESIS!!!"
XDD
In my case it'd be no more! Ecco died saving his family! A true dolphin 🐬 hero! Get that shoot out of my PS2!!!
~They could've called this game, Dolphins vs Aliens, and nobody would've argued with them~
+Star Shard WHAT THE FFFFFFUCK IS AN ECHO!
I would have settled for *You're a dolphin, fuck you!*
WOOHOO
bird vs camel
dont forget the flying eggplant
Ecco, a game about an adorable dolphin that is actually one of the most insane, hardcore, monstrous games of all time. I love it.
Honestly if Ecco the Dolphin were to be re-booted, it would probably work best if it was re-formated into a Metroidvania.
I could see that.
Your a genius!
We couldnt get Dolphins...
....But we got the next best thing: Submarines.
store.steampowered.com/app/460700
Raymondium There's already another game like that on mobile. I think it's called 'Shark Evolution' but I'm not sure.
Good way to pay Dolphidvaina with its lead, Ecco Belmont flying in black hole.
>Sees thumbnail<
>Sees video length<
>Grins from ear to ear
I take it you played this game or its sequel? I played both. Never beat both. Got further on Ecco 2. Ecco 1, I got stuck on the second level. Ecco Jr? 100& on hard mode. Fun game, but too short. Surprisingly challenging.
Your profile picture matches your reaction to seeing this video in your sub box.
Same here.
I find myself going back and watching the sonic reviews every now and then, the content is great, funny, and is a great listen if your busy playing a game, and, they are a delicious 40 mins long. Not only do I love the rants from a review standpoint, I love them as pure entertainment value too, seeing a known bad game get a chunky review tells me, im in for a good time!
I had a somewhat similar reaction.
You "grin from ear to ear" for every video Johnny releases.
To be honest, I never got much further than the octopus. It was scary I tells ya!
Wait, I thought you only had Gameboys...
HE'S NOT TRAPPED BETWEEN THOSE PIPES AFTER ALL!
#exposed
MushroomFanKid
Sega Smash Pack on the GBA has Ecco on it. Check, and mate
***** #PWNED
"Time-traveling psychic dolphins."
Oh you mean Bubbles the Talking Dolphin from the new Spongebob movie?
OMG I just realized that!
Six years ago
*get this shit out of my Genesis*
Probably my favorite line in this one.
"I am a magical dolphin. I have f*cking stars on my head."
- Johnny, 2015
Oh shit, Bubsy? Johnny, you're gonna need some good alcohol for that one.
Wait, you watch Johnny's videos too? I saw your Mega Man Zero review!
It can't be as soul-crushing as Super Mario Sunshine.
AZLionheart312 Super Mario Sunshine was a great game you troll.
AZLionheart312 Super Mario Sunshine only crushed you if you went to 100%, Ecco scarred him for life
Falling damage!
Someone sent him Bubsy? What could possibly go wrong?!
Famous last words and the only words that Johnny would bang his head in the wall whenever he hears that over and over again.
I wouldn't be surprised if he does that at one point during the review.
He planned to do a review on Bubsy 3D since... 2012, I Don't know. It's great to see that it's finally going to happen.
"I don't know I think your pretty safe with a level called cheese weels of doom".
~ Jontron
YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!! Bubsy 2!!!! Bubsy 3!!!! . . .
Bubsy fucking 2!!!!
Fun Fact: Ed Annunziata, the CREATOR of Ecco the Dolphin, watched this and liked it. He said that he "LOl'd at 2:41"
TheAwesomeHyperon where did you hear that? Can you please cite me the source so I can check for myself?
Danniel Walker twitter don't have the link sorry
Danniel Walker sorry here’s the link twitter.com/edannunziata/status/570732615969275904?s=21
It good to know that some dev can take criticism unlike other dev (look at digital homicide)
I loved how Defender of the Future's throwback level was called Passage to Genesis
Hi
That’s actually pretty cool.
AYYYY
"I'm a magical dolphin I have fucking stars on my head." I'm saying that to my mom the next time she gets mad at me. XD
so did you said it to your mom?
+anime fanboy101 yup, she asked me to repeat myself and then she laughed
How old are you? Old enough for her to think you're drunk? Lol.
+OperationDEEZ I'm 15 but I still act like a little kid around her and she does too.
Hey Johnny, this is my favourite review of yours, I too was sh*t scared of this game and all water levels in games (when the big fish goes after you in Jak and dexter lol) fantastic review buddy, keep up the good work
Lol I knew I wasn't alone in being scared shitless of water in games, cause of Jak and Daxter with the shark fish x.x everytime coming up and swallowing you whole like it's nothing but a snack
When you put Bubsy out of that box at the end of the video, I bursted out laughing. I seem to enjoy the suffering of others. Maybe I should be concerned.
You're not alone, I laughed too.
mushroomdude123 At least it is not Bubsy 3D
But at the end of the review he said he is going to review more than one bubsy game.
Pikachu Trainer
Ohohoho! I hope he reviews that god-awful Bubsy cartoon while he's at it, then it'll truly be a full review of Bubsy.
How bad was the cartoon?
5:56 “And these godforsaken trilobites that never let up, I’M GLAD YOU’RE EXTINCT!”
Underrated outburst. This is easily one of my favorite reviews of Johnny’s and one that I revisit a lot. 7:00-7:16 also cracks me up.
Somehow the trilobites returned
Rented this game and it also gave me some serious anxiety lol. Hard as fuck game.
and I thought Chris was scary😓
7:27 NO MORE! Ecco died saving his family! A true dolphin hero! Get this shit outta my Genesis!
I completely relate as Ecco scarred me as a child as well, Johnny. Ecco the Dolphin is a haunting, terrifying game. While it may not be exactly...easy to play, I still think the original Ecco (and Tides of Time, maybe to a lesser extent) is somewhat of a masterpiece in terms of its extremely potent atmosphere, feeling of isolation, and trippy concept. It's certainly unique and I think is definitely at least worth checking out.
I think many were scarred by it. I mean, it looks so innocent. Then all of the sudden, BOOM, it's terrifying
ToxicWolf1132 There's nothing fun of the first Ecco the Dolphin game. On a kids game.
A break to work on Bubsy
...
That goddamn quote is just tempting as all hell.
"What could possibly go wrong?" I fuckin love that Jontron episode.
For any Bubsy haters (a.k.a any sane person) check out the dropped Bubsy pilot
Kyle Campbell :P Mr. Enter fan, eh?
Kyle Campbell its strange that a very crappy game was even considered to have its own show..
and its based of adventure of sonic.. a crappy show, but was probably better recieved among kids back then
and battletoads made sense, but after seeing the animated atrocity on it, i see why the pilot was dropped, the show sucked almost as much as the difficulty of the game(the shows that suck equally to the hardness of the game is bread..no it sucks more)
Yep I watch enter
I'm not aqua phobic, but I do find the sea scary for some reason, and this series is a good example on how to make the sea scary. Also, I can't wait for the next review. We need JonTron in this!
I was just gonna make a comment on how weird it was that you didn't leave a comment yet.
jeff emerson Hey, don't expect anything less than MegaMan.EXE himself. :P
Hub Hikari Well, if your Megaman.EXE, then Lan or his old man must have been REALLY drunk to make an update to turn you into a pink pony. Or Lan just loves the new Centaurman Double Soul so much he never turns it off
Seeing the ocean at night time when all that's between you and it is a cliff face and some sparsely spaced out rocks is fucking terrifying.
Nooooooo........
Im 20 years old and still having nightmares because of this game. Also Ecco made me refund Subnautica after playing it for less then an hour :3
I am pretty sure that even someone who was high and listening to Johnny explain the games plot would have gone "......WTF!?"
Awesome review btw. =D
Yup! Couldn't be more correct. After a smoke I still found it hard to get my head around the plot... The shit with the Aliens completely threw me off lol!
Man I couldn't stop laughing during this review
Johnny, you're not the only person who was terrified of this game. My older brother was terrified of this as well. I wasn't scared of it for some reason.
At 4 years old it was the only thing I had over my brother. I used it as a way to mess with him and/or get him to leave the room when I wanted.
Yeah, I was a bastard.
i'd do the same
You know, speaking of surprisingly terrifying video games, my older sister became terrified of Chicken Run on the PC. And she was only watching our Dad play it. Actually, it wasn't the game itself that terrified her, it was the game over screen in the first level: when the guard dog captures you, the game goes into a close-up of his growling voice with a very dramatic failure song plays. I think I remember her telling me she envisioned the dog holding the sign and saying something.
And this is the girl that was cool with watching our Dad play Bad Mojo: The Roach Game Redux where a cutscene concerning a woman dying in childbirth scared ME.
Come to think of it, both of us were also kinda cool with watching him play one of The Witcher Project games, so maybe we both have messed up scare triggers.
I don't think that tails doll is gone yet!
Bubsy??... Oh man, this is gonna hurt
"WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?"
Everything
the sound of Ecco taking damage is legitimately ear-grating and uncomfortable to listen to.
like, shit, they really tried to make that sound as distressed as possible. definitely gets the point across
@Sandy V. I was just about to mention Baby Mario.
One hell of an accurate review! There is much to be appreciated in this game but watching you play it brought back all the anxiety and nightmarish claustrophobia that kept me from finishing it myself. The scenery and atmospheric soundtrack is calming but unnerving at the same time. This game is truly one of a kind. Maybe that's a good thing
Dis game and sonic 2 and Alex Kidd was my childhood
They put child abuse support cards in games?....huh....can't tell if that's a smart tactic or a rather odd one...
both: logically it's a great way to get it to a child past the parent (I mean even abusive parents would probably get their kids games to distract them) but it's very unsettling due to the subject matter
"Hey kids don't get raped!"
Putting a child abuse support card in an Ecco game makes sense. It gives you a place to talk to once you're done playing Ecco.
Scott Elder
It was a time when child abuse was known and acknowledged but not to the mass hysteria and paranoid that we know it today. And it was all part of a large drive to force "educational" subjects within children media. I still remember a Ninja Turtle '87 PSA about brushing your teeth.
Ligtning Dog lol They knew how traumatizing Ecco is.
I have no words to describe what I have watched this poor man experience
Poor Johnny
Also PikaBob
Bubsy.
DIS GON B GUD
*grabs popcorn*
***** LOL
***** More like... "What could PAWSsibly go wrong?" amiright?
***** hell yeah
*****
boooooooo....
***** This is a claws for catastrophe.
"No More, Ecco died saving his family, a true dolphin hero! Now get this shit out of my Genesis."
I just disturbed a lot of my coworkers with my raucous laughter.
You're not the only one who's Aquaphobic in video games Johnny!
The first time I encountered the Ichthyosaur in Half-Life 1, I *immediately* shut the game off and it took over a year to work up the courage to play it again. I'm not even joking here!
Phobias through games? That's feel-miliar,
Before playing Majora's Mask as a kid, I used to be alright with bugs. I could pick them up, let em crawl on my hand, whatever. Then I played MM, already knowing how great it is, finally having a chance to try it a couple years after its release. After taking a while to get into the Bomber's Hideout, I finally get there, but it's so dark that I get lost pretty quick. So I go into FPS mode to figure out where I am and BAM, I get to one and only spider enemy in the that area, first one in the game, smack dab in the face, where I wind up frantically mashing buttons to kill it....and then immediately stop playing. So now I can't play any of the main 3D Zeldas, I'm now retroactively phobic towards any game that does the spider jump scare B.S., or even has them scurrying around.
On top of that even, the Skulltula's tendrils are black and yellow, like a bee's....guess what fucking repeated itself in Donkey Kong 64? WELP, guess I won't be playing those either!
You won't have any jump scares if you Z/L target I may be having a bad memory but I don't recall any spiders in Wind Waker
***** In those too, eh? In MM, the gold ones are relegated to 1 location, while in OOT, it's a sidequest spanning the entire game. It doesn't matter anyway, the damage is done, and I already know the normal versions are Goomba-level mooks, showing up everywhere. I've experienced the former games well enough anyway, thanks to my older sis beating OOT and getting up to Stone Temple in MM (I fought Majora thanks to Action Replay on GC at another point). She usually let me take care of the bosses if I was around, even the final Ganon fights.
Kyle Campbell They're not in the Hero of Winds timeline games. It's not a completely lost cause though, as I beat Resident Evil 1 a couple years ago. The SGB and 2BFP LPs of RE2 are good enough for me, though. There's that entire sequence starting with the sewers where the game basically says, "You have arachnophobia? Well FUCK YOUR SHIT." Well, fuck, a you.
no spiders in wind waker but there are the moth monsters. Mothula. Not creepy. In Skyward Sword one time a skulltula advanced toward link during a cut scene in skyview temple and it was attacking link when the cut scene was over. Startled the crap out of me.
It was not supposed to be jumpscare. The are looks completely visible so I am guessing it was your tv.
Didn't play this game until I got Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, never got far.
One of your best reviews in a while. I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard at a Johnny vs. review. It just seems like over this past year your content's gotten a lot shorter and the humor's gotten a little sparse. Of course, your writing and analysis have remained pretty strong, but it feels like something about your content hasn't been the same over the past year or so. Not to say it was bad, not at all. Just... different in a way I can't easily describe. Something about this video reminded me of the SGB review days and earlier Johnny vs. episodes. So next time's Bubsy, eh? Gotta stay tuned for that one.
Strangely enough i think Ecco the dolphin would work as a movie
It has an interesting enough lore that I think it would make a pretty good movie
Ironically enough sega seems to make Better movie concepts than video game concepts
You perfectly captured the feelings I had as a kid playing ECCO. It scared the shit out of me and I never got far. Just ECCO alone in that sea, scary music...poor guy :(
Defender of the future scared me shitless when I was a kid. Something about deep water is unnerving to me.
God I'm not the only one! This game terrified me!
Why?
-Controls make it hard to aim
-Can acquire abilities, but have to do fetch quests, and can only carry one dolphin at a time
-Dashing is sort of inaccurate
-Enemies can swarm you when in groups
-"Welcome to the Machine"
Welcome to the overused joke club, how overused are ya!
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MLG 360 NO SCOPE
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Ludicrous speed!
Ecco the dolphin is such a scary game tbh.
How?
@@tolerants231 The music and the way it presents itself is very unsettling
@@retrogamelord3763 yeah my friend goes nuts over this game. It being about aliens and all. I just see it as a beautiful memory into my childhood. But I did just watch a video about the reasoning behind this game. Pretty intense
Phanasy Star 3: Hold my beer.
I'm sure you've heard this before, but the original game has a Sega CD "enhanced" version which fixes a lot of the difficulty issues, by introducing stuff like checkpoints. It also has an incredible soundtrack that really helps sell the underwater setting
i fucking love the Johnny vs the world show. He's my fav youtube by faaaaar. hell I even enjoy sgb and brain scratch comms and I recommend them to you guys as well. Congrats on the mile stone juan!
I recommend sgb, brainscratchcomms ehhh..don't and your right johnny is the best youtuber
so john whens the ecco the dolphin LP for SGB? :D
You guys love misery huh?
One of the worst things I hate about the first Ecco game, is that, on a TV commercial for the Mega Drive, they, clearly, stated that it's one of the best games that you could EVER play! Only when I played it, I had ABSOLUTELY no idea of what I was doing! Even after I, finally, activated the cutscene where your whole family is sucked away, I, still, had NO FLIPPING IDEA what I had to do to escape the area I was stuck in!! ARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! DX
same when i first played it on the genisis colection i had no idea how to beat the first level
I actually had a somewhat similar experience with the first Ecco. I played it when I was older, but I had (and still have) a pretty big fear of large bodies of water. The game really accentuated the exact thing that make me scared (the vastness of the ocean, the loneliness, the echoing sounds, the scary soundscapes, the giant unknown, etc.) so the experience was mostly uncomfortable for me as well. Well, that and the fact that it's EXTREMELY tough.
However, I always admired the devs for trying to bring us something else in a time when it was oh so easy to make another action/platformer for the Mega Drive. Ecco's atmosphere, controls, story, the way you interacted with the world... It was all pretty different and a little daring. I don't like the games very much, but I'll always respect it for what it was trying to do.
I watched this review so much growing up I can quote every word. This was my childhood.
cannot believe this review is now a year old..........
WTF?!
has it really been a year now? damn time flies sometimes.
+demonzero677 ikr
The Yoshi Terminator Can't believe this comment is almost a year old.
The best worst channel on TH-cam Yeah, time has flown
That sonic thing though "What the fu..."
No, this can't be the end of Tails Doll. He didn't even appear. There is still more, he still needs his revenge. He must make you play Desert Bus.
6 years later and he’s back
those arctic levels were nuts.. the aesthetic of the music and graphics for that section always rocked my sox as a kid.
Yeah. When I was a kid playing this game, at first, it was happy and soothing and then everything turned to nightmares. That was when I stopped playing it and played Sonic 3 instead.
The music in the first two Ecco games are absolutely outstanding. I also think these games are great, even if they are frustrating.
Interesting seeing you here game mavericks
"Get away from my family you bitch!"
-Johnny and Molly Weasley
KodredCud yep
DEATH SONAR TO THE *EYES.*
The ecco the dolphin games are worth experiencing in my opinion. They have a psychodelic vibe that no other in that era has. They are games that rejected all tropes and decided to do their own weird thing with their own universe. And the Sega CD music is so good, so atmospheric, almost like DKC music at times.
But play them with save states or with a rewind feature... just bypass the difficulty with cheats. The games are good, but not so good as to play them with no checkpoints and very unfair deaths.
That's the gayest way to describe a game, no offense. If I didn't already play the game myself, this description of it would've instantly killed all interest.
I'm here after AVGN's episode
DOLPHINGAME.GENESIS
It's like the creepypasta version of a game that never existed in the first place. Thanks, scary real-ass dolphin game.
Fun fact: the Ecco the Dolphin cover art is by Boris Vallejo. Not joking.
Who?
SteveDoidoUltimate
Really well-known fantasy illustrator, also did the cover for Golden Axe II.
+CruelestChris you mean that incredibly ugly cover?
+Giordan Diodato The cover is awesome, what the fuck?
@@GiordanDiodato I thought y ok u said it was ugly
1:00
It was the middle of the night...
I was watching the Johnny Vs playlist...
I was about to fall asleep...
then...
BAM!!! YOU SCARED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF ME!!!
is anyone not gonna talk about the fuckin child abuse card?!
Genatari Kralc "That's no good"
6 years later, The Tails Doll comes back.
I love that I went through the same experience.. my uncle had Sega and Ecco was one of the games.. it was so weird the music sfx and atmosphere i'll always remember my experience
Why does everyone hate you, Jonny? Their have only been 2 or 3 good games throughout this entire marathon.
Welp, that happened.
Wait, is that ACTUALLY the last of Tails Doll?
Gonna be honest, that was really disappointing, but eh, what can you do.
Well we never know since Johnny ate the letter my guess is unless Johnny has any other video game childhood truma than he'll be back
I don't think it's the last we see of him, I bet there is something in the end of the letter that John reads later on, or something.
Miruk4 reads later he chewed up the paper, teared it up and smeared the writing
I thought of something tails doll will probably do Johnny vs I Wanna Be the Guy or as Johnny called it in Super Meat Boy FUCK YOU: THE GAME
So i was one of them people that kinda liked the atmosphere. I always liked that dark mysterious alien feeling from the depths of the ocean. But yeah the dc game looks crappy lol
Johnny the artistic visionary, and comedian. Love his writing for his reviews.
You're not alone Johnny. I saw the Vortex queen in a Sega Mega Drive game guide and I was like "NOPE!" and so, I never went back to it. Thanks for the video!
7:59
"If someone tries to touch you in a place, or in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that's no good!"
- Sonic Says
Thanks for reminding me that, Johnny. 😂
I was like 5 when I played Ecco and I could never figure out what to do, so I would just swim around for a bit before going back to Mortal Kombat or Sonic.
This game TERRIFIED ME as a kid. I didn't get past the part where the family gets abducted lmao
I didn't expect you to review the entire series, that was a nice surprise for sure. As a result you also gave a fairly detailed opinion on defender of the future, which I was definitely looking forward to since you mentioned it on Brainscratch that one time. So I'm pretty happy. Thanks.
I can't say that this game gave me my fear of underwater creatures and the watery depths themselves, but I can definitely say it helped. It also gave me a huge appreciation for what a soundtrack can do for a game at such a young age.
So...
Basically...Johnny vs The Ecco series...
Cracked up when Johnny said "ECHO DIED TRYING TO SAVE HIS FAMILY - A BRAVE DOLPHIN TO THE END FUCK THIS GMAE"
Ecco the Dolphin vs SomeCallmJohnny
This game was very ambitious and original for its time, I highly respect what it was trying to do. The atmosphere and story, all intriguing. But damn if the gameplay wasn't confusing, I couldn't get through it either as a kid.
Yes Echo the Dolphin was one of the games that made me hydrophobic in video games.
But it was also the edition of other games like Zelda games, Mario Sunshine, Sonic, etc.
Still one of my favorite reviews.
Welcome to the Machine. shit now i have to listen to Wish You Were Here all the way through.
It's too bad Johnny fine Ecco the Dolphin Defender of the Future boring the narrator of the game is voiced by the 4th doctor from Doctor Who himself Tom Baker I'm dead serious.
Johnny doesn't watch Doctor Who
+TheGeoXWar I Know
Well he said the cutscenes and the story is ok. The gameplay is just boring.
Is it bad that the new Balan Wonderworld trailer featuring a girl getting traumatized by dolphins made me go back to rewatch this video?
"I am a magical dolphin. I have fucking stars on my head."
- Johnny 2015
The only Ecco game I played was Ecco Jr. easily the shortest game I have played. Only took me a hour to beat. I played it when I was 8
Bubsy ohhhhhh joy. Have fun with that.
Dylan McKaig
well genesis version is only annoying...from what I heard and saw of it...making that one short...it's the sequel you are gonna feel bad for him about....
Same
SuperGamefreak18 Yeah the 2 sequels of Bubsy are worse to me than the first one.
Dylan McKaig
THERE WaS TWO SEQUELs!!!! so im guessing bubsy 64 was the last of the three...and honestly I say that only because I seen the sega bubsy game reviewed and honestly its just a forgetable generic game
Just found this channel and I noticed your posters
I like you
john I feel your pain when I was young I was scared of that one super Mario sunshine level when you fight the eel
Cameron Newton I was honestly scared of Shadow Mario when I was a kid. That close up shot of him coupled with that electric guitar riff remix of the Underground theme did NOT resonate well with me and every time I tried to sleep at night, I saw his fucking face, screamed and hid under my covers. My mom would come into my room and wonder what was wrong and when I told her, she just told me to stop overreacting and go to sleep. After I found out Shadow Mario was really just Bowser Jr. in disguise, I got over that fear.
Quite the tale, I know.
Literally one of the best reviews I have ever watched. Holy shit...
I am a MAGIC dolphin, I have fucking STARS on my head - John Ortiz 2015
And the Tails Doll Cycle has finally ended.
Or did it 😱😱😱
+danny fonseca duh duh duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
nitrous oxide Well, that was random...
+danny fonseca To give you the answer, no, it didn't.
Thank you for your awesome efforts and reviews.
Sounds sarcastic but it's not. A legit "Thank you" is something that might not come along too often. Also being entertaining is hard to do and you do it flawlessly. Without constantly swearing.
5:55 "IM GLAD YOU'RE EXTINCT !" Lmfao this is amazing
I only ever got as far as the first level as a kid/the part where you're in the tiny tunnels and help the orca, and never knew the plot as I was quite young and the Genesis was passed down to my twin brother and I from our two older brothers. But now that I know the plot, this is definitely a game that would throw me into an existential crisis. O.O
This game was both hard as hell and terrifying as well as a kid