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- From: davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
- Subject: Re: Eco the Dolphin (Genesis)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan03.223503.13497@uvmark.uucp>
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 93 22:35:03 GMT
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- In article <9301033752@genesis.nred.ma.us> nugget@genesis.nred.ma.us (Ralph Barbagallo) writes:
- >
- > Ecco isn't bad.. it isn't the most revolutionary game ever made, but it
- >is nice. Good animation, and a decent side scrolling action/adventure
- >type affair.
-
- No, but given the types of games coming out of late, it has too qualify as
- one of the most. And, its graphics and control are amongst the best ever...
- In an age becoming dominated with SFII clones, and too many shooters to count
- even with an expensive calculator, I would say that it may not be a truly
- "revolutionary" game, but is indeed a delightfully "fresh" game.
-
- >
- > I thought Road Rash II was dreadful... it had very few improvements over
- >the original... EA has a habit of making a few minor changes in their sequels
- >and then making a mint of them... RRII was their biggest example...
-
- Well, though I agree with you in general (about EA), but RRII actually had
- some significant changes to it, such as the dual-player modes, etc...
- Remember, it was a "sequel" and noted as "Road Rash II". There are a lot of
- new features to RRII that seperate it from RRI. This is opposed to JM93, which
- was basically the same as JM92 with better graphics/control, a few small extra
- features, and the great addition of new teams. I would call JM93 more of an
- enhancement than a sequel, while RRII is more of a sequel.
-
- However, in all fairness, calling Road Rash II "dreadful" is pretty bad...
- Saying that you don't think the game improved on RRI much is one thing, but
- RRI was a great game, RRII is even better. Taken by itself, RRII is a great
- game in it's own way...
-
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