Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
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…
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future is an adventure developed by Appaloosa Interactive, released 16 June 2000 on Dreamcast and PlayStation 2.
What Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future is
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future is an adventure game developed by Appaloosa Interactive and released in 2000. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Dreamcast and PlayStation 2. It runs on Game World Builder.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the past an aggressive alien race called The Foe had engaged in armed conflict with the inhabitants of Earth. Back then, they were defeated by the combined force of humans and dolphins working together to repel the invasion. Now, a new war is raging between the two. The Foe have a new objective this time, the destruction of the Guardian, a giant crystal that is the nucleus of the Earth's defence system. The Guardian protects the planet from exterior attacks via a powerful forcefield. However, the Foe somehow find a way to penetrate the barrier and destroy half the Guardian with it. One of the Guardian's shards makes contact with Ecco and informs him that only he can save the planet from…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future launched on 16 June 2000, within three weeks of Diablo II, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX and Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Diablo II, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX, Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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