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AVGN - Ecco the Dolphin!
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Deleted member 801069
Unconfirmed Member
I remb loving this game 
will watch
will watch
Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
I played the one for the Dreamcast. It had nice graphics and music.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I havent watched one of his videos in ages, but remember his first years were funny as he would talk more like a normal guy making snarky comments while he plays.
Then it turned staged with fake overdramatized acting, or you could tell he practiced the lines or it's him literally speaking into the camera.
Then that guitar buddy was in more videos.
Now the guy is probably 40 years old by now and still doing the same schitick from 10 years ago?
Azelover
Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
With the aid of save states, the game is finish-able now.
I got close to the end on Genesis back in the day. But, the later levels are absolutely brutal. I have finished it finally a few years ago using emulator.
It's a very difficult, creepy, mind changing game. Worth experiencing, if you have the patience and the time.
I got close to the end on Genesis back in the day. But, the later levels are absolutely brutal. I have finished it finally a few years ago using emulator.
It's a very difficult, creepy, mind changing game. Worth experiencing, if you have the patience and the time.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
I can relate, never got off the second level. Or maybe third.
carlosrox
Banned
I'm definitely not a fan of his new content but watching the first 5 mins I gotta say it's not that bad. I appreciate he doesn't seem to be trying too hard and overdoing it.
Dunno if I'll bother finishing it or not, generally just lost interest in the guy the last few years.
DelireMan7
Member
I loved this game as a kid. At first I was lost and we (me, my brother and parents) we couldn't figure out how pass the first level.
The game was in english and we didn't speak english.
But with time, I learn to love it. I was really scared of deep sea when younger (till now actually but not as much) and this game fascinated me. I remember being ultra scared each time I had to go to see the Whales in Antarctica.
I played it for years and it remains a excellent game for me.
First time I watch this guy.... and the last for sure. He's painful to listen. I know it's sarcastic humour but the over exaggerated complaints are not funny ("I red a Dolphin can hold his breath 8h but in this game it can only 1 min !" WTF !). And he doesn't sound natural at all, bad acting all along.
Thanks for the nostalgia
The game was in english and we didn't speak english.
But with time, I learn to love it. I was really scared of deep sea when younger (till now actually but not as much) and this game fascinated me. I remember being ultra scared each time I had to go to see the Whales in Antarctica.
I played it for years and it remains a excellent game for me.
First time I watch this guy.... and the last for sure. He's painful to listen. I know it's sarcastic humour but the over exaggerated complaints are not funny ("I red a Dolphin can hold his breath 8h but in this game it can only 1 min !" WTF !). And he doesn't sound natural at all, bad acting all along.
Thanks for the nostalgia
TheDrunkenMerchant
Member
You nailed it. Sometimes he yells so loud that it red-lines his audio levels. The anger was never the point of his humor.
Episodes 1-50 are Grade A humor that i still laugh out loud at to this day.
Episodes 50-100 are enjoyable and still rewatchable.
Episodes 100-183 are just hit or miss, with way more misses than hits. There's maybe 15 or so that I actually enjoy.
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Kazza
Member
Give his earlier (6+ years ago) stuff a chance, some of it is pretty good. I quite like the movie reviews and even some of the Mike/Ryan stuff occasionally (unlike James, they still seem very interested in games), but the new AVGN episodes are pretty meh.
Pegasus Actual
Member
Best part is when he leans forward too much and you can see his bald spot. Old episodes were pretty fun back in the day when he was clowning on actual shit games that we were suckered into playing as kids but now he is either picking on obscure stuff or actually decent games like Ecco. I've got to wonder how much time he wastes on his incredibly unfunny profanity alliterations.
The rest of their content shows how limited they really are. They're not at all insightful with any of the various nostalgia type reviews they do. AVGN is stale as hell, zero chance he'd still be doing those if not for adbucks... I'm not really into B-movie horror stuff so maybe that's decent, but I think it's about time to hit the unsub button.
The rest of their content shows how limited they really are. They're not at all insightful with any of the various nostalgia type reviews they do. AVGN is stale as hell, zero chance he'd still be doing those if not for adbucks... I'm not really into B-movie horror stuff so maybe that's decent, but I think it's about time to hit the unsub button.
nkarafo
Member
Here's a cool fact. His first video was Castlevania 2 in 2006. That was 14 years ago. Castlevania 2 was released in 1988. That was 18 years before he made that video review. This means in 4 years+, said video review will be older than the game itself the time he reviewed it.
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It's not yet been 5 years, but yeah. Another thing that's missing is his actual personality. Commentary that was often the saving grace when he moved on from the truly shit ones.
I think it's evident that he didn't write this himself and was just written by someone that hates eco. Because if he did his own research and thoughts, he would have mentioned Eco's good points like the music, the graphics and the atmosphere, even if it was in form of a joke or/and we would have gotten more history on the game.
Instead its 99% bashing and nitpicking which doesn't feel like James. It feels like written by someone that watched the AVGN back in the day, didn't pick up on anything but the bashing and then worked of a checklist.
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Falcs
Banned
Wait, really? How do you know this??
Revolutionary
Member
I was disappointed that he didn't make it to the Alien stuff, but it's still a fun watch.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Prefer his older vids. Like a few channels I used to watch, they feel a bit soulless now, advertising, sponsorship and so on.
In a way it’s my fault, the early years of youtube I used think it was a good and fun difference to mainstream media and now I don’t see much of a difference. Paywalls, ads everywhere.
Even very small channels I watch them and as soon as they are able to monetise the channel, the demeanour changes, the attitude and so on. I don’t begrudge people making a few bucks , I just can’t help feel on occasion the content changes for the worse because money comes into play.
In a way it’s my fault, the early years of youtube I used think it was a good and fun difference to mainstream media and now I don’t see much of a difference. Paywalls, ads everywhere.
Even very small channels I watch them and as soon as they are able to monetise the channel, the demeanour changes, the attitude and so on. I don’t begrudge people making a few bucks , I just can’t help feel on occasion the content changes for the worse because money comes into play.
Sebastian Suola
Member
That game traumatized me for life. We tried to beat it with my friend when we were like 6 years old. Obviously we couldn't do it. But then we found the level codes from somewhere, maybe from a gaming magazine. We tried the last level and... Oh boy... Oh boy...
MisterBrimstone
Member
Trust him, bro.
Falcs
Banned
lock2k
Banned
This is one of my top 10 favorite games ever. The sheer atmosphere, the music (I actually prefer the music from Mega Drive which is way creepier than the Sega CD counterpart), the alien stuff, everything, this is a game that presents itself as an adventure in the ocean but in reality it is a survival horror (and one of the creepiest ever). I fucking love this game and I would love if someone remade it in some way. I still need to play the Dreamcast sequel.
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hemo memo
Gold Member
Wait really??
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Wow. No wonder.
lock2k
Banned
4 minutes in, damn, this is probably the most unfunny video he has ever done. He's not even trying anymore.
SkylineRKR
Member
Ecco games had one thing in common and that was they were vague and hard as balls. I played the first and the DC game and never got far and didn't bother with it either.
Compare this to the last avgn he has done himself. Earthbound. A million times better.
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teezzy
Banned
Wait - what? Who is Screenwave?
Screenwave Media
screenwavemedia.com
No wonder. James has been farming it out.
Looks like he stopped caring a while ago. Nerd character doesn't even look right any longer. Probably gets sweet ad revenue still
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KuraiShidosha
Member
Man I miss the old style AVGNs. Nothing good ever lasts forever. I just don't think James has the time anymore to properly sit down and play these games himself, write out each episode and give the games the fair look they deserve. He used to go into the history of a game's development, reception, and other cool aspects to it. He even would use passcodes or whatever to at least make it to the end if he really couldn't do it so we can see the whole game reviewed. But here? Very little content stretched out and obviously written by someone else as James reads the script and reacts to the gameplay footage.
I haven't been giving any of the new AVGNs a chance after watching that awful cringe episode with Gilbert Gottfried, but I had to watch this one because I loved these games as a kid back in the early 90s. Man do I regret watching it.
I haven't been giving any of the new AVGNs a chance after watching that awful cringe episode with Gilbert Gottfried, but I had to watch this one because I loved these games as a kid back in the early 90s. Man do I regret watching it.
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
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GrayFoxPL
Member
AVGN ended a while ago. Time to let it go.
Codswallop_
Neophyte
Well it's not like the other channel content is getting much attention, the only vids coming close to one million views are the ones with AVGN in the title. Part of the problem is these screenwave guys they brought on are just unlikeable oafs for the most part. Compare that to something like RedLetterMedia, where you have multiple different hosts that compliment each other and have unique insights to offer. The Cinemassacre attempt at aping them with Rental Reviews was just sad in comparison, James is the only one with anything interesting to say.
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
hm, episode was okay. Am I the only one that dislikes his shit jokes? Like it was funny with the Atari Jaguar episode, but this just screams try hard and by God, I totally dig infantile humor.
Also.. Ecco the dolphin? He could have choosen hundrets of trash games on the Genesis and goes with Ecco?
Also.. Ecco the dolphin? He could have choosen hundrets of trash games on the Genesis and goes with Ecco?
Aesius
Member
James wanted to quit doing AVGN around the time he made the AVGN Movie. That was supposed to be his ticket out of YouTube. But it flopped and his dreams of becoming a Hollywood director died. Now he's stuck being a YouTuber forever to pay the bills.
In all likelihood, he hates doing AVGN nowadays and that's why he "sold out" to Screenwave, which is owned by his former webmaster Ryan. They literally do all of the work and he just shows up and reads the lines, as has been pointed out. The people responsible for writing and directing the episodes are failed YouTubers themselves, so it makes sense that they are complete trash.
In all likelihood, he hates doing AVGN nowadays and that's why he "sold out" to Screenwave, which is owned by his former webmaster Ryan. They literally do all of the work and he just shows up and reads the lines, as has been pointed out. The people responsible for writing and directing the episodes are failed YouTubers themselves, so it makes sense that they are complete trash.
flibbertyjibbert
Banned
I liked it
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Never knew he did a movie till I googled it. Who wants to watch him in a 2 hour movie?
RAIDEN1
Member
Not only that but does there have to be a video game....really?