I love horror, but...

[pettycoat]

People think I'm joking when I say Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future is the scariest game I've ever played. "Oh, you mean that game about that adorable cartoon dolphin?" No, I mean that game where you're constantly drowning in a murky blue void while giant sea terrors pop out of the fog because the turn of the century wasn't kind to draw distance. You guys can keep Akira Yamaoka. This is what immediately comes to mind when I think of horror video game music.

The soundtrack is fantastic, though.

Comments

[masu_trout]

I need to try Ecco at some point, I played it a bit at a friend's when I was younger but never got very far. I love older games like that, where the premise seems so innocuous but the game itself is just wild.

[pettycoat]

I have yet to beat the original 2D games, but I've seen enough to know that they would have terrified me as a child. I never expected a game about a chipper little dolphin to have such an oppressive atmosphere.