Water Levels / Sections

[Neon Ignition]

I think the most telling part is that opinion improves dramatically the more that it's a section set around water rather than a section in water

[fallenangle]

That DC game the OP mentioned was Deep Fighter. It's not very pretty and one of those more PS than PS2 era DC games.

One interesting fact is that the FMV features an early appearance by Little Britain's David Walliams who, if I remember correctly, is shown
in the credits/manual as David Williams.

The most well known watery game on the DC (although not exclusive) was Ecco The Dolphin.

Many of the water and underwater sections in the old PS Tomb Raiders are my favourite parts of the games too. Almost right from the start of the series water and water based puzzle sections were a ubiquitous and important component or central feature. Classics include The Lost Valley, Cistern, Venice, Oil Rig, 40 Fathoms, Wreck of the Maria Doria, Nevada, Coastal Village, River Ganges, Coastal Ruins etc etc.

I've not come across any water based level concept/puzzle in years which I didn't first see in a TR. That's not to say they were necessarily the originators but they used so many they're an archive on the subject.

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I quite enjoyed Donkey Kong Country's Underware section, but it mainly for the music Also the nostalgia I get from remembering the snes days...

Wave Race 64 was a dream to play at the time, and still one of my fave water racers....

As mentioned earlier the most fun ive had under water wa in Tombraider 1, nothing like doing a suicide jump hundreds of feet in the air, and being saved from the jaws of death by falling into water

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[DeathAdder]

Not a water level, but the water in Wave Race still makes me smile at how much fun it is to race over. The first game, that is. Blue Storm was awful, and the Gameboy version doesn't actually do much to let you appreciate the water.

[gIzzE]

I always hate water levels, however Zelda: Ocarina was great and jumping in the water on Super Mario 64 was just breathtaking, I remember getting my Jap machine and a 28" RGB TV and just being blown away, it looked more like a saturday morning kids cartoon than a video game, one of gamings greatest moments for me.