Ecco the Dolphin II is one of those Genesis games that sticks with you—mostly because it’s equal parts beautiful and frustrating. You’re this dolphin, right? And suddenly your pod gets sucked into the sky by some alien vortex (because of course they did). Now you’re swimming through these eerie underwater caves, solving puzzles with sonar clicks, and dodging sharks like your life depends on it (because it does).

The water physics still feel amazing—gliding through currents, leaping over waves—but good luck figuring out some of the cryptic puzzles without a guide. That one section where you have to sing to a whale? Yeah, took me way too long. Still, the atmosphere is unreal—moody blues, haunting music, and this weird sci-fi story that goes way deeper than you’d expect from a game about a dolphin.

If you loved the first one, this expands everything—bigger levels, weirder story, more ways to get lost. Just don’t expect it to hold your hand.