She looks like Lilly from How I Met Your Mother in that 2006 panel.
Poor guys that grew up with Sega.
Poor guys that grew up with Sega.
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I love the Live & Learn reference in the comment at the bottom. Sadly, a lot of this is true, but Sonic Adventure 1 & 2 were pretty awesome. Sonic Unleashed levels weren't too bad either but they were exactly good. I've only gotten to play the demo of Sonic 4 but it seemed pretty good.
I just think they tried to characterize a character too much. It's the same problem with Samus and Other M.
The 3D Sonic games do tend to be shoddily made, but I only think this of the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog. Overall, the gameplay isn't horrible (except for that one).
It's when they gave what was essentially a heroic mime a voice. He now comes across as either too much "'tude" or not enough, or the other characters get in the way, or he steals their potential thunder. What was originally a moving painting with fun, fast-paced images became a terribly written newspaper comic riding the brake so to speak; and Archie's Sonic comic is also pretty absurd in my opinion.
To further illustrate my selfish, pig-headed opinions, I preferred "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" over "SaTAM" Sonic because the latter took itself waaaay too seriously. The former was hilarious, and really went with the absurdity of a talking hedgehog. It is the same with the games I think. Sonic is a funny animal that walks like a person. Not an action hero.
My opinions, natch.
The 3D Sonic games do tend to be shoddily made, but I only think this of the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog. Overall, the gameplay isn't horrible (except for that one).
It's when they gave what was essentially a heroic mime a voice. He now comes across as either too much "'tude" or not enough, or the other characters get in the way, or he steals their potential thunder. What was originally a moving painting with fun, fast-paced images became a terribly written newspaper comic riding the brake so to speak; and Archie's Sonic comic is also pretty absurd in my opinion.
To further illustrate my selfish, pig-headed opinions, I preferred "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" over "SaTAM" Sonic because the latter took itself waaaay too seriously. The former was hilarious, and really went with the absurdity of a talking hedgehog. It is the same with the games I think. Sonic is a funny animal that walks like a person. Not an action hero.
My opinions, natch.
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Thank you for doing that! I found myself at a bizarre point in my life there where I wanted to read the point being made but just couldn't bring myself to get through that much text. And hey hey! Someone comes along and abbreviates it! Ta very much!Capo Taco said:
And good points all round.
Oh and to the guys wondering about real life blue hedgehogs...spray-paint! cheaper, faster and considerably less likely to end in world domination. It's finding someone to make the tiny little red shoes that you may struggle with...
Oh, I see your point. To be honest I'm a horrible writer which is why I've given up on my dreams of becoming a published novelist. I simply don't have the control or thought processes to write that way.Capo Taco said:
What's more, I've found that being more concise and to the point usually doesn't help, especially on the internet. The reason being that people will try and make counter arguements, or say "yeah but", or just want more details. I typically wound up putting out the same amount of text (and they wind up reading as much) with shorter posts. I ramble, but at the same time I think it saves time if people read what I write.
I understand the problems, I've tried to correct them and find middle ground, but I'm just not wired that way.
When I write it tends to be in a very brief report-type form (like I did at work), or huge rambling masses of text. Maybe things will change, but I suspect it might have something to do with how messed up my head is (medically speaking).
Haha. It's true. Sonic back in the Genesis was fun, then Sonic 2006 was trash, but lately Sega is trying their best to revive Sonic to his fast running roots excluding what made the series worst.
