Onmi said:
DoW Lowen said:
PumpItUp said:
The problem with most reviewers is that they always, ALWAYS compare Sonic to his old games. Watch any review of Unleashed and somewhere in it will be a comparison to the good 2-D games of old.
It's an old problem: how can you give a good review about a game that is part of a franchise/series without being biased towards other games in the franchise/series. And for Sonic, no one has solved this yet. Or stopped bashing Sonic Team. Watch a video, if you see a single Sonic Unleashed review without someone bashing Sonic Team, I'll give you some milk and cookies.
The high speed level parts were what were good about the game. Can you honestly tell me that you enjoyed werehog?
I can, I honestly enjoyed the Werehog stages, there was nothing WRONG with them, the combat wasn't broken like Shadow the Hedgehogs Gunplay, maybe if the game had been all like that or all running people wouldn't get there panties in a bunch.
what was wrong with the gameplay, what glaring design flaw made it almost unplayable compared to gems like God of War using the same system and getting praised.
Thats right nothing, in fact Yahtzee was right, they pretty much were GoW with Sonic. he even has the stretching arms to compensate for the Athena Blades!
had the game been anything else, it wouldn't be getting this crap. but no, since the name is sonic it automatically loses 500 points.
it's a competent game.
The combat was repetitive and monotonous, not to mention quite easy. Most deaths inflicted upon werehog were caused by falling off the stage. And even if you believe that the combat aspect of the gameplay was good, yes it does lose points for being a sonic game really. The werehog idea is just so arbitrary and maybe sonic team had that gameplay mechanic idea all along, in that case they were so afraid it won't work that they slapped sonic on in hopes that it would sell. But it didn't really, it just tarnished the already dying game even more. They should've just made an entirely separate game for that if that was the case. The werehog section just did not mix well with the high speed parts at all. And even if you thought both were great, you don't mix something like say roast pork and like say... a bar of snickers (terrible example, i couldn't think of anything else). The two are just too different and aren't compatible at all.
Chip was a terrible character, and I KNOW that you couldn't have liked him, my 6 year old cousin hated him with a passion. I found drawings depicting Chip's death in his coloring book. The characterization has gotten worse, every time they bring in a new character I just know I'm going to wish this was a Grand Theft Auto game and just shoot em to death.
I love Sonic, I really do. But the game is terminally ill with cancer at the moment, and making it get up and trying to attach new limbs it don't need does not help at all. It seems to me that Sonic team wish to be innovative, but in that case they should leave sonic alone. I mean the new game with sword... seriously. I want Sonic to be successful, and I know he ain't dead, if the fat plumber can last then our beloved blue hedgehog can as well. But at least the plumber when he fails at making a new game, he goes back to what makes him great with new improvements and without fucking it up by adding some new twist which deviates so much they should really just slap on any random face and it might work a bit better.
The high speed parts were really good, but there was so much excessive baggage like the exploration parts and medal collecting. Everytime Sonic Team makes an improvement and take a step towards the line which certifies them as a good game, they instead decide to just take a giant dump and smear the soles of their shoes with it. Sonic team needs to wake up and stop slapping the dick around and seriously either stick with what made them great or make a new game and leave sonic's face off it. I mean a blue hedgehog isn't exactly a tough character to topple is it?
