Sega and Sonic team, all is forgiven

[Azure-Supernova]

I liked it, the 2D section at least. The 3D felt a bit... auto-pilot.

 

[ProtoChimp]

No. And unless it dies for our sins, one game isn't going to cover everything sonic team has done.

Sonic Colors seems to have done a lot of the work already. Sonic 4, while less unanimously praised, was stil enjoyed by a lot of gamers. And the hand-held Sonic games have always been regarded as being strong entries in the series.

Lighten up man. Haven't you heard? Sega finally gives a shit. The good times are coming for us Sonic fans.

Am I the only person who liked Unleashed as well as those?

 

[]DustArma[]

I just played the demo on my 360 and it was fucking awesome. Have any of you guys tried it?

well I forgave them a while ago but the sad fact is that the loudest (I don't mean biggest just the more advertised) part of the sonic fandom probably won't

If you mean the retro/classic fans, only the most anal ones don't like Generations.

 

[SidingWithTheEnemy]

I just played the demo on my 360 and it was fucking awesome. Have any of you guys tried it?

Excuse, while I'm from the extremly knowledgeable "gaming master race of PC players" the clairvoyant part of my brain is performing some routine maintenance.

So what the hell are you talking about?
THE DEMO? If I enter "The Demo" at google this turns out to be the N°1 entry.
You know how many Demo's are out there?

Specify...

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

I just played the demo on my 360 and it was fucking awesome. Have any of you guys tried it?

>: ( No time yet. BUT I WANT TO!!

Is it ANYTHING like Colors? If so, then I am already happy. Colors was awesome, and quite possibly the second best Sonic game I've ever played (Sonic 3 and knux coming in first place)

 

[ProtoChimp]

No. And unless it dies for our sins, one game isn't going to cover everything sonic team has done.

Sonic Colors seems to have done a lot of the work already. Sonic 4, while less unanimously praised, was stil enjoyed by a lot of gamers. And the hand-held Sonic games have always been regarded as being strong entries in the series.

Lighten up man. Haven't you heard? Sega finally gives a shit. The good times are coming for us Sonic fans.

Am I the only person who liked Unleashed as well as those?

The day sections were brilliant. The werehog sections... not so much. But it still wasn't the travesty people thought it was.

I personally think this Sonic Cycle thing is vastly overdone. Yes, 2006 Sonic was shit. But there have been good 3D sonic games. I personally thought Sonic Heroes was a blast. Not perfect (the voice acting was pretty damn dodgy), but in places it was absolute genius.

Spoiler: Sonic Heroes: Rail Canyon

I actually quite liked the night time stages as well. I didn't see the problem, and all the reviewers I saw who said he was really slow were, well, lying. Russ Pitts intentionally moved slow in his video review to say he was slow and he wasn't joking, then a screen later and he was fast, not daytime fast but still fast.

Hang on.
Captcha: eRevent 395

... it's almost like it's calling my comment irrelevent. Bastard.

 

[SD-Fiend]

DustArma[]

I just played the demo on my 360 and it was fucking awesome. Have any of you guys tried it?

well I forgave them a while ago but the sad fact is that the loudest (I don't mean biggest just the more advertised) part of the sonic fandom probably won't

If you mean the retro/classic fans, only the most anal ones don't like Generations.

pretty much yes

 

[MarsProbe]

I remain whole-heartedly sceptical.

then to stop you being sceptical, here.


No gimmicks, No other playable characters, Super fast old school sonic gameplay, all is good.

That video has me sold. Really, if you're interested enough in this game, what does it really matter to you what all the naysayers say anyway? Let them moan to their hearts content - as long as the others get to look forward to the game in peace (and hopefully enjoy it upon release).

As an aside, got to say the Sky Sanctuary looks amazing in this version!

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Hasn't the franchise died yet?

It's slightly sad watching them work toward resurrecting it. Hey, perhaps it will work and Sonic games will become cool again, but whew if it hasn't taken a long time getting there.

Well, the games have been improving considerably.

If they can keep making game as good as Colors was, then he may be back on track. Oh sure, he'll never be a superstar again, but he might very well start being remembered for more than his excellent roots, and one long slump.

It's like Sonic is in a race and he is just blazing through the entire track. The finish line is in sight, but before he crosses it, he trips on the Werehog stages, and falls flat on his face. He still manages to get up and win the race, but everyone will remember the fall much more than the victory.

That was the EXACT metaphor I used to describe unleashed to people I knew. Sonic dashed form the starting line, only to trip over the werehog and break his nose. He still finished the race, but no one really cared.

Now, Sonic Colors....He took off at a fantastic pace, and maintained it throughout the race. He slowed down a few times, but he finished the race, and did it WELL.

If Generations is anything like Colors, I will be VERY VERY happy.

 

[jackpackage200]

I just played the demo on my 360 and it was fucking awesome. Have any of you guys tried it?

>: ( No time yet. BUT I WANT TO!!

Is it ANYTHING like Colors? If so, then I am already happy. Colors was awesome, and quite possibly the second best Sonic game I've ever played (Sonic 3 and knux coming in first place)

Just like colors but with better physics. So psyched for nov 1st

 

[zajohnson]

Yeah, I felt the same way... I hope since it's GHZ (assuming it's the game's first level) it'll become a lot more challenging in the later levels.

 

[LookingGlass]

I downloaded the demo because of this post.

I must say, it is fun. I was terrible at it (at least on the first try), but still... good stuff.

I'm a little surprised to see that it's a full-priced game though. I do wonder if there'll be enough content there to warrant it. Could be a good pickup for a lower price down the road though.

 

[jackpackage200]

I downloaded the demo because of this post.

I must say, it is fun. I was terrible at it (at least on the first try), but still... good stuff.

I'm a little surprised to see that it's a full-priced game though. I do wonder if there'll be enough content there to warrant it. Could be a good pickup for a lower price down the road though.

If you live in the states it is $10 off, so it costs $50.

 

[LordLundar]

Looking at the videos (I don't have access to the demo with no 360 but it is coming out on PC, Steam is taking pre orders) and I saw something that's been missing since Sonic Adventure.

Speed. Sonic just lost it since shortly after The first sonic Adventure. It's nice to see it back.

 

[EzraPound]

Not to rain on your parade but the demo for Unleashed seemed to be good. Then the actual game dropped.

and 65% of it was still good

at least on the PS2 version, which seems to have more daytime stages than nighttime

In my school, 65% was an F.

Haha, wrecked.

While resident evil 4 proved you can pull a series back, sonics been circling the drain for a long time, isnt that a sign that you shouldnt get excited until youve played the actualy game?

Wtf? RE3 was arguably the best one of the series, RE0 was great too. RE4 didn't bring anything back, it pushed RE off a fucking building and killed it.

Uhhh. . . what? Having played both Resident Evil 4 and RE:make for Wii last year--without any prior experience to the series, mind you--my observations were that 1) Resident Evil 4 is one of the best games ever, and 2) RE:make--while passable by mid-nineties standards--rehashes adventure game elements without a tenth of, say, LucasArts' imagination, and is more "interface horror" than "survival horror", given how grating the tank controls, fixed camera angles, annoying save system, etc. is. Also, RE:make has cheap deaths that are intolerable regardless of era--a fatal admixture when coupled with how unforgiving its save system is.

 

[Giest4life]

Sonic Colors seems to have done a lot of the work already. Sonic 4, while less unanimously praised, was stil enjoyed by a lot of gamers. And the hand-held Sonic games have always been regarded as being strong entries in the series.

Lighten up man. Haven't you heard? Sega finally gives a shit. The good times are coming for us Sonic fans.

Just curious, how can a thing be "more",or,"less" unanimous than being actually unanimous?

OT: I haven't played with the hedgehog since the goold ol' days of Sega Genesis. I've been, blissfully, spared all the heartbreak you guys have suffered.

 

[Jazoni89]

While resident evil 4 proved you can pull a series back, sonics been circling the drain for a long time, isnt that a sign that you shouldnt get excited until youve played the actualy game?

I have played the demo, which contains two whole levels in the game.

So yeah, it looks, and plays great, so unless sonic team destroys the code, delays it to remake the game with crappy gimmicks, their's no chance in hell that this will flop.

They have actually listened to the fans this time.

Im sorry, but your basing this off 2 levels and think it wont flop? Considering the general opinion of sonic games is that they are terrible, do you really think everyone will have seen the trailer/played the demo and then go out and buy the game based on this?

Trailers have been misleading before, besides, how do you know that the 2 levels youve played are the only good ones in the whole game? You dont and there is no way you can predict the game will be a success. Optimism is all good and well, but declaring 2 levels mean a game will be awesome is kinda pushing it just a little dont you think? Esoecially as this is sonic, ive heard people saying the same thing every game, that this one will live upto the legend that is the originals, but it never does.

If the game does come out and it is bad, would you admit it? I would be happy to admit im wrong if it is the awesome game your claiming, cause im holding off judgement until ive actually played it. And despite my usual ignoring the trailers stuff, we are talking about the series used as a joke about been bad constantly, so maybe this changes it, but itll have to impress more than usualy considering.

This isn't purely fanboy biased, as I'm not even the biggest fan of sonic, I'm more of a fan of good games.

It's just, judge by everything I've shown, and played, and being told about the game (no gimmicks, no other characters than sonic), i can't see this not being a great sonic game.

Sure sonic fans will probably find something to moan about, like it's too short, and why can't I play as shadow, ect, but I'll be enjoying it, so that's all that matters really.

 

[]DustArma[]

DustArma[]snip

Oh, I watched it again, but only because you asked nicely.

The signs that point out pitfalls reak of hand-holding. I still turn my nose up at it.

Bottomless pit signs, button prompts and Omochao can all be turned off, just like in Colors.

 

[Toriver]

I await my already pre-ordered copy, but unfortunately, too many will simply say "It's not Sonic 3 and Knuckles!" and instantly pass it by.

 

[-Samurai-]

I haven't bought a game since Sonic 3. Not because "I hate dem 3d versions", but because I just lost interest.

I will be buying this, based solely on the videos that were posted in this thread. This is the first I've heard of this game. Thank you to all who posted the videos.