Fuuuuck I forgot SEGA makes Total War. I fucking LOVE Total War. I really hope they make it, because I want far more Total War games.
Sega to Drop Games and Employees During Extreme Restructuring
- Thread starter Mike Kayatta
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A lot of good non-AAA titles (in terms of sales, not quality of games, which is usually far superior in Sega's titles) are produced by Sega. Kind of the problem I suppose. Companies can't support themselves unless they're topping the charts. Sega isn't the first and won't be the last to get into trouble because they aren't spending hundreds of millions to make the next shooter clone based around online multiplayer.
Sega, this is why you market games besides Sonic.
Valkyria Chronicles would've done much better if people knew about it.
Valkyria Chronicles would've done much better if people knew about it.
Despite the fact that Yahtzee bashed it (thereby causing 90 percent of the site to hate it, sight unseen), Sonic Generations was a legitimate ray of hope for the franchise.
All they need to do is retool Sonic as the silent retcon 'Classic Sonic' and put him in more 2d/3d action. The 3d sections from Generations are really more like a racing game than a 3d Sonic game (a good thing).
Sega has no hope because of who is running the ship, but Sonic has hope to be good, even though he will never be anything close to a cultural icon again.
All they need to do is retool Sonic as the silent retcon 'Classic Sonic' and put him in more 2d/3d action. The 3d sections from Generations are really more like a racing game than a 3d Sonic game (a good thing).
Sega has no hope because of who is running the ship, but Sonic has hope to be good, even though he will never be anything close to a cultural icon again.
I didn't even need to read the article to predict that this wasn't going to help Sega out much.Mike Kayatta said:
Hell, putting its fate in Sonic is probably going to put a nail in its coffin. Besides Generations and The Dark Brotherhood (by BioWare), I can't think of a single Sonic game that I'd want to actively keep playing that was made in this generation.
Unintentionally hilarious typos aside, you've got a point. Heck, I understand the recent port of Sonic CD involved remaking the engine from scratch, which means they have a classic Sonic accurate engine that runs on modern hardware already. This is one of those "it's obvious enough that I can't believe someone at Sega isn't already working on it" moments. If they make an all new 2D sonic and put it on the Android marketplace, I'd pay $5 or so for it, no problem. Put it on the major DD platforms like you said (including Steam), and they may even get away with $15 a pop.xPixelatedx said:
OT: It really saddens me to see that Sega still hasn't recovered from the mistakes they started making at the tail end of the 16 bit era. This is a company that got its start as a photo booth company whose automatic pictures could be used for ID photos during the reconstruction after World War II[footnote]It was started by an American businessman, believe it or not, and Sega is shorthand for SErvice GAmes[/footnote], and has been around ever since. This is the company that was one of the big boys in console manufacturing all the way through from the third generation to the sixth, and the company that has been an arcade giant for the entire history of the medium. This is also a company that, stupid decisions or not, has never intentionally dicked its customers over, at least not to my knowledge. If they go under while the likes of EA, Activision, and Ubisoft are still raking in millions, there is no justice in the world.
I kind of enjoyed Sonic Generations and Sonic Colors, but really, as big as Sega was back in the day, I think the only things I'm really going to miss are Virtua Fighter and possible future games in the Jet Grind Radio series.
I'm not surprised they're focusing on Sonic, and I know a couple people who are really into Total War, but Football Manager and Aliens? Really, Sega? That's depressing.
I'm not surprised they're focusing on Sonic, and I know a couple people who are really into Total War, but Football Manager and Aliens? Really, Sega? That's depressing.
YeahSupahGamuh said:
. Generations is so much fun.I wish I had time to finish it.
My only complaint is that his name is not Dr. Eggman and calling him that should be akin to stabbing a baby. Nobody should do it ever.
"But in Japan..."
No. Just no.
He's Robotnik, don't take this from me
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They should just use the engine from Sonic Generations and remake Sonic-Sonic & Knuckles... Don't bother with the Adventure/Post Genesis Era and rake in some quick cash. Also make sure there are no more obvious bugs in their game.
