Stunning Sonic Fan Game Gets Demo

[TelHybrid]

I can't wait for the full game to be released! It's a great work in progress so far, though the physics could use some work. I also look forward to seeing the special stages, and hearing the rest of the soundtrack.

On first impressions, it impressed me more than Sonic 4, however both are still works in progress (Sonic 4 being episodic and all), so until we see a full version of this, and all Sonic 4 episodes released, I can't really compare.

Off topic in regards to Sonic 4: What the holy fuck were they thinking with the special stage design and the boss music? They were awful!

 

[arealperson]

The Escapist's on fairly shaky legal ground assisting the free distribution of what is essentially, Sega's property.  No, you're not hosting it, but if certain members were to be especially litigious, it would be pretty easy to get caught up in the storm.  IMHO this is way beyond fair use.  The disclaimer that they use on the linked site is pretty laughable too. Remember, it was not so long ago that all of those LittleBigPlanet 'remake' levels were taken down, and those didn't even use propriety code.

I'm all for the people and not so much for large corporations, but this stuff (as much as I wish it were) is not public domain.  Hopefully Sega will sign off on all of this, but until then I think the moral and legal advice for this would be to stay away.

P.S. I think LBP's and MineCraft's community content should lie under fair use, so you have my full support as far as that goes.

 

[Lullabye]

Best sonic game Ive played in years...and its not from Sega?

 

[Smooth Operator]

Two dudes show the entire Sega team how it's done, hilarious
Top props to the guys, the game is amazing, it's the first proper Sonic in... must be about 10 years now.

But they will probably be sued to starvation for this

 

[Zing]

Well the title screen looks cool. Pity no controls will work for me though.

edit: had to rebind "Enter" to "Return"..weird..

Very cool so far, and that whale made me shit a brick.

 

[mjc0961]

Okay wow. I can't comment on the level design because I only played the demo of Sonic 4 (although I played it many times to see if I could get myself to like the physics [and no I couldn't]), plus this is mostly just a straight copy/paste of Sonic 2 levels, although I did like the few twists they through in to keep players on their toes (okay this is where the boss is WHOA there is a loop here now).

But looking at everything else... It's amazing how 2 guys made a game that is better in every way than Sonic 4. First of all, it actually plays like a Sonic game. The graphics are much better, especially the Sonic model. I don't care so much that Sonic 4 went with "new style" Sonic with the longer legs and whatnot, but the model just looks off for some reason the entire time. But this one in the fan version, it's just awesome! And the music is better too, even though it is just the old music (which was always great) remixed. But compared to that track they had in the Sonic 4 demo, which was awful... Sorry, still have to comment on how the music is better.

I know I said in another thread that I no longer care about anything new involving Sonic, but if these guys actually come up with a complete version of this, I'll probably check it out.

 

[dummy]

The guys did a fantastic job making the gameplay feel like a Sonic game and creating really detailed backgrounds and environments. I'm proud to have my music in the game and it's great to see it getting the recognition it deserves! You can find the other Sonic 2 music I created on my youtube channel, http://youtube.com/dummeh

 

[TsunamiWombat]

They did do a fantastic game.

Preparing for Sega C&D in 3, 2...

 

[dragontiers]

I downloaded the demo, but for some reason I can't get any picture. The game starts up fine, music playing in the background, controls work (I actually started the game once), but it's just a black screen. Anyone have any input?

 

[Timbydude]

This is amazing. It may just be a remake of Sonic 2, but it works very well, and it looks ten times better than Sonic 4. The physics also feel like the old games, as opposed to Sonic 4, which feels like Sonic has the inertia of a whale.