Sonic Boom is not the game we deserve, but the one we need.
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Sonic Boom Boom: Review thread
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Sonic Boom is not the game we deserve, but the one we need.
Freeza Under The Shower
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so this game is basically Sega's gift to internet meme posterity?
those gifs, penny arcade being relevant... great scott!
those gifs, penny arcade being relevant... great scott!
MrCunningham
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This game has become the true successor to Sonic '06. It's amazing how a completely different teams with a completely different engine (The Cryengine, no less!) can achieve the exact same results. How is that even possible?
Just stick to Sonic All Stars racing, Sega. These are about the only games with Sonic's name attached to them that have been legitimately great.
themagicalkitsune
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It reads like typical 4chan bullshit.
Why are there no more reviews dropping? I assume these are the journos that decided to buy the game?
jackissocool
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I'm also reluctant to blame the devs. In a lot of ways they were reliant on the creative team of the show, and games generally take longer to get together than shows - I can easily believe these games only had a year dev time max. It's also likely Sanzaru treated this as a B level game. Their main dev focus is almost certainly Sly 5 - that series is their passion and there's obviously going to be a 2016 game to go with the movie.
I hope this doesn't kill BRB - I suspect they could put a good game together with the right support. Hell, they could make Jak 4 (if ND definitely is never going back to it, which I don't think is a guarantee yet). At least Sanzaru is safe.
IronicSonic
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MindCollizion
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Title should be Sonic Bomba Boom or Sonic Boom Doom
Tempesta di Fuoco
Banned
I have fucking loved janky as hell 3D platformers since the PS1/N64 days, so I am buying this as soon as it is less than $20.
I miss games like 40 Winks. Bad games that are bad but you love them anyways for whatever reason.
I miss games like 40 Winks. Bad games that are bad but you love them anyways for whatever reason.
Spieler Eins
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First and second post double killing it.
Colours/Generations sequel next year please, now that they are out of this awkward Nintendo deal they clearly weren't comfortable with.
Colours/Generations sequel next year please, now that they are out of this awkward Nintendo deal they clearly weren't comfortable with.
Sorry, but for me that is autopilot, so we have to agree to disagree.
HUELEN10
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It takes time to play and they might wanna be thorough? I haven't beaten RoL yet...
Arc Christelle
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Nah man, you're just fuckin wrong. While the player is Bella skilled and makes that shit look easy as fuck, it really isntt for the common player. This can only be a achieved through total mastery of the stage. He took a lot of high risk jumps and that curve in the beginning is way harder that it looks especially while boosting, its easy to fly off and die. To understand. The complexity you have yo know that this is a player at their best. To get a grasp of how hard empire city is you're gonna have to someone. Casually playing it.
I apologize for phone errors.
I started playing this game (co-op) yesterday. I expected the worst based on the Internet reviews. I'm not far in at all, but I haven't found a single glitch so far. Frame rate issues are minor, and the graphics are a bit rough but not completely terrible on our 32" TV. The dialog and cutscenes are cheesy, but it's just Sonic the Hedgehog.
I will continue playing this game. Hopefully the first 30 minutes weren't the best.
I will continue playing this game. Hopefully the first 30 minutes weren't the best.
Nexus Zero
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Arc Christelle
Member
Don't forget, you WILL die. ALOT.
Castef
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Boom
Unleashed is a lot more technical than both of those games put together (and has stiffer controls, too).
The controls and level design improved for the better IMO.
SonicMegaDrive
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I enjoy Sonic a lot more when it's god awful. Much more entertaining than when it's merely mediocre like it's been the past few years.
This thread is proof of that. Many guffaws were had.
This thread is proof of that. Many guffaws were had.
SphericalCrusher
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Have not read all comments but I still plan on buying this game for WiiU. I played it briefly and it was fun. Sonic has not been in any kind of slump since Sonic 4... Sonic 4 Ep1, 2, Colors, Generations and Lost World have all been great.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
LOL. Holy Shit.
Arc Christelle
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They're highly addictive adrenaline rushes. The challenge of Unleashed makes me want to see another game with that entry barrier but generations grand level design.
Android18a
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Unleashed/Generations are definitely not autopilot games. Watch someone play it badly and you'll see that.
It takes hella reactions and memory to get through a level efficiently and in a way that's visually impressive. That is the 3D Sonic gameplay.
It's not necessarily my thing, being a fan more of the original games, but it's a hell of a lot more than holding up and pressing jump now and then. It can be quite fiendishly difficult.
It takes hella reactions and memory to get through a level efficiently and in a way that's visually impressive. That is the 3D Sonic gameplay.
It's not necessarily my thing, being a fan more of the original games, but it's a hell of a lot more than holding up and pressing jump now and then. It can be quite fiendishly difficult.
That feeling where everyone in this thread realizes sonic makes money than all the other sega shit they like. And continuously justifies its existance more than things you like and will never be dead.
NintenDOMG
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You'll probably enjoy the game because you have realistic expectations. The games are nowhere near masterpieces nor complete garbage. Bought both versions and enjoy playing them for what they are .
It's funny. Half the people I talk to about Boost Sonic will say it plays itself and it's autopilot, the other half will say it goes too fast and you can't see the obstacles and pits coming.
Since as I already said, I'm crap at Unleashed so I'd probably be leaning into the latter camp in that situation, but I think Generations gets the level design just right if you iron out those crappy 2D sections in Modern Sonic's stages which Sega keep putting in their games for whatever reason.
Since as I already said, I'm crap at Unleashed so I'd probably be leaning into the latter camp in that situation, but I think Generations gets the level design just right if you iron out those crappy 2D sections in Modern Sonic's stages which Sega keep putting in their games for whatever reason.
You probably have a lot of shitty friends. Kinda like Sonic. But instead of sucking, they don't know how to game.
3D Sonic is an exercise of memorization of the layout and a speedrunner game. You can play it slower, but your ranks will be lower too. And there are levels with a bit of exploration. There are branching paths. Everything is there. You're just not carefully exploring, like a game like Sonic Boom, because it's tedious.
Sonic "slow" gameplay works better on 2D plane. But the 3D ones aren't bad per se, you guys just suck on it and invent every type of excuses.
DR2K
Banned
Well he didn't clarify as to why he thought it was auto pilot for a reason.
Wow fake or real that is probably the craziest summary of a game I've read ever
Quadraphonic
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Every person here saying they're still buying it, after shit reviews, is why the games keep getting made.
The team who did Generations are most likely working on their next game. So probably yes.
Driveclub and Unity is still going to make a profit also. It is sad but such is life.
TheBaronOfNA
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If I need to guess, half of the problems with development had to do with the fact CryEngine is in reality difficult to work with.
Maybe you should not make this a console war stuff specially when this game is targeted to kids and a franchise with am already large fandom.
Junior Mint
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I'll never understand why there are idiots that keep buying bad Sonic games. What exactly is appealing about Sonic after like 20 bad games in a row?
Yeah, I've heard that before.
Trying to design a CryEngine game for a platform like Wii U, though, surely must be a nightmare.
Whoa now, DriveClub is a very well made, very polished game. While the game touted a lot of multiplayer features that were broken (which I agree is a big deal) the core game is very well made and technically solid. I thought it was an awesome single player racer. Again, that doesn't excuse the multiplayer stuff but it's not comparable to Unity or Sonic Boom at all.
Shadow Hog
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Yes, exactly that. It was edited down by Schnedwob on Something Awful. You still have to pause, but what it'd look like if you didn't have to pause is a marvel to behold.
No, the Sonic Cycle explicitly starts with "hopes are raised" and "fans begin to claim this as Sonic's triumphant return". Most people thought this looked like shit from the get-go. Doesn't count.