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[Aaron Strife]

Sonic Community |OT| No Shitty Friends (We're Allowed to Have One)
|OT| Now With 73% More Blast Processing
|OT| Now With New Lock-on Technology
|OT| Where Hills Are Green and Palmtrees Are Panicking
|OT| Co-developed by Dimps

 

[Azure Dream]

Sonic Community |OT| Try to keep your feet right on the ground

 

[Electivirus]

Been playing around with the 3DS version for the past few days, and I've gotta say I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm glad they decided not to cheap out with the music, either. <3 Modern Mushroom Hill Zone.

The 3D makes the game look super vibrant, too. The level design isn't quite as great as the HD versions', but that was a given.

Probably my favorite handheld Sonic title so far.

 

[0 HP]

I was thinking: |OT| YOU are Sonic's friend this time

Or something along that line.

jesus christ.

shit like this is why sonic fans are looked at as morons. i wish i could quote your digimon avatar for emphasis

 

[Box of Bunnies]

jesus christ.

shit like this is why sonic fans are looked at as morons. i wish i could quote your digimon avatar for emphasis

It's a joke based on all the herping about Sonic's friend. Congratulations on being your own moron.

 

[Lijik]

jesus christ.

shit like this is why sonic fans are looked at as morons. i wish i could quote your digimon avatar for emphasis

|OT| of taking silly hedgehog jokes too seriously

 

[qq more]

|OT| Sadly, the cake isn't a lie

As much as I can't stand portal memes, this is a bit clever somewhat considering the context and all.

jesus christ.

shit like this is why sonic fans are looked at as morons. i wish i could quote your digimon avatar for emphasis

Wow, what the fuck is your problem?

 

[Electivirus]

I await the inevitable Wii U Sonic Generations port where the G.U.N. truck driver and the killer whale team up to wreck Sonic's shit.

 

[Berordn]

I await the inevitable Wii U Sonic Generations port where the G.U.N. truck driver and the killer whale team up to wreck Sonic's shit.

If this means a whale with sawblades and rockets then fuck yes.

 

[0 HP]

It's a joke based on all the herping about Sonic's friend. Congratulations on being your own moron.

i think you mean harping. everybody knew what he was referring to, that doesn't make it any less stupid.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

i think you mean harping. everybody knew what he was referring to, that doesn't make it any less stupid.

No, I mean herping. As in herp derp. As in "herp derp look at me, I'm 0 HP. Everything on the internet is serious, character judging business and nobody ever just fucks around".

 

[Nocturnowl]

If this means a whale with sawblades and rockets then fuck yes.

it has "wheels" that are in fact the giant spiked circular boulder things from Seaside Hill/Ocean Palace.
Revenge of the dreamcast era chase scenes!

 

[qq more]

i think you mean harping. everybody knew what he was referring to, that doesn't make it any less stupid.

Aw boohoo, get a sense of humor.





EDIT: I would totally buy a Wii U port if it had all of that. Full price. Day 1.

 

[0 HP]

well either way, stuff like this is why sonic fans get judged the way they do. i feel like im the retard for liking sonic after reading these threads sometimes

 

[WillyFive]

well either way, stuff like this is why sonic fans get judged the way they do. i feel like im the retard for liking sonic after reading these threads sometimes

Sonic fans are judged mostly by other Sonic fans.

We aren't bronies.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

well either way, stuff like this is why sonic fans get judged the way they do.

It really isn't. You need some wider perspective of the fandom if you genuinely believe what you're saying here.

 

[Dark Schala]

jesus christ.

shit like this is why sonic fans are looked at as morons. i wish i could quote your digimon avatar for emphasis

Half of these titles are essentially joke titles, however. Nothing wrong with joking around or being silly in here.

Though I'm quite sure that some Sonic fans are looked down upon based on shitty fanart/fanfiction/AMVs/whatever odd stuff is out there. Not necessarily about their tendency to joke around about the series in general and take jokes shot at the series themselves.

 

[Professor Beef]

jesus christ.

shit like this is why sonic fans are looked at as morons. i wish i could quote your digimon avatar for emphasis

1) Get the imgur plugin for whatever browser you're using. Very useful for quickly uploading images, especially if you want to avatar quote someone.

2)

 

[panama chief]

i finally get the game and the thread is moving to community?? RIP

 

[Professor Beef]

i finally get the game and the thread is moving to community?? RIP

It might be, I dunno. But the Community title suggestions are because I'm working with Shadiwulf to make a Sonic Community thread.

How you liking Generations, btw?

 

[Dark Schala]

i finally get the game and the thread is moving to community?? RIP

Nah, we're just talking about making a community thread for the series in general.

Sonic Generations' OT stays right where it is, so you're free to discuss, discuss, discuss!

 

[Synless]

I might get hanged for this, but I enjoyed this game more than Mario Galxy 1 & 2. Not to say it was a better quality game, but for me it was far more enjoyable.

 

[WillyFive]

I might get hanged for this, but I enjoyed this game more than Mario Galxy 1 & 2. Not to say it was a better quality game, but for me it was far more enjoyable.

Not that big a deal. The Galaxy games were much slower, so if you liked the sense of exhilaration and speed that Sonic brings, then no problem with that.

Sonic Generation's stages are definitely much better to speedrun than Mario's.

 

[ShadiWulf]

Speaking of Speed runs... check out these amazing speed runs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB8-_BxzdBA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYV5iTXVDI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3O2wIb4W-A

and many more at that guys channel, those are just the best of his, IMO.

 

[JonCha]

I actually still think a lot more can be done with stages in Sonic games. They're good, but they don't have that epic factor that Galaxy 2 had where you really get into the game.a.d focusing.

 

[Christopher]

I actually still think a lot more can be done with stages in Sonic games. They're good, but they don't have that epic factor that Galaxy 2 had where you really get into the game.a.d focusing.

Chemical Plant Zone and Crisis City definitly did...Galaxy 2 didn't have an epic factor at all.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Chemical Plant Zone and Crisis City definitly did...Galaxy 2 didn't have an epic factor at all.

I guess this depends what "epic" is used for, Mario doesn't have crumbling stages that go all out with exploding backgrounds but it has moments of platforming that make me think "that was epic!" (Wicked Wall jumps! funnily enough the appearance of that stage is completely bland). Sonic could use more of that, the series has a tendency to show something awesome rather than let you play something awesome.
Taking chemical plant for example, I love that modern stage but when the place starts exploding to pieces the level itself stays very much the same and is rather unaffected by the chaos in the background. This sort of "epic" event loses its effect when I notice that it barely affects the gameplay, the sense of urgency is lost. Also See the gun truck in modern city escape, it was much better to me the first time than the following reruns when the realization hits that the truck itself isn't much threat at all, the classic stage version on the other hand was done very well with the truck affecting the level layout.
Crisis City does a better job with this, the final section of the classic stage is a good example of creating a solid section of platforming around the "epic factor" mentioned.

 

[SuperAngelo64]

|OT| GAF's shitty friends

 

[Lijik]

Chemical Plant Zone and Crisis City definitly did...Galaxy 2 didn't have an epic factor at all.

Some of the later stages in Galaxy 2 did.

 

[qq more]

Chemical Plant Zone and Crisis City definitly did...Galaxy 2 didn't have an epic factor at all.

Wow.

 

[FreeMufasa]

I actually still think a lot more can be done with stages in Sonic games. They're good, but they don't have that epic factor that Galaxy 2 had where you really get into the game.a.d focusing.

I think the Sonic Unleashed day time stages were good at this.

Do you know what SEGA should do? Get the day time stages from Unleashed, fix em, change the gameplay to colours/generations and get put it on live/psn for $10.

 

[Anth0ny]

Chemical Plant Zone and Crisis City definitly did...Galaxy 2 didn't have an epic factor at all.

You serious bro

Emerging from the underwater segment of slimy spring galaxy was the best part of this GEN

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Chemical Plant Zone and Crisis City definitly did...Galaxy 2 didn't have an epic factor at all.

EPIC!!!

 

[Azure Dream]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3O2wIb4W-A

That bit with the red barrels dropping drives me nuts, because sometimes you can't see where it's dropping them, and sometimes they actually disappear, then hit you while invisible or reappear just in front of you. It's frustrating when you've had a good start.

 

[Dark Schala]

I might get hanged for this, but I enjoyed this game more than Mario Galxy 1 & 2. Not to say it was a better quality game, but for me it was far more enjoyable.

Well, you won't by me. I get what you're saying because I agree with you too.

SMG 1 and 2 were two of the best 3D platformers I have ever played. The controls are tight, the mechanics are solid, the level design and aesthetics are superb, and the score is just... outta this world. They were two utterly fantastic platformers, nearly perfect (I say "nearly" because... uh, sometimes they made me dizzy and I had to play them in short spurts). In that respect, I can't wait to get my hands on Super Mario 3D Land this Christmas.

But I enjoyed... Colours, for example, more than Super Mario Galaxy 2 the year both of those were released. I feel the same way about Generations--I enjoyed it more than the two Galaxy games even though the mechanics or control aren't as solid or refined as the Galaxy games at all. Sometimes both series can be like apples and oranges depending on what both want to get across to the player.

...and yeah, Galaxy 2 did have an "epic" factor... it can be utterly breathtaking, or some of the stuff you do gameplay-wise is pretty cool.

 

[JonCha]

Thought did you prefer Colours because you're a bigger Sonic than Mario fan?

 

[Dark Schala]

Thought did you prefer Colours because you're a bigger Sonic than Mario fan?

Yeeeeah, that might have something to do with it too. :lol

Doesn't change the fact that I had been enjoying Mario's console output more than Sonic's up to that point. Colours blew me away even though I thought it looked good before.

 

[TheOGB]

Gotta go fast

So I blazed through the game on 360 since I already did so on PC and I gotta say... I'm really mad at myself for never listening to Seaside Hill's Modern mix all the way through and finding out that Ocean Palace was included in it. :V

 

[Lijik]

Gotta go fast

So I blazed through the game on 360 since I already did so on PC and I gotta say... I'm really mad at myself for never listening to Seaside Hill's Modern mix all the way through and finding out that Ocean Palace was included in it. :V

I need to go look through my dashboard to find muscular sonic running with no regard for stop signs
That one was my favorite, it was so goofy

 

[Azure Dream]

Gotta go fast

So many blue arms.

 

[TheOGB]

I need to go look through my dashboard to find muscular sonic running with no regard for stop signs
That one was my favorite, it was so goofy

This sounds delightfully disturbing

 

[branny]

In that respect, I can't wait to get my hands on Super Mario 3D Land this Christmas.

Considering how much it seems our tastes align, I'm hoping you'll adore it as much as I do. As a big fan of SMB3 and SMW, it's the only 3D Mario I've played that's totally clicked with me.

I'm really liking Rush, by the way, and can't wait to get started on Colors DS after that.

 

[Satchel]

Just ordered this for $48AU for PS3. My PS3 library needs to grow, and this is a SP focused game anyway.

Loved the demo, so really looking forward to it arriving in the mail.

 

[Teknoman]

Considering how much it seems our tastes align, I'm hoping you'll adore it as much as I do. As a big fan of SMB3 and SMW, it's the only 3D Mario I've played that's totally clicked with me.

I'm really liking Rush, by the way, and can't wait to get started on Colors DS after that.

Honestly 3Dland is like Mario 3 in 3D. Right down to the art style.

 

[Lijik]

I'm really liking Rush

I tried replaying Rush and got so damn frustrated at Water Palace
I was so used to the physics and mechanics in Generations :lol

 

[Teknoman]

Chemical Plant Zone and Crisis City definitly did...Galaxy 2 didn't have an epic factor at all.

Galaxy series and didnt have an epic factor dont go in the same sentence. The end boss battles were Doomsday zone levels of epic.

 

[Lijik]

Galaxy series and didnt have an epic factor dont go in the same sentence. The end boss battles were Doomsday zone levels of epic.

How can you even begin to argue against this music?

 

[TheOGB]

It's almost hilarious how broken Egg Dragoon seems to be in Generations. So much weird shit happening, so much frustration...

And then more frustration. Then blinding rage.

Well that's a bit of an overstatement, but fuck Egg Dragoon on Hard.

 

[Teknoman]

How can you even begin to argue against this music?

Dont forget the whole falling into a sun/escaping from a giant black hole.

 

[AgentOtaku]

So what's the consensus on between 360 and PS3 versions? I mean, I never found a proper Digital Foundry article or anything.

Thanks