Box of Bunnies
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Lucky Number Seven Force said:
Haha, me too. It's only just now after you've said this that I realise it's not actually that.
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Sonic Generations |OT| What Sonic can learn from Sonic
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Haha, me too. It's only just now after you've said this that I realise it's not actually that.
QisTopTier
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Yes new page! Safe from the end product of the last page! D:
I wasn't comparing them in overall quality. I know Sonic 4 was a giant turd, this looks better in every conceivable way. My point is just that they've been trying to shamelessly service fans of old and new sonic like they're 2 completely separate fanbases. Crazies who freak out about Sonic's eye color aside, there is really only one: fans of good sonic games. Sega misinterpreted fan reaction to the "modern" games as a distaste for the style and design when it was really just a distaste for how sloppy, unpolished and unfun they are. Instead of looking at the franchise as a whole and developing a solid vision for where the series would lead, they latched on to the "classic" and "modern" dichotomy and ran with it. Generations to me represents the most cynical and blatant attempt to cash in on that dichotomy. Even if they've -finally- tuned the controls and physics to be somewhat acceptable and -finally- managed to make a 3d Sonic without horrible technical issues and bugs, to me it's the ultimate step in the wrong direction.JonCha said:
Honestly I think Sonic Adventure, even with all it's problems, is still the 3D game that is most faithful to the original mechanics and style.
BlazeHedgehog
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Hitlersaurus Christ said:
Eh, the way I see it, those proportions aren't too far off from Sonic in SA1 - just a little stubbier and pudgier.
Would probably look fine from behind the back with the right animation.
Hot Coldman
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How the fuck do the combos work, they're baffling me
BlazeHedgehog
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Green Scar said:
When you go off a trick ramp or a rainbow ring, move the stick up, left, right, or down to do tricks. Holding the same direction won't net you as much boost, so always try and press a different direction in sequence.
Before you touch the ground, hit L1/R1 or both bumpers to do a finisher trick for lots of extra boost.
Hot Coldman
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Sega1991 said:
Right, it was that last bit that I didn't know. Cheers!
PeakPointMatrix
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Sega1991 said:
spindashing
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When Sonic Unleashed came out, I preferred the Adventure controls/physics to the normal Sonic stages. I almost totally dismissed the game due to its change in gameplay. After playing Sonic Colors though, I realized how fun the system could be. So, I went back to Unleashed and enjoyed it for what it is and I've come to the conclusion that it really isn't that bad once you put time into it.
The Technomancer
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Is such a thing even possible?spindashing said:
I guess it is.
Vampire On Titus
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The_Technomancer said:
I consider the Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic game-play the current highest form of 3D Sonic. Though the Unleashed and Generations style is still great.
spindashing
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The_Technomancer said:
New Screens!!
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201110/images/00052202/RYoWE6ROZn7J1MjD97wh6Y7dVto7a1y4.html
More in the link.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201110/images/00052202/RYoWE6ROZn7J1MjD97wh6Y7dVto7a1y4.html
More in the link.
Bucket-o-roadkill
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I see a distinct lack of at dawn in those speed highway screen shots.
Just played the demo and noticed that no animals came out of the robots when you destroyed them. I thought that was part of the old games so was surprised to see it not continue here.
I always thought the robots existed as they were Sonics friends that Robotnik had taken and entrapped inside robots.
I always thought the robots existed as they were Sonics friends that Robotnik had taken and entrapped inside robots.
Azure Dream
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The original Shadow fight was just a straight collapsing highway with some paths of rings. Looks like they've reworked it into a mini-race of sorts, very awesome.
Sonic X didn't even go that far, that's fan art. Amy's a little too loaded too, and Blaze was never in Sonic X.
That bugged me a little too, but some of the later games dropped different things other than animals, and maybe they wanted to avoid the Sky Chase situation.
FreeMufasa said:
Sonic X didn't even go that far, that's fan art. Amy's a little too loaded too, and Blaze was never in Sonic X.
Poona said:
That bugged me a little too, but some of the later games dropped different things other than animals, and maybe they wanted to avoid the Sky Chase situation.
Dark Schala
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SEGA details Spot Pass support for Generations 3DS
Also, the Sonic Generations images separated by game.
Sonic Generations 3DS Radical Highway + Spot Pass screens
Sonic Generations HD Speed Highway + Shadow Boss screens
Source: AndriasangAnoop Gantayat said:Joining a large batch of media, Sega has shared details on the Spot Pass features for the 3DS version of Sonic Generations.
Sega lists two activities for Spot Pass: exchanging profile cards and exchanging missions.
For the profile cards, you can record details about how long you've been playing the Sonic series, and also list your favorite amongst Sonic's shitty friends. The card also includes your play record for the 3DS title so others can see how far you've advanced.
Sega says that by exchanging your profile card with lots of people through Spot Pass transfers, your card will be updated in various ways.
For the mission exchange component, the game includes 100 missions, different from the main story missions, which can be unlocked through Spot Pass.
When you do a Spot Pass exchange with another player, that player appears in your Spot Pass log. Select the player's name, and you'll see that you've received one mission that the player has cleared.
Examples of missions include Revenge, where you must defeat as a certain number of enemies as possible, and Special Trial, where gopher-like enemies appear in Act 1 of Mushroom Hill Zone.
For those who don't get out as much, the missions can also be unlocked via Game Coins.
Also, the Sonic Generations images separated by game.
Sonic Generations 3DS Radical Highway + Spot Pass screens
Sonic Generations HD Speed Highway + Shadow Boss screens
Bucket-o-roadkill
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Lijik said:
i guess.. Would have thought if the section was there they would have included a screen shot from it in a gallery of speed highway images though... I WANT TO BELIEVE.
plagiarize
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just tried the demo out in 3D. frame rate really tanks at parts, but it's great to see proper framepacked 3D on the 360 first hand finally.
3D was a great help in the modern Sonic level, when it wasn't killing the framerate anyway. it didn't really add anything for classic Sonic other than really bad framedrops. i doubt my impression would be the same if i had played it in 2D, but i have to say i enjoyed the modern Sonic level more.
3D was a great help in the modern Sonic level, when it wasn't killing the framerate anyway. it didn't really add anything for classic Sonic other than really bad framedrops. i doubt my impression would be the same if i had played it in 2D, but i have to say i enjoyed the modern Sonic level more.
BlazeHedgehog
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Ha, looks like I was probably right about the "At Dawn" moment
Seven Force
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As long as At Dawn gets a nice arrangement, I'll be satisfied.
Azure Dream
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Rlan said:
"Ami Bivd.", "OMGA" and "SORM THE ALBATROS"
It's fun, but they could have featured some of the other obscure characters a little more too, instead of repeating Espio over and over for example. He's on the "Digital" sign, the street exits sign under Speed Hwy., and I'm sure he's on that poster too, all in effectively one screenshot.
RobbieNick
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Bucket-o-roadkill said:I see a distinct lack of at dawn in those speed highway screen shots.
"May U live 2 see the dawn."
Colors was pretty great, I had fun with it, as I'm sure I'll have fun with Generations. Regardless, they both have the same split-personality design that I feel hurts them more than anything. Shitty friends and level design quirks aside, SA1 and 2 got the controls so so right. Fast, but still slow and fluid enough to feel totally in control. Playing either Sonic in Generations doesn't give me that feeling. Classic feels too stiff and robotic and modern is too touchy and on-rails. SA1 and 2 just needed better structure and less bloat to be perfect, instead they took it in a completely different direction.Teknoman said:
This is exactly what I'm saying. Hopefully when they say they have 'no plans for more classic sonic' it means they're going to take a hard look at the direction of the series and come up with something a little less schizophrenic.SwiftSketcher said:
Dark Schala
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Afrocentric-Asian said:
Yeah, just noticed that too...
These look nice.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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scitek said:
QFT
The Xtortionist
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Best time I could get on the demo for Modern Sonic was 1:51:58. meh
Played the Classic section of the PSN Generations demo. Went back and forth between 360 and PS3 and I have to say the 360 demo is a LOT more vibrant where as the PS3 version seems to have some aliasing compared to the jaggy 360 version. Even still, the 360 version graphics wise, is easier on the eyes IMO.
Anyone else feel the same?
Anyone else feel the same?
My Sonic 06 LTTP is up if anyone is interested in reading a horror story.
RobbieNick
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ShadiWulf said:
Should I add this to the OP?
RobbieNick
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Well. I'd need a graphic to go with it. Hmmm... Not really important enough I guess.
FreeMufasa
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Sega1991 said:Eh, the way I see it, those proportions aren't too far off from Sonic in SA1 - just a little stubbier and pudgier.
Would probably look fine from behind the back with the right animation.
This just reminded me. Up untill Sonic Gen was announced, I always thought there was 1 sonic and SEGA were just switching between stubby and lanky.
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