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Sonic the Hedgehog Community Thread |OT3 & Knuckles|
- Thread starter Professor Beef
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PhantomOfTheKnight
Member
A slam against Knight of the Wind is a slam against me.
...seriously, it inspired 3/4 of my username.
...seriously, it inspired 3/4 of my username.
You've found Dark Dark Schala.
dude wat
I'm not a huge fan of His World, and I know Seven Rings in Hand is also in the game. Looking back at the list I do actually like most of those themes oops
Professor Beef
Banned
Dark Schala's evil clone, Light Schala.
I was starting to get disappointed it wouldn't have stuff like this. At least it'll be entertaining.Hey guys how is Sonic Boom Rise of Lyri-
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Professor Beef
Banned
Spinosaurus
Member
goty 2006Hey guys how is Sonic Boom Rise of Lyri-
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Hot Coldman
Banned
The lack of chequerboard environments in this game is fucked up
Knight of the Wind is one of my favorite Sonic songs.
It's like the secret worlds in Metroid Prime 1 and 2 gone horribly wrong.
Without the benefit of tearing the game balance a new asshole.
Hey guys how is Sonic Boom Rise of Lyri-
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It's like the secret worlds in Metroid Prime 1 and 2 gone horribly wrong.
Without the benefit of tearing the game balance a new asshole.
Truly the Crash Twinsanity sequel I've been waiting forHey guys how is Sonic Boom Rise of Lyri-
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all these Crash comparisons are hurting my soul
Hot Coldman
Banned
HUELEN this needs to be the thread title for the Sonic Boom game thread. No excuses. Read back through that thread for context.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Words can't express how thoroughly amused I am with this.
I'm dying laughing at this while playing Uncharted 2 and a fraction of GAF doesn't want me to buy Sonic Boom outside of Coldman.
This is just profoundly excellent. I could not have asked for anything more. This is a special gift.
I'm dying laughing at this while playing Uncharted 2 and a fraction of GAF doesn't want me to buy Sonic Boom outside of Coldman.
This is just profoundly excellent. I could not have asked for anything more. This is a special gift.
Nocturnowl
Member
I always found that the stages didn't truly have enough to differentiate themselves from each other outside of the visual aesthetics in Unleashed.
Though there are a few traits more unique to certain stages like the open ice cap and bobsled sections of cool edge, boosting across stretches of water in Jungle Joyride or the winding tree ascension section towards the end of Savannah Citadel, I mostly just recall the stages mostly consisting of the same core elements with some more present in one stage than another like rails being prominent in Skyscraper Scamper.
With only a small selection of these daytime stages on top of that it really felt like the stages were more of a solid base for the boost concept but didn't explore so much in the level design.
Colours still doesn't match the classic Sonic games in unique level concepts but it fares a lot better than Unleashed even if its still using a lot of the same elements, partly because the wisps help add further differentiation and alternative routes, also because of how each individual world tends to have some of their own unique stage elements or structure to work with, say how Planet Wisp often involves ascending up platforming heavy scaffold or that Aquarium Park is the only world with water sections and can also retool the drill wisp ever so slightly, even among the worlds the smaller stages lend themselves more to concepts that wouldn't sustain themselves for longer stages but work well enough in a shorter context like the scrolling spring sections or Cube wisp platform heavy stages. It's all a bit Mario-esque at points with the power up influenced level design and it loses the constant speed focus of unleashed but I find it balances both speed and platforming better, it feels like they built on top of Unleashed's daytime stage structure so while Unleashed may have its moments and the extra visual spectacle sheen I find this a win for Colours.
edit: watching that Boom Knuckles gif with some upbeat jazz in the background, it's taken the form of a floundering dance number
This is now the only acceptable thread title. Also, from the same thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU
and seeing the other sonic boom gif, oh man, no wonder Sega didn't give out review copies of Sonic Boom.
At least the cartoon ain't half bad, though it is at a timeslot when no one is awake
Hey guys how is Sonic Boom Rise of Lyri-
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What's even crazier about this is that Sonic will fall forever after this, because there's nothing that makes him die for leaving the area. You have to reset the game.
Seven Force
Banned
I'm hoping some truly hilarious glitches show up in Boom. Like, some '06 level shit.
Edit:
Yesssssssss
(I know it's pretty silly to hope for a game to be kinda busted, but it was pretty obvious this game was going to be garbage anyway. At this point, I just want to see how deep the rabbit hole goes.)
Despite Colors obviously being built in Unleashed's mold, I think the design philosophy for the stages are different enough that a comparison doesn't really make sense. Unleashed's day stages are their own unique beast, but if anything, they're a logical evolution from Sonic Rush's stages: They're pretty much blazing fast roller coaster rides that require some memorization and quick reflexes with some light platforming sprinkled in between. On the other hand, Colors is more akin to a Mario game where the levels are shorter, more focused on platforming and power-up use, and each act usually has a unique level gimmick that they run with for the entirety of the act before moving on to the next one.
Personally, I prefer the levels in Colors, but that's because I 1) dislike how Sonic controls in Unleashed, and 2) I'm not the biggest fan of Unleashed's level design.
Edit:
Yesssssssss
(I know it's pretty silly to hope for a game to be kinda busted, but it was pretty obvious this game was going to be garbage anyway. At this point, I just want to see how deep the rabbit hole goes.)
Despite Colors obviously being built in Unleashed's mold, I think the design philosophy for the stages are different enough that a comparison doesn't really make sense. Unleashed's day stages are their own unique beast, but if anything, they're a logical evolution from Sonic Rush's stages: They're pretty much blazing fast roller coaster rides that require some memorization and quick reflexes with some light platforming sprinkled in between. On the other hand, Colors is more akin to a Mario game where the levels are shorter, more focused on platforming and power-up use, and each act usually has a unique level gimmick that they run with for the entirety of the act before moving on to the next one.
Personally, I prefer the levels in Colors, but that's because I 1) dislike how Sonic controls in Unleashed, and 2) I'm not the biggest fan of Unleashed's level design.
Professor Beef
Banned
You serious? God I hope this game bombs. :lol
I'm torn about Unleashed now.
I really, really liked the tone of the game and the design of the day stages. But after being pampered by Unleashed Project cutting all the fat and presenting those stages with far, FAR better controls, I tried going back to Unleashed to finish off the platinum (you know how I am with those ololo) and I couldn't do it.
I couldn't finish a platinum.
That's how bad it was.
So now I'm unsure if saying I like Unleashed is accurate, because technically I like the Unleashed Project and can't stand Unleashed daytime stages in its vanilla form anymore.
I really, really liked the tone of the game and the design of the day stages. But after being pampered by Unleashed Project cutting all the fat and presenting those stages with far, FAR better controls, I tried going back to Unleashed to finish off the platinum (you know how I am with those ololo) and I couldn't do it.
I couldn't finish a platinum.
That's how bad it was.
So now I'm unsure if saying I like Unleashed is accurate, because technically I like the Unleashed Project and can't stand Unleashed daytime stages in its vanilla form anymore.
also I was and am kosher with the werehog stages
Like is there no ingame reset, like a a check point restart system. Or do you have to end the game and restart?
Slowly crawling is unnecessary in a game that's about running fast, and the homing attack button being a separate button was just kinda awkward.
PS360 Levels ported directly from Unleashed.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
That's kinda funny cuz I was playing The Last of Us Remastered today, came back to Sonic Boom lookin' like a bootleg Crash Twinsanity PS2 fanmod
Been a great day
Priceless
Professor Beef
Banned
but is sonic boom better than FGAYLOUT tho
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The LP of this game will be amazing
Homing attacks should never be a different button.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
RobbieNick
Junior Member
Sonic boom: Rise of Lyric [OT] "Actually, I'm going to lie in the fetal position...and weep."
Amazing.
Someone needs to create the JonTron/Egoraptor "Sonic 2006 Moment" video using footage from this game.
Shadow Hog
Member
Speaking of Sonic 2K6, slowbeef just played a bit of it. And, well...
PhantomOfTheKnight
Member
Speaking of Sonic 2K6, slowbeef just played a bit of it. And, well...
The fuck is going on with Blaze there...