SpikedGunner
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I love the work that you're doing, this and the SEGA Source are some of my favorite tumblrs. Great job! looking forward to the Chaotix stuff.
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Sonic the Hedgehog Community Thread |OT3 & Knuckles|
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I love the work that you're doing, this and the SEGA Source are some of my favorite tumblrs. Great job! looking forward to the Chaotix stuff.
Dr. Buni
Member
I have played After the Sequel and it is quite fantastic. I put it close to the Mega Drive games in terms of quality and the music is glorious.
I suspect Before the Sequel might be as good.
Didn't know that existed either! I'll have to give them a try. Thanks!
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I'll second the notion about Before/After the Sequel being pretty good, but something about them has always kind of... rubbed me the wrong way, a little bit? And I've never been able to exactly nail down what about them I don't entirely like.
They're very "throw ideas at a wall and see what sticks." And not everything always does.
Which I've always seen as a symptom of the developer getting these games out in like, a year each (give or take a few months). That's uncommonly fast for a fangame primarily developed by one person.
The same developer is doing original games now, and seems to be taking his time a lot more.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
the Sonic CD method
Level design is weak, both in terms of structure and level gimmicks, and the art design is all over the place thanks to large amounts of assets being ripped from the Genesis games and mixed with new art that isn't quite in the same style.
The soundtracks are much better than the games they're attached to, so I guess they are kind of like official Sonic titles in some regard.
The soundtracks are much better than the games they're attached to, so I guess they are kind of like official Sonic titles in some regard.
Nocturnowl
Member
I started up one of those whatever the sequel games and all I recall is the first Zone being vastly empty.
Dr. Buni
Member
Then they improved a lot in After the Sequel, as the level design is one of the best things about that game.
Professor Beef
Banned
Your first mistake was expecting anything from Sonic Boom.
I think the music is great.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I dunno, I hear the composer used to be kind of a troll
The Xtortionist
Member
Titanic Tower Act 3 is godlike
Professor Beef
Banned
Why in god's name is Sonic Riders not available digitally? This is a travesty.
I dont know
The same question i ask about the advanced games, rush, and battle ( though that middle one would take a little work) on steam
Didn't look closely at first and thought that was Chris-Chan peddling Sonichu books.
I think I would have preferred that.
Thread: Zelda, Uncharted, Resident Evil, God of War have all changed their formula
Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside.
Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside.
Professor Beef
Banned
Shadow Hog
Member
Can't wait for Sonic to change its formula, too
I mean, it already does do that with every goddamn new release (barring Unleashed through Generations), so this is a safe bet to make
I mean, it already does do that with every goddamn new release (barring Unleashed through Generations), so this is a safe bet to make
Rapscallion
Member
Am I the only Sonic fan that didn't think Freedom Planet was all that great?
Professor Beef
Banned
What didn't you like about it? Granted, I thought the gameplay was fine but didn't like everything outside of it.
What if changing the formula meant sticking to something since the formula itself is constant change
That's like meta changing
BlazeHedgehog
Member
It's not a perfect game, but it's better than most of what Sega's given us in the last seven years. Certainly better than Sonic 4 at the very least.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
As a fan of this franchise, we'll take what we can get my nigga
Dr. Buni
Member
I will take it over any Dreamcast and Modern era Sonic game not named Sonic Colors or Generations. My only issue with it was how ridiculous huge the levels were.
I am kind of looking forward for Freedom Planet 2.
I know right
! Just a great joke man XD! ....Ha ..........Ha :l.......Sonic Team, just make a good game this fall, please
? I know Fire & Ice will be good/okay at the very least.Rapscallion
Member
It's hard to put my finger on exactly.
I guess my biggest issue with the game was its flow of the game. Many of the later levels just throw so much at you in the way of multi-hit enemies and barriers that it often bring the game to a halt. It feels like the developers threw in tons of enemies and extra length to the level to pad the game out, and it's one of the few instances where I feel the game could have actually benefited from being a little shorter or more broken up.
Admittedly, a good deal of it probably stems from my preconception of what the game was going to be; I expected a speed platformer in the vein of Sonic. However, Freedom Planet has a much greater emphasis on combat than I expected, an emphasis I didn't particularly like.
Dr. Buni
Member
I agree.
Oh okay. I'm sorry. /s
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Sonic will change things up by not changing things up for once. Hopefully. Generations 2 or fix what went wrong with Lost World.
Nocturnowl
Member
After what feels like two years straight of teasing complete with an anniversary shindig we get....another trailer for a sonic sequel no one asked for that probably could've released last year to little difference.
Can't wait to see what they hint at next, "oooohhh we got some BIG news coming this summer", then we find out it's a remix of Big the Cat's Lazy Days theme, by Hunnid P for some reason.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I can see that, yeah. The levels are really varied and cool but they're all like, 10-20 minutes long your first time through. And it's not like in a modern game like Call of Duty where you have a checkpoint every 90 seconds. If you give up midway through a Freedom Planet level you could end up having to replay a fair chunk.
I found the focus on combat to be interesting, personally. Everything takes multiple hits because most of your attacks deal multiple hits. I don't think Lilac's Rocket Knight dash would've felt anywhere near as satisfying if it didn't hit multiple times.
I think that whatever they make for the 25th anniversary will at least be half decent. Sonic Team do make good games.
They have ability to make good games, and they occasionally do.
But whether they have the correct frame of mind to make consitant good games and good money making descions that has yet to be seen
When folks are litterally modding and showing you a gaint potential money pile,gaming news sites reporting on this. And you go , no? Thats when my hope starts going down the drain. Because that seems like an indication of you not functionally understand why it was good and not having enough foresight to see what was happening infront of.
Just you wait they're gonna announce Sonic Adventure 3: As You Always Imagined It and it's gonna be sick.
MULTIPLE STORYLINES SONIC TAILS KNUCKLES AMY ALL HELLA SPEEDY AND FUN
SOUNDTRACK COLLAB'D BY ALL THE MAIN SONIC COMPOSERS
IAN FLYNN REVEALS HIMSELF
HUB WORLDS RISE AGAIN
CHAO GARDENS WITH NEW TYPINGS AND CUSTOMIZATION
BACKDOOR SHADY DEALS IN THE BLACK MARKET RETURN
it'll be good
MULTIPLE STORYLINES SONIC TAILS KNUCKLES AMY ALL HELLA SPEEDY AND FUN
SOUNDTRACK COLLAB'D BY ALL THE MAIN SONIC COMPOSERS
IAN FLYNN REVEALS HIMSELF
HUB WORLDS RISE AGAIN
CHAO GARDENS WITH NEW TYPINGS AND CUSTOMIZATION
BACKDOOR SHADY DEALS IN THE BLACK MARKET RETURN
it'll be good