site deleted?
Without knowing the details, my gut reaction is that he got picked up by SEGA to work on something Sonic-related. But that's pretty unlikely even with the knowledge of Sonic Mania existing.
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Sonic the Hedgehog Community Thread |OT3 & Knuckles|
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site deleted?
Without knowing the details, my gut reaction is that he got picked up by SEGA to work on something Sonic-related. But that's pretty unlikely even with the knowledge of Sonic Mania existing.
The site works fine for me, here's the post:
He probably won't be validated on Sonic Retro btw, he kinda wasted his trial posts on large confusing rants about how Sonic Mania is a glorified fan game.
That explains it. I wondered how someone who made their own very polished game couldn't get validated.
I wonder if there is some sort of drama. It's very strange to put the game on hiatus immediately after its biggest exposure.
My big holdup is that I hear the music ranges from mediocre to bad.
Tizoc
Member
The Fresh prince of Studiopolis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q1utYobBnM
Heh I played the game and beat today at work and I played with the audio low so I can't comment on it ^^;
If it helps, why not mute the game's audio and just run some other Sonic games music from your phone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q1utYobBnM
Heh I played the game and beat today at work and I played with the audio low so I can't comment on it ^^;
If it helps, why not mute the game's audio and just run some other Sonic games music from your phone?
I never use alternate music. It's just something I'm averse to.
I don't think any of the music was really all that bad, but none of it is really memorable either.
Professor Beef
Banned
Nocturnowl
Member
Stolen from the Wrasslin thread...
Obviously the commentary team hadn't experienced Robot Storm or Chaotix Mystic Mansion.
Tizoc
Member
Holy shit.
Professor Beef
Banned
I bet Taz said that, too.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
It's Richard Jacques, I'm pretty sure (the guy who did Sonic 3D Blast on the Saturn and Sonic R's music). They had him do some music for Shattered Crystal, but I think all they could afford (?) was one song's worth.
You can feel his influence a lot stronger in Fire & Ice's soundtrack, though, yeah, not every song in the game is a hot banger.
Professor Beef
Banned
I should replay Sonic Heroes, actually. I remember thinking it was alright back in the day.
GetDigitized
Member
It's a pretty good game.Soundtrack was great, team sonic was the funnest to playthrough.
Rapscallion
Member
I don't think I'll ever be more dissapointed than I was after playing Sonic Heroes. It's not a terrible game, it's just so incredibly average. It's averagedness is compounded by having to replay those average levels 4 times.
Say what you will about Unleashed and the Adventure games, at least those games have high points.
Aside from that: Am I the only one that would kill for a new version of "This Horizon" from Knuckles Chaotix? I love the original.
Say what you will about Unleashed and the Adventure games, at least those games have high points.
Aside from that: Am I the only one that would kill for a new version of "This Horizon" from Knuckles Chaotix? I love the original.
Professor Beef
Banned
I forget who it was who said it (possibly you, Blaze), but someone mentioned in this or an earlier thread that Sonic Heroes got more enjoyable on harder difficulties. I wish I could find the quote.
I thought it was the reverse: it's more enjoyable to play on the easiest difficulty because the levels are shorter (and thus less repetitive) and there are less enemies (which are tedious to fight).
I've said on a few occasions that Super Hard Mode is the best way to play the game, in part because the tutorial dialogue finally shuts up. Shame about the unlock method, though.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
It was Azure Dream that said it. I've never had the guts to unlock Super Hard Mode in Sonic Heroes.
I'd second the "Sonic Heroes is maybe better on easier difficulties." Sonic Heroes suffers the same problems a lot of Sonic Team's games of that era have in that you can tell they were really struggling on how to stretch the game out. So a lot of levels have the same rooms/areas literally cut-and-pasted multiple times so they could more easily add length to the game.
But then you end up running in to levels that are 10-15+ minutes long as you near the end of the game. If you play as Team Rose, one of their levels is never over five minutes, which is as it should be.
Professor Beef
Banned
Oh right, I forgot that it's an unlock. Sigh.
I agree. Team Rose's sections were always the best because you got to end the level halfway through.
Nocturnowl
Member
Considering Team Dark feels like enough of a slog, I can't see that "tougher is better" angle playing out for Heroes, more tedious enemies to fight, woooooo...
Freakin' Tazz trying to shill those multiple playthroughs.
Freakin' Tazz trying to shill those multiple playthroughs.
allenpergallon
Member
Make it two. Or 3. For what it's worth no one else was listed as composer in the credits to my recollection, and his influence can definitely be heard in a few other tracks. Maybe it was a directorial decision that led to the majority of it being kinda meh?
ChamplooJones
Formerly Momotaro
Was Sonic Heroes around the time when Jun Senoue started catching flak for his music? Or was it Shadow the Hedgehog?
BlazeHedgehog
Member
Heroes sounds about right. Bullet Station was where I remember thinking, "Wow, this is really bland."
Azure Dream
Member
Super Hard Mode is indeed better, IIRC. I don't mean immensely so, but it's a step up. It's focused on Team Sonic only, there's no cutscenes, and the levels are just a bit more engaging, with a few extra clever tricks, if I remember correctly.
To be honest, though, it's been since the game came out that I played through it, so my memory of it is fuzzy.
Love his design and animations here. So expressive and matches how he did in the Genesis Era Sonic games
.Sounds about right. Doesn't fundamentally fix the game, but it's a collection of subtle improvements that make the moment-to-moment gameplay a more active experience, like higher enemy diversity and more light dash opportunities, with all the surrounding fat trimmed off.
The Knuckle Chuckle is back.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
that's not chuckling, he's flexing his shoulder muscles
Tizoc
Member
What's this from :O
Out of curiosity and counting the games only, did Sonic (or indeed any character other than Knuckles) at any point laugh prior to Sonic Adventure 1?
I know one of the game gear games had a dummied out Sonic laughing sprite (that was terrifying) but to my knowledge, that's it.
Shadow Hog
Member
Not sure beyond that.
Shadow Hog
Member
Nah, Eggman'd count as "not Knuckles".
I don't even remember Eggman laughing in the games until Sonic Adventure, unless you count the laugh in the music from Sonic CD as him.
The series was wholly chuckle-less until Knuckles came along.
SegaSonic the Hedgehog count? https://youtu.be/p5JIN3FsXS4?t=2m40s
He also has a laughing animation (or at least what looks like one) at the start of some Sonic CD boss fights (so it's just not just the music), and sometimes in the middle of the battle as well, like here: https://youtu.be/veiCHBRH4EI?t=1m44s
I also thought that he laughed if you beat Sonic 1 without collecting all of the Chaos Emeralds, but it seems he just has a big grin on his face.
Professor Beef
Banned
He laughs as he deploys the wrecking ball in GHZ. Literally his first appearance in the series.
Scrap Brain and Wing Fortress also come to mind.