Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
The real Sonic X-Treme.
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Sonic the Hedgehog Community Thread |OT3 & Knuckles|
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Holy shit, that's amazing
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I think I'm more interested in this one than I was for Lost World, tbh, haha.
I just want to see what they do with it, I guess.
I just want to see what they do with it, I guess.
Tizoc
Member
...and where, if you don't mind me asking, did you hear about this?
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Sonic, Tails and Amy look fine, though Sonic's legs look weird in the trailer. The length and way they bend just seems off. I'm always down for scarves, all the coolest dudes wear them. Kamen Rider, the Doctor, Shinobi, Sherlock, so why not Sonic?
Can't make a whole lot out from the trailer but I'm glad they're going back to making the core four playable. Sonic's homing attack looks a bit Lost World-y.
Can't make a whole lot out from the trailer but I'm glad they're going back to making the core four playable. Sonic's homing attack looks a bit Lost World-y.
Tizoc
Member
I am, but truth be told I'm gonna wait for the rest of the gang here to play it first on the 3DS.
Tizoc
Member
I STILL suspect they'd have a hand in it, but I'd like to be proven wrong.
I'm starting to get the impression that Lost World started development as a big thing, and then Sega saw the writing on the wall for the Wii U and simultaneously got all this off the ground, and LW was internally yesterday's news long before it was even finished.
I'm genuinely excited for all of this, to see if, by some small miracle, it works out, or if it crashes and burns. This shit doesn't phase me anymore.
I thought the Sonic Cycle began when something looked fucking amazing.
PhantomOfTheKnight
Member
Huh, actually surprised and intrigued with all this news. The redesigns don't look as bad as I thought (with the exclusion of Knuckles), and the Boom game actually looks interesting I'm that it's finally giving me what I wanted: alternate playable characters and large explorable environments. Though to be honest, I don't really see this Boom thing lasting for that long. It really depend on the success of the show, which may or may not end up getting around 2-3 years, then we may end up at square one again. The Boom game is outsourced and not by Sonic Team is also another sign of that. I think we may be looking at a MegaMan-esque spinoff thingy that runs concurrently with something else, but I dunno.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Yeah, now that you mention it, it seems even likelier now. I know I said, "hey, maybe the game was rushed, I don't know," but then I guess things happened and changed when cost vs return factored in going by how the Wii U was performing.
Trailer implied as such, among other things.
Western-made.
It'll be a decent game with some good ideas and somewhat mediocre execution due to being rushed out the door in order to release in time to build the brand for the holiday toy season. Your expectations are now either in line with reality or low enough that you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Yeah, that's the thing. It might be rushed out to meet holiday sales or a certain date. Kinda hope not, but at the same time, this is Sega.
I do hope that it doesn't veer off into Sonic Heroes domain. But at least I'm pretty interested.
I do hope that it doesn't veer off into Sonic Heroes domain. But at least I'm pretty interested.
Then what does that say about Boom? They probably started development by the time Wii U was already dead and buried.
this thing is going to sell fuck all. Wii U's fortunes aren't changing this year.
As per usual, they'll release the new Sonic in October or November, when all the AAA juggernauts are released. I predict this year Boom will be out the same week as Smash Bros U ^_^
Nocturnowl
Member
I'm going to quote myself from the gameplay thread here
Okay so with that in mind I'm not seeing much here that does anything for me, regardless of how Lost World turned out it at least its reveal gave me those Sonic vibes and looked kinda hopeful while this here is like a more standard mascot character 3D adventure game with Sonic on board, open areas, various abilities and all that jazz.
I suppose it's interesting to see a Sonic title outside the hands of Sonic Team and Dimps, it could feasibly be a decent game on its own merits (that being the seemingly different focus). But it also looks like a hodge podge of ideas thrown together like they were running through a kids game check list.
Aside from potentially tickling that itch reminiscent of solid but not remarkable PS2 style action platformers there ain't nothing here for me right now and it certainly isn't what I think of when I think of a Sonic platformer, you could say that it's more of a Sonic Adventure...oh fuck.
Okay so with that in mind I'm not seeing much here that does anything for me, regardless of how Lost World turned out it at least its reveal gave me those Sonic vibes and looked kinda hopeful while this here is like a more standard mascot character 3D adventure game with Sonic on board, open areas, various abilities and all that jazz.
I suppose it's interesting to see a Sonic title outside the hands of Sonic Team and Dimps, it could feasibly be a decent game on its own merits (that being the seemingly different focus). But it also looks like a hodge podge of ideas thrown together like they were running through a kids game check list.
Aside from potentially tickling that itch reminiscent of solid but not remarkable PS2 style action platformers there ain't nothing here for me right now and it certainly isn't what I think of when I think of a Sonic platformer, you could say that it's more of a Sonic Adventure...oh fuck.
Okay after seeing drawn artwork, Sonic doesn't look too bad, but he looks really bad in the game... The scarf is cool, but I don't care what they've done to everything else to him...
Also Knuckles... *barfs*
PS I actually wouldn't mind a Sonic Adventure 3 because I enjoyed the heck out of Adventure 1. 2 was fun too but 1 was greattttt
Also Knuckles... *barfs*
PS I actually wouldn't mind a Sonic Adventure 3 because I enjoyed the heck out of Adventure 1. 2 was fun too but 1 was greattttt
They hired Senn in September 2012, so this'll probably have had a good two years of dev time by the end, all kidding aside.
The Wii U was arguably already dead at that point, but that's a separate issue.
edit: and having an actual engine to work with can only help, compared to whatever slapped together tool chain Sonic Team's been working with all these years.
Tizoc
Member
CryEngine 3 is being used for Sonic Boom....ooh.
Here's Eggman:
Does he look younger or older to anyone else?
Liking it anyways.
Off to be but before that:
http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_child_of_light_features_trailer-31457_en.html
DAT 60 FPS CHILD OF LIGHT TRAILER!
CryEngine 3 is being used for Sonic Boom....ooh.
Here's Eggman:
Not sure if I'm feeling the western Sonic boxart eyes.
The impression I'm getting is that it isn't a Sonic game truly. And I don't mean that in a 'they ruined Sonic fuck Sega blah blah blah' kinda way, I mean it looks like one of those licensed games noone pays attention to just with Sonic being the license. Rather than the Sega teams thinking we need to make the next main game in the franchise lets get to work it's more the TV executives said lets make a game to go with the show we are making for some quick and dirty sales to kids who watch. Now, this isn't to say the game will definitely be bad, as there are a few examples of licensed games turning out really well, even the cheap ones. But that's how I'm going to treat this rather than a new game in the series.
Professor Beef
Banned
Knuckles' proportions and Sonic's legs aside, I don't mind the new designs. The only thing I can hope for is that the game isn't a broken mess and is fun.
You already got Sonic Adventure 3. It was called Sonic 06. And Adventure 1 is awwwwwwful.
You already got Sonic Adventure 3. It was called Sonic 06. And Adventure 1 is awwwwwwful.
dont you compare that horrible trainwreck of a game to my sonic adventure 1!
06 never happened OKAY GUYS
OKAY
CryEngine 3 is being used for Sonic Boom....ooh.
Here's Eggman:
I think all screenshots that have Ouido written on them are from the cartoon.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
It's weird. I kinda got that "feeling like it isn't a game in the main series" feel, even if they said it was a canonical thing.
Could probably port it over to other systems. Depends on what they're doing with the game in its entirety, though.
Sega's like Namco, clearly. Release their game when another juggernaut in the same genre's about to be released.
Correct.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
You guys know how much I don't love the Sonic Adventure games. :/
Blaze is probably kicking rocks somewhere because I know he said it looked like Sonic Heroes 2 to him. With that said, I'm moreso interested because it's another studio on an engine that seems to be decent? I guess I'm curious about what they can do.
will it be two side-mouths in-game or one single mouth in-game? time will tell.
Bottom middle is lols, but the rest is fine
Wow Sega are finally learning how to use Sonic's expressions
Professor Beef
Banned
He stopped waxing his arms. Now he's manly as fuck.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Well, at least it's a branch/subseries series despite being canonical?
It's not going replace the regular games. This seems like an SoA joint to me. Edit: With that said, things are always subject to change, and if this proves to be more popular than the regular stuff, well... you know what'll happen.
It's not going replace the regular games. This seems like an SoA joint to me. Edit: With that said, things are always subject to change, and if this proves to be more popular than the regular stuff, well... you know what'll happen.
So Knuckles hasn't been chuckling for a while now huh? Dude is so buff it's funny. Show looks alright, game is kinda strange to me but I'll keep an eye on it I guess.
I....might have to make a new avatar out of one of these expressions.
Wow Sega are finally learning how to use Sonic's expressions
I....might have to make a new avatar out of one of these expressions.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
With respect to the show:
Hahaha, I dunno. I kinda like this. Sounds better than the Turtles episodes I have to watch every week with my bro. He'd like this.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Yeah, the cartoon looks like it'll be pretty good for a kids comedy action show.
SoJ will get jealous and snatch away whatever autonomy SoA has?
SoJ will get jealous and snatch away whatever autonomy SoA has?
Professor Beef
Banned
All of those plots sound amazing, tbh
Sounds like some of the zanier stuff the Sonic X comic got up to. Different, but I could go for it.
Still looks like cheap French CGI, but oh well.
Nocturnowl
Member
If he's manly as fuck then what does that make Knuckles as envisioned by Vince McMahon?
With so many variants of different Sonic gameplay these days and now this full on spin off it's almost time for complete Sonic saturation, Sega's master plan.
I think of more excited for the show than the game right now.