Sonic Generations

[James]

I think Sega have done it. I think this is it, the cycle will be broken.

[ynnaD]

I'm too scared to get excited

[James]

Wjy?, Sonic Colors was good. Sonic Unleashed Daytime was good too. I think they understand the formula now.

[MrBlackDX]

Fan service arghhhhhhhhh

I'll give any game the benefit of the doubt, or better rephrased, I'm open to any sonic game, but I get verbally abused by the better half if they are crap (sonic and the secret rings was the closest thing to a breakup)

[James]

Sonic games have improved, and sonic games since Adventure has been fanservice for 'cool' or furry fandom. If restoring nostalgia and the original game winning formula is considered fanservice, I will soil myself.

You see, people who buy the recent Sonic games don't like 'gay' old Sonic.

[MrBlackDX]

Lets see good sonic games

Sonic trilogy
Sonic knuckles
Sonic 1 & 2 (master system/game gear)
Sonic 1 & 2 (gba)
Sonic Adventure 1
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic colours (although i havent played this)
And a few others here and there

"Bad" sonic games

Sonic 360 - Loading times
Sonic and the secret rings - Just awful
Sonic and the black knight, I personally thought this was better than secret rings
Sonic the werehog, the missus stated "The sonic levels were good, the werehog levels were awful"

There is no "winning formula" for a good sonic game, less or more characters doesn't have any impact on the fanbase because the fanbase is divided

A sonic game made nowadays will inevitably upset someone

Sonic Generations is basically fanservice because they are trying to make a game for both sides of the fence

It could still be an excellent Sonic game

I don't believe in fanservice as the means to a good game. There needs to be a balance of how much ingenuity you put into your game, and how much it needs to be accommodating towards fans

Game sequels suffer massively because of fan service.

I just think if a game developer screws up a franchise, move on, and come back to it later. Don't turn the franchise into a potential cash cow and ruin it even further.

If they get Dead or Alive beach volleyball developers to make "Metroid: Other M squared, the return of Samus, the lost little puppy" I am going to cry inside.

Metroid other M was a product of fan service, two sides, 2D fans vs FPS fans, they tried to combine the two, massive flop.

[James]

edit: this post was basically done blind

Metroid Other M... is sadly... how the creator intended Metroid to be. Plot etc. Team Ninja said they had little input into the game.

There's 3 types of Sonic games

Classic
Dreamcast
Modern

Classic focuses on platforming, when you master it, the speed of Sonic comes into account and you get to speed run levels.

Dreamcast explores different types of playstyles, it dilutes the levels but platforming is still a major part for characters like Sonic and Shadow. Never was as good as the original games.

Modern = speed, speed, speed, speed. The teams thought it was about speed. Style of gameplay taken from Dreamcast but it is all about speed. There's also awkward combat levels taken from the Dreamcast era, which aren't fun at all. Recent games (Unleashed and Colors) got this formula right by incorporating some fun platforming from the past into it.

Generations = classic and modern in all 3 of the above's levels as two different styles for each (?), which is Classic and Modern sonic. This game uses the winning formula of the classic games under two different characters that plays differently.

As far as I'm concerned, this 'fan service' is them making a good game for once. This isn't some nostalgia stuff, because although these levels on both sides look like the levels we all know and love, they aren't because they're actually different and not identical. If it was a complete remake of the old levels, I would just play older Sonic games.

honestly, who cares about these kids raised on the modern games (look at aidan, max etc on ffx). sonic was and is better in its classic style. nothing will change my opinion on that

[MrBlackDX]

General consensus from reviews is;

Classic > "dreamcast" > Modern

Sonic adventure and adventure 2 are 90% games

Unleashed is 65%
Colours is 80%

[James]

Perfect Sonic?

WHY DOES SONIC HAVE A FAT SON NOW??!
Lilsoulja4eva 1 hour ago

Literally nuke the planet.

[Aidan]

I've always loved the level environments in Sonic games.


Wouldn't it be cool, if Sega designed our own world?

[ynnaD]

SPRINGS
EVERYWHERE

[Aidan]

SPRINGS
EVERYWHERE

WELL WOULDN'T THAT BE CONVENIENT WITH THE PETROL PRICES THESE DAYS.

[James]

They almost had Jaleel White (of the old Sonic cartoons) voice Classic Sonic, apparently he can't do the voice anymore.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYBIt3uyntM[/youtube]

[Tantalus]

Lol at having Urkel's voice in a game.

[James]

My mum said it is going to be good.

[ynnaD]

Sonic and the secret rings - Just awful

Worst Wii game i ever played, the worst game i played that year and would be in the running for the worst game i've ever played

[James]

PC pre-order DLC leaked, for... TF2?

[James]

http://segahd.com/2011/10/sonic-generat ... confirmed/

Sonic Generations™ for PC digital includes Steamworks features such as Steam Cloud, which allows save files to be stored on Steam’s servers so you can resume your game progress from any PC. As with the other console platforms, Sonic Generations™ will be available to play in full stereoscopic 3D and will contain Achievements and online leaderboards.

Minimum Requirements

Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/XP
Intel Pentium Dual-Core T4200 (2×2.0GHz) or AMD equivalent
2GB RAM (Windows 7/XP)/3GB RAM (Windows Vista)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 2900
11 GB free hard drive space

Recommended Requirements

Microsoft Windows 7
Intel Core i5 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3.0 GHz 3GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850
11 GB free hard drive space

Buying Dead Island or Rage lmao

I wonder if this straight uncompressed 11gb port will be better optimised than them...

[James]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfWcHRP8yZg#t=9m22s

Surprisingly, not the same boss fight as Sonic 2/Sonic 4

[Aidan]

THATS IT IM PLAYING SONIC CD NOW.


I think generations will be pretty good.

[James]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgKsUzrAFpQ[/youtube]

TAKE

MY

MONEY

[James]

Sonic Generations?, a 40 quid console game soon to be released?, for PC for 14 quid?

http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/pc ... affil=awin

What's to lose?

[James]

HYPE MACHINE

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxy_iqZ50PA[/youtube]

[James]

Like 8 reviews out, 'average' scores atm (average about 77/78 ATM)

I don't understand the repeated criticism, 3 reviews complained they didn't like the modern levels because they're modern levels in their respective game and they didn't like them there either. I find this a little confusing because all the levels in the game are supposed to be different than the original.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstat ... ic-reviews

Mostly positive though, as you can see.

Who said the modern style isn't fun too?



IN HIS WWWWOOOORRRRLDDDD

[ynnaD]

Seen a few reviews, it all looks positive, mite actually get this at some stage

[Aidan]

This is too badass. I'm going to download it first, and see if I like it.

[James]

I thought the reception was just "average", but most reviewers constantly quote Sonic 2006 as a reason why the series is suffering. The game is 5 f'ing years old.

[Aidan]

What I like about generations is that it's intense, and eye-gluing (if you don't you'll die.. lol). It sticks the original sonic formula while incorporating new gameplay elements 50% of the time. I'll have to play a lot more of it to have a complete feel, but from what I've played so far, it's real fun!

Sega HAS done it.


I wouldn't say it's AMAZING, but Sega has definitely brought sonic back.

[James]

Finally got this game. It is ABAP. That is all.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RErrgzFNcj8[/youtube]

[Professor Layton]

How many weeks late??