I remember the all-SRK only races we had on Mario Kart Wii…good times…good times…of course the top two where broken ass daisy and funky kong…I wonder who will tops in this…hmm
It all depends on who’s Star Power is the most broken.
I know it won’t be Beat, that’s for damn sure.
1up has a news story that has leaked video and screens from what’s supposed to be an alpha build of Sonic 4:
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3177976
Definitely looks like it needs work, but you can see animation for faster runs including the figure-8 run and some zone names. I really hope they clean up the way the game plays because it sure looks like fun. Seeing Sonic standing at those weird angles on the slopes doesn’t help my fears because I remember Genesis-era Sonic would not have stopped there.
Ooh, yeah the end bit looked a bit wonky.
I still don’t like the look of 3D sonic. I know he’s been like this for a while now, but all the graphic quality of his original design is basically thrown out the window in the 3D version. I used to draw him all the time as a kid. Drawing him even won me a subscription to a videogame magazine.
Here’s to it ending up a good game.
I hear you man. What gets me is his updated look. Sega seems to have pulled at Sonic from the arms, legs and back of the head, stretching them all out like putty. He doesn’t look very gameish anymore.
Maybe it’s me, but I always enjoyed running around with the short and stubby little blue hedgehog.
Well, for it’s mostly his spikes. Because it’s CGI, they can’t(or it’s too hard, I don’t wanna say “can’t” ) cheat anymore and now he’s running around with a cluster of spikes sticking out the back of his head. Giving him irisses in stead of sticking with the Pacman shaped pupils also gets him further away from his original rubber hose(Steamboat Willie) style.
EDIT: Oh well, he didn’t have Pacman eyes, but still. No weird green irisses…
:d:Off-topic: specs seems to finally be cracking under the pressure of Dr.B
The pressure of his gargantuan penis that is!!!
Re: that leaked video:
THE GOOD
- Genesis-style Sonic with what appears to be Genesis Sonic physics and no Uniracers “hold right and jump occasionally” nonsense.
- Stylish visuals, capturing the essence of the old-school look with updated graphics (FUCK YOU MEGAMAN 9/10).
THE BAD
- Sonic Team.
- Animations look a little wonky. And, no, “it’s an alpha” doesn’t apply here: this is SONIC TEAM we’re talking about. All their games are in alpha-state.
- Homing attack. Get that shit out of there.
Dr. B and boners go together like THEY DO NOT GO TOGETHER HU-MANS. THE ANTI-B GOES WITH ANTI-BONERS. YOU THINK THAT MEANS “LIMP” BUT IT IS SO MUCH MORE COMPLEX, LIKE THE SQUARE ROOT OF NEGATIVE EIGHT apple pie.
Of course, if the level design make it a glorified racing game set over pits of spikes like Dimps’ later Sonic games…
That basic run animation makes him look like he’s not going fast AND skating. Freaking TERRIBLE.
that doesnt look quite right.
seems too slippy/floaty
like he is disconneted from the level/background.
if it was fixed up the gfx and style look quite like sonic of old but homing jump fucks old sonic gameplay up in one swift move.
dunno…i’m not a fan of 3d sonic either. he looks…off.
as far as this game, the green irises…eh…but whatever. you won’t look at them for long anyway…
but that run has to go. the animation is garbage. sure that isn’t his fastest run but if thats what he’s going to look lke most of the time then na.
i hope the music is on par with sonic 2 or 3. it probably won’t be, as usual.
i hope there aren’t any other enemies other than the usual robots and robotnik.
the start up screen (with sonic in the circle with the wings)…looks off. like real cheap. i dunno but sonic 3, sonic 2, hell, sonic 1, sonic cd all had good ones. this game…not so much.
i’m nitpicking but 2d sonic just looked completely better. they changed this sonic. i agree about his legs and arms being stretched out and his spikes being off.
Dimps? YES. If this is anything like a more expansive Sonic Advance 1, SCORE.
Hype Get! Cynicism replaced with very cautious optimism.
Dr. B quotes are better typed when not posting on an iPhone.
That video gets me pretty excited. Yea it looks pretty damn rough but it looks better then damn near anything Sonic related in a long ass fuckin time.
This times ten. I’m a little worried about the floating and the homing attack but all in all this is something I would actually buy. I haven’t bought a Sonic game since SA2. I played Rush on a friends DS but that was it.
I grew up as a sega fanboy so seeing that footage makes me very happy. could this finally be the one?!
What the devs needed to do was bring back the “run fast” animations from Sonic games forgotten…
sees the clouds part and a heavenly chorus starts up…then a record scratch up ruins everything I STILL AIN’T FALLIN FOR THAT SHIT!
I agree with ya 100% or at least very close to it.
I’m going to add some other nitpicking but I think it should be fixed. Someone mentioned that Sonic’s float looks really floaty and I agree with that. The way the jump looks it feels like regardless how long you press the button he’s going to be sitting in the air for 10 seconds.
To also add onto this issue I also have a problem with Sonic’s jump in general in comparison to 1-3k. His spin should be proportionate to his momenum I.E. If you’re standing still his jump rotation should be slow and when he has momentum going he should be spinning like crazy. It’s a small thing but you said it yourself Sega…you’re trying to get back to the original games charm…Prove it. This also leads into…
Momentum and Gravity…watching that video it feels off in general. I’m not going to go into it too much since the biggest problem was already pointed out in that video.
I also reiterate what I said and what Specs said earlier. If you’re going to give us Homing Attack then give us a real reason to use it…otherwise that extra input could go to something else more useful like Insta-Shield. That video is starting to make my fear that it’s just going to get in the way and not be used come true.
Sega intro gets a double thumbs up from me
The intro to the game I’m kinda meh on because I see what they’re trying to do. The pose is supposed to immediately make you put on the nostalgia goggles and think back to [media=youtube]EgA5rpmZ5H8"]Sonic 1. The issue with this though is that it looks kinda tacky since the character model is full 3D and it looks like someone made a small gif out of an image. It just looks like wierd the way the hand moves. Especially if you want compare it to 2-3k’s intros (s&k’s intro was slightly epic so I’m not expecting anything like that…but at least something 2,3, or [URL=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkmiWubO2rQ&feature=related”[/media] quality) Again…just a nit pick.
I now go back to being curled up and chanting in my liittle corner on how much I hope this game delivers lol.
I can’t access that 360 exclusive video, could someone put it on Youtube or find a mirror for it please?
The vid in this article is still up: http://www.destructoid.com/leaked-sonic-4-footage-confirms-it-s-a-sonic-game-163943.phtml
Thank you my good man, BTW the site will update in 8 hours.