I adored Rush. The level design was clever for the most part. A tad on the easy side, but other than that, fantastic.
? So what do you call the Sonic Rush and Sonic Rivals series? 
It looks good. Tails and Knuckles should have been included if they aren’t like secrets or something already.
Looks like the gameplay style has been firmly bitten off of Sonic Rush (probably indicating that there will be no more Sonic Rush games since I think Dimps and Sega fell out). I see boost dashing, and rail grinding. And an ring energy meter… could be the boost meter since Sonic was not doing mid air and rail tricks. Stages look really pretty but…
This game is gonna need some really OG Sonic level design. I mean holding right can be fun. It’s a skill to be able to know where and when to go in the Sonic Rush series. But you are still holding right. I wanna hold left. I want to jump across platforms. I want to swing lazily on shit. Can we have the level design found in Sonic 2-S3K?! I mean, does everyone on Sonic Team such that much?
I’ll reserve all judgment till I play it.
It was not.
The level design wasn’t all bad. True, one act from any Sonic game between Sonic 2 and 3K would be worth the same weight as two acts in Sonic Rush, but they had a lot of cool gimmicks and what not that freshened things up a bit.
But it’s not terrible. I really don’t think you know what a terrible Sonic game is, but the Rush series is not terrible by any means.
This game looks promising, simply because Sega is using the 2.5D view. No 3D space = less camera issues.
Something I found that holds pretty true
The last statement in particular in the Red Box,I found to be most true.
These videos and screenshots look like a mixture of Sonic and the Secret Rings as well as Sonic Rush. Sonic and the Secret Rings really suffered because you were just running forward the entire time and couldn’t turn around well or do enough exploring. Rush allows for more exploration but it was more of just finding a different way through whatever level you were in. I never got the feeling like I did when I was playing Sonic 3 or Sonic and Knuckles when I would search ever nook and cranny for a large ring or a fire shield or whatever. I won’t get my hopes up on this game just yet.
Yay for 2D Sonic on console. We’ll see how this wolfhog bullshit turns out, and if the game’s little more than speedrun action like Rush and Rivals. Still it sounds like a step up from everything since SA2.
It looks like it’s going back to it’s roots. Segaaa…Dah dah dah dah
Green Hill Zone Unleashed plays*
Fishing was the best part of sonic adventure!
Sonic heroes suffered from bad camera angles (like all 3d sonic games) but it was definitely better then meh, I loved it.
I remember downloading the sonic 360 demo and after jumping to do a homing attack the camera went psycho on me and I fell off a ledge somehow. I thought they’d fix the camera before it comes out…once specs told me the game is EXACTLY like the demo a little part of me died.
I liked secret rings a lot; clean graphics, unique game play, good sense of speed, and decent camera angles! Though what held it back from reaching it’s potential was the wiitarded controls, inconsistent level design, and the useless equipment rings/skill sets which needlessly complicated the game.
^^You’re just mad because such an easy game pwned you:rofl:
Sonic rush and especially it’s sequel were really good; fun level design, rush meter was cool, special stages, lots of loops and springboards, epic boss battles, great sense of speed…yup it’s a classic sonic game:tup: (Though not nearly as good as the genesis ones).
This new sonic got me HYPE i’m not gonna lie I have high hopes for this game and if it doesn’t deliver (which we all know it won’t because it’s a new sonic game) I will be crushed and slit my wrists while listening to linkin park…no homo.
Graphics are fucking gorgeous, music isn’t terrible, looks fast, SUPER SONIC (playable plz), and eggma…I mean robotnik got some badass bots for me to homing attack, could this be sonic adventure3? a 3D sonic rush? I sure as hell hope so.
Sega if you’re reading this plz keep tails and knuckles as the only sidekicks and MAYBE shadow under the stipulation that it’s SA1 shadow AKA before he went emo on us.
EDIT: reads biolinks last post HOLYSHIT:woot::lovin::looney::china::party::wow::nunchuck::wonder:
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Someone rep biolink now!
Dang this game looks dope.
Regardless of the iffy reviews sonic games always get, I always find the awesome as hell and enjoyable. (cept Sonic Spinball :X)
nice to see it went back to 2D gameplay :tup:
i won’t be happy till sonic has the spinning “legs/feet” to indicate that your going his max speed.
They cut that a long time ago, his max speed pose is now the ninja run with his arms behind him.
Wait SA1 Shadow?
You mean before there was a Shadow? Because thats cool, too.
Has Knuckles ever been as fast as Sonic?
I recall that in Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles,they were virtually even.
I guess not anymore
That reminds me of the vs mode on sonic 2 tails and sonic were just about the same speed as well if i recall. Man that was fun stuff…
Knuckles always felt slower to me than Sonic… I remember him having a crappier jump too.
Yeah, Sonic owned Knuckles in Sonic 3 + Knuckles. As a matter of fact, so did Tails. Damn Knuckles got fucked in S3&K.
What the, no he didn’t. He was slower with a shorter jump sure, but he had the ability to climb and access certain places that the other 2 couldn’t. If anything Sonic was the “weakest” because he didn’t have alot of abilities. All the characters are pretty balanced honestly, Sonic gets the Shield abilities, Tails gets limited flight, Knux gets infinite glide plus wallclimb.
Only unbalanced thing was Super Tails, so freakin broke haha
Rush was fun for a while, but it didn’t have the charm that the originals did, AND NO TAILS OR KNUX GODDAMNIT! The game was good, but Sonic Advance 3 was better, and even then it still wasn’t that great.
Besides, we haven’t had a 2D CONSOLE Sonic since Genesis.