A sonic game more in line with the sly games, given the fact that the level design already looks kinda Jak and Ratchet esque, could be the best thing ever for me. It sounds like someone ground up my childhood, rolled it up and smoked it… In a good way.
It’s not more in line with Sly, it’s really more in line with cookie cutter game design.
I hope I’m wrong, the designs suck and I’ve made peace with that and the game doesn’t look like Sonic gameplay it doesn’t look like it moves like Sonic but even though it won’t be good Sonic it might still be good gaming.
I know it’s not technically a nintendo property, but I’d pay money for Wonderful 101 dlc levels for Lost World. Would it work? I don’t know or fucking care, just give it to me.
Sly Cooper used every platformer cliche in the book. Anthropomorphic lead characters, linear level design, power-ups, basic platform puzzles, multiple playable characters with one or two abilities or playstyles to separate themselves from each other. Sly Cooper has every damn thing you are shitting on Boom for having. What puts Sly above it’s competition is great characters, clever writing and the feeling of playing an interactive cartoon with it’s cel-shading.
With that in mind I don’t see how you probably have a problem with a Sonic sub-series going down that road. It’s not like it can’t create a niche for itself with all these elements.
The core design of the characters are still intact. Sonic getting a scarf and blue arms and Knuckles hitting the gym are not design overhauls. Tweaks to details.
Where are you getting level up from? There’s hasn’t been any mention of a leveling system.
It’s a sub-series so they can take some liberties and do something different. Were you this mad when Capcom turn Mega Man into an RPG with Battle Network? What about Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario?
Actually Battle Network was stupid as hell conceptually and RPGs tend to be about plot. “Let’s lower the stakes by making it all happen on the internet!”
The Mario RPGs did an excellent job of doing their own thing without shitting on what was already in place.
Didn’t you read the article about the current director of Sonic straight up weeping at what he saw?
A minor design tweak is showing that Luigi has striped socks, not making every character identifiable in an incredibly generic fashion.
The director weeping had to do with some of the redesigns he was displeased with. From what developers said, some of the intial designs were more of a drastic departure then the finalized designs. The furs having actual fur and realistically looking like the animals they’re suppose to be and shit like that. It was stuff like that had the director weeping.
So the original Sonic designs must be even more generic. There isn’t much to the design of the original versions.
I just dont think there is enough straight gameay to decide what this game is really like. It cool be a really well done thing that dies fall on the trope of multiple playable characters, but if they play to each characters strengths it could be really cool. Its the first time ive been somewhat interested in playing a sonic game where you dont only play as Sonic. shrug
ONM put up a preview of Sonic Boom that had some interesting info in it
Don’t worry about reading page 1. The Cry Engine that they’re using for the game is a modified version of it since before hand the engine wasn’t capable of outputting to 2 screens for couch co-op. They worked closely with Crytek to modify it. Also the team brought on Chris Senn who was the lead designer for Sonic Xtreme when it was in development.
If you look in the distance it seems to have Sonic Adventure/ Sonic Heroes style level design which is good, lets just hope it isn’t plagued by shitty camera and clipping like those games.
