[Varizen]

Yes. 4. As in a continuation of the 2D Sonics.



Available this summer on XBLA, PSN, and WiiWare.

[Aeonknight]

Varizen, on 04 February 2010 - 12:04 PM, said:

Yes. 4. As in a continuation of the 2D Sonics.



Available this summer on XBLA, PSN, and WiiWare.

I'll probably end up getting that too. same way I did with mega man 9

[Mineyl]

Wow, it only took them...what, 16 years to figure it out? Thank the gods.

...I'm really curious about the "Episode 1" subtitle... Cue speculation.

[Velhart]

For fuck sakes finally.

My wish list to make this game great.

-No voice acting
-Only a slight story to get you going like Sonic 3.
-No stupid gimmicks like Werehog or vehicles, for fuck sakes he is Sonic, speed is his only thing.
-No extra characters to play unless it is Knuckles.
-No crappy "D" rated rock bands to sing the theme.
-No world hubbing, Sonic Unleashed would have been so great if it wasn't for it's World Hubbing system, and Werehog. Only time they could get away with this is Sonic Adventure since it wasn't a big deal taking a minute to get from one spot to the next.
-No sidequests, doing stupid chores for people was by far retarded.
-No stupid ass new story characters, just keep it at the classics.
-No no no no no no no Shadow. Stop beating the dead horse with this character that was only interesting in Sonic Adventure 2.


I could go on forever with a list of things that have pissed me off in Sonic games. But judging from the 5 seconds of gameplay I saw, it looks like they are aiming at keeping it simple. I have high hopes for this game.

[Vigilous]

Episode 1? Fuck them. It better be as long as Sonic 3 or they can take a goat up the ass. I'm not paying $10 - $15 for three levels.

[Kleiner]

Quote

-No voice acting
-Only a slight story to get you going like Sonic 3.
-No stupid gimmicks like Werehog or vehicles, for fuck sakes he is Sonic, speed is his only thing.
-No extra characters to play unless it is Knuckles.
-No crappy "D" rated rock bands to sing the theme.
-No world hubbing, Sonic Unleashed would have been so great if it wasn't for it's World Hubbing system, and Werehog. Only time they could get away with this is Sonic Adventure since it wasn't a big deal taking a minute to get from one spot to the next.
-No sidequests, doing stupid chores for people was by far retarded.
-No stupid ass new story characters, just keep it at the classics.
-No no no no no no no Shadow. Stop beating the dead horse with this character that was only interesting in Sonic Adventure 2.

Depends. Some sonic series have had decent voice acting, just depends if they do it well.
-Agreed.
-Hey, I personally love Tails and I like the fact that they've made amy playable a few times. I also wouldn't mind seeing Maine the raccon
-Yeah. agreed.
-Agreed again (however, sonic Adventure's system was just about perfect to me. SA2 killed it for me)
-Agreed again!
-Eh, I like some new characters. However, characters like Swallow and that silver hedgehog are just unneeded.
-I like shadow, if they can include him and not try to glorify him (Shadow the Hedgehog: Bitch with Guns style) I will accept it.

[Velhart]

I don't really speak on behalf of the Dreamcast era. Anything past that, yes.

Sonic Adventure 1 is still my favorite 3D Sonic game and the only time I liked the other characters besides Big the Cat.

Ryan Drummond had an ideal voice for Sonic, then some other lame voice actor from 4kids takes over his voice that is like scraping a chalkboard. Also with Knuckles, had an awesome voice in Adventure 1 and 2, and then replaced with someone who sounds like they are being choked while talking like him.

Also for the "Episode 1" thing. The creator said he wanted to make this like Sonic 3 was to Sonic&Knuckles, but the only reason it was like that was because of deadline issues. This upcoming game is doing that intentionally, so kind of confuses me there.

This post has been edited by Velhart: 04 February 2010 - 03:19 PM

[Arkley]

I can't lie, I'm extremely excited and optimistic. I just really hope it has more in common with the Genesis era 2D games than the GBA/DS games, 'cause while they were great and all, they were drastically different from the original & best trilogy.

This post has been edited by Arkley: 04 February 2010 - 03:41 PM

[Kleiner]

GBA1 and 2 did excellently in keeping with the original, just with some tweaks (and actually made it faster than the originals). GBA 3 mixed it up by adding the ability to select 2 characters, which is very neat, but making it cause your abilities to change was not so much. (Cream+Tails, the two flyers, together lose the ability to fly? Cream+Knuckles = game insta win, cause she can attack any monster from across the screen without getting hurt and can still fly, ect).

The first DS game (Sonic Rush) did a good job of returning to the game's base ideas of super speed. the second one was terrible, though, and I can't force myself to play it at all.

[Varizen]

I've got the feeling almost ALL the alternatives will be there. on the official Sonic 4 Site, the characters will start being revealed in 4 days. At the VERY least it will have Tails, as well as Knuckles and the Chaotix (Vector, Espio, Mighty, Charmy). I hope they rereleases Knuckles Chaotix one day on VC or something...

At present on the site though... they've only got room for one character beyond Sonic...

http://www.sonicthehedgehog4.com/us/

[Zombuh]

Urkel has my vote for sonic's VA. Also, here's hoping for a Vectorman hd remake or sequel! Bring back all the sega games!

[Kanjii]

Wow. Finally!

I wouldn't mind to see an un-glorified Shadow, Tails won't be too bad if they limit his lines, throw Knuckles in there... and maybe we can get some Mecha Sonic action? :3

[Corrderio]

I'll probably blow my money on Megaman 10 other than this TBH.

Additional playable characters like Tails/Knuckles wouldn't be too bad. One thing I loved about Sonic 3 when paired with Sonic and Knuckles was how the game's final stages would slightly differ depending on who you play. So I'm hoping to see something like that added.

[IoriYagami]

I really wish Bioware didnt take part in developing the Sonic RPG. Could you imagine how much more sensational a Sonic RPG wouldve been if a company like Namco or SquareEnix made that game. Concerning Sonic 4, maybe they shouldve gone with an art style similar to masamune or Odin Sphere. This smaller 3D sonic feels looks kind of weird to me. Heres hoping the music is good.

[Velhart]

IoriYagami, on 17 February 2010 - 09:44 PM, said:

I really wish Bioware didnt take part in developing the Sonic RPG. Could you imagine how much more sensational a Sonic RPG wouldve been if a company like Namco or SquareEnix made that game. Concerning Sonic 4, maybe they shouldve gone with an art style similar to masamune or Odin Sphere. This smaller 3D sonic feels looks kind of weird to me. Heres hoping the music is good.

BioWare did just fine on the game,

Could of been worse, Sonic Team could of made the game.

[IoriYagami]

* shrug * I just feel Bioware made the game feel so... UGH bland. I mean.. do you normally hear cartoon * BONK * sounds in a RPG for landing an attack that KO's enemies/allies? Thats not what RPG fans want to hear I think.

[Corrderio]

Velhart, on 17 February 2010 - 09:56 PM, said:

BioWare did just fine on the game,

Could of been worse, Sonic Team could of made the game.

I'm still surprised they're in business with how much of a mess they turned Sonic into.

[Velhart]

Corrderio, on 18 February 2010 - 10:16 PM, said:

I'm still surprised they're in business with how much of a mess they turned Sonic into.

Sonic Team went from the pinnacle of awesomness, then fell off and straight into the toilet the first day Yuji Naka left (the original creator from STH1 to SA2). He knew how to make something new and innovative while keeping Sonic at his core game play.

But Sonic was really all he had. His company Prope, which started in 2006, hasn't made a good game since...well...2006.

If Yuji Naka came back to his senses and came back to Sonic Team, there would be a slight bit of a chance that a successful 3D Sonic could be made, and I really mean "slight bit".

And also Sonic Team, can we make a good Phantasy Star game? PSO was made out of love and win. Yet I get something like PSU, which was "ok", but it's content was no where near enough to keep you interested for a long time. And Phantasy Star 0 just sucked, but in all fairness its hard to make a good game on the DS.

I'm out of here before I go too far off the main subject in this thread.

[Corrderio]

I never bothered with the PS MMOs, the only PSs I liked were 1-4 excluding that piece of shit called Phantasy Star 3.

But yeah, the last Sonic game I think I bought and played was the first GBA sonic game.

[Velhart]

Phantasy Star 3 was truly the first time I got kicked in the balls in the video gaming world. After how great the first and second one was, I rushed to get the 3rd one, which was still expensive at the time. The game was rushed horrifically and was too easy. Also, not an interesting story at all