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Sonic and the Black Knight Preview , new screens
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ShockingAlberto
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Damnit, game. I don't want you.
Stop looking good.
Stop looking good.
2 Minutes Turkish
Banned
man, this game is going to be bad.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Oh god not again!Death_Born said:
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:lol
Jaded Alyx
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Sonic has run like that since Sonic Adventure. Helps with his aerodynamics.WalterMclure said:
ThatObviousUser
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comedy bomb said:
I dunno man, that looks like it's kinda hard to bullshot.
abstract alien said:
What about when there's spikes coming out from the wall? I imagine he gets hit and falls over the edge as opposed to him grasping onto the ledge.
abstract alien
Member
He will slide underneath them, and if you pick up enough speed, he will make it across before the spikes even come out.Andrex said:
Souldriver
Member
The graphics themselves look very good. I'm more than satisfied by this, but the only thing that would make a world of difference, is if they added some nice lightning because it looks a bit flat. However, I doubt this is possible on Wii (unless you're called Nintendo I guess).
However...the game play... Let's just wait and see.
However...the game play... Let's just wait and see.
nincompoop
Banned
Why the fuck do people keep comparing this to TP? Stylewise it looks nothing like it at all, the style seems a lot closer to something like Oblivion or maybe Valkyrie Profile 2. We also know very little about the gameplay but the details already released don't seem to suggest that it'll play anything like a Zelda game. Maybe the grassy field and the weird statues are reminiscent of Zelda games but comparing the cave pictures to the Goron Mines or whatever seems like a pretty big stretch, you could probably find much better comparisons from other games.
Hero of Legend
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Souldriver said:The graphics themselves look very good. I'm more than satisfied by this, but the only thing that would make a world of difference, is if they added some nice lightning because it looks a bit flat. However, I doubt this is possible on Wii (unless you're called Nintendo I guess).
However...the game play... Let's just wait and see.
Looking at this shot:
Can you really think that the game is short on lighting effects for a Wii game?
That's good enough for me!
The only visual improvements I could want now are higher polygoned character models, making sure all the shadows are intact, as Sonic above seems to lack his in that shot, and a 60 frames per second framerate!
Dedication Through Light
Member
This game looks amazing.
RocketDarkness
Member
While I'm still skeptical, I must say, this has far more promise than Unleashed.
Black-Wind
Member
What? Are you refering to this?Vanish said:
Cause thats caused by their shitty compression. This is how it SHOULD look.
Hero of Legend
Member
Ha! Look at what I noticed:
See the five wooden structures to the right? In the trailer, it was shown to launch a rope for Sonic to grind on (you can only see this by going frame-by-frame) and since all of those are pointing at different directions, Sonic can choose which route he can take. And how can he do this easily if he was on rails? Plus this gives us what we've been wanting; alternate routes!
See the five wooden structures to the right? In the trailer, it was shown to launch a rope for Sonic to grind on (you can only see this by going frame-by-frame) and since all of those are pointing at different directions, Sonic can choose which route he can take. And how can he do this easily if he was on rails? Plus this gives us what we've been wanting; alternate routes!
ThatObviousUser
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Hero of Legend said:Ha! Look at what I noticed:
See the five wooden structures to the right? In the trailer, it was shown to launch a rope for Sonic to grind on (you can only see this by going frame-by-frame) and since all of those are pointing at different directions, Sonic can choose which route he can take. And how can he do this easily if he was on rails? Plus this gives us what we've been wanting; alternate routes!
Nice catch. I went through the trailer frame-by-frame for my GIFs but I hadn't noticed that.
Hero of Legend
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Andrex said:
It's when the singer is about to say "And I'm meant... to rule!"
Guybrush Threepwood
Banned
Why does this game look good?
Damn you Sonic Cycle
Damn you Sonic Cycle
ThatObviousUser
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Hero of Legend said:
This part?
Didn't notice anything. o_0
EmCeeGramr
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Here's another idea: let's not waste time, resources, or replay incentives (the Fire Souls) on a bad tacked-on minigame mode.
Hero of Legend
Member
Andrex said:This part?
Didn't notice anything. o_0
Before that silly.
If you need the video, go to Gametrailers, you can download the video in full quality.
Edit: Wait, it's right there at the very beginning of that GIF!
Hero of Legend
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Tenbatsu said:
Except his mouth is only at the side in that artwork and on his trophy, never in-game. :/
Also, I actually hated how he's colored in Brawl. His skin just doesn't look right, and he's not as bold blue as he should be, especially in game.
The Black Knight model gets it right in my opinion.
Hero of Legend
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Tenbatsu said:
Except his mouth is only at the side in that artwork and on his trophy, never in-game. :/
Also, I actually hated how he's colored in Brawl. His skin just doesn't look right, and he's not as bold blue as he should be, especially in game.
The Black Knight model gets it right in my opinion.
Edit: Darn it, it double posted. :/
Guybrush Threepwood
Banned
I have no idea why Sega can't go back to this design.
Timeless.
Timeless.
yeah black wind, but it looks it was due to the compression, i still dont really like that model (prefer the one from brawl a lot more). doesnt matter though, as a sonic fan, im still going to get it, ive managed to enjoy all the 3d sonic games
poor image quality but i like this look the best
poor image quality but i like this look the best
Jaded Alyx
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His legs are far too short.Guybrush Threepwood said:
And he looks fat.
abstract alien
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I do love this design as well.Guybrush Threepwood said:I have no idea why Sega can't go back to this design.
Timeless.
Black-Wind
Member
Jaded Alyx said:
If Sega wanted to learn from Nintendo they would, at the very least, learn to exaggerate/ stretch shit. Just look at SMG. (I love pointing at that game :lol )
I would love to see that Sonic with the figure 8 run cycle.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Guybrush Threepwood said:I have no idea why Sega can't go back to this design.
Timeless.
Mainly two reasons:
1) Sonic's old design looks... kinda weird seen from behind. That would make 3D games with behind-the-back perspectives look odd.
2) Short and squat is totally un-cool. It's all about being skinny and taller these days, it makes you more like an anime hero!!! AKA, lol sega
Dedication Through Light
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Sonic Unleashed and currently what we have seen of Sonic Black KNight models are perhaps the best. The other sonics were either too fat/chubby or in the case of Brawl thin and wrongly colored.
Black-Wind
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EmCeeGramr said:
Change the perspective to allow for more free-rom. Thats one thing I hated about SR . . . mostly everything was "behind the back".
Meh, I keep feeling like I have the perfect "test" idlea for a 3D Sonic game. It's like . . . a mix between PoP:SoT and SMG but more flattened platforming (As in, PoP like "momentum" but not all that claiming stuff. SMG like "free-rom+space+cartoony & creative style" and tons of different features but with "running momentum" (NOT high speed) being the focus over jumping. Oh, and no homing attacks. Let that fucker jump on his own with out having to have a target to fly to).
But thats just me. Im odd like that :lol
WalterMclure said:
Im sure it serves a practical purpose at some point. Every single action based anime or japanese character has done it at one point since...well... as far back as I can remember media wise. Just like there is a reason why some runners put their hands into a "chopping" shape instead of a fist.
ThatObviousUser
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Tanukid said:I prefer this Sonic more. XD
They're the same... except for the Kirby effect.
Black-Wind
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Teknoman said:
I have always thought it to be just cheap animation/ a way to cut corners in animation when your doing a run cycle. Kinda like when the legs only go up and down (like a stumping action) while their body is leaded forward to make it appear that they are running super fast.
Or it's just a effect to make them seem more "streamline". (look at me! Im shaped like a arrow with my arms pointed out!)
I really don't think people actually ran like that in Japan at any point in time if thats what you were getting at.:lol
No Means Nomad
Banned
One of the reasons these look so good is the insane amount of AA on the shots.Guybrush Threepwood said:
Death_Born
Banned
Hero of Legend said:Before that silly.
If you need the video, go to Gametrailers, you can download the video in full quality.
Edit: Wait, it's right there at the very beginning of that GIF!
Dabookerman
Member
This looks fucking stupid.
He is grinding on ROPES.
The Field or whatever it is, is barren as hell. Why would you want to explore it, it doesn't look interesting. Just your generic field.
So the graphics impress you?
It may look pretty for a Wii game, but all this shot says to me is that we need a generic armour dude with a bigger axe. Stick Weathertop in the background and give the clouds nice hi res textures.
It is nothing amazing.
It really doesn't take much to impress Sonic fans these days does it?
He is grinding on ROPES.
The Field or whatever it is, is barren as hell. Why would you want to explore it, it doesn't look interesting. Just your generic field.
So the graphics impress you?
It may look pretty for a Wii game, but all this shot says to me is that we need a generic armour dude with a bigger axe. Stick Weathertop in the background and give the clouds nice hi res textures.
It is nothing amazing.
It really doesn't take much to impress Sonic fans these days does it?
EmCeeGramr
Member
How is a field generic? Is the grass supposed to be blue or something?dabookerman said:
And it looks like less of an "exploration" style field than a "run fast as Sonic over great distances between enemies and obstacles" type of area.
Notice how in the top screen, in the distance you can see the same type of enemy that Sonic is running between in the bottom screen.
In these two, you can see various platforms, obstacles, and rooms to run through and jump on, as well as what look like enemies or powerups (those floating things and the treasure chest).
Even in this one, (while I admit I don't like the bland "armor" enemies in the game at all) you can see obstacles and features in the background: on the left, what appears to be a path of something leading off to what looks like a path flanked by pillars or stones, while on the right there's a hill with a stone circle on top.