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[VanWinkle]

SANZARU?! Awww man, that makes me sad. I was hoping they were working on a new Sly or J&D.

 

[Sai-kun]

LOL using Bangarang.

Holy shit I'm laughing so hard.

 

[Bear]

The environments actually look rather nice. The awful compression makes it hard to tell in the trailer, but the footage in the CryEngine reel looks pretty flattering.

Those are some god awful character designs, though, and the snippets of gameplay aren't encouraging either. I can't think of the last Sonic game where playing as secondary characters wasn't completely awful.

 

[DeaviL]

Adding bits of clothing and accessories to a character that has only had shoes and gloves for over 20 years is really dumb.

Yeah, just think how he would look if they added a scarf.

Spoiler

Edit: Ok, he actually has one...

 

[Liamario]

Sonic cycle continues unabated. Wow they really don't get it, do they.

 

[CaVaYeRo]

Time's up, we got HQ shots and HD trailer:

http://www.gamereactor.de/News/107934/Sega+k%FCndigt+Sonic+Boom+an+und+zeigt+neuen+Igel-Look/

EDIT: For those who can't read German, here's the English source.

 

[Zalman]

SANZARU?! Awww man, that makes me sad. I was hoping they were working on a new Sly or J&D.

Hopefully they didn't put the entire studio on this... Would've loved to see a Sly game announced this year.

 

[shinobi602]

 

[NateDrake]

Not getting at all why this looks bad, looks pretty good to me but it's modern day Sonic so I can't be overly optimistic.

The game looks great but the character design is lackluster.

 

[Village]

Adding bits of clothing and accessories to a character that has only had shoes and gloves for over 20 years is really dumb.

I don't think its dumb. If you do it right it can look appealing I never thought I would like mickey in anime clothing.

However this looks reminds me of that ninja turtles game, bad juju.


Also

You wanna know what looks appealing right now, lost world.

That was their plan all along.

 

[Gsnap]

Well... Ok.

Not the biggest fan of Sonic, so this isn't gonna bother me, but the designs to seem a little strange.

The game... If it were any other series I'd be optimistic. I do love 3D platformers like the ps2 trio and many N64 games. But yeah, I doubt I can hold out much hope for this one.

 

[Kid Ska]

Sonic's spikes-to-face ratio is getting way out of hand.

 

[RomanceDawn]

Had to let it play through a couple times for the quality to increase, but I got these:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1nfKQNl.jpg[/IMG]
[URL="http://i.imgur.com/1nfKQNl.jpg"]http://i.imgur.com/1nfKQNl.jpg[/URL]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nzNGIjf.jpg[/IMG]
[URL="http://i.imgur.com/nzNGIjf.jpg"]http://i.imgur.com/nzNGIjf.jpg[/URL]

Little better quality shots I guess.

I just noticed I can see Knuckles' individual gloved fingers. This shouldn't bother me but it does…

 

[Malvingt2]

SEGA ‏@SEGA
Sonic Boom features a new TV series, new games for Wii U and 3DS, and new toys. Find out more: http://bit.ly/1ivxluy pic.twitter.com/36vZq2pESr

 

[Smashman45]

Had to let it play through a couple times for the quality to increase, but I got these:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1nfKQNl.jpg[/IMG]
[URL="http://i.imgur.com/1nfKQNl.jpg"]http://i.imgur.com/1nfKQNl.jpg[/URL]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nzNGIjf.jpg[/IMG]
[URL="http://i.imgur.com/nzNGIjf.jpg"]http://i.imgur.com/nzNGIjf.jpg[/URL]

Little better quality shots I guess.

Amy looks like she's seen some shit. Completely dead inside. Otherwise, hers and Tails' designs are the ones I'm warmest towards. Sonic's alright, besides that.....FACE....and lanky twitch legs. Already said what I had to say about Knuckles. XD

 

[perfectchaos007]

Knuckles looks like he's forever holding his breath.

 

[To Far Away Times]

Unleashed was good.
Colors was great.
Generations was excellent.

This Sonic Cycle/"Sonic has sucked for years now" bullshit needs to stop.

Controls/gameplay in all those games is bad. The Generations team weren't even able to approximate the Classic Sonic physics. Platforming sucks in all of them. Exploration is minimal. One of them has a werehog in it.

It would take a game on par with the classics to break the cycle. Less bad than Sonic Adventure won't get the job done unfortunately.

 

[LordOcidax]

Aside from the weird characters design.... If this are in game graphics. The Wii U is a pretty capable machine.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Stop complaining like Sonic is supposed to be good.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Polgyon preview, it is running on CryEngine 3

 

[Ferrio]

Amy looks like she's seen some shit. Completely dead inside. Otherwise, hers and Tails' designs are the ones I'm warmest towards. Sonic's alright, besides that.....FACE....and lanky twitch legs. Already said what I had to say about Knuckles. XD

Looks like she just realized where she's at in life.

 

[LOCK]

The game actually looks good.

The characters look horrible, but it makes sense from a merchandise perspective of the show.

Well let's wait and see.

 

[AgentLampshade]

Wait a minute. Is Knuckles a Werehog reskin?

 

[TheOGB]

LEGS

 

[TheCongressman1]

WOW. You can not get worse. I can't believe this.

 

[RE_Player]

Looking forward to the Sonic Cycle. C'mon people Lost Worlds wasn't that long ago! Don't be fooled by this.

 

[Prestige Capo]

I'm getting some strong Jak & Daxter vibes from the environments, the character models look horrendous though.

 

[Interceptor]

The graphics actually look really nice for a Wii U game. Are we sure it´s not multi?

 

[Sub_Level]

Alright guys, when designing these characters we really want to evoke a poignant sense of "hurr durr" as it were.

 

[Koppai]

Big Red Button and Sanzaru, WAT!

BRB are former Naughty Dog folks!

Wow no wonder it looks good

Except for the ugly character designs for everyone holy shit O-o;

 

[Tuck]

Art style (Of the environments *only*) is nice enough, but graphically it looks like a massive step down from Unleashed/Generations, and honestly I think I prefer the Lost Worlds art style.

But it does look decent.

 

[VanWinkle]

Polgyon preview, it is running on CryEngine 3

And it's getting even more bizarre. This is so weird.

 

[catmincer]

This looks fun, the backgrounds are nice too but the models are creepy.

 

[Zalman]

I'm getting some strong Jak & Daxter vibes from the environments, the character models look horrendous though.

I agree.

 

[Astorgh]

Stop complaining like Sonic is supposed to be good.

Sad, sad reality.

 

[StevieP]

Aside from the weird characters design.... If this are in game graphics. The Wii U is a pretty capable machine.

They're bullshots.
The ground textures are still shit despite that.

Lost World looks better, imo.

 

[Mariolee]

Is this the first Cryengine 3 game for Wii U? Aside from the models, everything looks really good.

 

[Sanic]

That....Knuckles.

 

[Kyzon]

This actually looks dope. I may enjoy tails again.

 

[Azure J]

Huh. Almost interesting bit of fodder for the Hero of Legend-ish crowd.

Well that's interesting.

It's like that one Sonic 2006 screenshot that got posted everywhere back in the day!

 

[SpikedGunner]

Apparently, this is going to be a sub-series:

http://www.destructoid.com/sega-reveals-new-sonic-boom-sub-franchise-and-game-270111.phtml

We didn't get hands on, but based on the footage we've seen of the Wii U version, the worlds look massive, and projectile combat seems to be in. In other words, Sonic Boom is looking a lot like Ratchet & Clank right now. It's also important to note that the CryEngine 3 will be used on the Wii U. Sega of America president and COO John Chen stressed that "Sonic Boom will not be replacing the original franchise."

 

[narton]

The Sonic cartoon pics posted on the german site look a little better.

 

[notworksafe]

Knux been hitting the juice hard

 

[Ishida]

I'm getting some strong Jak & Daxter vibes from the environments, the character models look horrendous though.

Yo. Weren't you from Gametrailers?

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Why does he have bandages on his shoes?

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Is this the third exclusive Sonic game for Nintendo consoles ?

If so,please Nintendo look for better deals...

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

The game looks great but the character design is lackluster.

Yeah, I was more focused on the level design than the characters.

They do look odd but I still think it has a chance to be good from the little we have seen.

I can get over the character design if the game is worthwhile.

 

[Platy]

The reverse Sonic Cycle=The game is going to be great

Well ... Dimps is nowhere to be seen =P

Huh. Almost interesting bit of fodder for the Hero of Legend-ish crowd.

Cryengine 3 on WiiU ?

That got interesting

 

[Azure Dream]

WOW. You can not get worse. I can't believe this.

I think they're trying to do squash-and-stretch animation. Shadow's game did this a bit.

This was a REALLY bad screenshot to take, though.

 

[Byronic Hero]

Looks a lot like Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One. Lost World was a mess, maybe this one will at least be better than it was.