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Rumor: Sonic Adventure coming to XBLA
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Deleted member 30609
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yeah, there's a lot of jankiness in some of the design, but there's just an amount of effort that was put into SA1 that hasn't been put into any of the 3D Sonic games sinceHUELEN10 said:You should. There are so many little touches if you just look closely.Definitely worth a replay.
I'd imagine the budget was relatively huge?
eso76
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SA1 was an unbelievable roller coaster run full of ideas. The game wouldn't stop surprising you with clever design and nice touches; an almost non stop "holy shit moments" crescendo.
That, and lots and lots of content and variety, with tons of decent minigames and the well fleshed out Chao breeding stuff, complete with memcard tamagotchi stuff.
Awesome soundtrack too
Yeah, i believe the budget was pretty huge
That, and lots and lots of content and variety, with tons of decent minigames and the well fleshed out Chao breeding stuff, complete with memcard tamagotchi stuff.
Awesome soundtrack too
Yeah, i believe the budget was pretty huge
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Deleted member 30609
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you're comparing the ambition of SA1 to Unleashed? really?
And Yuji Naka was given a Ferrari because we all know what developers who drive in expensive cars make better games. SAY-GUHHUELEN10 said:Not only that, but they actually went on location to fucking Tikal.
Seriously, they put so much honest effort into this one, something that wouldn't be seen again from then until 2008...
Shotgun Kiss
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HUELEN10 said:
It's a robot. It's genderless. Although if you were going to attach a gender to it, male would be more accurate, seeing as how E-102 Gamma is voiced by a male, and is referred to as "he" by Amy.
sixteen-bit
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all this Crazy Taxi love makes me happy
and holy shit the original Jet Set Radio in 1080p would be godly.
and holy shit the original Jet Set Radio in 1080p would be godly.
TheShampion
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Ben2749 said:
I hate myself for remembering this, but Gamma is actually a Flicky trapped inside a robot, so it technically has a gender. I don`t know how you tell a Flicky`s gender though...
Diablohead
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I don't mind the emerald hunting, it's extremely easy in SA1 and in SA2 it's a bit of a chore at first but when you revisit the stages and learn the layouts, it's also much faster. What doesn't help in SA2 is that the radar only works for one shard at a time, not all 3, this was the biggest problem. The stages themselves were big but that wasn't the problem imo.
gamergirly
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UraMallas said:
Shoot, they can release Skies of Arcadia 2 on XBLA only and I wouldnt care at this point
eso76 said:
I just loved how you could run around as various characters, explore secrets, and enter levels at your own will. SA1 was DEFINITELY in the right direction for the Sonic series as far as Sonic 3D action/adventure(and not just straight up platforming). They really need a Sonic Adventure 3 but Naka's gone from the Sonic Team right?
TheUglyDrunk
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I owned a Dreamcast, but somehow never did manage to get a copy of Sonic Adventure. If the price is right, I'll give it a go.
sixteen-bit
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what the hell awesome alternate reality do you live in?Alpha_eX said:
can i come?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
That's like saying AIDS is better than Cancer.dark10x said:
StriKeVillain
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.Hellion said:
sixteen-bit
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Or it's simply not worth the time and monetary investment to pursue something that will probably only interest a few hundred forumgoers.zeelman said:Is Sega just going to ignore its Saturn games? I feel like they are skipping an entire system here.
Aaron Strife
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My distaste for Sonic Adventure 2 is perfectly legitimate.Wrath2X said:
SA1 is coo though.
Tranced Shadow
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Tell you what though - the shitty friends weren't all that bad in SA1.
Big was a bit naff obviously, and Amy was annoying (I don't remember her levels too well), but apart from that, they were pretty good, I thought. I always found Gamma to be underrated, and I found the shooting levels in SA2 to be a MASSIVE downgrade.
Big was a bit naff obviously, and Amy was annoying (I don't remember her levels too well), but apart from that, they were pretty good, I thought. I always found Gamma to be underrated, and I found the shooting levels in SA2 to be a MASSIVE downgrade.
sixteen-bit
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whoa, someone's dead to mePSGames said:
CT1 + Online leaderboard = GOTF
Earl Cazone
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SC5 is on PSN? Woah.
Buit come on Sega, give me ChuChuRocket. Please. It is so obvious to put that on Xbla and Psn. come one. srsly.
Buit come on Sega, give me ChuChuRocket. Please. It is so obvious to put that on Xbla and Psn. come one. srsly.
CadetMahoney
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Yes Cartwheel!
Power Stone on XBLA is a def buy.
Power Stone on XBLA is a def buy.
Sonic Adventure was great but flawed.
Unfortunately Sonic Adventure 2 took all of those flaws and made a game out of them.
But pound for pound, nothing IMHO was quite as awesome as firing up my DC early 9/9/99 and experiencing the first level of Sonic Adventure. sheer brilliance.
Unfortunately Sonic Adventure 2 took all of those flaws and made a game out of them.
But pound for pound, nothing IMHO was quite as awesome as firing up my DC early 9/9/99 and experiencing the first level of Sonic Adventure. sheer brilliance.
intheinbetween
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the download seems to be 1,58GB..
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Wait.. so.. uh.. it's confirmed that DC games are up on PSN for people with debug accounts?
Diablohead
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Believe it runs at that if your computer can push it yes, I only ever tried the pc demo years ago when it was first out.racerx77 said:
I AM JOHN!
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Amy's levels get way too much hate. A bit jumbled, sure, but running from Zero was fun. Like a lot of that game, there was definite room for refinement in there had they not decided to ditch them for SA2.Tranced Shadow said:
And definitely agreed about Gamma. His levels were great in SA because it was all about speed-running. The point of combos was that they added time to your clock (since it was counting down to zero as opposed to just tracking your time), so the levels were about barreling through the levels while blasting everything in your path to stop yourself from running out of time - it's basically a platforming version of Time Crisis! By making combos just about points in SA2, they lost the speed and tension of the Gamma levels and ended up just making them longer and more bloated, kind of like everything that wasn't a Sonic/Shadow level in SA2. Plus, Gamma controlled way better than Tails/Robotnik.
Disregarding the fact that the gameplay hasn't aged well, what the hell is with the story in in adventure? Hell what the hell is with the story in all 3D sonic games?
SA1 - Chaos god of destruction
SA2 - Genetically engineered anthropomorphic hedgehogs, Implanted memories, Secret experiments to create the ultimate weapon.
Sonic 2k6 - Eternal destroyer (or whatever the hell it was called), Sonic's love interest, telekinetic rodents.
Unleashed - Dark Gia, hogwolf(?).
Seriously? I wish they had simply stayed with the 'Oh no Doc Robotnik is kidnapping all your animal friends, go kick his ass' plot instead of creating all of this heavy over the top drama crap for a game about a cartoon rodent.
SA1 - Chaos god of destruction
SA2 - Genetically engineered anthropomorphic hedgehogs, Implanted memories, Secret experiments to create the ultimate weapon.
Sonic 2k6 - Eternal destroyer (or whatever the hell it was called), Sonic's love interest, telekinetic rodents.
Unleashed - Dark Gia, hogwolf(?).
Seriously? I wish they had simply stayed with the 'Oh no Doc Robotnik is kidnapping all your animal friends, go kick his ass' plot instead of creating all of this heavy over the top drama crap for a game about a cartoon rodent.