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[SykoTech]

What was even the point of this re-imagining?
The game looks like garbage, the animated series was screwed by Cartoon Network (6 in the morning? Are you kidding?), I just don't get it.

I think it's 7 am on Saturdays and 6 am for reruns on Sundays.

But yeah, terrible timeslot either way. They didn't promote it at all either. I had no idea it was coming on until I was flipping through the schedule for Toonami and saw it. Show's been sent to die.

 

[Kinsei]

... I'm probably still going to get it. I need help.

Clipping through the environment?!

WHAT YEAR/CONSOLE IS IT

'06 PS3/360?

 

[Nokterian]

My speakers nearly blowed up that sound and the hard talking jezus also this game..is it a game? Yeah..let's put it to sleep and forget about it.

 

[HardRojo]

Still wondering how this got greenlit. Did Sonic really need this kind of reboot?

 

[ec0ec0]

Another franchise that nintendo needs to save (buy)... come on nintendo!!

 

[Neff]

DAMMIT! I just want this game to be good.

Is that too much to ask for? A good Sonic game?

Colours was good. Generations was good. Lost World was good. Sonic Team can still turn out a good Sonic title when they need to, and apparently they're doing one for Wii U/PS4/Bone this year. And that'll probably be good too.

But this right here is what you get when ex-Naughty Dog guys try it, and it's not pretty. The only commendable element to it is that it sports a Richard Jacques soundtrack, which isn't quite enough to get me to play something this janky-looking and annoying.

 

[vinnygambini]

Is this the Gamecube version?

Please. Sonic Heroes was fun.

 

[Weeaboosuke]

Someone's gonna fired for this

 

[DICKS AHOY]

I am so glad at this response.

I have been bugging Sega1991 to do another race like our Charity Sonic 2006 race a few years back, but no game was ever going to be the right combination of terrible/fun to watch as Sonic 2006.

It doesn't sound like Sonic Boom is quite there but it's getting there.

I thought you guys were going to do Shadow the Hedgehog at one point? Was the whole multiple playthroughs aspect too much of a pain to work out?

 

[Naughty_Doge]

Boom goes the bomba.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

So between the shittiness of this game and the show being shoved to a graveyard timeslot with absolutely no promotion, can we declare the Sonic Boom franchise youarealreadydead.jpg?

 

[Hasney]

Please. Sonic Heroes was fun.

Ew...

Anyway, thread title makes me want to play Boom Street, so there's a lot of good to come out of this tragedy.

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

Will it be as good as Sonic 2006?

This was Sega's plan all along. Produce a game worse than '06 and attempt to erase its memory from the annals of shit game history.

 

[Seven Force]

I am so glad at this response.

I have been bugging Sega1991 to do another race like our Charity Sonic 2006 race a few years back, but no game was ever going to be the right combination of terrible/fun to watch as Sonic 2006.

It doesn't sound like Sonic Boom is quite there but it's getting there.

At this point, I kinda hope the game becomes even more of a trainwreck as it goes on, if only for the LP stream potential. At least it'd be good for something at that point.

 

[Gaiaknight]

Please no

How did Lost World sell?

about 600k across all versions

 

[Peff]

Dat CryEngine 3.

 

[Kinsei]

This was Sega's plan all along. Produce a game worse than '06 and attempt to erase it's memory from the annals of shit game history.

No way this will be worse than '06.

 

[vinnygambini]

Ew...

I enjoyed it when I was a kid. Can't say the same if I would play it today; but I rather enjoyed myself with the title.

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

No way this will be worse than '06.

It certainly would be quite the undertaking to do so. Heh.

 

[The Hermit]

Dat CryEngine 3.

I said wow

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I thought you guys were going to do Shadow the Hedgehog at one point? Was the whole multiple playthroughs aspect too much of a pain to work out?

We tossed the idea around but he eventually convinced me that the final ending is such a pain in the ass that it would very likely end with neither of us accomplishing it.

 

[Komo]

Seriously, who thought using the CryEngine for a game like this was a good idea?

 

[BatDan]

I think it's 7 am on Saturdays and 6 am for reruns on Sundays.

But yeah, terrible timeslot either way. They didn't promote it at all either. I had no idea it was coming on until I was flipping through the schedule for Toonami and saw it. Show's been sent to die.

I believe it's 7 AM Eastern.
I live in the Central Time Zone so it's 6 AM for me.

 

[Yagharek]

Looks like another typical sonic game

 

[Revven]

At this point, I kinda hope the game becomes even more of a trainwreck as it goes on, if only for the LP stream potential. At least it'd be good for something at that point.

And don't forget speedrunners! I know Darkspinessonic is going to be all over this game (in fact he bought a 3DS Capture Card recently for Smash 3DS streaming, I think he played the Sonic Boom demo recently on the 3DS on-stream).

 

[Azure J]

... I'm probably still going to get it. I need help.



'06 PS3/360?

Admittedly, when I made that post, I had stuff like the crazy clipping in Heroes/Adventure 1 in mind but then I was also reminded of this particular moment from Sega1991's youtube escapades with Sonic 06 and yeahhhh. :lol :lol :lol

 

[Crossing Eden]

This was made with cry engine...and yet some of the cutscenes look like something out of a bad source filmmaker film. ._.
https://gfycat.com/BaggyDimwittedHornet
^ I mean really...

 

[Sebastiano]

Meeeeeeh...

Seriously, what the fuck happened with that game ? How it went from this to the actual game ? Damn, even the reveal video promised better visuals and gameplay...

Did Sega feared a better game from outsiders and sabotaged the project ?

 

[SoulUnison]

It can't be worse than '06 just on the virtue that the plot doesn't involve time travel, Trunks the Hedgehog coming back in time to stop Islam, or hot Human on Anthropomorphic Hedgehog beastiality.

That said, this looks so, so bad.

This might be the first Sonic game I haven't felt the slightest excitement for since Sonic Rivals.

 

[SykoTech]

Well, on the bright side that Sonic exclusivity deal is almost over and hopefully they'll start caring again.

Yeah, me too. This exc!usivity deal has been a real letdown, but at least it'll be over now. Hopefully they'll pick up where they left off in 2011.

 

[RM8]

This was probably still more expensive to make than an okay Sonic 4-ish 2D platformer that could have been simply skinned with the Sonic Boom theme. Why do companies make insanely terrible games that are completely out of their scope in the first place?

 

[Manbig]

I feel like this is still appropriate.

Spoiler

RIP Ryan

 

[Hero of Legend]

Dat CryEngine 3.

That's in co-op, shadows are virtually absent during it, as it shows in Part 1.

 

[Klyka]

So the game is the prequel story to the show?

Did i get this right?

 

[kulapik]

Dat CryEngine 3.

I fail to see something wrong here

[

here tho

 

[jimi_dini]

Clipping through the environment?!

WHAT YEAR/CONSOLE IS IT

Joke post?

Or did you just sleep the last 8+ years?

That's the typical console software "quality" nowadays.

But sure, for Wii U that's not acceptable.

 

[MrBadger]

I enjoyed it when I was a kid. Can't say the same if I would play it today; but I rather enjoyed myself with the title.

Hey, I can still play Sonic Heroes on occasion. It's got its fair share of flaws but I'll take it over Sonic Adventure 2 and everything that came after up to Colours. And I think it's safe to say Boom.

 

[Seven Force]

This was made with cry engine...and yet some of the cutscenes look like something out of a bad source filmmaker film. ._.
https://gfycat.com/BaggyDimwittedHornet
^ I mean really...

Holy shit the spin dash animation

 

[Camjo-Z]

You know what? I want this now. This GIF has sold me on the game.

Will buy

Spoiler

at a bargain bin price.

 

[Hasney]

I enjoyed it when I was a kid. Can't say the same if I would play it today; but I rather enjoyed myself with the title.

Ah, fair enough. I felt it was awful, especially coming off the first 2 SA games. But I was 18 by the time Hero's came out.

 

[Zonic]

So the game is the prequel story to the show?

Did i get this right?

Yes, both the 3DS & Wii U games are suppose to serve as prequels to the show.

 

[antitrop]

I fail to see something wrong here

It looks bad for a Dreamcast game.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Someone's gonna fired for this

that is just unacceptable....

 

[Komo]

I fail to see something wrong here

The wooden objects and other props stick out like a sore thumb on that map, there's practically no lighting or shading, which makes it look like something that belongs on the PS2

It's a heavy contrast to other games using the CryEngine, that's for sure

 

[ec0ec0]

(after seeing more..)

WOW what was the budget for this game!?

no way im watching more

 

[OmegaSmash]

Sonic U̶n̶l̶e̶a̶s̶h̶e̶d̶ ̶3̶ Generations 2, where are you

 

[MThanded]

No ADS at least

But is there a sprint button.

 

[……forgetit]

Clipping through the environment?!

WHAT YEAR/CONSOLE IS IT

Joke? I clipped threw the environment twice in the last of us remastered.

 

[Myggen]

This game looked bad from the day it was revealed, and I hadn't heard a single good impression from anyone who had seen it pre-release. So this was as expected as they come.

 

[ShinMaruku]

No ADS at least

Spoiler

I see what you did there.