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[Not75Drops]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl5eLNzq7Rk

Also released, Rental Hero Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqaP9GOYk-E

 

[Dead End Irony]

Looking like Chemical Plant from Generations lol

 

[Kyzer]

I like the created character lol. But the buttrock...the game play...

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

This game is going to suck so badly.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

someone a Matrix fan?

This looks bad.

 

[BiggNife]

Hot take: I think this looks fine, mostly

It's certainly not as boring as some of the other stages they've shown so far

 

[Sephimoth]

Not impressed. Sega should stick to the Sonic Mania style going forward IMO

 

[Kouriozan]

Wow that mini-cutscene was so intense.

 

[Kinsei]

So we have Green Hill and now a Chemical Plant knock off. Next thing you know Sky Sanctuary will show up.

There are mid level cut scenes? That sucks.

 

[Yui's Empire]

Area looks a bit stale but it doesn't seem offensive. What I played was mostly solid so I'm mildly interested.

 

[Demon Lizardman]

Where are the unique badniks?

 

[Seik]

The music sucks soooo bad.

I'm a hairline from cancelling my pre-order, like fucking seriously. I did keep my pre-order for Black Knight to give you an idea.

 

[zeemumu]

Wow those mini cutscene were so intense.

It was cool but also really jarring.

And we're sure that's not Chemical Plant Zone and someone just messed up the name?

 

[Cloud_Hidden]

My expectations for this game, from the very beginning, have been very low.

I thought the gameplay looked okay. Kind of like Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, this looks like a game that could be quite fun after you get used to the mechanics and make a point to speed through each stage as fast as you can, and as flashy as you can.

That said, I didn't see too much in that stage that indicates that the stage designs and layouts are as cleverly designed for speed runs as Fire & Ice stages were, but I'll keep my eye on this game. I'm not ready to write it off quite yet.

 

[LongDongJunon]

I like the created character lol. But the buttrock...the game play...

I know you're not new to modern sonic by any means. Buttrock should be an immediate expectation.

 

[Steejee]

Has anyone ever managed to turn the 3D Sonic setup into something good? Freedom Planet managed to do 2D Sonic better than Sonic does, but 3D Sonic's whole design just doesn't seem to work from the get go.

 

[BiggNife]

Also, I, uh, kind of love the buttrock in a "so bad it's good" kind of way

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

Drill
Drill
Drill
Drill

Looks fun

 

[Zalman]

The art direction for this game is off-putting compared to pretty much every mainline Sonic game ever.

 

[Crossing Eden]

He gets off a train just to almost get hit by another one complete with obligatory slowmo..

 

[Calm Mind]

¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[fastmower]

It's like they've learned nothing.

 

[zeemumu]

Has anyone ever managed to turn the 3D Sonic setup into something good? Freedom Planet managed to do 2D Sonic better than Sonic does, but 3D Sonic's whole design just doesn't seem to work from the get go.

Colors and Generations were fine. The thing is that you can make changes but it needs to still be a sonic game.

 

[MrBadger]

This looks a bit bland, but not too ba-

*stage shifts to a 2D perspective*

I don't know what I expected.

There's also this footage showing a boss fight with Infinite.

As dangerous weapons go, he doesn't look very dangerous.

 

[Not75Drops]

It was cool but also really jarring.

And we're sure that's not Chemical Plant Zone and someone just messed up the name?

Based on images, Chemical Plant seems to be in the game, but it's likely going to be Sonic stage. This is an Avatar stage that may be based on Chemical Plant.

 

[Rapscallion]

It looks... fine.

All of the levels they’ve shown so far have just been so uninspired thematically. What happened to creativity they had with games like Colors and even Lost World?

Still hoping for the best...

 

[nkarafo]

The music... ew

 

[Phu]

Bootleg Jet the Hawk

 

[Sylverstone14]

So... are they at an abandoned Chemical Plant? Those blue/yellow pipes were unmistakably Chemical Plant in nature.

 

[Not75Drops]

Also released, Rental Hero Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqaP9GOYk-E

Spoiler

That boss battle looks bad

 

[TI82]

Bad bad bad baaaadddd

Bomba 2017

 

[salromano]

Just FYI, this is the Chemical Plant area. Not sure why Sonic channel titled it to make it seem like a different stage.

 

[Hitlersaurus Christ]

I'm usually down on the game but that looks ok. Nothing great but relatively inoffensive.

Just FYI, this is the Chemical Plant area. Not sure why Sonic channel titled it to make it seem like a different stage.

Stages in the same area have different names for each character's version. Classic Sonic's stage using this level's assets is probably called Chemical Plant.

 

[Not75Drops]

Just FYI, this is the Chemical Plant area. Not sure why Sonic channel titled it to make it seem like a different stage.

I mentioned it earlier, but the Avatar stages seem to have different names? Like the Avatar stage for the first location of the game is called Park Avenue.

 

[RubberJohnny]

Every part of this looks awful.

 

[Dusk Golem]

Hey everyone, this is Dusk Golem aka AestheticGamer. I have posted on NeoGAF since 2011, and have decided to resign. I have enjoyed posting about horror games here for years, but I no longer wish to support the site and will be leaving for good. I will still be around the internet, I go by AestheticGamer on YouTube, I make games on Steam as Yai Gameworks, and I plan to go by Dusk Golem on other forums. I'll be joining an off-set of the GAF community leaving to try other ventures like ResetEra (Official Twitter for that here: https://twitter.com/reseteraforum ). I hope some of you who read this may consider it, and I plan to try to expose more people to horror games in the years to come. Just not here.

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[MrBadger]

I mentioned it earlier, but the Avatar stages seem to have different names? Like the Avatar stage for the first location of the game is called Park Avenue.

and I think the pyramid level is called "secret base" or something, despite being in Green Hill

Also released, Rental Hero Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqaP9GOYk-E

Spoiler

That boss battles looks bad

Mephiles from Sonic 06 was better than this...

 

[Oblivion]

Is it wrong for me to say that I actually liked the song in the first video? D:

edit: though who the hell is the bird supposed to be

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

It looks... fine.

All of the levels they’ve shown so far have just been so uninspired thematically. What happened to creativity they had with games like Colors and even Lost World?

Still hoping for the best...

They likely scrapped a prototype between Generations and Forces’ announcement and were left with 2 years to put a game together, hence the heavy reuse of assets, villians, and remixed themes. Like this “Space Port” is clearly based on the assets from Generation’s Chemical Plant Zone.

 

[Sylfurd]

Bad camera placements, bad camera movements, it juste translates and stops, same for the character, it moves fast and stops immediately when hitting an enemy, there's no weight, no smoothness in movements as it should be, it's really bad ...

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

We've seen more footage of the player avatar than we do any of the Sonics.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Also released, Rental Hero Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqaP9GOYk-E

Spoiler

That boss battles looks bad

Make.

An actual.

THREE

DEE

SONIC.

I swear it’s been nothing but endless runner on-rails or 2D boss fights since fucking 06.

FUCKING 06 HAD MORE DYNAMIC BOSS BATTLES.

I’m still looking forward to this game, but they better be retiring this hybrid 2D shit for good next game. Boost style too for that matter. I’ve had enough.

 

[jack_package_200]

Yeah this looks like shit

 

[benbeaux]

That camera angle change towards the beginning is hysterical. I actually thought it switched to a 2D section there, holy shit.

 

[bman94]

My lord, why is it so linear?

 

[Sami+]

I like the visuals of the huge factory looking area, it's cool seeing this really visually busy enormous world around the level.

Everything else looks shite though, the cutscene was really jarring and the level design reminds me of Sonic Heroes in that you're confined to a narrow hallway hovering in space with very little flow to the obstacles and you're movement through them. Music is bad too. Did they reuse Chemical Plant assets?

 

[Piers]

Sega: NO, THAT'S NOT GREEN HILL ZONE

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

I miss Sonic Colors.

 

[Davey Cakes]

Nothing about this looks particularly fun to me. :/

 

[LordOcidax]

This looks like Sonic Boom.... pass.