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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Wii/PS3/360; downloadable episodic release - [Update: $15?]
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Azure Dream
Member
Teknoman said:
I think I'd like to do it, since I was the only one posting the site updates here for a while, and I won't write the post saying "lololol so bad!" without playing the thing first. Then again, there is a visual standard expected of official threads now with pretty banners and everything, my skill with that may not be up to snuff.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Okay, downloaded the videos, watched them. I'll concede defeat. This is just plain awful. Everything. God, I didn't think even SEGA could screw this one up.
I'll never make that mistake again.
Oh SEGA... how you've fallen... this is so mother fucking broken it's unbelievable.
*goes back to playing Sonic Unleashed*
I'll never make that mistake again.
Oh SEGA... how you've fallen... this is so mother fucking broken it's unbelievable.
*goes back to playing Sonic Unleashed*
RobbieNick
Junior Member
loosus said:
Pretty shitty actually.:lol
Here's a video commemorating it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXAU4MmMIMo
iamaustrian
Member
just watched the latest videos.
there are no words for casino stage act 2.
I mean, this looks worse than the fucking mine cart stage.
what the hell were the devs thinking??
this must be some sort of cruel joke.
a sonic pinball stage in a jump'n run??
my god, please cancel it already before it's too late
there are no words for casino stage act 2.
I mean, this looks worse than the fucking mine cart stage.
what the hell were the devs thinking??
this must be some sort of cruel joke.
a sonic pinball stage in a jump'n run??
my god, please cancel it already before it's too late
RobbieNick
Junior Member
iamaustrian said:
I wouldn't go that far. Mine Kart stage looked like rancid shit. Act 2 of Casino zone just looked pointless.
RobbieNick
Junior Member
Fixed.DeVeAn said:
iamaustrian
Member
DeVeAn said:
yea......did you see act 2?? did you??
wRATH2x said:
uhm....no
To Far Away Times
Member
iamaustrian said:
At this point they should just throw in a barrel level.
riceandbeans
Member
loosus said:
How are were they proven wrong? If they think the game looks fun and are willing to put aside some quarrels (physics are the big topic) that the old-school fans have, then that's all that matters. They're not "wrong", they're just interpreting the game differently.
I'm in the old-school camp here, but shitting on others with a different opinion? Grow up. They're not right or wrong. They simply like the game.
Hitlersaurus Christ
Banned
Am I the only one who saw the Casino Street videos and thought they looked fun? Well, Act 2 is kind of pointless and dragged on, but after reading people's reactions to it I was expecting something like the minecart. I'm sure this game will end up mediocre for a number of reasons, but I don't think this level is one of them. Well, maybe the boss. You aren't supposed to be able to hit him from the ground, damn it! Or were you I forget
RobbieNick
Junior Member
They already did. The cannons in act 3 are a lot like the shooting barrels in Donkey Kong Country.To Far Away Times said:
InvincibleAgent
Member
Was Sonic's appearance in Brawl the only good to come out of Sonic in the last 5 years?
RobbieNick
Junior Member
InvincibleAgent said:
Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing says "hi!" It's better than Mario Kart Wii. Seriously.
Diablohead
Member
You do not deserve to have that sonic avatar after saying that.DeVeAn said:
Dark Machine
Member
InvincibleAgent said:
The Olympic Games ones with Mario were pretty good too and sold like hotcakes. I played the summer one and found it lots of fun. So yeah, Nintendo makes the best Sonic games confirmed.
RobbieNick
Junior Member
Dark Machine said:
....Only those games were made by Sega with permission of Mario's license by Nintendo. Sorry.
dark10x said:
Polyphony Digital can make the physics of Gran Turismo 5 more arcadelike and quite fun so that everyone enjoys the game. But that would be one of the worst things they can do.
Alternatively they could rename the game to Gran Turismo Arcade Attack and no one would mind. Call it "GT5" and that's when you earn the ire of people.
ShockingAlberto said:
You are likely correct.
Sonic Rush at least looked decent.
I blame Sega more than I blame Dimps. $5 episodic content...bad move. iPhone and Wii versions that look exactly like the PS3/360 versions...bad move. Iizuka in charge...bad move.
Are you new here or something? Because you sound like you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.riceandbeans said:
There were people telling us that Sega finally had the game like the non-furries liked. Turns out...they didn't. This has nothing to do with other people's opinions or whatever the fuck you are babbling about.
TheCardPlayer
Likes to have "friends" around to "play cards" with
TheCardPlayer said:
Needed to update my post from the day the trailer was first shown.
DryEyeRelief
Member
Zen said:
It's nice though that Sonic 4's quality is getting defended through the same argumentation that allows us to see games like Just Dance for the Wii for what they truly are.
riceandbeans
Member
loosus said:
Actually, I'm not. I've been here well before the first trailer showed up. I haven't seen your name around to be honest. I guess you're posts didn't strike as me anything worth noting.
I'm not even going to be to answer you straight, but I'll say this... You're just a dipshit, you are not some 'voice of reason', and your response is utterly fucking ridiculous. LULZ "WE" TOLD SEGA NOT TO DO EET BUT THEY DID IT FOR TEH FURRIES NEWAY.
That's babbling.
DryEyeRelief
Member
Zen said:
Well, loosus whole spiel is about how people were overreacting and that the game would eventually win them over. It's not about it being a quality product for some but to the people who were skeptical(and received all kinds of hell for it). I think even the people defending this game are making it to be more than what it really is.
Half-assed Sonic game is half-assed. Some people will play it because they love Sonic so much. Some people won't. Life goes on.
Using the term half assed to reference the scope of the budget etc of this game is fine, especially in comparison to the budget/effort of the time of the original Sonic titles, but that doesn't mean people will only play it 'because they love Sonic'.
I skipped every Sonic game post Adventure 2 until Unleashed, why can't I have license to say that I think Sonic 4 looks good and I'll play it? I certainly skip Sonic games that I think look like crap, so overbearing love certainly isn't the core factor in why I will probably play this game.
EDIT: I bought Rush so I guess I didn't really skip every single game.
loosus
has finally stopped feigning literacy
(Today, 11:06 PM)
Please tell me using terms like 'titling at windmills' didn't lose you. There's nothing in what I typed that's hard to understand.
I skipped every Sonic game post Adventure 2 until Unleashed, why can't I have license to say that I think Sonic 4 looks good and I'll play it? I certainly skip Sonic games that I think look like crap, so overbearing love certainly isn't the core factor in why I will probably play this game.
EDIT: I bought Rush so I guess I didn't really skip every single game.
loosus said:
loosus
has finally stopped feigning literacy
(Today, 11:06 PM)
Please tell me using terms like 'titling at windmills' didn't lose you. There's nothing in what I typed that's hard to understand.
Do you get anti-depression pills as part of your employment contract when you work at Sega's Public Relations? Worst job in the industry. I'd rather be a tester on Furcadia even.
Just Dance is a far more respectable product than Sonic 4.DryEyeRelief said:
I can remember in the 90's when Sega was huge. I'd drive by their London HQ with the 'TAKES AGES' sign every day on the way to work, they'd buy up every advertisement billboard for miles.
They used to buy up the full advertisement slots every night on ITV, which is the most viewed commercial channel in the UK, the whole 4 minutes between Coronation Street, their most watched program. I've never seen any company ever do that since.
It still amazes me to see they are a third party developer.
They used to buy up the full advertisement slots every night on ITV, which is the most viewed commercial channel in the UK, the whole 4 minutes between Coronation Street, their most watched program. I've never seen any company ever do that since.
It still amazes me to see they are a third party developer.
riceandbeans
Member
DryEyeRelief said:
It's title that's fucking things up. If this game wasn't called Sonic 4, the finger pointing wouldn't be as bad. But since it is, people are holding it to the pedigree of the prequels. At a $5 pricepoint, it is what it is.
SecretBonusPoint
Banned
riceandbeans said:
Shovelware? Thats what the twin-titan of the 16-bit era has been reduced to in the genuinely titled 4th outing? I mean you can defend that, but I think people were expecting a bit more than a cheap piece of shit looking honestly worse than the portable outings due to lackluster animation, a basic remix of all old level stuff and bosses in a needlessly episodic format with entirely gimmick based Acts.
"Its Sonic 4!" and "Its only $5!" are at such opposite ends of the scale for what message this whole project should have been sending its amazing.
Ugh, I honestly don't know what I'll do during the month in which Sonic 4 and Rocket Knight come out when there'll be "I DONT SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT" people all over the place. I've certainly learned my lesson on "wanting sequels to old franchises". Its just too crushing when they do get made and are astonishing levels of shit.
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