After playing through the entire series last year, I just want to play a fun, original Sonic game again. Been almost six-seven years since a played a mainline-console sonic title (Lost World 3DS doesn't count). So even if it's clustered and unfocused, I will give it a shot.
I'm going to give it a go , because I want to be wrong. But For me, my desire for a thing isn't going to make me like pretend it doesn't look like an unfocused mess.
Hell, we are getting Mania like you just said. That is bound to be fantastic, so if Forces is just 'good', I will be pleased.
I hope its good, I have a feeling were are in for a "2/3rds of this game is bad" though.
Not 100% convenced Shadow is the 'bad guy', as they are pulling dimensional BS (as mentioned with Classic Sonic). For all we know, we have a 'good' shadow helping the crew.
While that's true, that's not the sole issue I have with shadow being a bad guy. Its that it represents the whole problem i've had from the game from jump. From the first moment classic sonic showed up, a lack of confidence. If they had confidence, you wouldn't need characters look past their evil character developments as bad guys , wouldn't need eggman there as the most obvious eventual betrayal.
They don't have confidence in thier bad guy
They don't have confidence in their levels
They don't have confidence in the idea of other play styles and playable characters
They don't have confidence in 3d sonic holding a game by himself with no exterior bullshit
They don't have confidence in sonic.
And this game shows that in spaids. This isn't some big giant anniversary thing like generations, where that was novel. That novelty is gone. It just seems like now, they have no ideas, no confidence in the ideas they have... or both.
but I hope to god , i'm wrong. I hope i'm wrong, I hope this game is the tightest shit ever. But Sega is just repeating behaviors, because they were doing this damn thing around 2006. Not having confidence in a simple idea,
" how about we make a kind of actioney shadow game."
" oh ok what if people don't like it, Oh lets put guns and cursing in it people want that. Instead of focusing on a simple idea, perfecting that then presenting it. We must add extraneous extra bullshit that isn't really needed. That's what people wnat"
and lets not even begin on 06 itself, but my point is. This isn't new behavior , and while I hope to be wrong. Sega's yet to prove me otherwise. It really starting to seem like Colors and generations were a bizarre fluke.
But yeah, just happy we are getting a console sonic game again that holds promise. It might suck. It might be good. But I will give it a chance, like I always do for the series.
That's cool man, I hope it good.
That's all I can do at this point, hope to be wrong
Edit: Also consider this Village. SEGA has no f***en idea what to do with the series at this point, so they are just trying to make everyone happy. We just have to see if it works. Stinks they don't know what to do with their flagship mascot but hey, I'm open to whatever Forces brings.
That doesn't make me feel good.
It makes me feel like they have learned nothing.
