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Sonic and the Secret Rings - IGN review (uh oh)
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PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Disappointing.
: )
Jonnyboy117
Member
7 plus or minus 0.5 sounds about right and is pretty consistent across all these reviews. At least IGN isn't repeating the moneyhat 8.0 review for Sonic Heroes.
Jonnyboy117
Member
Branduil said:
Some of us got Excite Truck right from the start... I'm not going to post a link because I don't want to be that guy who links to his site in every post, but I gave ET an 8.0 at launch and said it's the best Nintendo racer since F-Zero GX.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
byproduct said:
a greatly improved sequel...sounds about right.
VultureDude
Member
well, looks like that's another $60 i can put towards CDs instead of video games... at this rate the next game i'll be picking up is Tiger Woods '07. That's a phrase I never thought i'd find myself saying 
trancejeremy
Banned
GaimeGuy said:
Sonic R, while not a traditional Sonic game, was in 3D.
Link316 said:
Yeah but, this is Sonic Team. With the Sonic Adventure series they just seemed to add more and more bad things without fixing the broken things from the first game. My faith in them not repeating the pattern is pretty low.
Edit: I guess my point is, we better enjoy this game for what it is because waiting for an improved version might never pay off.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
byproduct said:
Is this Sonic Team? That was never very clear to me.
byproduct said:
Sonic Team Japan. It's Sonic Team USA that's been doing the latest "Adventure" series incarnations (Heroes, Shadow, Abortion and his Shitty Friends, etc), but Japan did the Wii Sonic. Ogawa, who I believe was director of the Panzer Dragoon series, helmed this particular project.
Battersea Power Station
Member
I don't think you've heard some of the songs in Sonic Wii.gutter_trash said:
And I thought Matt gets shit for hating on Nintendo. Which one is it?
LanceStern
Banned
It was a very good review.
For those on the fence: Buy the game. There will be some very frustrating moments, but overall the experience is beautiful, addicting, fresh, and fun.
That's how the review is summed up. He eve says he only gave it so low a score because he feels you shouldn't have to go through the bad to face the good, and that he wouldn't let this 3D sonic get away with a few problems that others did because of the novelty fo 3D.
It's a good title. Support Sega and the sequel!
For those on the fence: Buy the game. There will be some very frustrating moments, but overall the experience is beautiful, addicting, fresh, and fun.
That's how the review is summed up. He eve says he only gave it so low a score because he feels you shouldn't have to go through the bad to face the good, and that he wouldn't let this 3D sonic get away with a few problems that others did because of the novelty fo 3D.
It's a good title. Support Sega and the sequel!
CurseoftheGods
Banned
I would love for a Sonic-only game with Sonic/Shadow-like levels from SA2.
Is that too much to ask?
BTW, I am very happy with the SATSR reviews. It looks good.
Is that too much to ask?
BTW, I am very happy with the SATSR reviews. It looks good.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
*looks at your avatar. TR envisioned*Tim-E said:
I am Trying To Believe....!
SonicMegaDrive
Member
The sad thing is, people now will make the decision that this game sucks(even though the score isn't that bad), without having ever played it, based on this one review.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Still getting it.
Instigator
Banned
SonicMegaDrive said:
Like many were assuming it was going to rule before the official reviews?
Come on, this is not some no-name game, Sonic can still sell on brand name alone. Just witness the many people still promising to buy it in the various Sonic threads. The faith is strong in the Wii community.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
I assume it will rule because it looks like it will be fun.
Reviews mean jack shit to me. Just one man's(and in this case, a Sonic/Sega hater) opinion.
Reviews mean jack shit to me. Just one man's(and in this case, a Sonic/Sega hater) opinion.
Magicpaint
Member
I'm not expecting this game to be awesome or anything, but I wouldn't say I'd listen to Matt's opinion regarding Sonic as a whole.
Instigator
Banned
SonicMegaDrive said:
But my point is this review, along with the other mixed ones, don't seem to matter all that much. A new, game-starved system with a promising, big-name exclusive are an overwhelming combination to many early adopters. It's like Sonic Rush all over again.
It looks like some people were waiting for highly positive reviews to shove it in the face of doubters, but otherwise, their mind was already made up.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I'm starting to hate SEGA. I've been a fan since the genesis but this gen isn't starting good for Sonic. Unless they do a radical overhaul of the series, there is no hope. They need to hand the series off to someone talented.
CurseoftheGods said:I would love for a Sonic-only game with Sonic/Shadow-like levels from SA2.
Is that too much to ask?
I know! I loved those stages in SA2, but could hardly tolerate the big ****machines you had to walk around in with Tales/Robotnik and digging around a level for 30 minutes with Knuckles/Whatsherface.
I think I've made up my mind on this game and will probably pick it up in a day or so.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Instigator said:
I don't know what you mean. All of the other reviews were mostly postive. The game has a few flaws, but they all say it's exactly what everyone was hoping for.
I doubt anybody was expecting a 9 or a 10 out of 10 type of game.
Merely 'good' Sonic will do. Much better than mediocre(Sonic Heroes), Awful(Shadow), and historically shitty(Sonic '06).
And for the record, Sonic Rush had glowing reviews. And it didn't sell very well, either. So I don't see how it's Sonic Rush all over again.
Eteric Rice
Member
Dear Sega;
It has become apparent to me that you guys have forgotten how to make a good Sonic game. That, or you've just never figured out how to make a good 3D Sonic game. Lucky you, I'm going to tell you how it should be done in a "general" sense.
1. Get the team that did F-Zero GX. These guys didn't eff around when it came to F-Zero GX, which was great (accept for the insane difficulty).
2. Completely and utterly ditch this punk band bullshit, and get a good guitarist with a good electric guitar. Get some music similar to that of Yngwie Malmsteen. You know, something to "pump you up" while running really fast. Adrenalin rush type music.
3. Make sure each level has plenty of obsticles. Don't make it where a player has to "stop" much. Mario is famous for pitfalls and shit, Sonic should be famous for spikes coming out of the ground, shit falling, etc, that he has to avoid while running at insane speeds. Timing your jumps, etc, should be a big key in these games.
4. Hedgehogs + Guns = No.
5. Hedgehog + Human = Beastiality jokes = No. Sonic should be in his own world, the only human there should be egghead.
6. In case you eff up the music, add an option to let the player use music from his SD card like Excite Truck.
Now keep in mind, I've only played like one 3D Sonic game. It's REALLY not that hard to know what would make the games good.
Your friend:
Austin
It has become apparent to me that you guys have forgotten how to make a good Sonic game. That, or you've just never figured out how to make a good 3D Sonic game. Lucky you, I'm going to tell you how it should be done in a "general" sense.
1. Get the team that did F-Zero GX. These guys didn't eff around when it came to F-Zero GX, which was great (accept for the insane difficulty).
2. Completely and utterly ditch this punk band bullshit, and get a good guitarist with a good electric guitar. Get some music similar to that of Yngwie Malmsteen. You know, something to "pump you up" while running really fast. Adrenalin rush type music.
3. Make sure each level has plenty of obsticles. Don't make it where a player has to "stop" much. Mario is famous for pitfalls and shit, Sonic should be famous for spikes coming out of the ground, shit falling, etc, that he has to avoid while running at insane speeds. Timing your jumps, etc, should be a big key in these games.
4. Hedgehogs + Guns = No.
5. Hedgehog + Human = Beastiality jokes = No. Sonic should be in his own world, the only human there should be egghead.
6. In case you eff up the music, add an option to let the player use music from his SD card like Excite Truck.
Now keep in mind, I've only played like one 3D Sonic game. It's REALLY not that hard to know what would make the games good.
Your friend:
Austin
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
D.Lo said:
6.9 and 7.4 is not good any way you look at it unless your comparing it to the 360/PS3 game. A stripping the game down to just the Sonic levels and adding Wii-mote controls is not a radical redesign. A radical redesign would a total gameplay concept shift.
This is simply the Sonic game we should have gotten years ago and its too late in the coming. If this had been released back when the gamecube/PS2/Xbox era first launched, it would have been a much better received game.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Dr. Kitty Muffins said:
o rly.
Come on guys, the reviews are NOT bad. It's obviously an above-average game. What more are you expecting out of this? It's an enjoyable, but flawed game. And Wii owners are starved for content at the moment. What's not to like?
Instigator
Banned
SonicMegaDrive said:
If people weren't expected big scores, then why the anguish and uncertainty before the reviews hit the Net? Obviously, DOA fans aren't expecting glowing reviews for their next installment of their favorite series so it doesn't matter if their game can't score a 9 or 10. Can you seriously tell me people were not hoping, or even expecting, better all-around scores for this latest Sonic?
You can still claim your own personal expectations were never that bloated, but you can not claim as much for others. There was hype, fed by previews and glowing impressions from some at E3. And hype is usually not associated with just an OK game.
Come on, you're supposed to be a Sonic fan. You know this goes beyond surpassing a string of so-so 3D titles. People remember when Sonic games used to be big deals and are hoping this latest title would at least rekindle some of that former glory.
Sonic Rush was supported with a healthy dose of hype. It wasn't just a case of people welcoming yet another good game, they wanted that one in particular to be great. Same as this game.
Just arguing, nothing personal. : )
SonicMegaDrive
Member
All right. I will say, my personal expectations were not high enough to think the game would be 10 out of 10 material. Those that were were only fooling themselves.
But of course, that doesn't matter to me, as I love lots of games that garner average/above-average reviews.
I do have high expectations for this game. From what I've seen/heard so far, it looks excellent. I'm picking my copy up in about a half hour(or whenever FedEX delivers Gamestop their supply...). I don't expect everyone to enjoy the game. Hell, I fully expect a full-on hate thread for this game any day now.
I'm just saying, people need to put these reviews in perspective for a moment. 7/10 is not bad. In fact, it's quite good. I'm just trying to remind people of this fact, before everybody starts screaming off the deep end about how Sega sucks and how Sonic games will always suck, etc etc.
Give the game a chance!
And btw, nothing wrong with a little friendly arguing.
But of course, that doesn't matter to me, as I love lots of games that garner average/above-average reviews.
I do have high expectations for this game. From what I've seen/heard so far, it looks excellent. I'm picking my copy up in about a half hour(or whenever FedEX delivers Gamestop their supply...). I don't expect everyone to enjoy the game. Hell, I fully expect a full-on hate thread for this game any day now.
I'm just saying, people need to put these reviews in perspective for a moment. 7/10 is not bad. In fact, it's quite good. I'm just trying to remind people of this fact, before everybody starts screaming off the deep end about how Sega sucks and how Sonic games will always suck, etc etc.
Give the game a chance!
And btw, nothing wrong with a little friendly arguing.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
SonicMegaDrive said:All right. I will say, my personal expectations were not high enough to think the game would be 10 out of 10 material. Those that were were only fooling themselves.
But of course, that doesn't matter to me, as I love lots of games that garner average/above-average reviews.
I do have high expectations for this game. From what I've seen/heard so far, it looks excellent. I'm picking my copy up in about a half hour(or whenever FedEX delivers Gamestop their supply...). I don't expect everyone to enjoy the game. Hell, I fully expect a full-on hate thread for this game any day now.
I'm just saying, people need to put these reviews in perspective for a moment. 7/10 is not bad. In fact, it's quite good. I'm just trying to remind people of this fact, before everybody starts screaming off the deep end about how Sega sucks and how Sonic games will always suck, etc etc.
Give the game a chance!
And btw, nothing wrong with a little friendly arguing.
Please make sure you post your impressions of the game after you've had some time with it. I'd really value it, coming from you.
Bartman3010
Banned
Oh dear, I won the game as part of a contest, but that does tempt me to buy the game.
Dammit Sega, I'd rather have the comic, not the wristband!
Dammit Sega, I'd rather have the comic, not the wristband!
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Segata Sanshiro said:
*holds the game in his hands*
Will do!
underfooter
Banned
There have been enough 80+ reviews and raving to give this a try.
Diablohead
Member
And people wonder why sonic 360 sold as many as it did, even with low scores...
Must be a sonic thing.
Must be a sonic thing.
underfooter
Banned
I just called my EBgames, and they told me they won't get it in for a week because they are Canadian. Should I start hitting the Wal-mart's and TRU's for this puppy?