_Alkaline_
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M_Night said:
Yeah, it's an experience hearing it in-game.
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Sonic Colors |OT| of AWESOME! OUTSTANDING! AMAZING! CUBE! And Very High Reviews
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Yeah, it's an experience hearing it in-game.
Just played and beat this. Was kind of turned off by the Saturday Morning Cartooness, but I guess anything is better than the seriousness of 06 and ShTH, also no f-ing chip.
Sorta wished there was a
, but there was something nice about
Glad I played it, but also I glad I didn't pay 50 for it. Decent game, which is good for Sonic.
Sorta wished there was a
Super-Sonic final boss fight
a simple Sonic vs EggmanRobotnik final boss
Glad I played it, but also I glad I didn't pay 50 for it. Decent game, which is good for Sonic.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
Khold said:
Sonic games have had a LOT of those types of bossfights, though, and they usually end up equating to a shitty minigame that drags on way too long. None of them have ever been as cool as Doomsday Zone. It's way better that the game DOESN'T end on a "And then Eggman pays for his hubris and you fight the TRUE enemy!" note, like every other Sonic game in the last 10 years has.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Oh god yes, its nice they didn't go with that angle as well.Sega1991 said:
Ninja Moomin
Banned
Finally got around to playing this...
Best Sonic game in years... washes away most of the bad taste left by, well, pretty much everything from the Heroes / Shadow era onward.
Can;t wait to play more tonight
Best Sonic game in years... washes away most of the bad taste left by, well, pretty much everything from the Heroes / Shadow era onward.
Can;t wait to play more tonight
Feels like a necro bump but I don't feel like making a lttp though...
The game got a price cut not so long ago so I decided to give it a go.
Impressive doesn't quite cut it here!
It starts right off the bat and then it goes on like nothing happened.
I understand why people say that it's really the best Sonic in ages....because it really is.
It's beautiful, colorful...now if the cutscenes didn't assume I was 5 yo that would perfect...
The game got a price cut not so long ago so I decided to give it a go.
Impressive doesn't quite cut it here!
It starts right off the bat and then it goes on like nothing happened.
I understand why people say that it's really the best Sonic in ages....because it really is.
It's beautiful, colorful...now if the cutscenes didn't assume I was 5 yo that would perfect...
Seven Force
Banned
To be fair, Sega outright said the game was geared more towards younger audiences (Younger than usual, anyway) as far as the plot/writing was concerned.Mael said:
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Mael said:
It really is the best Sonic SEGA has produced in ages. I know people jibe "Well that's not saying much!", but it really is a great game! ^_^
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
I was going to make a LTTP thread but might aswell post impressions here. Coming off Unleashed which I thought had potential but ultimately failed (day time), I was weary reading comments about this game being amazing. I thought the Unleashed style of gameplay just couldn't work. Boy was I wrong.
Plays very very good. SEGA were also smart to include temporary power-ups like Mario instead of characters with different gameplay. I do agree with the people that say the levels aren't as 'epic' as Unleashes but there's no doubt they're better here.
One thing that caught me off guard was the soundtrack. Every Sonic game has an outstanding soundtrack but I didn't expect Colours to be so good. Planet Wisp and Aquarium Park stand out in particular. If I hadn't played Colours, I doubt i'd have been hyped for Generations.
Plays very very good. SEGA were also smart to include temporary power-ups like Mario instead of characters with different gameplay. I do agree with the people that say the levels aren't as 'epic' as Unleashes but there's no doubt they're better here.
One thing that caught me off guard was the soundtrack. Every Sonic game has an outstanding soundtrack but I didn't expect Colours to be so good. Planet Wisp and Aquarium Park stand out in particular. If I hadn't played Colours, I doubt i'd have been hyped for Generations.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
I just purchased Sonic Colors for $20. Hope its worth it guys.
From what I've played though, it seems pretty good. I'm just ignoring the "humor" and voices, as their both pretty bad.
From what I've played though, it seems pretty good. I'm just ignoring the "humor" and voices, as their both pretty bad.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
This is a game about a blue hedgehog running at the speed of sound or whatever trying to thwart the plans of an obese mad scientist. I think such plots are more appropriate to Sonic than the shit we have had before.Lucky Number Seven Force said:
RobbieNick
Junior Member
IceDoesntHelp said:
Listen to Eggman's PA announcements. That's where the true humor lies.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Okay...I'm on Sweet Mountain, and the lollipop swings or whatever the hell you wanna call them, rarely work like they're suppose to. Am I missing something?
God, I always have troubles with Sonic games, why do I even play them ;_;
God, I always have troubles with Sonic games, why do I even play them ;_;
Nocturnowl
Member
Boost into them for the easiest way of dealing with themIceDoesntHelp said:
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
[Nintex] said:
Colors is the best update to Sonic so far. Part of it is that it really expands the gameplay in ways that work - the new power up concepts are fantastic.
There's also the issue of level design. Generations' premise is its weak point - Modern Sonic's levels are mostly 3D, since it wouldn't make sense to have too much 2D in them. That's what classic Sonic is for.
The stages in Colors are much better balanced, than the modern Sonic stages in Generations. 3D is only used as a bridge between the meaty, in depth 2D sections, or when there's a genuinely great idea for a 3D segment.
Plus Colors has fresh, creative new zone ideas that are generally better than the new themes in post Genesis Sonics. The zones in Colors have that colorful, abstract, baroque personality like the Genesis games.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Yeah, as much as Generations looks like a complete love letter to the series, Colors feels like the first good evolution of the franchise since the Dreamcast. I don't know how they avoided fucking up the Wisps, but they made it work.
The_Technomancer said:
They seemed like an evolution of the power ups in Sonic 3 and Knuckles. While being as such, they never undermine the core element of what makes Sonic good, and helped to bring back and enhance the element of exploration that had been missing from the more modern games (and Generations Modern Sonic, really). My only issue with Colors is that Sonic always feels a little stiff, and that in some ways it could become a bit too puzzle solving at times. It's still, at least to me, the best Sonic game of this generation. Generations is also hurt that because it's a compilation 'best of' that it doesn't have it's own voice. It's a mish mash of eras in Sonic that are stylistically separate from one another, and it makes everything feel very disconnected.
Late to the party, I got the game for cheap (for local prices standart), and the most surprising thing for me are the wisp powers, and the fact you can unlock new tracks for red coins, it adds a new layer of deepness in Sonic games, the game is visually stuning, but there is a certain abuse with play-itself segments, I've unlocked only 2 worlds, and they are great, and I agree with you guys, this evolution of the Sonic formula actually worked and should be implemented and expanded in future releases.
I'd wish they could implemented at least 1 classic Green Hill stage though, I miss the grass in my Colors.
Great game so far, buy it!
I'd wish they could implemented at least 1 classic Green Hill stage though, I miss the grass in my Colors.
Great game so far, buy it!
You will love the third planet. And many of the unlockable stages are based off of Sonic 1 level layouts.
Colors is excellent and the wisps do add a new layer to the game, though there are more than a few questionable uses of them. Still, it's much better than how they implemented it in Generations in the last two levels. Here's hoping something comes of that Sonic Dimensions rumor.
TwiztidElf
Member
I slightly prefer Colours over Generations. Both are great games though.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I enjoyed this a lot on the wii. I imagine it could look great on Dolphin. Since I finally got a gaming pc, I want to see for myself. Any recommended settings or something I should know?
If you've really got the CPU beef, there's a Gameshark/Action Replay/whatever code that bumps the game's framerate up to 60fps.
https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Sonic_Colors#60FPS