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Of course it doesn't look dark at all, but considering Sonic's history, I'll expect the worst.

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I'd only go for bomba price for a Sonic game even without these "news".

The franchise has long moved away from that direction ever since Sonic 06 bombed though... and that was 7 years ago almost!

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To be fair with you, I don't pay full price for Sonic games either.

 

[D_prOdigy]

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE

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[BarrettW]

Darker than trying to stick it in a human female?

 

[SuicidalSteve]

These are dark times...

 

[SneakyStephan]

These are dark times...

Looks like the recent pc screenshot thread screenshots of people shitting on the game with sweetfx

 

[Winterfang]

Even darker than guns (Shadow) and bestiality (2006)?

I never got the bestiality thing. It was just one kiss, a very play out trope of magical girl bring someone from the death with an expression of love. (a kiss, a tear drop).

Sure the sexual tension between Sonic and Elize got downright uncomfortable at the time but the kiss never felt dirty to me.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Sonic and MGSV to be competing games about child soldiers.

 

[SuicidalSteve]

Looks like the recent pc screenshot thread screenshots of people shitting on the game with sweetfx

"Realistic lighting mod" this or "Instagram filter" that!

 

[Piers]

The villains are rather blunt in dialogue but I wouldn't say this game is anything dark, especially against SA2/Shadow/2006.

 

[Darryl]

these lines coming from those villains wouldn't necessarily sound dark at all

 

[mrmickfran]

PERSONA!!!!

 

[Shizzlee]

Sonic and MGSV to be competing games about child soldiers.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Soundtrack by The Rasmus.

 

[fallagin]

God, I hope its sonic that says all of those things. I just want sonic to be a dick the whole time.

 

[pants]

Always the thing with Sonic, great leaps forward in Colors and Generations ... 100000000000000000 paces back to satisfy some marketing wanker.

 

[RangerX]

I'm not sure that kind of dialogue fits into a sonic game. Honestly i preferred it when there was no dialogue whatsoever.

 

[Mango The Magician]

Those lines aren't actually that dark or out-of-place for Sonic games... :/

 

[Easy_D]

These are dark times...

Haha, looks like a 90s render now.

 

[Dusk Golem]

I think I was more surprised at the end of Sonic Unleashed, when the final boss upon defeat starts oozing and spurting out gratuitous amounts of green blood.

The game mostly seems like a children's story through most of it, with the Pixar-esque characters, the dialogue between Sonic and Chip, and a general lightheartedness, so the final boss just suddenly splurging blood everywhere seemed kind of out of place.

 

[Law Abiding Stranger]

Oh god Sega what are you doing, it's exactly like in this parody (NSFW just in case).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY_I0ubL6E0#t=0m33s

 

[Black Republican]

“You're going home in a box"

Someone stealing Knuckles' lines

 

[Hot Coldman]

I love how this has sent awkwardsonicphotos into a full fucking meltdown.

 

[Dusk Golem]

I love how this has sent awkwardsonicphotos into a full fucking meltdown.

 

[bobbychalkers]

Sonic and MGSV to be competing games about child soldiers.

Super hardcore Sonic fans are an odd bunch...

 

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I think I was more surprised at the end of Sonic Unleashed, when the final boss upon defeat starts oozing and spurting out gratuitous amounts of green blood.

The game mostly seems like a children's story through most of it, with the Pixar-esque characters, the dialogue between Sonic and Chip, and a general lightheartedness, so the final boss just suddenly splurging blood everywhere seemed kind of out of place.

Kirby Dreamland 3 took it to another level.

 

[Arc Christelle]

Kirby Dreamland 3 took it to another level.

One of my favorites.

 

[Aostia]

so, will he be in the game?

 

[Kade]

:lol

 

[AzureSkies]

Boosting to win bottomless pit bullshit? If the game is so simple that you win by boosting, why do you care for bottomless pits? I can't stand the crybabys that always show up in Sonic threads complaining that the games played themselves, only to complain about being killed by bottomless pits. If you were playing well you wouldn't even fall into the pits to begin with and I can tell you, Sonic Rush is definitely not an easy game to S-rank.

The game just isn't fun, it's practically based around the boosting mechanic alongside a sprinkle of cheap bottomless pits placed for the sake of it.

By no means am I claiming that the Sonic series sucks, hell it's one of my favorite gaming series. I'm just claiming that Sonic Rush is a poorly designed game that isn't fun to play. But sure, take it as me ripping on the series as a whole. There's just no denying that Dimps at one point had an obsession with bottomless pits (Advance games also suffer from this badly) and holding right (Advance 2 and Rush instantly come to mind).

 

[MrT-Tar]

This is probably just standard Saturday morning cartoon stuff, but in theory I guess it could be like Pokemon; ie much darker when you realise it is all about children capturing wild animals and forcing them into cockfights with other 'trainers' and essentially terrorist organisations.