You have my sword. 60 fps blue spheres without the nerve-racking frame stops at high speeds is glorious
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Sonic Mania review thread
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You have my sword. 60 fps blue spheres without the nerve-racking frame stops at high speeds is glorious
Outside of the writing, Chronicles felt like had no love put into it. That is the biggest sin of the game. Chronicles is cheap, lifeless, ugly, and all-around a horrible game. Even the series worst titles like Sonic 06 and Shadow had more HEART put into them than Chronicles.
....That is just sad.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Note the studios I mention in the final portion.
Insomniac: Known for making quality family-friendly titles. Could make a really great Tails-centeric adventure game using his tools across the Sonic series.
Platinum Games: Perfect fit for a Shadow or Knuckles-focused beat em' up. Just imaging Knuckles fighting a massive Death Egg Robot with a rock version of his SA2 theme playing? Pure gold waiting to happen.
Inti-Crates: Good fit for a Metroidvanna styled adventure with Eggman. The evil genius using his Egg Pawns and other Badnicks to explore a large location could be quite fun!
I don't think we need a character-action Sonic game.
Just spit-balling ideas. Some of them could clearly suck, but again, just sharing ideas.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
And yet it still got a 7. That's how good the game is.
MehsterChief
Member
Not my type of game, but I'm glad it's getting good scores. Sonic fans had to endure a lot over the years.
Only if you haven't been keeping tabs on the developers and the previews! This is very much the outcome that was deserved.
Though even I expected more polygon level reviews where the reviewer doesn't seem to gel with the genre.
Knux fighting hordes of badniks sounds great though. Ever since sonic battle I wondered just how strong he was since there he was pitching boulders like softballs. I think he deserves a game that plays to his strengths that's not tied to the chaotix.
MiamiWesker
Member
I'm so happy, replayed the Genesis sonics in prep for this. I am ready.
Dangerblade
Member
MetalSlug
Member
If you make a US account to redeem it, it will work without any issues.
You don't need to play the game on that account, just have it on your system
So if he made a US account and redeemed it, then he could play Sonic Mania on his UK account? He would just need to have a US account idle on his system?
TheExecutive
Member
What in the holy hell is happening? A good Sonic game? I am actually shocked.
He won't even need the US account anymore after the purchase, he can just delete it. The game will account as downloaded everywhere.
Might as well let it stay though, in case he'll need it on another occasion.
DragonKnight
Member
Anyone know if this is going up on US eshop at 9pm or midnight tonight?
EST times btw
EST times btw
MetalSlug
Member
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I think some of you forgot the positive reviews for Sonic Generations.
I think some of you forgot it existed.
I think some of you forgot it existed.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Ugh want this badly since it's good, but man I've spent so much money on IRL shit I needed to do this month. Was trying to hold off on spending on entertainment this month cause of it. :/
I try to bury its existence everyday.
It's a game in the style of Sonic 1/CD/2/3&K. Is it that surprising it turned out good?
AzureSkies
Member
Yep!
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Why?
I hated it. Uninspired, poor level design and bad physics.
Can't wait to kick it in the Hamptons by pool and play me some Sonic on Switch. It's going to be a great week.
20fps for 2D Sonic levels should never happen. (Yes you read that right. Twenty frames per second 2d platforming stages).
20fps for 2D Sonic levels should never happen. (Yes you read that right. Twenty frames per second 2d platforming stages).
App Trigger "Longtime Sonic fans will no doubt find some value here, but everyone else is better off playing more modern takes on the genre."
Which modern takes? Has there been a good 3d sonic game in the past decade?
I'll need to pick up mania later this year when I have more time.
Which modern takes? Has there been a good 3d sonic game in the past decade?
I'll need to pick up mania later this year when I have more time.
TheDinoman
Member
A lot of people see the words "Sonic" in the title and simply assume it's gonna be dreck because of that, lol.
BTW, you should of said "It's a game in the style of Sonic 1/CD/2/3&K NOT made by Sonic Team/DIMPS and instead by passionate fan creators who have proven their worth in the past and actually know what the fuck they're doing". If this game was being made by those two companies I mentioned I definitely would of been hugely apprehensive about it, but once I saw Christian Whitehead and the likes show up in the original reveal trailer, I literally had no worries about this project.
A lot of people saying "HOLY SMOKES, A NEW GOOD SONIC GAME?" are probably non-fans who never heard of Taxman and Stealth and I guess assumed this was just some Sonic 4 type of thing.
Colors was good.
I was actually very impressed by some of the level design in Generations. I thought it managed to be a decent game, despite not really playing like the classics like it was supposed to. It's better than anything that's come before or since in recent years, excluding Mania obviously. Colours, Lost World and probably Forces have terrible 2D levels, but Classic Sonic in Gens was alright
I actually may have been mistaken. It may have been 30fps on consoles, but because it's sonic and it moves so fast, it feels like 20.
I agree with you. Actually, really every Sonic game should be 60fps period. The games are all about fluid motion. There's never an instance where having better graphics is a better artistic choice because sonic should be able to quickly run past most things anyway. 60fps should always be the target for this series.
Nah bra, I'm not going persecute you just because you hold a differing opinion, but I must respectfully dissagree. Sky Sanctuary is my favorite 2d/3d stage period because of that game and I really think they did it justice.
perfectchaos007
Member
If there is a physical version of a game, I almost always go physical. This is the first digital only game worth buying on the Switch*
*Just my personal opinion based on my tastes
Metal Slug am cry.
I haven't been following the other game. Are there 2D stages there too?
Yeah, it'll be like Generations. It even has "Classic Sonic" as a playable character with his own levels.
From what we've seen, it's mostly entirely 2D...
So far, we've seen three 2D stages (one classic, two OC), a 2D boss fight and one modern Sonic stage that starts off 3D, then turns into a 2D stage halfway through.
Nah, that guy's landed a job and Nintendo have their own 2D Metroid on the way
TheDinoman
Member
For one thing, DoctorM64 just got hired at Moon Studios, the people behind the Ori games.
Secondly, they don't really need to. Samus Returns is looking pretty good outside of the amiibo nonsense, so I don't think Nintendo and Sakamoto have completely lost the plot with 2D Metroid like how Sega and Sonic Team have with Sonic
It's surprising they actually followed through on this premise.
theaffection
Member
This game is essentially a romhack
A sexy beautiful romhack <3
A sexy beautiful romhack <3
Both avatar stages do have 3D(ish) segments - the Green Hill looking one ends with a chase sequence, and we've seen Park Avenue has lengthy 3D portions. Switching between 2D and 3D is fairly standard for Modern Sonic at least.
ss_lemonade
Member
How's the Switch port? 1080p60 docked I hope?
Generations is a 3d game, with 2d platform elements. It was probably too taxing for the consoles. PC port is great though, I think it even supports > 60fps for high refresh rate monitors.
Generations is a 3d game, with 2d platform elements. It was probably too taxing for the consoles. PC port is great though, I think it even supports > 60fps for high refresh rate monitors.