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Sonic boom (another sonic game)
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06-02-2014 9:16pm#1It would appear that the third game to be produced as part of Nintendo’s worldwide partnership with SEGA has emerged.
This will be a tie-in with their computer generated animated series of the same name, described by the publisher as a “character driven comedy.”
It will see the central characters of the series (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy) once again undergo a significant redesign, with the accompanying game being exclusive to Wii U and 3DS. Thankfully, we can catch our first glimpse of it in action below, revealing that all four characters will be playable whilst putting their own individual set of skills to use.
It’s a mix of traditional platforming elements with levels geared around Sonic and pals speeding through environments. The most surprising thing? It is not being developed by Sonic Team, instead being handled externally by Big Red Button Entertainment.
Oh sega. Just let sonic die. Its embarrassing. There hasn't been a really really good sonic game since the first rush game. Generations and colours aren't bad, but still.1
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Nintendo and sega, give us shenmue 3 instead.
The new art is really bad on the characters. Dude bro knuckles, Amy has lost her goofy stalker charms and sonics ****ing scarf. They also have a bang of dream works off them, the promotional material has them doing the obnoxious dreamworks eyes.
Then to add insult to injury the use dubstep, the music of the Neanderthals.
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I might be the only one to look at this and go. *huh* I can dig it. The series has been experimenting with different gameplay for how many titles now? I can give someone new the chance to do something with it and honestly it's nowhere near as awful as giving him a gun or a sword or such nonsense we've already endured.
to be fair I like the new Eggman design they've brought back a bit of the teddy roosevelt inspiration and thrown in a circus master flair to it.
Tails is pretty much the same with some clothing added which frankly is the third or fourth time he's been given goggles etc and every time it gets the thumbs up but sega has never stuck with it.
Sonic, meh, scarf doesnt bother me, they've trimmed his spikes a bit and in fairness with the longer legs his head doesnt look so massively oversized now.
Amy...Amy I need to wait and see how they've written her, she was at one point the surprise character that I really liked, she actually had some genuinely funny lines in Sonic Battle and as Retro put it, her crazy stalker side had a charm. If they've cut that then
but they might have given it some bite instead, going from hopeless stalker to hormone predator might be interesting.
Knuckles.
Actually Knuckles needed to be redone, his character has been a mess since sonic adventure (noble guardian clashing with the idiot who keeps getting tricked) If they've rebuilt him from the ground up then *yay* lets see if it goes anywhere interesting.
In fact this really comes down to the same question asked when they announced sonic 06.
IS THIS A FULL REBOOT?
Zeus knows the sonic franchise genuinely needs someone to press a reset button and throw out all the trash over the years and start fresh.0 -
BlitzKrieg wrote: »I might be the only one to look at this and go. *huh* I can dig it. The series has been experimenting with different gameplay for how many titles now? I can give someone new the chance to do something with it and honestly it's nowhere near as awful as giving him a gun or a sword or such nonsense we've already endured.
to be fair I like the new Eggman design they've brought back a bit of the teddy roosevelt inspiration and thrown in a circus master flair to it.
Tails is pretty much the same with some clothing added which frankly is the third or fourth time he's been given goggles etc and every time it gets the thumbs up but sega has never stuck with it.
Sonic, meh, scarf doesnt bother me, they've trimmed his spikes a bit and in fairness with the longer legs his head doesnt look so massively oversized now.
Amy...Amy I need to wait and see how they've written her, she was at one point the surprise character that I really liked, she actually had some genuinely funny lines in Sonic Battle and as Retro put it, her crazy stalker side had a charm. If they've cut that then but they might have given it some bite instead, going from hopeless stalker to hormone predator might be interesting.
Knuckles.
Actually Knuckles needed to be redone, his character has been a mess since sonic adventure (noble guardian clashing with the idiot who keeps getting tricked) If they've rebuilt him from the ground up then *yay* lets see if it goes anywhere interesting.
In fact this really comes down to the same question asked when they announced sonic 06.
IS THIS A FULL REBOOT?
Zeus knows the sonic franchise genuinely needs someone to press a reset button and throw out all the trash over the years and start fresh.
From a gameplay perspective how will they complement and contrast each other?
We all know Sonic, super speed and loop-the-loops.
Knuckles looks like a brawler strongman in this game. Lifting and moving obstacles, beating down heavily armoured enemies.
Tails is the small nimble one, maybe something like Ellie from The Last of Us, getting to otherwise inaccessible areas to open paths and provide support in fights.
Amy is, um... The one who does the thing!0 -
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I really hope they don't do that 'Three Vikings' bull**** in this game. It really didn't work in Sonic Heroes and unless you are making a deliberate puzzle game like three vikings it just slows the game down with tedious non-puzzles.
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Fantastic, the game has opted to add a crazy high-pitched badger character to the franchise's already loveable band of mascots.
On a completely unrelated note, have you ever noticed that it's quite hard to emphasise sarcasm via text alone?0 -
johnny_ultimate wrote: »Fantastic, the game has opted to add a crazy high-pitched badger character to the franchise's already loveable band of mascots.
On a completely unrelated note, have you ever noticed that it's quite hard to emphasise sarcasm via text alone?
How wild and wacky! Ah, whatever, they've been aiming for a young demographic for some time now. Let's not beat that dead horse (is that a Sonic friend?).
Yer one's expression in that still, though. Wonder if it betrays her true feelings.
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I see stage 2 of the Sonic cycle is now in effect. Stage one, fans get excited, Sega say they are bringing Sonic back to it's roots. Stage 2 new characters announced.
We all know how it ends.
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she liked Sonia when she was young
Damn I thought I was the only one!
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Retr0gamer wrote: »Damn I thought I was the only one!
Whats funny is that was a typo (instead of Sonic) but funny thing is her name is actually Sonia :pac:
Them coincidences
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So lots of info out today on Sonic Boom: http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/06/02/explanation-behind-sonics-new-look
including a good video breaking down the game design on both versions:
there was a lot of footage but turns out they didnt have permission to show it so they pulled it down
luckily I saw it. Sonic's model looks really weird in movement which can be sort of seen in some screens, his head looks like it doesnt connect to his neck. So sonic cycle continues
Overall it sounds like they are taken a cue from sonic adventure with different level types may have broken things up a lot which could work but also just as much make the game feel very unfocused and just messy. Overall I am not excited (dont own a wii u and I know the sonic cycle too well) but nothing so far has been headslammingly stupid as some previous titles (shadow & gun, everything about sonic 06)0 -
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richymcdermott wrote: »the cycle will end one day................................................................................................................................................AND.........I.......WILL...........................BE.....WAITING
Yeah, they'll give up on making sonic games!
Or at least quit making 3d ones.0 -
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