Sonic Generations Megathread

How much is the Special Edition? The GAME website says £35 but I can hardly believe it.

 

GAME's special edition is just the game and the DLC code. The 'collectors edition' with all the other extras was £75 at Amazon but it's out of stock.

 

I had the same issue with the silver controller, though I think it is the game being awkward with the controls. I never had issues with another game (if anything, it is still not precise enough and would make you roll by accident in theory).

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhIBt5LVNY8

1'41"99 - Like a boss.

 

Huh, never noticed that lower path you got to by breaking the bridge near the end.

 

Damn. I'll just wait then. All I wanted was the ring anyway. Thanks. Now to try and get the internet working on my PS3 to get that demo.

 

Jesus, I'm surprised Sonic still has skin after all that powersliding.

MULTI HEDGEHOG DRIFTING!?

 

That's infuriated me since the first demo. I'm pretty sure all the springs put you into a scripted event for a few seconds where you have little to no control, regardless of direction.

The issue of not being able to drop into a halfpipe and roll when you hit the curve is still there too. You can get it to work, but it requires you to consistently mash down on the d-pad while you're dropping onto the curve, instead of just holding down.

 

Did anyone notice that pressing circle (PS3) while on rails changes Sonic's facing direction?

 

OMFG at video :O. The bridge thing came new to me too. Man you have some skills. I just hope the achi for beat GH in 1 minute is for Classic and not this lol :D

PS3 ver is still available on amazon.de

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005LU4RTE/ref=twister_dp_update?ie=UTF8&childASIN=B005LU1Y9A

 

Nice speedrun :O

 

Haha, that actually works all the time, even when Sonic gets bored and lies down.

 

Ahead of Gamesmaster's Golden Joystick awards.
Sonic has won the award for "Outstanding Contribution"

http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/121/1210240p1.html

 

I've finally played on the new demo of Sonic Generations, and I like how Modern Sonic's Green Hill is layed out. Also the speed took me a moment to get used to, Sonic has seem to have gotten a lot faster since Unleashed; I haven't played Colours so I don't know how fast he is on that.

 

Just played the demo. After having mostly nice things to say about this game, things aren't looking so good on my end. Seeing the gameplay in action is one thing, playing it is another.

I won't mince words, I'll come out and say it, the modern gameplay is absolutely fucking wank! It's a linear shitfest where you tap buttons and see what happens, you never feel like your fully in control. The same can be said about the Classic gameplay to a lesser extent, the absolute best I can say about that is it's okay.

I love the presentation, I love the music and the graphics are gorgeous, and I have no regrets about ordering the special edition in the spirit of it being the 20th anniversary and all. But this reacquaintance with Sonic after 12 years is looking like a one time deal only sadly. If Sega ever attempt Classic Sonic gameplay again, I hope to fuck they use Taxman's engine. There's no 2 ways about it, they NEED to nail the physics. I don't give a toss about all this pretty, 2.5d stuff if it comes at the expense of solid, classic physics. I know some faggot is gonna leap on me with all the usual "still fun, who cares?" shit, but be honest, who is going to come back to this gameplay again and again and again for years to come? In 5 years, many people will still be playing the classics, and only very few of us will still be playing Generations.

The whole project is a step forward into the right direction without a doubt, it looks gorgeous and I've wanked off to it as much as anyone. But it's nowhere near there yet.

 

Still fun, who cares

 

Being lame and not owning a PS3 or 360, I'll mooch off a friend who does and get back to you on my opinions.

Congratulations, you just described every game in existence.

 

You could say the same about every first stage in Sonic 1, 2, 3, etc. Totally linear. Not too fond of that myself. The final quick step section in Act 2, for example, is boring. Just some motobugs on a long straight road of nothing. They could have at least placed some spikes there, or some other obstacles as incentive to actually use quick step. Anyway, only a fool judges an entire game by the qualities of its first level.

Yes, I do.

I might. Kids who grow up with Sonic Generations like we did with the originals certainly will.
I haven't touched the originals in years, because I've played them to death on my Mega Drive, then later again on PC when I discovered emulation. Now they are rather boring to me. I know them inside out.
But I've just been replaying Sonic Unleashed... :P

 

That was in Unleashed, as well. The only time I've ever seen it used in that game is in a special 'skip the entire stage' trick, which you can see at the start of this video:


(If you've seen this, it was been posted, like, hundreds of pages ago, that's how I found it. If you're the one who posted it initially, thanks! His runs are freaking insane.)

And speaking of Windmill Isle, the more I play Modern GHZ, the more it feels like Act 1 and Act 2 combined. It starts off in a pretty narrow space, uses a lot of "Home attack enemies!" to bridge the gap, most platforming segments have shortcuts that skip them in the form of a 2D grindrail, the caves are like Act 2's rails, where they use orange hoops to boost you to other rails so that you don't die at the end, it's got that whole "Press Circle to Slide!" followed by ANOTHER "Press Circle to Slide!", and the whole act ends with a quick step section ala Act 1.

The game is said to be built on top of Unleashed, which makes sense as it's this game's closest HD counterpart... Anyone notice any similarities between other stages and Unleashed stages...?

 

I notice some similarities between Rooftop Run in Generations and Rooftop Run in Unleashed.