[Roybertito]

I don't know if it's been posted yet, but for those doing midnight opening tonight, GameStop has a site up to find local participating stores. Also, it confirms that tonight's opening is a dual opening for both Uncharted and Sonic, so they know we're coming.

I wonder how we'll access Casino Night - I'm thinking it'll be another entry in the hub world, but we'll see.

This post has been edited by Roybertito: 31 October 2011 - 04:41 PM

[ancara]

Ya know what? a few of these tracks felt off for me, so I'll tell ya what I'll do: If you want me to, I'll do remixes/remakes of tunes you want replaced in the game.

I'm not exactly sure how you'll get 'em replaced, but I'm sure one of you knows how it works (exactly what file type does it need to be to work in there again? ). But still, since I got free time, I'm game for this madness.

Tell me what tune ya want replaced, and I'll try my best. Don't expect it done right away, but it'll be done in a reasonable time frame. Nothing could possibly go wrong with this, right?

So then......if ya got any requests, lemme know, ok?

[Trunks]

Nora Kisaragi, on 31 October 2011 - 04:21 PM, said:

They should just cancel it in my opinion but whatever.

The fuck are you babbling about? Have you played it? It plays like Sonic Rush. If you dislike Sonic Rush, I can understand, but it's absolutely far from horribad.

Also, I'm speaking as someone who has played it.

[TimmiT]

Cooljerk, on 31 October 2011 - 03:08 PM, said:

Jim Sterling is a notorious sonic hater

If he was, he wouldn't have given Sonic Colours DS and Sonic 4 Episode 1 positive reviews.

[Cooljerk]

TimmiT, on 31 October 2011 - 04:52 PM, said:

Cooljerk, on 31 October 2011 - 03:08 PM, said:

Jim Sterling is a notorious sonic hater

If he was, he wouldn't have given Sonic Colours DS and Sonic 4 Episode 1 positive reviews.

Sonic Colors DS review doesn't negate what he said about Sonic Colors Wii. Dude hates Sonic, to the point where Sega makes fun of him specifically for it.

[Mykonos]

Roybertito, on 31 October 2011 - 04:41 PM, said:

I wonder how we'll access Casino Night - I'm thinking it'll be another entry in the hub world, but we'll see.

Spoiler

It is; it has it's own little piece of music just like all of the other hub worlds.

[muteKi]

Whoever was asking, yes, CNZ is accessed from the hub world; it's got hub music like everything else.


Speaking of hub music, the hub music numbered after 12 (that is, everything prefixed with EMBB064) (which IIRC goes to the final boss area) has a couple spaces. There's nothing corresponding to 13 (EMBB065) or 17 (EMBB069). They're on either side of the music for the rival battles. 18 (EMBB070) is the CNZ hub music.

This may not mean anything, but it could mean they're reserving these things for additional DLC. Either way, 13 might have been associated with a rival battle from the classic era given that Metal Sonic has 14 (EMBB066); 17 could have been a stage or another rival battle, from the modern area then if the latter.

Lending plausibility to the "scrapped/DLC rival battles" is that each era has exactly one other notable rival battle, featuring a character introduced during it at least. Hmmm...

[TimmiT]

Cooljerk, on 31 October 2011 - 05:00 PM, said:

TimmiT, on 31 October 2011 - 04:52 PM, said:

Cooljerk, on 31 October 2011 - 03:08 PM, said:

Jim Sterling is a notorious sonic hater

If he was, he wouldn't have given Sonic Colours DS and Sonic 4 Episode 1 positive reviews.

Sonic Colors DS review doesn't negate what he said about Sonic Colors Wii. Dude hates Sonic, to the point where Sega makes fun of him specifically for it.

Or he just didn't like Colors Wii, and believe it or not, there are valid reasons for someone to not like the game. SEGA trolled him already before he did the review.

Anyway, this is getting off-topic. A question for those that spoiled the game for themselves already: is there a CGI intro? The trailers seem to show clips of it but I can't find it on Youtube.

This post has been edited by TimmiT: 31 October 2011 - 05:06 PM

[Josh]

Regarding the low review scores... look, the way Kirby's Return to Dreamland has been received has really taught me something about the modern mainstream game reviewers. The vast majority of them praised the gameplay and nostalgia, but compared the game very unfavorably to, of all things, Kirby's Epic Yarn. They said that RtD was lacking in originality compared to the Kirby spinoff games like Mass Attack and whatnot, implying that it's just not enough for a game to be a good platformer nowadays.

Action platformers -- Sonic games -- are my favorite genre to this day. But among the reviewers (and, I'd assume, a large subset of the younger gaming crowd), it's seen as outdated and old just by the virtue of its genre. And most of those reviewers, especially here in America, might not be nearly as nostalgic for Sonic as they are for Mario (whose NSMB games have gotten really favorable scores in spite of being retro throwbacks). So while I'd like to see it getting 9s, and for me personally it'll probably be UnendingOrgasm/10, that its getting mostly 8s is a great indication of how awesome it is.

[Vangar]

Polygon Jim, on 31 October 2011 - 01:00 PM, said:

Never fear, Amy Rose is here...

Did you rip that out of Generations already?!

Well done.

[Lanzer]

Vangar, on 31 October 2011 - 05:42 PM, said:

Polygon Jim, on 31 October 2011 - 01:00 PM, said:

*image*
Never fear, Amy Rose is here...

Did you rip that out of Generations already?!

Well done.

Oh yeah I overlooked that when the whole review babble was going on. What are you up to 'jim?...

[Dark Sonic]

You know what disappoints me about this game's cutscenes? They could have poked so much more fun at the continuity of the series then they did. Like I like how they mentioned saving genies from magic books and intersteller amusement parks. But I mean, come on. They could have had modern Sonic fuck up the Egg wrecking ball fight for classic Sonic, they could have had modern Sonic simply groan at Shadow being an idiot in that second cutscene after that boss since he knows what happens. Robotnik could have gotten ticked off by modern Sonic calling him Eggman. Hell they could have been confused as to all hell what Crisis City is. But most cutscenes simply take place in that white abyss. Hell, Classic tails just shows up out of no where to my knowledge. Where did he come from?

Beyond that though, I want this game. Why is it not tomorrow?

One odd thing I noticed though. They're using the SA2 Eggman theme in this game instead of the 06 one, funny considering not only has it been used for all "modern" games but at the same time it's played outside the boss gate for the egg dragoon, a game which used the 06 eggman theme.

[Ayu Tsukimiya]

Vangar, on 31 October 2011 - 05:42 PM, said:

Polygon Jim, on 31 October 2011 - 01:00 PM, said:

*Amy's Rapeface*
Never fear, Amy Rose is here...

Did you rip that out of Generations already?!

Well done.

That reminds me, what are the chances of SEGA adding some other characters to be playable via DLC in the future?

[Demi]

Dark Sonic, on 31 October 2011 - 05:46 PM, said:

words

I will fucking murder you.

This post has been edited by Demi: 31 October 2011 - 05:55 PM

[Kharen]

So, not sure if this counts for a spoiler since we already know about the intro, but I'm going to play it safe...

Spoiler

I saw a playthough of the final boss, and afterwards it had Sonic and Co. reappear at the party, with Sonic making a comment about how his chili dog wasn't even cold. Can anybody imagine Eggman's version of the same concept? I can see it now...

Eggman leaves through the time portal with his newest fiendish plot to rid himself of that blasted hedgehog once and for all...

-----3 SECONDS LATER-----

Orbot: I have to say, that has to be a new record, Doctor. Were you even trying this time?