[SpeedStarTMQ]

I know you're not basing it on anything, but I would sincerely hope that SEGA would be smart enough to not do that.

Not only does that make 0 sense in terms of actual time travel (Surely Sonic would just disappear in Sonic CD if the length of time he travelled back in affected his being), but I want either ALL or NOTHING. SEGA aren't going to tease us with a classic Sonic in 2D only to bring back them switching between Modern Sonic again. Generations should be a one off- they don't need to keep switching them all the time. They should make a game as either Classic or Modern and leave it at that.

Also, inb4 it's a game story and principles of time don't matter.

This post has been edited by SpeedStarTMQ: 28 January 2012 - 02:09 PM

[KeebeeNacho]

Ya know guys, I feel really bad for actually looking forward to this. Especially since we really don't know much of anything about it.

I just hope that the iPhone version won't look like complete garbage, even compared to how bad the console versions were.

[Arique]

We're already up to 30 pages and the game hasn't even been fully revealed yet. What the fucking fuck.

Anyways, yeah, I'm also looking forward to this. Haters gonna hate, but after playing Sonic Generations 3DS with the semi-revised physics, I'm ready for anything Dimps throws at me now.

[steveswede]

Arique, on 28 January 2012 - 09:01 PM, said:

Anyways, yeah, I'm also looking forward to this. Haters gonna hate, but after playing Sonic Generations 3DS with the semi-revised physics, I'm ready for anything Dimps throws at me now.

LOL I'm going to say that you should check out that Zero Punctuation video on the front page about how Sonic fans react to new games before they even play them.

Personally I would just wait and see what they actually release. The Sonic Team got alot of constructive criticism (referring to that info at that meeting with Ken and Ruby) from Episode 1 so lets find out if they did listen.

[Glaber]

after S4E1 I'm not looking forward to this game, but I'm still keeping an eye on it just in case it plays better.

[Hero Of Fate]

If Dimps uses their Classic Sonic physics engine for Sonic 4: Episode 2, we don't have much to worry about. I don't really care about the rehashing as long as it plays well.

[Nova]

I'm cautiously excited. I'm hoping for, as Balough said, a fresh experience that's a change from Episode 1 for the better. If, like we've been told, they truly have listened to the fans and taken criticism on board, this could be great.

On the other hand, as soon as screenshots or trailers show this to be another rehash collection or physics-lite shitfest, my money is going elsewhere and so should yours.

[jasonchrist]

Nova, on 29 January 2012 - 07:11 AM, said:

On the other hand, as soon as screenshots or trailers show this to be another rehash collection or physics-lite shitfest, my money is going elsewhere and so should yours.

It had better! I don't mind people who genuinely like Sonic 4, but people who hate it AND buy it anyway (several times) piss me off. Not only do they have no principles or standards, but they're giving Sega an incentive to make more of the same shite, thus postponing any real chance we have of a truly classic sequel.

Sonic CD topping the PSN sales charts I hope will wake Sega up. Damn, I can't believe we were so close to playing actual new classic zones (desert dash/final fever).

[AuroraRedwinters]

The smart thing to do would be to incorporate those trashed levels into the Sonic 4 episodes. It would be a win-win.

[Lambda]

Honestly, I hope we don't get a desert level... they always seem so boring...

[Blue Blood]

Lambda, on 29 January 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

Honestly, I hope we don't get a desert level... they always seem so boring...

Take that back.


An American desert stage would be really cool.

This post has been edited by Blue Blood: 29 January 2012 - 11:03 AM

[Lambda]

Blue Blood, on 29 January 2012 - 11:02 AM, said:

Lambda, on 29 January 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

Honestly, I hope we don't get a desert level... they always seem so boring...

Take that back.


An American desert stage would be really cool.

That looks alright, though the level design seems alot like generic Dimps to me. There's nothing that makes that a desert level, besides the fact that there are cactuses in the background and those weird lasso things. The level design seems more like a rollercoaster built in a desert rather than an actual desert level... dunno... there's like, nothing exciting about deserts. They're just... sand.

I mean, if they followed a goldrush/canyon theme, I guess it'd be pretty cool, but the level design would have to play off of that, and there'd need to be some good gimmicks. I think it could be done... but it's just difficult to make flat, hot, dry plains of sand exciting... at least, to me...

[AuroraRedwinters]

Just imagine Sonic getting chased by a giant tumbleweed.

Or a cactus-shaped badnik trying to poke Sonic's spikey butt.

It'd be fun.

[GeneHF]

Lambda, on 29 January 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

Blue Blood, on 29 January 2012 - 11:02 AM, said:

Lambda, on 29 January 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

Honestly, I hope we don't get a desert level... they always seem so boring...

Take that back.
(snip)

An American desert stage would be really cool.

That looks alright, though the level design seems alot like generic Dimps--

Backbone Entertainment did the Rivals games.

Swing and a miss.

[Blue Blood]

GeneHF, on 29 January 2012 - 12:48 PM, said:

Lambda, on 29 January 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

That looks alright, though the level design seems alot like generic Dimps--

Backbone Entertainment did the Rivals games.

Swing and a miss.

Lol, well the point of it anyway is that the desert trope in Sonic games is pretty under-developed. They tend to all look fairly similar and be styled after Egypt. Frontier Canyon is another spin on it, but there's plenty of other potential variations available too. There's no reason they all have to be "just sand".

This post has been edited by Blue Blood: 29 January 2012 - 12:57 PM