Sonic X Shadow Generations thread, movie level out now

Biolizard, Black Doom, and Metal Overlord. And with it looking like we'll get post Gens levels and one of them looking like it's from Forces perhaps Infinite may be a boss if we're getting more than 3.

 

I'm impressed by how much they seemingly have packed in here.

That said, I'm not 100% convinced all those are new levels -- chaos island obviously is a surprise, and all the shit going on with radical highway presents it as totally warped by Doom and/or time distortion, but both those Industrial indoor sections look like they could be part of something else, either radical highway or rail canyon, I think saying for sure that one is the Sonic Forces city or another is Dusty Desert (or indeed any desert at all) is jumping to conclusions.

Also, I'm really wondering how many bosses they're putting in here. It would be hilarious if they did one per stage, and got the count higher than base Generations (at least, not counting the rival fights).

EDIT: Okay, upon closer inspection, that really is exactly what the Forces city looks like.

 

How are you so awesome?
Like, is that even necessary?

 

Definitely love the vibes of this trailer, this is looking like an incredible treat of a year for Adventure/Shadow fans.

I personally wasn't crazy about the Doom powers since the beginning, Doom Wings looked more cringe to me than cool when first revealed.

In regards to the specifics from the trailer: I like Doom Spears and Blast, but Morph and Wing doesn't look too fun to me. Something just seemed too off/slow/limiting in the gameplay. Doom Surf looked more fun. Hopefully they make these abilities fun to use, and that they enhance replayability.

 

Okay, I'm willing to believe Forces city is part of this, assuming they didn't just go nuts with asset reuse from the underground parts for Radical Highway (though it doesn’t look time-warped enough for that anyway). But there's two tunnels that I don't recognize. One has cold lighting and platforms that resemble the ones Frontiers's cyber city uses with it's nighttime lighting, and one is warmer, with segmented orange and beige pillars. I'm trying to think what game these could possibly be trying to evoke, and why they look neither like each other (I could be convinced it's simply a lighting difference) nor seemingly belong to an existing stage we know of.

Also, wow this game really likes it's wide rectangular hallways doesn't it

 

Damnit, am I gonna have to buy Generations a third time? Hope my library stocks it quickly.

 

Feeling like Chaos Island is here because Ian’s about to tie this to Frontiers with the Black Arms be a divergent evolution from the Ancients. I think the design language between the two is close enough that you could sell it, and it’d certainly contextualise Shadow’s Chaos powers further.

That said, the Forces Death Egg Robot being there means that Shadow has definitely been thrown into the future, so hopefully they do something with that. Regardless, playing Chaos Island as a traditional level will certainly be interesting.

 

After seeing Chaos Island I'm kinda hoping Shadow ends up fighting Knight. Especially since, prior to TFH, that was my favorite boss in the game.

 

They said "You WILL like Shadow The Hedgehog (2005), we don't care if you find it edgy and tryhard"

 

I'm pretty sure that the desert level is supposed to be Arsenal Pyramid - you can see Forces-style Egg Pawns in it.

 

Cannot wait for all of the ways Flynn is gonna try and make sense of the """lore""" here.

 

Except that Arsenal Pyramid has an entirely mechanical interior, with only the exterior being desert like. And Shadow never went there in Episode Shadow.

 

I was thinking it would be pretty funny if you see Super Sonic flying around fighting Knight at random points in the level and maybe you have to dodge the debris that they're leaving behind

 

Omega is here

 

Finally had a chance to sit down at my PC and look closer at the unknown areas.

Yeah, it's all just part of the Forces city. Spoilered for big images:

Spoiler

Look close at the tiling on the floor here. I didn't immediately clock it as Forces, but it's consistent with the dark hallway at the back there, which we see...

...right here, and you probably CAN recognize the orange and grate covering as being from that city...

...because that's the same area where we clock it in this third image.

So I am now very certain...

...that this area is more of the same. That scaffolding is what the platforms in Forces typically look like, that get spammed in enemy territory and the secret/bonus acts.

SEGA really played 5D chess in 2011 when they didn't put Omega in Sonic Generations, knowing he was needed elsewhere.

 

Those Doom powers got me wondering...

what if they reveal Black Doom is a Wisp

(they need to do it. that would make people SO mad. it would be so fucking funny)

 

I would unironically love this.

The Wisps are all different colors, but there is no Black Wisp, I don't believe.

 

By the way back on the LRG Collector's Edition; They messed up Shadow's sock cover thingy

Literal garbage 0/10.

 

Not that I blame you for not knowing.

 

Dangit. I knew I should have Googled first just to be sure. LOL