Sonic Generations Megathread

That's a relief. For awhile I was afraid Elise would show her ugly mug.

 

I will say the level list does disappoint me a bit. Not a single ice level or Sonic CD. I was hoping the S3K level (since now it is one game...) would be Hydrocity Zone or Lava Reef Zone. Well hopefully the DLC is cheap... Elemental shields being back does please me though. I hope they are in every classic sonic level.

 

Believe me or not, there's nothing about Sonic Generations in the Tech Lounge at all.

 

This game covers more than just city tropes, guys.

If you're going to make the argument that just because a level takes place in a city it makes it a city trope, I would kindly point you towards Sonic World Adventure, where 80% of the levels were "City tropes", just in different locations. Mazuri felt like a jungle, empire city felt like that aerial level, etc. etc.

Let's look at the tropes in this game.

Green Hill (Sonic 1): Hill/valley trope
Chemical Plant (Sonic 2): Under Water/interior base trope
Sky Sanctuary (S3&K): Aerial trope
Speed Highway (SA1): Highway trope / City if Area 3 is in it (Highway levels alone don't count as cities. the Adventure series is full of these.)
City Escape (SA2): City trope
Seaside Hill (Heroes): Sea level trope
Crisis City (2006): Fire level trope. Seriously guys. You're going to be seeing fire, fire, and more fire. And tornados.
Rooftop Run (Unleashed): City trope
Planet Wisp (Colors): Exterior base trope

Death Egg (Just the boss or the level I wonder?): Spaaaaceee!

Okay, so we got two city tropes. So what? -shrug-. also, no ice level? I am disappoint, but once again, unleashed didn't have a fire level either IIRC. (eggmanland and the final boss shouldn't really count as level tropes..)
Once again, I'll point you to the absurd amount of city levels in world adventure, which this game seems to be working with.

Hmm...also, I noticed something fishy.
I'm not seeing the "Hedgehog Engine!" Logo when the demo boots up. Whut? This game isn't using the hedgehog engine?

 

That was an intentional design of Unleashed. To take real life locations and turn them onto Sonic levels.

The same argument cannot be made for Generations.

There's hardly a real fire level. Crisis City doesn't count.

 

Seeing this huge leak of info and actually getting to play the game for the first time has gotten me very excited. A tad disappointed Sonic CD isn't getting its own stage, but hopefully the boss fight with Metal Sonic will have Stardust Speedway as the level in which you fight him, so we get a little taste of Sonic CD. Oh, Sky Sanctuary is going to be fucking glorious.

 

That music brings oh so happy tears to my eyes. My partner will KILL me when I get that PS3 or X360. I love reinterpretations of songs, I thrive off it. It's great seeing unused music being put to use, but no "# 10 Hidden Palace"? I am dissapoint. I love that the menu music from Sonic Heroes is back and better than ever (but missing that interlude in the released version). Good for Nakamura getting off his duff for the classic music though. Do you realize that this is the first game to bring back the original title screen theme since 1992?! (With the exception of Sonic Advance 1 and 2's contributions).

Whose house do I have to raid to play this demo?

 

Yes, yes, and yes.

Sky Deck would fit the modern sonic formula so well and would make for an intriguing classic sonic stage, with the alternating altitudes, gravity shifting, etc.

Lava Reef would be amazing. It was such a varied level and would allow for a pretty nice boss recreation of the Sonic 3 Hidden Palace. Hydrocity would also be a spectacular sight.

QQ I'm feeling but as much as I'm mortified about the city level overage I'd still probably prefer to see Stardust Speedway.

I kept kindof half-expecting them to target us hardcore fans directly and surprise attack us with a recreation of Sonic 2 HPZ.

 

I'm most excited to see Sky Sanctuary thus far. Personally, I wanted to see Scrap Brain and Ice Cap, but perhaps we'll see them as DLC.

 

lol we already got both of those





Edit:

No offense bro, but its not really the levels content, even though yeah, you can really justify that there are definitely different types of levels and thats why the game will still be fun. Its just the lack of variety in level assets. I would not be surprised if we see alot of assets from City Escape reused in + - Speed Highway   , + - Crisis City   , and + - Chemical Plant   . We'll also likely see set pieces reused for the + - final fight with Perfect Chaos   , etc.

Its probably a smart move from the development time\cost perspective but for me it comes off as kindof halfassed.

 

Eggmanland was a Sonic CD level, duh.

Anyway, with the leaked level list, my excitement has instantly dropped to zero. Think I'll just stick to watching youtube videos of + - Chemical Plant   and + - Sky Sanctuary   . Extremely disappointing.

My guess is we get a DLC level or two, while the rest were saved to sell more copies of the 3DS version. Fuck this generation (pun optional).

 

My biggest concern is, however: Has Aaron Webber pronounced himself about this whole matter yet?

 

In those sound effects rips, you can hear the tornado, knuckles punchings, gliding and digging, the emerald's radar ( for knuckles maybe?), some sort of roars who might be for biolizard or for the new time eater monster-of-the-week, some birds chirp ( flickys?), monkey sounds ( again, little animals?), and lots of robot sounds.Also,modern sonic's YEAH, HERE WE GO, WOHOO, BRING IT ON and so.

 

Don't post in this thread if your complaints are nothing more than bullshit speculation.

 

There's a chance this "Atomic Spin" could be Classic Sonic's version of "Light Attack."

Also, thanks to Scarred Sun, it's been confirmed the second "Red Sonic" has Eggman's name written on it. Literally (in some odd form of Japanese).



EDIT: By second I mean closest to the bottom.

EDIT 2: Might as well give a full translation for those who don't Japanese.

From top to bottom, going from left to right... Shadow, Classic, Modern, Modern Tails, Knuckles, Vector, Amy, Cream, Blaze, and Eggman.

 

This is relevant to the image above:

Code (Text):

1. SonicBlueBlur.exe
2.  
3. Root
4.  
5. PtmSpike
6. PtmRocket
7. EndlessBoost
8. SpeedTrick
9. MaxGaugeRestart
10. AutoGaugeUp
11. HomingCancel
12. BoostGaugeUp
13. RingEnergyBonus
14. BrakeEnergyBonus
15. StartAccel
16. QuickSlide
17. PowerStomping
18. DirectJump
19. SpeedUp
20. RocketStart
21. PreciousTime
22. SkateBoard
23. LongDiver
24. HyperPress
25. TreasureSearch
26. LongSpinDash
27. HighSpeed
28. Barrier
29. UnbeatenStart
30. DoubleSpinAttack
31. ThunderBarrier
32. AquaBarrier
33. FlameBarrier
34. SuperSonic
35. AllRounder
36. LongLifeRing
37. HighGrip
38. LastChance
39. SafeRestart
40. DownCancel
41. PowerBrake
42. LightSpeedDash
43. AirBoost
44. WallJump
45. wt
46.  
47.  
48. BigChaser
49. EggBeetle
50. EggLancer
51. EggRaybird

Variables contained in the main game executable, upon uncompressing and decrypting. The game executable goes from a small 7MB to a whooping 30MB!

 

That's called Hiragana, which is actually "regular" Japanese. The other form you see in all those names is Katakana, and that's because in Japanese writing, Katakana is used for foreign words. Because names like Sonic, and Shadow are not actual Japanese words, they're written in Katakana.

But I have no idea why Eggman is written in Hiragana, as it's always been written in Katakana before O_o


EDIT: Oh ya guys. I hope no one has beat me to this, as I'm not checking. Speed Highway had Chao in Space 1 posters. City Escape had Chao in Space 2 posters. Crisis City had Chao in Space 3 posters. Speed Highway, City Escape, and Crisis City just happen to be the stages included in this game...

 

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Although Sonic feels a bit heavy, and the spindash is way overpowered, I'm in love with this demo.


Also if + - Time Eater turns out to be the big monster guy from the sonic 1 concept art   , that would be the ultimate throw back, wouldn't it? =P