Sonic Colo(u)rs Ultimate released for Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Epic Games Store

Welcome to my world lol.
At the very least I could understand the ratings back in ‘10, but the game getting the same ratings nowadays is just baffling to me. Especially with the apparent poor quality of the remaster.

I’m waiting until I get to play it to form a final opinion but I don’t see myself suddenly liking this game, given that they didn’t change anything about it and it’s more or less a straight port.

That being said, the remastered soundtrack is a gift from the god and WILL be played at my funeral. I hope they release it physically because I really need to hold it.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/i/events/1434101655415496706 - Here's a compilation of all the bugs people have been running into

I'm trying to reserve judgement until I actually get to play Ultimate but so far this is just very... Not Good...

 

As a vocal critic of Sonic Colors and everything it established, even I can't help but be a little bummed out by the poor quality of this port. And even more bummed by how nobody outside of the fanbase really seems to care either.

20 years and Sega still cannot get over their own greed surrounding this series and is more than willing to put out a shoddy port if it means turning a profit of any kind. Just the blatant lack of quality and care just deflates me man. Its one thing with a game like Forces which was made from the ground up, but they have somehow managed to ruin one of the few games that was good.


I dunno man, I'm just exhausted at this point. 20 years of this and it doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon.

 

Redhotsonic is starting right now a live stream playing Colors Ultimate (PC version), in case anyone wants to see.

 

What a cool reference to older games' debug mode. You can see they thought things through. A game for hardcore fans!

 

To me, Colors always felt like a game that was designed less to be good and more to fill out the checklist of common requests from that era's players

It technically succeeded, but the way it was designed, many of its aspects were underwhelming and a regression compared to previous games.

The strategy obviously worked, looking at its reception. So it's no wonder we later got similar uninspired games that shared many of its faults, like bland levels, focus on platforming and puzzles over speed and flow, stripped down gameplay...

 

KingK on YouTube has done a fairly comprehensive video review thanks to a review code that explains most all of Ultimate's shortcomings.

 

According to VGC, most outlets were given the PS4 version for review.

 

Dang, these glitches just keep getting worse and worse

 

On second thought, maybe Sega and Blind Squirrel don't have to patch Colors Ultimate. The glitches that have been circulated on social media have completely sold Arin Hanson on picking up the game for a future Game Grumps playthrough!

Another satisfied customer, which is all that really matters!

 

Oh that? Don't mind that, it's just the complimentary 3000 SPF suncream.

Definitely going to give this a watch later, but I want to give him props for managing to jab at the terrible presentation of Rival Rush before the video has even been clicked on.

 

Ok so I just beat the game, not 100% yet but close (I mean, not hard exactly when you know how to play the game already). So what's there to say. Well at its core its Sonic Colors, that's for sure. And because that was the case I still had fun. The PC version doesn't seem to have nearly as many bugs as the Switch version, thank God, but I have experienced 2 crashes so far for seemingly no reason.

This is an unfortunately sloppy port. I hope the day 1 patch (which should have been ready when the digital Deluxe version unlocked that was very dumb of them) addresses some of these issues, I mean they have to. Those color seizure glitches simply can't stay in the game and they already have to update the credits to include Godot (which btw I feel like I should have been credited simply having to watch those credits MY GOD IT TAKES FOREVER, plus after the original credits end there's no music for the remainder and no more wisp capsules to play with so you just get to be very very bored).

But Jesus with a game that apparently had a fleet of QA testers if the credits are anything to go by, how the hell did this happen. I certainly hope they don't use Blind Squirrel again. And can I just say, what is this PC resolution? There are black bars on both sides of my screen since for some reason.

But I still had an overall good time. I hope some of these issues are addressed though simply because they should. Idk, let's see what comes out of the patch I guess? But also wow talk about a bloated game, they didn't remove anything from the Wii version in the files and they even have test levels from the original in here that weren't left in the Wii version. Those should be fun to fuck around with though

 

Love KingK! Looking forward to watching this review.

 

I guarantee it’s the same old story. QA surely isn’t to blame — typically they find the bugs but they just aren’t addressed under time or budget constraints. It sucks and QA is an easy punching bag.

 

Sonic Genesis has entered the chat

 

Yeah, if it wasn't for Sonic Genesis and possibly SADX, I'd say this is the worst port/remaster Sonic's ever gotten.

I'm only interested in picking this up if someone makes a mod that gets rid of all the filler levels. Otherwise, hard pass from me.