[KingOfBunnies]

So, I'm running this on my iPhone 5 with iOS 8. I'm getting no lag at all. Or, I might not be noticing it. The game is pretty fun. I got Classic Sonic too, so, that's fun to have.

[Jen]

I'm really enjoying this game but sadly, as Gene said in his review, there's a lot wrong with it.

I think the system for unlocking Classic Sonic is stupidly unfair. I've had several spins of that sodding wheel and still not landed on him, or the Death Egg for that matter. It's crazy. And Amy as well - I'm sure my Facebook friends would really appreciate me asking them to join a game they'd have no interest in, right?

It's a seriously fun little game though, I absolutely love the actual gameplay and it doesn't run too badly on my little phone (Galaxy S3 Mini), all things considered. I can't play it for long periods of time though because, as others have said, it overheats my phone something fierce. I was actually afraid to hold it after a while because it was scorching hot. I've never had that problem before with any of my other apps/games; Sonic Dash, of all things, sometimes makes it a bit warm, but not like this.

[Nova]

I played during the soft launch period and it's safe to say, my enthusiasm for the game ran dry. The core gameplay is fine but the greediness of the roulette after a few days is unbelievable and unlocking things is literally gambling. Not going back to it, especially now that they've added in adverts after runs.

Pass.

EDIT Wait a second, am I the only one to think that having a game that's ad-supported and micro-transaction funded is the worst shit imaginable? I've not seen too many people make this specific complaint but it really irks me.

This post has been edited by Nova: 27 June 2015 - 04:29 AM

[Diablohead]

KingOfBunnies, on 26 June 2015 - 11:08 PM, said:

So, I'm running this on my iPhone 5 with iOS 8. I'm getting no lag at all. Or, I might not be noticing it. The game is pretty fun. I got Classic Sonic too, so, that's fun to have.

are you on 8.3 ? the stutter is game breaking for me.

If full stops are fine frames and underscores are the stutter, it's like this every few seconds:


...................................__...........................................................__..........................................................__

And on those frame drops the physics of a jump or dash change and it's upsetting as someone who has played most of the prerelease time.

This post has been edited by Diablohead: 27 June 2015 - 04:56 AM

[Blue Blood]

Nova, on 27 June 2015 - 04:28 AM, said:

EDIT Wait a second, am I the only one to think that having a game that's ad-supported and micro-transaction funded is the worst shit imaginable? I've not seen too many people make this specific complaint but it really irks me.

I hate it too, but it's standard practice nowadays. That's why I'm disappointed that this game doesn't work like the ones from SEGA Hardlight; F2P, but as soon as you make any purchase, all of the ads (bar optional ones) are removed.

Jen, on 27 June 2015 - 04:21 AM, said:

I think the system for unlocking Classic Sonic is stupidly unfair. I've had several spins of that sodding wheel and still not landed on him, or the Death Egg for that matter. It's crazy. And Amy as well - I'm sure my Facebook friends would really appreciate me asking them to join a game they'd have no interest in, right?

The Chaotix campaign ran for over two weeks IIRC, and I didn't get a single one of them despite spinning the wheel over 20 or 30 times. I also missed out on the Rappy buddy during the PSO campaign (he's crazy OP), Amitie Amy and a bunch of other limited edition content. It's really frustrating. So far during this event, I've got a Lv4 Cartridge and a bunch of other regular buddies that are of no use to me whatsoever. The really infuriating thing is that even if you did decide to use the microtransactions, you'd still have absolutely no guarantee of getting the Death Egg or Classic Sonic. It's a gamble.

That's my biggest gripe with this game. Even if you pay for it, it's still unfair.

[Xeal]

Casshern, on 26 June 2015 - 10:17 AM, said:

I got him

Just got the chubby little fucker as well
Again. it's very unfair how you are supposed to unlock these things.

[Nova]

How does he look in action? Only seen really far-away or small shots.

[Xeal]

Nova, on 27 June 2015 - 07:53 AM, said:

How does he look in action? /> Only seen really far-away or small shots.

Running animation is similar to Generations. Most of the trick animations are the same but he does have a few extra ones. Animation through dash rings is also similar. Very nice to have him.

This post has been edited by Xeal: 27 June 2015 - 08:31 AM

[Ashura96]

BAHAHAHAHA...

[GeneHF]

Jen, on 27 June 2015 - 04:21 AM, said:

I'm really enjoying this game but sadly, as Gene said in his review, there's a lot wrong with it.

I think the system for unlocking Classic Sonic is stupidly unfair. I've had several spins of that sodding wheel and still not landed on him, or the Death Egg for that matter. It's crazy. And Amy as well - I'm sure my Facebook friends would really appreciate me asking them to join a game they'd have no interest in, right?

It's a seriously fun little game though, I absolutely love the actual gameplay and it doesn't run too badly on my little phone (Galaxy S3 Mini), all things considered. I can't play it for long periods of time though because, as others have said, it overheats my phone something fierce. I was actually afraid to hold it after a while because it was scorching hot. I've never had that problem before with any of my other apps/games; Sonic Dash, of all things, sometimes makes it a bit warm, but not like this.

You know, I'm tempted to make a small group that's just for Retro people banding together in the game to exploit the social aspect, but I don't want to encourage the continued implementation of this garbage. Sonic Dash had it, but only to the point of, "Hey, associate your account and you get a freebie!" Nothing like "Get 10 friends to join to get a whole new character!" That's some Farmville garbage.

Ashura96, on 27 June 2015 - 11:53 AM, said:

(snip)


BAHAHAHAHA...

Sometimes I wonder if the person who wrote this script has a brain defect.

[Candescence]

It has the foundations of a neat game, but Runners is ruined by so much crap (bullshit level design that's often difficult to see coming, the F2P aspects, etc). And that's on top of the technical issues. I have had my runs ruined and invalidated by stuttering and fucking crashes. I'm on iOS, by the way, and generally, from my understanding, the mostly likely cause is that the game is exceeding its RAM budget.

Good grief, Sonic Team, way to go back to your days of technical incompetence.

This post has been edited by Candescence: 27 June 2015 - 01:55 PM

[DigitalDuck]

Dark Sonic, on 26 June 2015 - 06:13 AM, said:

When the game is updating it does that thing where it introduces the characters. They forgot to write a description for Charmy or something so he has Knuckles' character description. Whoops

I noticed this when installing yesterday, so I did some quick thinking and

Dark Sonic, on 26 June 2015 - 06:13 AM, said:

And to be fair, they've been fixing a lot of things, but Sega doesn't seem to know how to develop for android very well. It's the shittiest thing about this game that it is so heavily tied to the system version and how it can't be played unless you have a connection, as it means that unlike other games that have a chance of being playable after they're no longer serviced, once Sonic Team says fuck it, unless they release an update that lets you play the game for shits and gigs, that's it, game over.

It has IAP, it's rare for a developer to not make it tied to an online account when that's involved.

[Techokami]

Candescence, on 27 June 2015 - 01:54 PM, said:

It has the foundations of a neat game, but Runners is ruined by so much crap (bullshit level design that's often difficult to see coming, the F2P aspects, etc). And that's on top of the technical issues. I have had my runs ruined and invalidated by stuttering and fucking crashes. I'm on iOS, by the way, and generally, from my understanding, the mostly likely cause is that the game is exceeding its RAM budget.

Good grief, Sonic Team, way to go back to your days of technical incompetence.

Ahh, so that'll explain why it's unplayable on my iTouch. I tried to play it this morning, and on the third Announcements popup the thing crashed on me. Seriously? :|
Here's to hoping they'll make use of the iOS-to-Windows 10 conversion path Microsoft is laying out. Playing this on a desktop PC sounds like it'd run a lot better.

[KingOfBunnies]

Diablohead, on 27 June 2015 - 04:52 AM, said:

KingOfBunnies, on 26 June 2015 - 11:08 PM, said:

So, I'm running this on my iPhone 5 with iOS 8. I'm getting no lag at all. Or, I might not be noticing it. The game is pretty fun. I got Classic Sonic too, so, that's fun to have.

are you on 8.3 ? the stutter is game breaking for me.

Nope. Just plain old 8.0. The game works fine as far as I can tell.

[Dark Sonic]

FFS Even with like 2 Egg spins and what I have to imagine is like 8 red ring spins, I still don't have Classic Sonic.

That's all I want so I can stop the grind! Arghhhhhhhhhhhh