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GT Koopa, on 23 July 2015 - 04:59 PM, said:

This.

Pretty interesting findings though.

"6 points lower; Good Job"?

"*something-something* Android"?

Yeah, I've wondered what those lyrics were for a while as well.

EDIT: Come to think of it, what's that crowd in Tikal's theme chanting?

DigitalDuck, on 08 July 2015 - 04:54 AM, said:

What I meant by 'the result is the same', is that what should be the game's core mechanic (as it is advertised as a sequel to a series of games with this specific manner of physical movement) still doesn't nearly work as it should. 'Too much friction' or not, it's still laughably off, and indicative of the team's lack of care, time, and attention to detail, to something basic, and integral like character physics. It's almost like none of the programmers actually went back to the any of the source material to see what the controls even felt like.

DigitalDuck, on 07 July 2015 - 08:45 PM, said:

I had a feeling someone would mention that. A term like 'Increased Friction' is just a matter of semantics, when the result is the same. I'm not talking about letting go of the controller, I'm talking about letting go of forward on the D-Pad. In Sonic 1-3K, Sonic rolls downhill faster than he can run (especially in the case of Sonic 1, with it's ground speed cap and all). If Sonic approaches a slope while running what is the best course of action from a gameplay standpoint? Keep on running, while vulnerable to enemy collision and moving at a less than optimal speed? Or simply remove your finger from right, and press down to roll, gather speed, and become a speeding ball of destruction?

Ezequiel.M, on 07 July 2015 - 06:33 PM, said:

Not to be pedantic, but you are phrasing the word 'subjective' inaccurately. You stated that it was a good game (an objective statement), but what you really mean to say is that you liked the game. It sounds like you are trying to use the word 'subjectively' to present an inarguable point, or universal 'way' of looking at the game (like art, music, gameplay, etc). You basically just said that, 'from a non-factual point of view, this fact is true'.

There's no point in trying to hide behind words like 'subjective', and 'opinion'; state what you observed and felt was positive in the game. Personally, this game did feel like a slap in the face, as it took a massive step backward from its 'marketed' predecessor, in almost every facet of the game. Sonic has no momentum in his physical movement at all, and unrolls after rolling off of a slope into the air. This is fact about the game that I dislike, because it removes almost all exhilaration from elements that in part made its numerical predecessors enjoyable, like loops, and downhill slopes. Imagine playing Chemical Plant Zone with Sonic 4 physics.

(EDIT: clarity)