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Sonic and the Black Knight

Discussion in 'General Sonic Discussion' started by Dark Sonic, Jul 19, 2008.

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  1. Enzo Aquarius

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    During Sonicandtail's live playing of the game, it took a bit to get a grasp of fighting against King Arthur (which, in turn, lead to the statement 'Blue pest! Roar Deathcalibur!' getting stuck in our heads). One of the more challenging portions of the game if I do say so myself.

    S = (([L / A2]/[R1 - R2]) + G2 - B5) * (M1 - COP1/SA1)

    (Where S is the quality of Sonic gameplay, L is the amount of LOLSPEED present at any time, and A is the amount of times negative acceleration occurs multiplied by 100,000,000, R1 is the average rating of reviewers prior to game release, R2 is the average rating of reviewers after game release, G is the value of introduction of a new well-written/developed character, B is the value of introduction of a new badly-written/developed character, M1 is the amount of revenue from the game to date, COP1 is the cost of production [including labour, distribution and overhead] and SA1 is the amount of games sold.1)

    1 - If basing the last portion of the equation on two time periods, take the initial calculation and present calculation and find the average by dividing by two. This can be done subsequently with multiple time periods by dividing the values by the amount of periods being analyzed.

    Fixed.
     
  2. JennyTablina

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    Picked this up yesterday with some money off vouchers.

    Its....fairly average for a Sonic game, but its not worse than Sonic 06 or anything like that. It's just another Sonic game with another gimmick that doesn't really need to be there

    It does some things better than Secret Rings, its done away with the huge amount of cheap traps Secret Rings had, the horrible gimping of Sonic at the start and constant tutorials for every little thing you had to try to remember

    Though the addition of civillians you have to avoid and the onslaught of bad guys can be pretty annoying, Maybe its just because I haven't quite mastered the sword controls yet but when you get a bunch of bad guys about, the slashing of the sword doesn't knock em all back like werehog does. Also so far a lot of the levels come off feeling really short. This is a shame because Secret Rings had some great big levels for Sonic to dash around. To be fair when your doing good it feels great to breeze through these levels but it leaves you wishing there was more to go though in these levels.

    Also a little help with Arthur please? D: I get up to slashing him the second time but before what I assume is the last blow before you get to slash him about again, it doesnt matter if I wait for the sword to glow totally or slash before fast, I still get slashed off and I cant beat him
     
  3. Diablohead

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    I'd prefer to lose a little speed fighting foes then just running through eggman pawns.
     
  4. Blue Blood

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    I worked out a pattern for the second time you have to swing your sword at him.
    1st strike- Wait for prompt
    2nd strike- Wait for prompt
    3rd strike- Go for it as soon as you've done the second.
    4th strike- Wait for prompt (seems longer than the others)
    5th stike- Go for it fairly quickly
    6th strike- Go for it fairly quickly
    Then you just need to land a combo flail as though you're playing Wii Music. After that battle, I recommend you just play as Gawain. His gliding ability comes in hand for avoiding traps. Instead of slowly decending like in other games, Knuckles just floats forwards for about 5 seconds. Then he falls, so at this point you can make him glide again giving you a huge amount of air time. It makes avoiding some annoying traps very easy, especially in Shrouded Forest when you can almost get up above the trees.

    What you said about short stages is sadly very true. The levels you get after that Arthur battle are a longer, but also cheaper. In Dragons Lair floors that crumble aren't even solid in the first place, soif you're going too fast you will just fall straight through. You can unlock full 'Reach the Goal' missions and while they are still shorter than SatSR they're quite a lot of fun. The full version of Camelot Castle is great.
     
  5. Phos

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  6. GeneHF

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    Nothing special. It's just a small highlight about the game and its high speed action in a whimsical Japanese style.
     
  7. Anyone ripping the soundtrack or has ripped the soundtrack. They both should be out soon. Maybe preorders?
     
  8. Phos

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    There's a competition to win a copy of the game's script. Currently for UK residents only.
     
  9. I have both albums preordered and should hopefully be getting them by the end of this week.
     
  10. That's good, so rips should be expected soon then?
     
  11. Relatively soon. I've just got confirmation that the two albums have been shipped and are on their way. Just don't bug me every waking moment for them. :P
     
  12. Didn't plan on pestering you as anyone could rip it.
     
  13. Yes, but I seem to be one of the few people who actually has an interest in ripping it.
     
  14. Touché, well I look forward to a swift release. This and One Piece Fourth Voyage have been top on my list for a long while.
     
  15. Nova

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    Will you be releasing a FLAC rip too? Failing that, mp3 v0?
     
  16. Enzo Aquarius

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    As a little interesting note, I asked a friend of mine at my local GameStop about SatBK sales. His store has only sold one in the past month. :psyduck:
     
  17. Ollie

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    Heh, Not surprised, my friend used to work at Game Station when Unleashed came out. Never saw anyone buy one while he was at the counter.
     
  18. BlackHole

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    And yet, Sonic is England's favorite game character, even beyond Mario.
    However, taking into account the recession, could it just be the factor of no-one having the money?
     
  19. Enzo Aquarius

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    I think my local GameStop only has a few copies of SatBK, it took me awhile to look through the inventory just to find it. It's placed at the bottom of the Wii shelf, with the spine facing out, so unless you've heard of the game, it's hard to find. Unleashed, meanwhile, is in the middle of the shelf, easily visible, and has sold well there.
     
  20. Nova

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    Possibly due to the fact that the Mega Drive was the triumphant console in the UK and more people had played Sonic than Mario. Fonder memories = preference, but I don't think many of these people would be willing to buy a new Sonic game. A lot of them consider themselves too old to spend much time on gaming anymore, or just played casually back in a 'simpler time'. My parents are the same - they both prefer Sonic to Mario, and my mum used to spend hours playing Sonic 1, but she hasn't touched a controller in over 10 years. My dad still games occasionally, but it's mostly Call of Duty, Flight Sims, Golf games and a spot of Halo 3. Which is great because even though he lives 45 minutes away, we can still play the odd game together over Xbox Live.
     
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