Sonic Generations Megathread

The new press site isn't very accurate giving assets fast, the FTP was too much faster.

 

While things tended to appear on the FTP sooner, everyone could access them and it was always slow as. The press site is better all-round. Regardless though, I downloaded the trailer from there earlier and it looks exceptionally pretty.

 

I uploaded it to MultiUpload just in case.

 

Yeah, I was talking about the speed of appearance at the FTP actually, I agree that it was pretty slow at downloads though.

 

Because everyone wants to know what I think of it, right?

 

Kanot brain this...

Oh lord. I've been completly apathetic towards any news regarding this game. After a long time without seeing anything, this trailer... did I die and went to heaven, or am I living a lucid dream?

Excuse me while I recover my breath.

Damn, I cannot remove this stupid grim out of my face. :specialed:

 

Game still looks gorgeous.

 

Nice to see the Hedgehog Engine again.

I also like how this Green Hill Zone which is meant to be Green Hill Zone from Sonic 1 has more creative additions than Splash Hill. I do like the canyon look that it adds, new twist to it alike the beach twist in Sonic Advance.

 

With every set of screens, I've been changing my desktop background.

 

Wow. This trailer. So gorgeous, so awesome. This always happens. I leave for a couple days, get some sun and shit. While I'm gone, something awesome always happens. Anyways, I'm loving this game so far. I can't wait to get my hands on it.

 

This whole thing has me giddy. I'm actually excited to hear M.Sonic's reactions to Green Hill, because I'm fairly certain his reaction is going to be about the same that mine was seeing it in that gameplay trailer!

 

It's Green Hill Zone as I've never imagined it. It's better even than the ASR version of Seaside Hill.

Also, if anyone cares, two variants of Buzzer. The Colours version twice, in both the original and S1 Colours:


All the Badnik designs seem to be the same as Colours. It's nothing to complain about, either.

 

Great read, Mercury. I love your blog. Also, in regards to a few of the things you pointed out, check your PMs.

 

They did the right thing.

 

Don't forget Mr Martin Burke, he's the only person I know that voiced a Segasonic classic Sonic, Hell, for me, if all the classic characters were voiced by their OVA counterparts, I would freak out lol

 

Yes, yes they did. Now I'm definately hoping for some big-mouthed-foiled-by-silence-style humor at M.Sonic's expense. He talks too much.

 

While I self-consciously realise the absurdity of telling you what you think, I remain incapable of shaking the feeling that you're making a big mistake here. Indeed, you say yourself in the next paragraph that "Blackeyes Sonic is not a panacea", but the rest of the blog reads like you are deaf to your own caveats.

As I word-vomited some pages ago, Blackeyes Sonic is not good level design. Blackeyes Sonic is not freedom from camera malfunction. Blackeyes Sonic is not tightened controls; he is not S3/K physics; he is not cringe-less writing; he is not level-themed gimmickry. He is a SKIN, and - to my eyes - an unimpressive 90s throwback one at that. But the aesthetic appeal or lack thereof is besides the point. On his own, Blackeyes does not make a good game. You'd all do well to stop squeeing that he does.

 

On the whole voice acting debate: But, didn't classic Sonic talk in CD, too? :v:

Hm, since they mentioned Shadow (among others) would show up somewhere in some function, too… can you imagine… Classic Shadow? … naw.

Screenshots look fuckin' gorgeous. I'm seriously considerin' savin' up for the system to run this plus the game now.

 

Black-eyed Sonic is 100% a skin, yes, but his inclusion is symbolic that SEGA is finally (more emphasis needed) listening to its fanbase, and making the necessary adjustments to finally (more emphasis needed) get things right. So, with his inclusion comes other improvements, and watching the gameplay for the 50,000th time (and I realize this has been mentioned before, I'm just adding more voice to the issue), the only thing that is bothering me is he does seem a bit weighted in his jumps, but how that affects the enjoyment value of the gameplay is up in the air for me.

 

Wouldn't happen anyway, besides not ever having a retro form, he was frozen in time 50 years past, before Sonic 1 every existed, so even if he was unfrozen, he'd look exactally the same as he dose now XD

Retro'wise, all we can really get is Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Eggman/Robotnik