Sonic Lost World (Wii U, 3DS, PC) Megathread

@ 0:05, fucking earrape for a second there. don't wear headphones for that little bit.

 

The game over song is the same as Colors! :O

 

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The music really isn't exceptional.

 

So I played the demo at New York Comic Con yesterday, and as I thought from the original announcement this WILL be a game I'll be skipping. I played the first level and watched other people play the Casino level and the honey comb knuckles chaotix level and none of them were very interesting, what I played of the first level was entirely too linear I don't care if there were branching paths it just felt like I was doing a straight line, and the whole "hold the R trigger to make sonic go fast" was really dumb and sloppy. I didn't feel any sort of momentum, and the fact that Sonic could walk around for once was kind of cool but there's no where to walk to, it's not like he has anywhere he can explore. The same motion sickness I experienced when I played Mario Galaxy were back ten fold because of the speed of Sonic, that and the bright colors gave me a migraine.

They finally got it right with Colors and Generations, and now this. I'd say it was the Sonic Cycle but I had no hope for it in the beginning, which is why I waited until I actually played it to form a real opinion. I hope someone likes it though, because the character models and animations are amazing and look really nice.

 

That's what Sonic has been doing since 1991 o.o

 

Made a little GIF for another forum. In spoiler tags since it uses the game's intro cutscene (although I'm loathe to consider that to be a spoiler in any capacity).

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From one Lost World to another...

 

...Perhaps it could just be that the controls aren't too good, after all?

 

In the comments he says the controls are great actually. He just has no idea how to actually play the game going by his playthrough vids. Like he knows the kick and the spindash exists, as well as the parkour and little boost you gen from spindashing, but he's just so braindead and never uses them. The reason why we can't have any challenging games anymore is because of people like him.

But from watching these videos I have to question the thought process of Sonic Team when designing their levels around hidden springs. Why are there so goddamn many hidden springs placed as part of the normal level design and as safety nets for retards? It's just so unnecessary especially on those parkour wall jumping sections. You give Sonic an ability to deal with the obstacle, but fuck that lets just place these springs everywhere so you don't use it. The only logical explanation is that so you can't home in on them with the HA, but if that was such a problem then why make the HA home in on springs to begin with?

 

If you live in Europe, you can nab Sonic Lost World from the Wii U and 3DS eShop a day before it's official release, complete with the Deadly Six Edition DLC for FREE (Until 10/27).

Kinda hoping the US gets in on this offer too. I wouldn't mind playing Sonic Lost World a day before release. :v:

 

WARNING!! WARNING!!

The Street Date of Sonic Lost World for both the Wii-U and 3DS Version are broken in Austria.

SSMB Member Sushi got ahold of it, its mostly his thoughts but it may give some insight. plus he posted a speedrun of Desert Zone.

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Can't say I hate that spindash and flying through the air like that. I this game was more involved than I expected. It beats holding a boost button and letting the game take you places, jumping here and there. The parkour and new air moves at least add that much to it. I particularly liked how he rockets away after landing. Sonic keeps at least some momentum in the air now.

 

Two games I preordered (This and Pokemon X), and both games have had their street dates broken. Well, at least avoiding spoilers for Sonic will be easier. Hopefully.

 

I really hope this game gets a US demo (assuming I can ever connect my Wii U to the internet anyways), because I'm still really on the fence about this one. I can watch the gameplay trailers, and I still don't know if I'd like it or not.

 

It's so much better seeing someone who actually can play Sonic do these videos. Nothing wrong with going slow sometimes but all these "leaked" videos so far were played pretty recklessly giving out a bad impression that the game's control are bad or something like that. It's a relif seeing and reading that is better than I was waiting for.

 

UK commercial released (Apologies for the shitty Potatovision quality. There isn't a direct rip online yet.):

 

@ P3DR0
Exactly how I feel. Despite not playing it myself, after watching multiple speed run videos, I'm honestly not seeing how some could say its slippery and unintuitive.
For example, watch the precision with the spindash this guy demonstrates, particularly @ 0:00 - 0:07 and 0:44 - 0:53
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4B-290QAY