Sonic Superstars: A New 2D Sonic Game (Fall 2023)

...What m-word?

 

I've seen a few people bring up fandom discourse (usually from Twitter or YouTube) about "momentum" here, not knowing that most of the soapboxing about it originated from here. That and the problems with automation have been discussion points on these forums since the mid-2000s.

Not just here either, SSMB and other old message boards too. Having beef with it is older than a sizeable chunk of Sonic's current fanbase, lol. Whatever YT or Twitter does with the discussion is just gonna be a rehash of what has long been said years and years ago. + - And if it's anything like the 'momentum' talk in those circles, it'll probably be misconstrued or misapplied as well.  

 

Momentum

 

Boost pads are fine when they are not in every. singe. zone. It's like seeing bubbles as a homing chain bridge in every stage, just awful design.

 

Oh, that. Yeah, well, aren't these the same discussion after all? There's a certain game syntax from which all these terms spring, none of which captures the entire thing completely. Whatever seems lacking or excessive under the syntax Sonic has actually used for, what? 20 years now? will be a point of discussion, and so it will be until stars become dust.

 

https://www.twitch.tv/newgameplusok/v/1841908936?sr=a&t=1383s
Note: I don’t speak the streamer’s language so I can’t vouch for what he’s saying. Just saw this and wanted to share
The lighting gets bad at the end but what’s visible is beautiful. It looks like Hesse and co was involved.
I hope there is a playable demo being shown off and we’ll get additional footage and impressions soon

 

It is ultimately the same discussion, I'm just hoping that since a game developed by Sonic Team actually did it right that maybe we can put the damned word to rest.

...to complain about something else!

 

nice, we'll probably be seeing some hands-on gameplay soon since it's E3 summer games fest

 

https://xcancel.com/luckysalamander/status/1667240694711484417?s=46&t=S0_YkQ8TRA2Bk54XvKgWfw

 

It's Spanish but I couldn't understand much (looks like Argentina?). In any case they were mostly talking about the animation, and the 3-hour long waiting line to play a demo.

 

I feel like a kid again with the reveal of this game. It was a total surprise. It reminds me of knowing nothing going into E3.

 

I'm usually not much for predictions, but I think it's within the realm of possibility for the new villain character to be Metal Amy. The game's focus on multiplayer and different characters makes it a perfect opportunity for the inevitable Metal Sonic battle to include the other "Metals", and if you're going to do a 4v4, the Metal team will need their Amy.

It's a nice safe character to introduce with zero baggage, zero need for introduction, and little room for screwing up the landing. Even if she's not the best, people would be so enamored with seeing Metal Knuckles and "Metal" Tails again that they wouldn't care. And, without sounding a little snide...you don't have to try very hard to make a Metal compared to an entirely new character meant to fit in alongside a cast of some of the most tightly designed mascots of the 90s.

 

Is Sega gonna make us look at potato cam footage again

 

30 second video of the game. They don't seem to have a phobia of cameras like Frontiers did at SGF, so I think we'll be getting some good footage.

 

Spoiler: Sonic 2 style HUD, along with a weapon wheel.

 

>no score counter
literal unplayable human dogshit

 

It looks really beautiful

 

Guessing that ring popup is for selecting emerald powers maybe?

also Sonic definitely slows down going uphill on that rail

 

Well that guy struggling with the vine grind rail shows the physics better than anything else so far.

Spoiler: Sonic 4-3 confirmed, ruined forever

Just kidding, but it seems to behave a little weird. Dunno how. It's probably all okay.

 

The vine grinding pushes sonic along a little bit but it does not lock you in to the automation. It appears you have to build momentum to maintain top speed when grinding. This is a short clip with a player who’s learning the game so I don’t want to read too much into it… but some of my worst fears may have been proven wrong

That is an interesting choice. While a player could chose to do a score run of the genesis games that was clearly never prioritized as the games did not record high scores. I wonder if they’ve decided that scores are only relevant in games with F-S ranking and dropped it from Superstars.