Sonic The Hedgehog Official Topic
#1
Posted 19 March 2005 - 02:25 PM
Sonic Team is no more :( So there isn't a company based solely on the Sonic franchise. (They were making more than Sonic games though.) And since the group has apparently been lacking when it comes to making that awesome Sonic game we fans have been dreaming of. They always hype it up then drop a game thats okay and generally mediocre. Remember Sonic 3? Yeah, something as great as that was when it came out.
Since I'm betting quite a few people here were Mario fans, I'd like to know how they feel on the subject. (I grew up on Sonic :P so I could never figure out what made Mario and Co. so cool.)
#2
Posted 19 March 2005 - 03:30 PM
~Altered~
Having said that, I have never really had any experience with the Genesis/Saturn Sonic games, which is a shame, I am aware of that, considering they are highly regarded and awknowledged.
My brother is a huge Sonic fan, however. He finally convinced me to play Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for the GameCube, which wasn't too bad.
Also, A NEW SONIC TITLE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED! It will be titled, Shadow the HedgeHog, obviously starring Sonic's nemesis... The trailer and announcement was made at the Game Developer's Conference.
Link to be posted soon.
#3
Posted 19 March 2005 - 05:37 PM
I already knew about the Shadow game coming out, GL. They announced it over at Gamespot.
http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/sh...ehog/index.html
Hope that helps out. Apparently, Shadow's wielding a pistol (and, assumingly, a variety of firearms). He also can use his Chaos Control to solve puzzles or race to the finish, and even combine his powers with his gun.
#4
Posted 21 March 2005 - 02:53 AM
#5
Posted 21 March 2005 - 08:01 AM
#6
Posted 22 March 2005 - 02:20 PM
#7
Posted 22 March 2005 - 02:24 PM
#8
Posted 23 March 2005 - 07:52 PM
#9
Posted 23 March 2005 - 08:03 PM
#10
Posted 24 March 2005 - 01:00 AM
#12
Posted 24 March 2005 - 04:29 PM
#13
Posted 24 March 2005 - 06:16 PM
#14
Posted 24 March 2005 - 08:54 PM
However, there is some speculation that Shadow: The Hedgehog may be released for the PlayStation 2, in addition to the GameCube; therefore, based on this, the other publisher is most likely not Nintendo.
#15
Posted 28 March 2005 - 12:41 AM
#16
Posted 28 March 2005 - 01:15 PM
Golden Legacy, on Mar 24 2005, 10:54 PM, said:
However, there is some speculation that Shadow: The Hedgehog may be released for the PlayStation 2, in addition to the GameCube; therefore, based on this, the other publisher is most likely not Nintendo.
There is going to be Shadow: The hedgehog, Wow, that is weird/cool.
Are they going to make Tails: The Squirrel, and so on and so forth?
#17
Posted 28 March 2005 - 01:31 PM
Zxor, on Mar 28 2005, 02:15 PM, said:
Tails is a fox not a squirrel.
The idea with Shadow having a gun is stupid in my eyes. Does a guy who runs faster then the speed of sound really need a gun? At those speed his kicks and punches would be almost or equally effective. Anyways, I wont downsize the game just becuase of that. As long as it has the Sonic gender type gameplay I will be satasfied.
#18
Posted 28 March 2005 - 02:28 PM
Sonic Team IS no more. But Sega is still in charge of Sonic games.
Also, just to brag and to further my geekdom, I own every single Sonic related title released on the Genesis (S1, S2, S3, S&K, S3-D, Spinball and even Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine! I had to really hunt for a few of those!) and every comeplete game for the Dreamcast (SA1, SA2, and Shuffle). I also own Sonic CD (for PC), Heroes, Sadv1 and 2, and Battle. Sheesh, I am a geek...
#19
Posted 29 March 2005 - 08:56 AM
Lind, on Mar 28 2005, 03:28 PM, said:
Sonic Team IS no more. But Sega is still in charge of Sonic games.
Also, just to brag and to further my geekdom, I own every single Sonic related title released on the Genesis (S1, S2, S3, S&K, S3-D, Spinball and even Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine! I had to really hunt for a few of those!) and every comeplete game for the Dreamcast (SA1, SA2, and Shuffle). I also own Sonic CD (for PC), Heroes, Sadv1 and 2, and Battle. Sheesh, I am a geek...
Wow, I was right. IN YOUR FACE, GL! >_O ;)
Shadow isn't naturally "speedy" in the sense. Don't forget that he has the shoes that literally help him obtain such velocity as Sonic could. Of course, without the shoes, he's still pretty fast, but not as fast otherwise.
#20
Posted 29 March 2005 - 10:49 AM
#21
Posted 29 March 2005 - 09:34 PM
Zxor, on Mar 29 2005, 11:49 AM, said:
The question is, if Shadow could be qualified as a good guy? I mean in some sense he is a good guy but he doesn't care for saving everyone like Sonic does. Though I still think with his speed his punches and kicks would be just as powerful as his gun. Hopefully, you wont have to use his gun that much in the game.
#22
Posted 29 March 2005 - 11:36 PM
#23
Posted 01 April 2005 - 06:20 PM
#24
Posted 01 April 2005 - 06:34 PM
#26
Posted 30 May 2006 - 01:22 PM
The old arcadish sonic games were still the best if you ask me.
I'm looking forward what's going to happen with it combinated with the Wii's capabilities.
#27
Posted 03 January 2007 - 05:26 AM
The basic plot - The Princess of Soleana, Elise, holds the Flames of Disaster. A power so great, if released, would destroy the planet with ease. Dr. Eggman is up to trying to no good again, by harnessing this power, to take over the world. It's up to Sonic, Shadow and Silver to figure out to stop him this time.
Sonic's basic plot - At the Festival of Light in Soleanna, Dr. Eggman attempts to kidnap Princess Elise. Sonic comes, and destroys Eggman's mechs, picks up the Princess and puts the pedal to the stone. After a short run, Eggman claims Elise, and Elise entrusts Sonic with her Chaos Emerald. The only problem Sonic might have is a silver hedgehog named just that. Silver.
Shadow's basic plot - Shadow is now an agent of G.U.N. He is sent to rescue Rouge, who has sent out a distress signal from inside Eggman's snowy base. Rouge had been sent to claim a powerful relic, the Scepter of Darkness. After escaping and getting to the pick up point, the Doctor ambushes them and Rouge drops the Scepter. A darkness seeps from the broken item, and takes Shadow's form, and claims to recognize him. Could this monster be much more then a shadow?
Silver's basic plot - Silver and his companion Blaze hail from the future, 200 years ahead, where they struggle to defeat the monster Iblis. Everytime they mangage to kill the beast, it only revives itself, resulting in a useless struggle. After one fight, a figure, named Mephiles appears, and claims to know how to stop it. He takes them to a room with computers, and shows Silver a vision in a Chaos Emerald, of a blue hedgehog. Mephiles says that this blue hedgehog, is the "Iblis Trigger", and the only way to fix the future is to kill him...
Issues:
- "Amigo" characters are slow, and painful to use.
- Camera control is stil a slight problem, only if you do not know what you're doing.
- The voices of the 4Kids actors are still as painful as ever.
- Minor plot holes are around.
New features:
- Sonic "custom actions", which are gems that look almost like Sonic Rush's Sol Emeralds. These include powers such as speed boosts, slowing down the clock, a ring attracting shield and the power to make Sonic small with infinite jumps.
- Shadow's Chaos mode (this is not Chaos Control). These powers are great assests to Shadow as they allow a quicker destruction of enemies. There is Chaos Snap which allows Shadow to transport between up to five enemies and kill them, Chaos Blast, and Chaos Lance, an improved Chaos Spear.
- Silver's psychic powers, which allow him to hover, throw items and even paralyze enemies to throw as weapons.
Gameplay - Levels are longer which is good as the Adventure games had shorter levels. Parts of the levels are seperated by loading screens, which may take from 10 seconds to 1 minute to finish, and is not affected by the size of the area being loaded.
Sonic has the straight forward run and attack gameplay as always, except for speed levels, which are fast paced areas that push Sonic forward at high speeds. Simply brushing against a fence is enough to slow Sonic down and lose his rings though. 7/10
Shadow's levels are essentially the same as Sonic's, though Shadow is slower then Sonic and has a wider variety of attacks. Occasinal slip ups in Chaos Mode can cause instant death though. 6/10
Silver is by far the slowest of the characters, although he is the most unique. He does not have a homing attack, which in the early stages, means you cannot attack up close and must really on throwing crates, poles and the like to do any damage. 6.5/10
Overall Gameplay Rating - 7/10
Sound - The music is excellent, and captures the moments of the game. Boss fight music is amazing. Moving and jumping sounds are fine, although may get stuck and keep going if you pause at a certain point during it.
8.5/10
Graphics - Great but sometimes are too blocky. Past games had at the most 1500 polygons each where this game may have up to 1 million polygons each.
8/10
Voices - Let's not go there. The voices are horrible. The 4Kids actors do horrible jobs of noticing how the scene is at the moment. It could be the most dire moment of the game, and it will sound as if they are perfectly calm and just making a statement. The only exception to this is the voice of Elise, Lacey Chabert.
3/10
Lasting appeal - After you have finished the 3 main stories, there is still the traditional Last Story. After you have that, there is still the hard modes of each level to get done, Gold Medals (Gained from finishing levels, bosses, getting S ranks), and Silver Medals (10 throughout each city area and level for each character) to obtain. It will take a long while to complete (I'm nowhere near done) giving lasting gameplay, although, preditcably tedious and boring. 5/10
Overall Game Rating - 7.5/10 - Recommened for Sonic fans, and a good game in my opinion.
This is simply my opinion. I do not condone reading a review and thinking not to even try the game if the review says it is bad. That is the reviewer's opinion, not yours.. Rent the game for yourself and try it.
#28
Posted 20 January 2007 - 04:32 PM
That said, I'm really looking forward to Sonic and the Secret Rings for Wii. Seems to play very nicely, according to IGN's latest preview.
#29
Posted 21 January 2007 - 02:37 AM
#30
Posted 21 January 2007 - 01:53 PM
And since the Wii title focuses exclusively on that (the game is on rails, if I recall correctly), I really think it will work quite well.
#31
Posted 21 January 2007 - 02:52 PM
I think Sega need to realise that the fun part of Sonic games is Sonic running fast, not watching some boring sidekicks slowly work their way around their stages. (With the exception of Tails of course. He's like... woo!)
#32
Posted 23 March 2008 - 04:22 PM
There's a new multiplatform Sonic game on the way called Sonic Unleashed and it doesn't look terrible. The gameplay looks similar to Sonic Rush, which is a godsend really.
Not much else is known, but it looks like there's a new character (oh woo hoo!) with one of the worst designs ever. It's some sort of Werewolf version of Sonic. I'm not sure if it's a different character or if Sonic turns into this WereSonic character. Wouldn't that be an original idea though, to have a games character turn into a werewolf? ;)
Basically the game looks great, but the story is questionable.
#33
Posted 23 March 2008 - 04:32 PM
NO MOAR 3D SONIC PLZ
#35
Posted 23 March 2008 - 04:45 PM
#37
Posted 23 March 2008 - 04:55 PM
And I doubt the plot would be great. The last decent one was Sonic Adventure 2. Also, I notice the ripping off of TP. That's why my first post had sarcasm over it.
#38
Posted 23 March 2008 - 04:59 PM
#39
Posted 23 March 2008 - 05:01 PM
#40
Posted 23 March 2008 - 05:05 PM
That's the worrying shot. It's just such a dumb idea. A werehedgehog? It sounds like something from a kids cartoon.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=kOI0kHe_tT8
The gameplay looks great though.
#43
Posted 23 March 2008 - 05:15 PM
#44
Posted 23 March 2008 - 05:18 PM
@Caael: the ZOMGGRAPHIX!!!1 Brigade lives! i am pleased ;)
#45
Posted 23 March 2008 - 05:21 PM
#46
Posted 23 March 2008 - 05:25 PM
gameplay is all important as everyone with a scrap of common sense knows