Alexis Santos: "Today Sonic fans were given what they had been waiting for since 1994; A return to the classic 2D style that they fell in love with. We know most Sonic fans are ecstatic as a result of the announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog 4, as are we. Yet, some fanboys still refuse to accept what they've been given. Do they reject what they see from sheer shock? Have they become so accustomed to being disappointed with every Sonic title after Sonic 3 that they automatically find things they hate about new games?"
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 was something many wanted to see for a very long time. Continuing the story from Sonic 3 & Knuckles, many had lofty expectations for this title. When it finally released, many were split on the project. From it’s episodic nature, different feeling controls and changes that felt strange to fans of Sonic’s classic adventures, Sonic 4 Episode I and II were divisive games to say the least.
I feel like if they could keep improving on the Sonic 4 physics, formula and level design they could have gone from the good Sonic 4 Ep II to something genuinely great for Sonic 4 Ep III.
Strange games. Definitely shouldn't have been "Sonic 4". Seeing as it re-used alot of ideas, level themes enemies and bosses etc, it really should have been called "Sonic Megamix" or something and the levels should have been named after the originals. This would have given SEGA a chance to see what fans reaction was to this style of game, before going in for "proper" Sonic 4. Sonic Mania feels far more "Sonic 4" than the actual Sonic 4 does haha
After today’s leak, Microsoft just confirmed via Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb that a bunch of new games are going to be compatible starting today with Xbox One’s backward compatibility feature.
Casually Hardcore takes a detailed look at sonics 25 year history. This video covers Sonic's 25 year history from the birth of Sonic all the way up to Sonic Boom, covering all the major Sonic games as well as how he changed the gaming landscape both with video games and non video game things.
2-D, classic sidescrolling.. Super mega blast processing Sonic... Today? 2010? What's there to not like... I'm sorry, love, about this iteration? It's even for PSN and xbox live. Not a disc based game but a DL game. This is about as perfect as can be. The cost won't be high and the experience will be just what everyone expects it to be.
I'm happy.
lol I'm sorry if the guy is stuck in the past but the old sonic desing was cool in 1990s and it's not at our Standards anymore.
Just imagine mario looking the same way he did on the old snes Boxes lol . Sonic's new look 1998till now matches our Era . He got a Edgier, Hip style which match his Personality.
OLD SONIC DESING ( LOL )
http://www.wiids.nl/files/S...
Redesing 98 +
http://api.ning.com/files/P...
and Sonic is a Japanese Series so of course the characters change desing they Look bettter and better with the years. Just look at mario
MARIO Bros 2 (LOL)
http://lparchive.org/LetsPl...
MARIO NOW ( drawing not 3D render)
http://matteomazzali.files....
Also Go and try selling kids and Lame looking character on the box I swear it will fail.
If you expect failure and receive mediocrity, your happy
If you expect awesomeness and receive mediocrity, your upset
Get my point?
I wasn't impressed with the video. I need to see at least 1 minute of sidescrolling action to see how truly fast Sonic is. I seriously hated the model that they chose for the Sonic. If they had built this from the ground up, then they wouldn't have used the Sonic model which have plagued the 3D games.
If it ends up being just a slow, linear experience, then I'll wait and buy the disc-based game (I'm sure it is planned) later down the road just so I can continue to hope for a true worthy Sonic.
If it blows my mind, though, I'll hope for the Dreamcast 2.
I run a Sonic fansite and it doesn't matter if they redid Sonic 3 in HD, added new levels, and called it Sonic 4 they would never be happy. There will always be people who complain no matter what when it comes to Sonic, it doesn't matter if they made the most innovative and best game ever. "Oh the game is great but his feet don't make a wheel and it pisses me off so I'm going to rant all over the internet about it"...