In the early 1990s, the Sonic the Hedgehog series was such a force that it propelled Sega to a level of prominence that it had not even dreamt of and unfortunately still tries to return to today. The much maligned Sega has redeemed itself lately by publishing titles such as Bayonetta and others but the Sonic franchise is trying to polish its tarnished name which has degraded slowly over time.
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.
Ha, i remember the ROM for the Sonic 4 beta back in the day that was like Knuckles Chaotix. I'm looking foward to this but the 'episode 1' scares me.
Is Sega back in the game with the big boys?
If Sonic returns to 2-d Im all for it. 2-D is back, and Braid showed us that
Sonic 2D will no doubt be the great old Sonic game that we all knew from childhood. However can the franchise bounce back to success after the horrid 3d versions?
I was never a huge fan of the Sonic series. Mainly because I never owned anything Sega till they had the Dreamcast. Although there are plenty of people out there that enjoy it so hopefully it can be as strong as they're hoping it can.