Sebastian at Probable Failure writes, "Sonic the Hedgehog has been a facet of my gaming life ever since I first played sonic as a wee lil’ lad. Until now, Sega has gone through a decade long run of throwing their own feces all over Sonic (The proverbial “shit hit the fan” didn’t quite make the mental image I was going for). For me, the game that showed Sega turning around was actually Sonic Unleashed for the Wii, the Sonic day-time levels of course. Sega actually looked like it was working hard and taking some effort in restoring Sonic’s name. Their attempts can be clearly seen (key word: “attempts”) in Sonic the Hedgehog 4, the latest entry into the hedgehog’s library. They do this by bringing the original Sonic players back to the 2D world Sonic is most loved for. But does this return to the 2D world actually fix anything?"
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.
So Sonic 4 is a probable failure?
and some of my friends loved it yeh its on the short end of the stick for 14.99 but it the right step moving forward for sega.
now they know what they need to improve on for episode 2 make it longer more fluid controls and say about 9.99
I prefer Sonic remix that was not made by sega
I enjoyed Sonic 4 . I dint pay for it aswell.
Sure there are stuff I wish they didn't mess with like the uncurling, slower speed in ball mode than running mode and physics.
But in general the gameplay was still awesome, just needed to get adjusted to the new game. And I played many many hours on it already, surely getting my 15 dollars worth.
Getting all the achievements where fun and difficult but in the end it was a great sonic game.