Posted by Pimpsy G.

Adventure was a mess. I could care less about the hub world, the story, or whatever. That isn't what makes a sonic game, and it never has been.

I'm going to explode.  

Posted by Pimpsy G.

I think you're being a little over critical. I can't see how they're trying to hard considering they are actually injecting some new ideas into the series and making it more different than it ever has been. If you're referring to the style, the style seems to be looking great in my opinion. It looks to me as if its the first true 3D representation of the 2D games from the 90's. I honestly hated the realistic approach that sonic has been taking over the last decade. The reason I hate realistic sonic games like that is because it further proves that 3D sonic games dont have a standard style, or a set universe. They don't feel like sonic. Lost Words seems to finally be going back to a universe that feels more like "Sonic".

I don't mind the universe it's set in, it just looks like they're trying to use the nostalgia factor and Sonic's history to pull this off, where it should be the gameplay that they need to focus on. I didn't mind the modern Sonic style, and I thought Sonic X kind of pulled it off (only saw a couple of episodes).

Posted by Pimpsy G

If you think the Adventure series had better gameplay than Generations, I don't think I should be arguing with you because your opinion is so wildly different than mine I could never even comprehend what was going in your head. The reason I said that Generations and colors were great was because they finally nailed the core gameplay down in those games. Adventure was a mess. I could care less about the hub world, the story, or whatever. That isn't what makes a sonic game, and it never has been.

I'm not comparing anything to Generations, because I don't consider Generations to be a true Sonic game. It's just a tribute to Sonic. The thing about Adventure that stands out is its speed. Sonic is supposed to be all about the flow and speed. I thought the storyline, hubworld, etc were all nice additions, but the core gameplay was fast paced. Sonic had fresh moves that he didn't have before and we got to explore a lot of areas in 3D while not being weighed down by ****ty controls or awkward platforms. It's the camera that always ruined the earlier 3D Sonic games. I've never played Color, so I can't judge that one.

With all that said, we really need to ask ourselves...was Sonic actually ever a good game? Were the first 3 ever really...good? I was a Sonic fanboy when I was young, but having gone back and played them multiple times I can't help but feel it was overrated. The only bits of the game that were speedy and flowed well were all pre-defined (by that I mean you just ran into bumpers for 20 seconds and then got thrown onto a platform section). The thing that set Adventure apart from that was that it was fast paced and you were actually controlling Sonic. Adventure 2 ****ed it up by slowing the character down and adding more platforms everywhere. Heroes was just...yeah...and let's not talk about Shadow the Hedgehog.

Generations is a good start, but it still has some of the classic Sonic flaws. I'm hoping this new Sonic flows well rather than stutter itself like the other Sonic games.

Sometimes I swear Mario is faster in terms of gameplay and flow. ._.  

Posted by Tyler

I'm going to explode.

 

Posted by Pimpsy G.

I'm a die hard sonic adventure fan but i couldn't help but laugh at that.
those expressions were horrible on the dreamcast  

looks really nice, i think it may be better than the original sonic.  

Posted by Pimpsy G.

xD oh cheesy sonic, always made me cringe  

Posted by Pimpsy G.

http://i25.tinypic.com/2zq5y8n.jpg (Unsupported image host)  

Mixture of super mario galaxy and sonic?