Sonic 2 fan remix.

[Sharky]

The point of me mentioning this as not as good as Sonic 4 was that there are BOUND and I mean bound to be people saying this. In fact...

Yep, just went over to Neogaf...Guess what!?

Also I think good fan games, as in 'so good they could pass as real games' are so rare that I would say about 2% of them are even worth playing.

[MadeManG74]

Also I think good fan games, as in 'so good they could pass as real games' are so rare that I would say about 2% of them are even worth playing.

About the same batting average as Sonic Team then!

HIYO!

[Sharky]

Also I think good fan games, as in 'so good they could pass as real games' are so rare that I would say about 2% of them are even worth playing.

About the same batting average as Sonic Team then!

HIYO!

Sonic Colours looks great,
Puyo Pop 15th Anniversary is great,
Phantasy Star: Zero was good,
Project Rub was unique and fun,
Phantasy Star: Portable 2 is Awesome.
Sonic 4 looks like a good game...

Wha da prablem is?

[fluffymoochicken]

Plus, Sonic Unleashed was a good game, even though that's a couple of years old now. ^_^

[ezodagrom]

Also I think good fan games, as in 'so good they could pass as real games' are so rare that I would say about 2% of them are even worth playing.

About the same batting average as Sonic Team then!

HIYO!

Sonic Colours looks great,
Puyo Pop 15th Anniversary is great,
Phantasy Star: Zero was good,
Project Rub was unique and fun,
Phantasy Star: Portable 2 is Awesome.
Sonic 4 looks like a good game...

Wha da prablem is?

Sonic 4 is being done mostly done by Dimps (I think), Phantasy Star Portable 2 was mostly done by Alfa System (I think Sonic Team name doesn't even appear on it, even though Sakai is the producer).

[Sharky]

^It is a ocoperation between Alfa and Sonic Team. The engine and 90% of the game mechanics were already made. artwork and new features/music were all come up with by Sakai and Alpha Systems did the engine porting and made the changes.

[crackdude]

Sonic Team should cease existence.
They should integrate the team into another one or something. The Sonic Team name itself is already an indicator that there are high chances of a game being rubbish. For the general public at least.

[Sega Uranus]

Sonic Team should cease existence.
They should integrate the team into another one or something. The Sonic Team name itself is already an indicator that there are high chances of a game being rubbish. For the general public at least.

Sonic Team is a disease. When they merged with the awesome UGA, look what became of that. The Sonic Riders series.

Best bet is to just burn it all down or sell them off to Namco or something.

[Orta]

Just hire the Holy Trinity back: Naka, Oshima and Yasuhara. Problem solved.

[Sega Uranus]

I think the easiest thing to do is just let someone like AM2 make a Sonic game that is part of the main series. Most people would like it more and so SEGA would keep letting them do more. Simple.

Actually, any really competent studio could probably make a good Sonic game, or at least way better than some of what we are still getting.

[ezodagrom]

Well, I wouldn't say that Sonic Team itself is bad, at least currently. I think the blame for bad/below average games should go to whoever was in charge back in 2006 or so.

[crackdude]

But Sonic Unleashed was terrible!
Sonic gameplay was fun, but the decision to put a (playable) Werehog undermined the whole game.

[ezodagrom]

But Sonic Unleashed was terrible!
Sonic gameplay was fun, but the decision to put a (playable) Werehog undermined the whole game.

Even though Sonic Unleashed was released in 2008, it started being developed before that. According to a blog, they started working on the engine in 2005, and started developing the game on 2006.
http://blogs.ign.com/SEGA_SonicUnleashed/2008/10/16/

A better example of a recent bad Sonic Team game would be Black Knight, but since it's just a spin-off, it doesn't really matter much (in my opinion).

Still, the Sonic Team today is not exactly the same as the one from 4+ years ago, mainly with the merge with SEGA Studios USA and with Iizuka becoming the new head of Sonic Team.
It's possible that they'll be improving from now on, making better games (like Sonic Colors). It's also possible that they'll start screwing up again though....who knows... :<

[crackdude]

Things seems to be coming out okay for the next months, but the 2003-2008 period left a huge mark on the team's reputation.

[Sega Uranus]

But Sonic Unleashed was terrible!
Sonic gameplay was fun, but the decision to put a (playable) Werehog undermined the whole game.

Sonic Unleashed was pretty good. I hate how people say it completely sucks just because of the werehog, the game had a lot of issues, but most of them came from level design and stupid gimmicks like QTEs and general poor direction that all of the game styles shared.

The core gameplay of the Werehog itself was fine, could have been great with work. It should have been designed as a new IP instead of Sonic stuff.

Also, NEEDS ROLLING