Sonic Runners: A New iOS / Android game?

[MadeManG74]

to a 13 year old perhaps!

Shots fired towards Portugal.

[George]

Why does anyone that doesn't like the same music as you have to be a certain age demographic? I mean, Sonic Adventure 2 came out 13 years or so ago, so how many 13 year olds do you think are still into those games? Those are 'Retro games' to them.

[Happy Cat]

to a 13 year old perhaps!

better get used to it. No doubt it's the kind of music the 25th anniversary game will have. Jun's rock songs seem to be saved for big releases.

don't you love what he did with chemical plant? or green hill zone? I think those remixes are great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYydpNym4U0

[Nirmugen]

I played and so far I got into it. The gameplay is really addictive.

Did people notice that ST implemented some sort of a completely functional, although not the same, jumping and physics system that is reminiscent to the classic games? It's the same concept of S4:2 but better and without Dimps.

Also, this is the director first game with no Dimps colaboration in years. So, they ended their arrangement or this miracle is only a misunderstanding? Time will tell...

[George]

Yeah, no homing attack, tho we don't know if its a upgrade later (sorta how Generations introduced that stuff). I wouldn't mind it as optional, but I don't think it needs it.

The levels aren't as great designed due to being random but works for the type of gameplay, since your character moves forward by himself. I can see this getting over 100 million downloads easy.

[Barry the Nomad]

I like the music. :-/ The theme song especially:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBuREy3eiGQ

[Radrappy]

don't you love what he did with chemical plant? or green hill zone? I think those remixes are great!

nah, he cluttered up those melodies with cheesy guitar riffs and overly busy instrumentation.  I feel like I'm being shouted at during those songs, which isn't ever what I want.  I prefer ohtani and tokoi's stuff way way, more. 



incidentally, does anyone think these songs were a collab between sunoe and others?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF_1SD6nOv0


this in particular feels like an excellent fusion of syncopated guitar riffs and soulful piano melody in the middle.  It's quite striking.  Like sweet mountain mashed with planet wisp. 

[crackdude]

to a 13 year old perhaps!

I was 11 at the time, so I TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT.

THANK YOU

[Aki-at]

Pft, this is REAL DEAL Sonic soul music and not the trash Jun makes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osS8xrJ-pcc

<3 <3 <3 <3 Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

[MadeManG74]

The levels aren't as great designed due to being random

Randomly Generated levels?




Just kidding, we knew it was going to be like that. Shame, I don't like randomly generated levels being the basis of a game though.

[Sharky]

Obviously I can't play it but from what I've seen I think the game looks good. I like the aesthetic, character models, I like the music and the play on nostalgia... There's not much offensive about the game at all, which is very good for a Sonic game. I don't know how SEGA are going to make money out of this though I've seen no reason to spend a single dime... It keeps rewarding the player with stuff non-stop.

[Barry the Nomad]

I don't think the levels are randomly generated, at least in the sense that every single item is placed at random. I think there are stretches from start to the beginning of a boss fight that are pre-built. The Eggman battles are what break them up. So it's like:

STAGE 1-A -> Eggman Battle 1 -> STAGE 2-C -> Eggman Battle 2 -> Stage 3-A -> Eggman Battle 3 -> Stage 4-D

The Eggman battles break up the stages that get progressively harder and faster in speed. No clue how many stages there are of each kind, but I feel that in the first world there were three intro stages.

[George]

I think they are designed/random; as in, they are build in parts and then randomly connected and generated. Is the vibe I got.

[MadeManG74]

Do you mean they are different each time you play, or they just built 50 stages with a random map maker tool?

[Sharky]

It's like how PSO works, there is a pool of various pre made level parts it selects from and then joins say 3 together in a random order so it feels different but without ever being so randomly generated that it breaks up the flow of the levels. No weird anomalies or strangely placed platforms.