Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

[fluffymoochicken]

Released last night at 11pm

That's still less than 12 hours to let the hype die down.

Blah, never mind.

[Orta]

I really enjoyed your review. I take it you beat it already? How long did it last?

[Barry the Nomad]

I'd say I put 5 hours into the game, I beat all but E.G.G. Station (though I have played it) and have not collected all the emeralds (I have 4). I jumped around quite a bit to get a feel for the whole game, and replayed personal favorite acts a few more times than the others so 5 hours isn't necessarily a start to finish play time. I will say that I still have a lot do do even with a good portion of the game completed. There were a number of paths that I have yet to see and I haven't explored time attack mode too much. I also want to try for a playthrough with tilt controls, just to see if I can do it.

[crackdude]

Great review! And you kinda explained the same thoughts as mine about the homing attack and how it could be a feature even if the game was released back then. Only you did it way better than I could!

Glad to know it works good. I just don't get what's that uncurling thing..

I'm looking forward for the PSN version!

[George]

Jealous. Wish it was not itunes only (for mobile)

Well, PSN ver it is.

[Barry the Nomad]

Btw, I beat Ruby's time attack challenge (1'13") but he has failed to open the SEGA Forums thread for me to post the photo. Probably cuz he's scared.



A note about the homing attack: You only get one chance to hit something with it in the air. If you fail to make contact with anything you can't use it until reaching the ground and jumping again. This is nice, as it cuts down greatly on spamming the attack. However, if you use it and hit something, it resets and can be used again (to chain). So thankfully, it cannot be spammed.

Example: I tried running off an enemy-free ledge and used the homing attack to mid-air dash but then while coming down I thought I'd sneakily boost again towards an item box, but was unable to perform a second HA as my first did not make contact with an enemy or item.

[Shigs]

I got 1'09"62 on Splash Hill Act 1.

[crackdude]

I JUST HAD THIS TOTALLY SWEET IDEA.

We should host some records here at SegaBits! We could have a board with some challenges from Sega games!

EXAMPLE:
Thread: Green Hill Zone Act 1
Objective: Beat GHZ1 in less than a minute.
Each new post would have to beat the time of the previous one or something similar.

Another thread for points in an Outrun2 15-course run, or lap times in Sega Rally.. Money in a 3minute Crazy Taxi run. Things like that!

Just a random idea..

[Orta]

I had that idea in my head for a while, since I'll probably need something for my Databases course project. :C

[George]

I got 1'09"62 on Splash Hill Act 1.

BARRY BEAT HIM RIGHT NOW  :shock:

[CosmicCastaway]

One of the trophies/achievements is to beat the first level in under a minute. I wonder who's going to do it first?

[Aki-at]

UK iPhone charts

To be up that high with about 24 hours on sales would mean the game has managed to sell tens of thousands of copies, also happens to have an average rating of about 4.5 out of 5 and listed as the iPhone Game of the Week. Even managed to beat FIFA 11.

I am thinking SEGA will be happy with the sales of it in the UK, probably extremely pleased.

But it's 17th in the American charts, although thanks to it's price, it's 2nd highest grosser over there, so I'll keep a tab on high that develops.

[Barry the Nomad]

I got 1'09"62 on Splash Hill Act 1.

BARRY BEAT HIM RIGHT NOW  :shock:

I BEAT HIM LAST NIGHT 1'09"06! Got the screen grab to prove it, will post later today!

Proof:

[max_cady]

I love how some neoGaffers are in denial mode over Sonic 4 getting good reviews.

[ezodagrom]

I love how some neoGaffers are in denial mode over Sonic 4 getting good reviews.

What reviews? o_O;
Only Sonic 4 review I've seen so far was the SEGAbits one.