Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

[Aki-at]

Sonic Team is never going to be fixed I guess, I cannot believe I have bought so many of their products over the years thinking "Maybe the next one will be better" or "I will just remain cautiously optimistic!".

Last bright spark of SEGA left, you'll see!

[spoiler:2jjpd28a]When they announce Shadow 2[/spoiler:2jjpd28a]

[MadeManG74]

Sanus, Sonic will always be what they want it to be. It's just a videogame, don't have a cow. When it comes out, download the trial and try it. If you like it buy it. If you don't then fuck it.

I still think it's bogus to diss a game on pure speculation. Has anyone actually tried out the homing attack? No? Well then what are you complaining about?
It's like saying you don't like grapes, without ever trying some, cause one time you ate some olives and you wouldn't like olives to go with your fruit salad.

I have given my reasons as to why the homing attack being in the game is a bad decision, I am not going to keep talking about it anymore.

What you are missing is that I am not hating the game because of "Speculation", I just hate pretty much everything about it. The art I hate, the music I hate, the badniks are just rehashed ones from earlier releases and worst of all they are my LEAST favorite badniks from all of the games, that is quite a feat!

I am not getting mad at the game because I am guessing the gameplay will suck, I just hate everything about the game from what I can see and I feel the choices in the gameplay are extremely poor. Of course I will try the demo, but there is no way I am buying these separately.

I mean, I just hate the game, I want nothing to do with it. It is like me telling you to "Become a fan of a soccer team you hate, just give it a try, you might like it!". You know you hate the team, so why should you ever bother?

So now you understand why I don't like Sonic and Sega All Stars Mario Kart?

[Dr. SEGA Monkey]

Video of the entire first act:

http://http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8678/8415.mp4

[Sega Uranus]

So now you understand why I don't like Sonic and Sega All Stars Mario Kart?

This is different. It is a direct sequel to one of my favorite games of all time and I actually hate the people making it and have played all of their products that they ever released, so I know how they work and think.

Also, I will actually play the demo.  :roll:

[Dr. SEGA Monkey]

Also from that video, you'll hear the Sonic 3 Act Clear jingle.

Finally, the rightful order has been restored.

[MadeManG74]

So now you understand why I don't like Sonic and Sega All Stars Mario Kart?

This is different. It is a direct sequel to one of my favorite games of all time and I actually hate the people making it and have played all of their products that they ever released, so I know how they work and think.

Also, I will actually play the demo.  :roll:

No, it's pretty much the same as far as I can see. We both don't like nearly everything about the games from what we've seen.

And I will play the demo too, remember that I was waiting for a time when it wouldn't murder my internet cap? Thanks for reminding me though, I'll download it this weekend or something!

[Dr. SEGA Monkey]

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FULL ACT.

The level design looks pretty good. However the physics are still wonky.

[Sega Uranus]

So now you understand why I don't like Sonic and Sega All Stars Mario Kart?

This is different. It is a direct sequel to one of my favorite games of all time and I actually hate the people making it and have played all of their products that they ever released, so I know how they work and think.

Also, I will actually play the demo.  :roll:

No, it's pretty much the same as far as I can see. We both don't like nearly everything about the games from what we've seen.

And I will play the demo too, remember that I was waiting for a time when it wouldn't murder my internet cap? Thanks for reminding me though, I'll download it this weekend or something!

I still say it is different.

While I will give you not liking the general gameplay (if you want to say it is just Mario Kart), SARS was not a sequel to anything specifically. It was a crossover of different IPs which played like nothing specifically like SEGA, which is what bugged us. With Sonic the Hedgehog 4 the only thing that is not Sonic-like is the music, which by the way, even with all of those damn Rush songs, SARS had a really good soundtrack.

If it just was not called Sonic the Hedgehog 4, I honestly would not mind as much. It is not like if the title of Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing being changed would have made anything different, just would have had one less bullet point on one of Sharky's lists.

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The level design looks pretty good. However the physics are still wonky.

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[Sharky]

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FULL ACT.

The level design looks pretty good. However the physics are still wonky.

Someone download it and stick it up on youtube... I can't get the video to play only the sound...

[Sega Uranus]

The video is on TSSZ. See it now!

The physics are a huge improvement from what we saw last, but what bugs me the most is that the rolling sound is wrong... How could they ever ever EVER choose the wrong sound for that??!?

[Aki-at]

Game at least seems better than Sonic Advance 2 and Sonic Rush so far... Even if that isn't saying much!

I still say it is different.

While I will give you not liking the general gameplay (if you want to say it is just Mario Kart), SARS was not a sequel to anything specifically. It was a crossover of different IPs which played like nothing specifically like SEGA, which is what bugged us. With Sonic the Hedgehog 4 the only thing that is not Sonic-like is the music, which by the way, even with all of those damn Rush songs, SARS had a really good soundtrack.

SARS was something that MadeMan and I am sure many others was pretty much going to be their biggest game for the next calander year and beyond.

So I would say that's pretty big. It's exactly the same case for him, it might not be for you, but it was to him to what Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is to you.

[Sega Uranus]

I do not really see how. I was just excited for the game as you guys were at first.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 was totally different, right at the start I was like "This looks good, I guess". YOU were the one who kept talking about it nonstop!

[Barry the Nomad]

Game looks like fun.

I like fun.

I will buy game.

 

[Sharky]

The physics look much improved but still off... he shouldnt be able to run up the side of that cliff so easy..

But the animations are still terrible, stiff and ugly as fuck! I really hope they are improved by release... because as is, I wouldn't play the game for that reason alone.

-The slow jog animation, goes to slow for the speed he moves at, it looks floaty and weird.

-The 'I just came off the edge of a jump' thing where he puts his hands in the air almost like the classic falling after being hit animation is... well, bloody rediculous. I really hope that isnt final and they give it the 'roll into ball' animation.

-The jumping 'balled up' animation is faaar to slow! FAR to slow... It needs to look like its wizzing around.

-There NEEDs to be an animation for 'walking up steep cliff faces' because boy does that look wrong.

[MadeManG74]

Game at least seems better than Sonic Advance 2 and Sonic Rush so far... Even if that isn't saying much!

I still say it is different.

While I will give you not liking the general gameplay (if you want to say it is just Mario Kart), SARS was not a sequel to anything specifically. It was a crossover of different IPs which played like nothing specifically like SEGA, which is what bugged us. With Sonic the Hedgehog 4 the only thing that is not Sonic-like is the music, which by the way, even with all of those damn Rush songs, SARS had a really good soundtrack.

SARS was something that MadeMan and I am sure many others was pretty much going to be their biggest game for the next calander year and beyond.

So I would say that's pretty big. It's exactly the same case for him, it might not be for you, but it was to him to what Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is to you.

I don't think I would go so far as to say it was the biggest game of the year for me. I was excited at first, and gradually lost excitement until they hit rock bottom with 2 Billy Hatcher Levels. Then Barry got cross with me for not liking it.

-The 'I just came off the edge of a jump' thing where he puts his hands in the air almost like the classic falling after being hit animation is... well, bloody rediculous. I really hope that isnt final and they give it the 'roll into ball' animation.

I agree, that is just incredibly dumb. Hope they fix that.