Sonic Generations Discussion

[max_cady]

Every time I come here and see a new picture and video of this game, my jaw drops and it takes a while to shut it.

[Trippled]

I think the Art-Director(Sachiko Kawamaru) for this game is the same as Unleashed and Colors, and also worked on the Chao Garderns and  some art for Saturn-Sonic stuff.
Definitly doing a good job, maybe most respectable person at Sonic Team right now perhaps.

[cube_b3]

First screen shot to become a wall paper.

Beautiful find Sharky.

[Sharky]

maybe most respectable person at Sonic Team right now perhaps.

PSO2 come to me.

[Trippled]

maybe most respectable person at Sonic Team right now perhaps.

PSO2 come to me.

Oh yeah totally forgot, Satoshi Sakai is  a part of Sonic Team too!
I thought some different studio is making the Phantasy Star games now...

[CosmicCastaway]

I would love to see what classic Eggman is going to look like in HD. I bet he'll be super excellent!

[Chaosmaster8753]

I think this screenshot right here is one of the most beautiful things I've seen in videogame history. It's just so rich with colour, so vibrant, sharp and perfect.

You can make as many HD shooters with destructable enviroments and gritty space marines with zits and blemishes and perfectly textured rubble... But it'll never excite me as much as a picture like this.

It looks good, but the textures look kinda bleh up close.

[Sharky]

The only texture I would consider anything less than awesome is the close up grass... But even I'm pretty sure this is much bigger than it should be.

Looks better than pretty much every game I've played this gen. Not so much because of the graphics (although they are nigh perfect) but the art direction and the vibrant colour palette.

[Sega Uranus]

Nigh perfect? I agree some of the stuff in the background looks great, but literally on that image you posted the log bridge on the left almost entirely clips into the wall and the wall right below it is clipping through the MIDDLE of the grass. Obviously the game is kind of fast, so you are not supposed to notice those things, but still!

Also, the video posted was great and all (I watched it a lot. A LOT.), but I noticed some weird things. The most obvious is how in the Modern Sonic sections the time shoots back and forth, which is likely video cuts made by SEGA, and the really weird one is... The section where he loses his rings... He has 62 rings, but loses 49. W T F

So where is Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II? Now that I have seen Sonic Team is entirely capable of a normal classic styled Sonic game, I really want to shit all over that game.

[George]

Ok, does retro sonic have boost? I noticed it in the trailer and it is what turned me off, that and the speed. Its a bit too fast for my liking. *gets bashed*

[Radrappy]

Ok, does retro sonic have boost? I noticed it in the trailer and it is what turned me off, that and the speed. Its a bit too fast for my liking. *gets bashed*

a boost?  Not that I know of.  Care to link to the moment in question for further inspection?  

I think this screenshot right here is one of the most beautiful things I've seen in videogame history. It's just so rich with colour, so vibrant, sharp and perfect.

You can make as many HD shooters with destructable enviroments and gritty space marines with zits and blemishes and perfectly textured rubble... But it'll never excite me as much as a picture like this.

It looks good, but the textures look kinda bleh up close.

the textures?  Really?  He's talking about the aesthetics.  Unleashed actually shared a similarly beautiful impressionistic quality.  Obviously when scrutinized, it was clear that the orange and pink leaves in Apostos were cutouts.  Didn't make them any less beautiful.    

here is a recently released screen cap of a universally reevered franchise's upcoming third installment:


I love Mass Effect 2 but I'm with you all the way on this one Sharky.

[George]

I do have a problem with the clipping on the bridge, it stands out like a swore thumb. They have to fix it. Obviously won't release anytime soon... so we shall see. Everything else in my opinion looks ace.

[Pao]

The Screenshot was taken from an angle where you can see the clipping, if you watch the gameplay you wouldn't notice it because the camera is entirely 2D.

If there is one thing that is mindblowing about this game its the graphics, its just too detailed and beautiful.  I wish SEGA would use the Hedgehog engine for more than Sonic.

Also, does anyone like the fact that the camera turns a bit 3D in classic Sonic gameplay at 0:27?

[CrazyT]

I think the game is still very much in development. In the last video you can see some of the choppers(fish badniks) still sorta dark/blackish instead of red in some screenshots. The graphics may still get upgrades I think.

Everyone seems to be so pumped up lol. I like classic sonic's portions but personally the game as whole isn't making me that much excited. I'm more in a "wait and see" stance.

[Sharky]

aesthetics

This is the word I was looking for, it was on the tip of my tongue but I couldn't find it. That's exactly what I'm talking about, the aesthetic is just amazing.

Whilst I see some slight muddy textures in the close up grass and a couple of clipping issues, (how often do games not have these?) lets not forget it's early days yet, these are the very first shots we've seen and games get the most polish graphically near the end of development.

Not that I'd care to much if it wasn't polished any more than this, it looks stunning imo.