Sonic Generations Discussion

[CosmicCastaway]

One thing I wish the Heroes style special stages could do is have the entire stage rotate like in Knuckles Chaotix. Something about that might fix how annoying the controls were.

Knuckles Chaotix's special stages were a bit jarring to me at first, but I eventually warmed up to them and now I think they're quite fun.
I do like the Heroes' special stages so that's cool it'll be in the 3DS version. My favorite type of special stage still remains the ones from S3&K. Those are so much fun!

[CrazyT]

Glad i'm working on summer holidays. I actually gotta get a 3ds now

[Radrappy]

Why does this look so visually uninteresting and low tech?  It looks like a DS game.  These better be really early development shots because goddamn.

[George]

It does not look like a DS game. Its a bit better, but that is about... what 95% of 3DS games look like in quality. I don't think users here should be like "FUCK YOU SEGA LOOKS LIKE SHIT!" what do you expect from the software when the hardware isn't all that great?

Also noticed that NO fucking games on the 3DS run AA, so they look jaggy as hell.

Nintendo DS:


I would like to wait for new screens of Sonic Generations, but I can tell you this. It will look better than New Super Mario Bros and most likely be designed way better since that game was designed by 8 year olds.

[Radrappy]

obviously we need to see it in motion, but seriously look at this shit


I don't even know what's going on here but it's not appealing at all.


And this?  Are they fighting under a giant fart cloud?

It's just not very encouraging stuff.


this was the only exciting image out of the bunch.

[max_cady]

Well, these are magazine scans, the video game equivalent of a bootleg recording off a theater screen, so it's going to look a little rough around the edges...

[Radrappy]

them being scans doesn't change the content.

[TimmiT]

Goddamn, the 3DS can do much better than this. It's like this game was first made for the DS and then upgraded to the 3DS.

[Pao]

Don't forget its a Sonic game, which means it needs to render everything at a blistering speed, they need some sacrifices  graphics and details to achieve that in good framerate.

[Suzuki Yu]

Goddamn, the 3DS can do much better than this. It's like this game was first made for the DS and then upgraded to the 3DS.

in addition to what Pao says, the game is far from been a DS quality game, considering this is a full 3D engine for a sonic game.
but believe me those scans makes it looking worse than what it is.

[TimmiT]

Don't forget its a Sonic game, which means it needs to render everything at a blistering speed, they need some sacrifices  graphics and details to achieve that in good framerate.

The graphics don't look much better than a first-gen PSP game, like Pursuit Force: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnvWoBdy-Sc
The 3DS can do much better than this.

[CrazyT]

I don't think it looks too bad. I think you guys are just thinking too highly of the 3ds's specs. Also they never were too ambitious with the handheld games, just look at rush and colors ds.

It's better to see the 3ds version just as a variation to the HD version. It looks allright.

[Centrale]

I think a great deal of the 3DS's processing power must be reserved to push the dual sets of frames for the 3D effect.  So I don't know exactly what people are expecting to see, maybe some degree of normal mapping like we saw on the first Xbox and PS2, but I think those resources are just being directed elsewhere.

[Radrappy]

I think you guys are just thinking too highly of the 3ds's specs.

And yet the new Mario title will somehow look amazing.   :roll:

[Sharky]

Graphics graphics graphics! Waka waka waka.