Sonic Generations Demo - 23rd of June!

[max_cady]

I played the demo about 2 days ago and I thought it was OK.

But definately, there is some issues that are weird, because you know, the small chubby Sonic really feels heavy.

At one point, I agree with the visuals, it took a while for me to adjust, the colors are way too saturated and it shows.

Nevertheless, I am looking foward to this.

Because despite these minor quips, the game looks pretty much flawless.

[Trippled]

I hope they have more Blogs and Interviews with the actual creator and artists like they did with Unleashed,and not just the Producer(Iizuka) talk about his Action-Games but a get a bit more of in-depth look.

http://http://www.sonicteam.co.jp/SonicWorldAdventure/hamidashi/

http://http://www.sonicteam.co.jp/SonicWorldAdventure/director/

I'm not sure if all that got even translated.

[CosmicCastaway]

Well, the time limit for the demo is almost up. Hopefully we'll see the second half of the demo this coming week. I'm quite eager to play the Modern Sonic version of Green Hill.

[Barry the Nomad]

Demo expired! Though XBOX owners can continue to play if they disconnect from Live and change their clock. lol

At least SEGA threw us a bone today:

[Sega Uranus]

He looks really great there.

Something I am hugely afraid of is that classic variations of characters will not exist, like we might not see classic Tails or Knuckles, for instance. This model makes me worry less, but it is still in my mind. I mean, notice how they have not spoken of classic variations of other characters much? It seems so obvious to have them in, but this is Sonic Team we are talking about here.

MINOR SPOILERS:

I mean, the Chaotix is kind of a new group of characters. Wasn't Charmy originally like 16 or something, too? It is not like they can use the classic variation of him and say he was younger, when he was actually older.

[Waffle]

'Demo expired! Though XBOX owners can continue to play if they disconnect from Live and change their clock. lol'

XBox 360 confirmed as Time Eater, then?

Maybe it works like The End as a boss. Just wait it out until it dies naturally in a few hours.

[CrazyT]

Something about that model makes metal sonic look "cute", which doesn't really sit right with me.

[Sega Uranus]

The colors are a bit bright and the metal bits are not very shiny. Is that what bugs you?

I think he looks good.

[CrazyT]

Nah I don't think he looks nesceseraly "bad", just not harmful like he used to look in sonic cd and the OVA. The brighter color and less pointy quills do play a role, but I also think maybe he looks a bit... too short?

I mean when you look at this



You don't think: aww he looks so cute.

[Barry the Nomad]

It's probably just the angle. Y'know, like when people took photos from above for their my space profile to make their eyes bigger:



If the Classic Sonic model is based off the Sonic 1&2 proportions then I'm pretty sure Metal will be very similar and will match the Sonic CD Metal.

[CrazyT]

^I loled XD. That's an awful pose o_0

Yeah I would like to see him in action. I've noticed a thing with the characters. The CGI models don't really look exactly like the ingame models. The ingame classic sonic model looks slightly more accurate compared to the CGI model.

I think they're probably done by different teams (marza probably doing the CGI renders) so who knows the ingame metal sonic may end up looking more similar. I'm just nitpicking now, i'm aware of that :p

[Waffle]

He has a small body and a giant head, that is why he looks cute. Basically the shape of a baby/kitten/puppy/etc. Not exactly threatening for a murderous robot doppelgänger.

From what I have seen of Sonic and this, I suspect all of the classic characters will look overly cute. I do not like that, considering not all of them are supposed to be cute. Tails and Amy would be fine like this, but Sonic, Knuckles, Metal Sonic, and Robotnik should be a bit more edgy looking generally.

[Barry the Nomad]

Classic Sonic was a badass. No way would he stoop to looking cute!

[Sega Uranus]

They kind of screwed up with the story making the characters younger. Tails has always been 8 in canon, so how much younger can they make him without him coming off as a joke?

[Waffle]

Classic Sonic was a badass. No way would he stoop to looking cute!

Classic Sonic was also a rather stern proctologist.