I admit I got a bit too serious with my last post, so that link you provided was a nice breather. I'm still not holding my breath on this until E3 at least.

That read was kinda interesting.

No wait, I should take that back. That was a damn good analysis. I'd rather not hype myself on this game though. :/

Mobius was something invented for English game manuals; the Japanese considered it Earth from the start, and so made Adventure as being obviously on Earth. It's not even something to bitch about, since it's such a irrelevant detail to the games.

I'll start getting more worried if he starts piloting a landmaster, but that joke has already been used in this thread.

I can't see how just a effing werehog would ruin this game in any way. If the game is good, it's good, and if it's crap, it's not because they put a werehog in it. For games like this where story doesn't play a big part it just doesn't matter. Just play the game when it comes out and shut up I say, godammit.

but it's not like I care about the sonic games anyhow so I don't even know why I'm here :tpg:

Read the fucking thread please. The issue with the werehog is that Sonic Team isn't known for just "introducing a character" and leaving it at that, they have to somehow integrate whatever terrible gimmick comes along with it into the game play and it usually kills it.

Here it is in simple terms: games that try to juggle multiple modes of gameplay are rarely successful at making both modes fun. One mode ultimately winds up being an unpleasant time sink that keeps you from getting back to the fun part of the game, and it detracts from the whole.

Simply put, if Weresonic handles significantly differently than Sonic, and you are forced to play as him frequently, it is going to make the game suck. If they can have Sonic turning into a werewolf in a way that doesn't distract from platforming, running fast, and collecting rings, this should be a fine game. Unfortunately... Sonic Team's past record is not encouraging

Strange but interesting (Sonic being a werehog). I think this is a wait-and-see thing. It COULD be interesting but I have serious doubts of it being more of a headache than a welcome addition to the series.

Apparently gamestop already has this on their reserve lists, which is a bigger Red flag than this wereSonic crap. Only a year and a half development max. ;_;

All sonic games are a wait and See. I personally enjoyed a lot of sonic games except for Sonci 2006 and Secret Rings. And Shadow but everyone hates Shadow.

Neither I have played but I have no wish to. Both suck massive manly balls. I almost want to say Secret Rings is worse, from everything I've seen, It's not really even fast.

Sonci 2006 only failed because they didn't keep a system like Sonic Adventure in there. No you have 3 characters and you switch to their friends every so often in a level.. no thanks. If it had different levels for the 10ish characters like Sonic Adventure 1 then I'd be more interested, despite LODE TIMES

Once more gameplay videos come out i'll be more interested. Until then i'll just laugh at the werehog.

The videos looked legitimately FUN. I'm slightly worried about werehoggitry, but for all we know (unless Sega's said something recently), Eggman could have grabbed sonic fur, and put in his "SUPER EVIL CLONE MACHINE" and Were-Sonic is an enemy, like Metal/Mecha Sonic.

Wait a damn minute...how did Gamestop get a hold of the info that this game was going to be for 4 different systems: PS3, 360, Wii, AND PS2?

I'm curious to see if this is true and how this is going to play out.

Gamestop (and most other retailers, for that matter) tend to include more information than is readily known for a simple reason: THEY CAN. If they end up being wrong, they just change their entry, and if they are right, then they happily claim they knew it all along. (see filler release dates, etc.)

Last month I got Sonic CD emulated on my PSP. It was the first time I'd played it properly, so it was all new and fresh. During one particular week I played it a huge amount and did almost nothing else. That was a good week. It felt like 1992.

^So you know why it's the best Sonic game ever made, then?

I certainly do.

Eurogamer has some a little more info:


Plus, a slightly different trailer.

Full Press Release:

It's been in development for... three years? Huh?

I'm still not hyped yet, but I hear ONM will have a playtest run next week, so I wonder if it's shaping up to be anything good. Also note what they say about the sunset.

Connections to that werehog, perhaps?

I'm a bit surprised that the game has been under development for that long. Now that it has been confirmed for all four systems mentioned (PS2, PS3, Wii, 360), you have to wonder if there will be any difference between all of them besides the graphics.

I learned my lesson with Shadow, not buying this for PS2.

Sonic Unleashed Wii News - NeoGAF

So I'm expecting massive amounts of "AHA! I FOUND AN IDEA THAT DISAGREES WITH WHAT I THINK A SONIC GAME MUST HAVE! IT WILL SUCK!" I'm still waiting for some hands-on impressions.

Fuck yes! I still want to see how the game plays out firsthand, but this is starting to sound pretty good. Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 were awesome (minus the fishing levels in 1) so hopefully this will follow suit.

I wonder if the Hedgehog Engine has Blast Processing?

The fact that this is also under development for the PS2 suggests that the graphics wont be uber-up-to-date, but seeing as I still play the Sonic games on Genesis I don't really give a damn. This game seems to have a lot of potential, but... then again so has every other Sonic game for the last 10+ years

^From that same link it's been said that the Wii is the base system for it. It will be touched up for the 360/PS3 and downgraded for the PS2.

This is only a good thing if there are no tank stages.

Or rap stages.

Or anything that isn't Sonic running really fucking fast.

Odds against this are 50063403045 to 1.