Sonic Unleashed Comments by Dan Whitehead
Poor old hedgehog.
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SixFootHalfling
28/11/08 @ 09:32
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Its Doctor Robotnik, NOT this eggman shit
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metalangel
28/11/08 @ 09:35
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Gah! Sega, play Mirror's Edge and Crackdown before making any more platform games. Cheers!
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EG, can you not arrange some sort of Q & A with the SEGA guys?
Something like the Shake Dimension graphics bit with sonic gameplay is what we need! Do SEGA really not have a clue? How can they continue to make money on churning out the like of this shit and sonic riders crap. I've never even known anyone own any of this rubbish. That Sonic Adventures song is fucking ace, used to love that intro.
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oh well , move on , nothing to see here.
Here's a thought, with the EG game of the year awards comin up, i recall the last line of the GTAIV review " it will take something miraculous to rob it of game of the year status" got me thinking, has that miracle happened yet? any contenders? \thinks that he should probably have asked this in the forums :s |
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Triggerhappytel
28/11/08 @ 10:09
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Kill him off Sega, kill him off.
And make Kazuma Kiryu your mascot :) |
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'Sega, Come here a second' *clouts Sega on the back of the head*
'What where you thinking? well explain yourself?' Apparently I have heard that someone was asking the developers why they had to have the werehog bits and this is allegedlly what was the answer: "If we made a game exaclty like the old games we would have to make levels totalling in the distance of around 1000km (rough estimate), given that sonic can run a just below mach 2(maybe I might have that confused) and is about a 1m tall, of unqiue level design. So it is more cost/time/effort effective to put in hubs and the Action (crapy) sections than to do a correct sonic game." The develeoper was said to be unhappy that they had to do the crapy bits, how this didn't stop the DS games I can't understand.
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cyacomini
28-Nov-08 09:36:02 Can you feel the sunshine? (Sonic R) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oY9m2sHQwLsr I loved that game! :) |
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farticusmaximus
28/11/08 @ 10:38
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"Woah theres a thought, imagine a first person sonic game ala mirrors edge... "
Comes supplied with sick bag. Dramamine costs extra. |
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kinky_mong
28/11/08 @ 10:42
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wingzerosys: Wtf EG? This is a step in the right direction for Sonic, the day time levels rock, then again you gave L4D a 9 or 10, that game is an overated PoS.
WAAAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! That is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read! However you are clearly blind to quality so I won't bust your chops too much. |
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Ren_senshi
28/11/08 @ 10:43
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I refuse to believe in this review :P i want to try the game for myself.....Im still not letting Sonic go , it was the first game i ever played :D.
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@Amicus
+1, and an extra 1 for good measure. They've never been shy about flogging old series' to death, and with the populartiy of New SMB and LBP, I'd have thought they'd jump at the chance of a 3D Sonic, or perhaps Sonic Trilogy. Propbably isn't ruined enough by some shit element that doesn't fit in with the series - WTF is with the werehog? Why is he necessary? I'm seriously asking, if anyone knows. |
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patchbox360
28/11/08 @ 11:12
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take the money and manpower it took to make this game and use them to make shemue3 damn it!
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gingerlink
28/11/08 @ 11:34
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having played this at Leipzig, I thought the sonic levels were very well done, I almost managed a go on the werehog levels before a Sega rep noticed and said I wasn't allowed to go on them (despite it being an option on the demo).
I think that says something about their confidence in the game. |
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4/10 is probably being generous. i seen i video of it and it was as bad as ever, sonic zipping about at lightspeed and attacking 10 different baddies at the same time! you have no control over it.. all show and no substance. basically its on rails most of the time.
sickening. they could have done a 2.5D platformer, cell shaded @ 1080p. but instead we get this pish. :( they direct this shit at babies, they said so themselve they get good sales from these 3D adventure games. sega used to be my favourite company with the saturn and dreamcast. now they arent even a shadow of their former selves. shameful. they cant even publish good games!
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thefilthandthefury
28/11/08 @ 12:04
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Why do the 3D Sonic games focus on the speed SO MUCH? Yes, we get it, he's a fast hedgehog - but did any of these people even play the original games? They weren't about hurtling around levels at light-speed so you can barely tell what's going on.
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DanWhitehead
28/11/08 @ 12:12
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The review will be up over the weekend, but I can say that the Wii version is vastly superior.
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The real shame about the continual degeneration of the Sonic franchise is that, bar the camera, they got the 3D sonic platforming exactly right in Sonic Adventure 2, all those years ago.
Then, rather than just removing the other gameplay types and making another Sonic game, they kept screwing with the formula until eventually, we have this. |
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I would gladly pay £20-25 for Sonic 1-3/Sonic & Knuckles remade on Wii/360/PS3 (similar to how Capcom have recently updated Street Fighter 2) as I'm sure the majority of us would.
If SEGA is so reluctant to improve what made Sonic good in the first place then at the very least they should give us back the games that made the series internationally recognizable. |
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metalangel
28/11/08 @ 16:18
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Sega is capable of far better than the utter shit they have been churning out lately. How about a non-future sequel to Jet Set Radio? Which, now I think about it, is a lot like Mirror's Edge (hot azn chick uses physical prowess to outwit heavily armed cops in huge white city with glorious music)
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FenderMaster
28/11/08 @ 16:58
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http://www.kombo.com/article.php?artid=1...
This article gets right to the heart of whats wrong with Sonic Team i.e. they don't remember what made the MegaDrive games good (not the speed), and all the talent left Sonic Team after Sonic Adventure 1 |
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spookyzombie
28/11/08 @ 18:32
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'The review will be up over the weekend, but I can say that the Wii version is vastly superior.'
About 5% better according to other review scores. |
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Someone at Sega read these comments, FFS - simple, make a 2D platformer with an SF2HD style graphical upgrade and job done.
You could even just re-release Sonic 2 in this form and it would fly off the shelves (or down the cable!). Hopefully this will give UK:Resistance something else to bash apart from LBP, but they are so blinded by Sega it is highly unlikely... |
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Picked this up today, 4/10 seems about right for this game. The review does not mention the horrible frame rate problems when you play as "unleashed Sonic" at night, it is dreadful. Every single battle involving more than 2-3 enemies makes the game crawl, at least on the 360. Will be returning this shite tomorrow.
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wingzerosys
29/11/08 @ 20:59
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Ok I`m starting to see why it got a 4, the 3d sections in the daytime stages suck, I`ve died over and over due to the camera and other bugs/glitches, Sega could`nt have tested this game before it was released as it plays like crap in places. The Werehog stages aren`t too bad, they play a lot better than the 3d parts in sonic`s stages, if only Sega would scrap the 3d camera view and for the next game use 2.5d platforming, similar to Sonic Rivals on the psp.
Now for the idiot who said I`ve got bad tastes because I think L4D sucks is plain wrong, there is not that many games I haven`t played this year and I know what is good and bad, L4D is only good for co-op, the story (lack of), the level design, characters and weapons suck and to me it plays like some pc geek created it using the HL2 mod. |
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I'm so clad that I only included this as a rental in my list. Basically everything mentioned in this review is correct. I only played for about 30 minutes last night and it was obvious that yet again Sonic is awful. The controls are sometimes unresponsive, dodgy camera angles and it sometimes feels as if the game is playing itself. However if they just did a few hours of game play with just the fast day levels I would be much happier. I'll play it because its a rental but I will definitely not be buying it. Makes me want to break out the old Sega mega drive and play the classic Sonic instead. Better still the DS versions are much better.
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