I wonder how long we got to wait for a few screenshots it's driving me crazy wondering how it looks and what the overall art direction will be like... If I see some classic levels like Stalight Zone I'm gonna freak
I can't believe this..... I'm so happy right now there are no words. Like everybody else, I thought Sega was never going to listen. Yeah, they could still mess it up, but......it's 2D!!!! They already got the most important thing right...finally. The trailer also gives me hope for two other reasons: The "SEGA" voice at the start and the classic Sonic title screen logo with the wings! Those two things represent a certain vibe the original Genesis/MegaDrive games had that has been missing with the 3D games. Now bring on the classic levels and music like Starlight Zone and Hilltop...... I hope we aren't all setting ourselves up for disappointment, but damn it actually seems like it could be legit this time... WowWWWWWWWW
(A) Do it totally in 2-D, in HD, and mostly hand-drawn... not polygons. Just like 16-bit, but millions of colors & HD... tons of crazy effects HD etc... Maybe some boss fights and little areas here and there can have a little 3-D but that's it. (B) Stop human stuff and earth-like enivorments... They created this amazing and unique universe in the original Genesis/Mega Drive games and they never use it anymore...I want to see some Starlight Zone, Green Hill, Hill Top etc in HD and millions of colors. And no humans!!!! (C) Drop the lame rock music. Bring back the old style of electronic beat-based music, with synths, those bass licks and drum samples they used to always use. Remix the old music from the first couple games they haven't used in forever and make new music in the same style. (D) No spoken dialog. Some character's personalities are better left to the imagination. I know the vibe I got from Sonic back in the Genesis days, long before he had a voice, is totally different then the personality they have created in the recent games. They have the characters say dumb shi** and it's annoying and juvenile sounding... Tails can go back to not being annoying, and Sonic can go back to that quiet detirmened persona, and leave the rest to our own imaginations. (C) Totally change the art style. Give it a more anime look... Like from Sonic CD. Change the cinemas from CG to nice anime...Same with the artwork for the packaging... I'm really sick of this plastic looking CG artwork they have been using forever. It would be nice to see some nice warm hand drawn artwork again. Get rid of the green in Sonic's eyes and make him look more like the classic version but sleeker... (D) The gameplay.. Just keep it simple and don't try to make Sonic something he isn't. Sonic gameplay has never been as deep as Mario, and that's okay. Sometimes you feel like slower-paced deeper gameplay like Mario, sometimes you feel like just having some fun running around with Sonic. Sonic is Sonic, don't give him guns, but him in vehicles, make him search for shards of emeralds under the ground or whatever. Just fast, fun, non-convoluted gameplay... They could add stunts and combos but drop the puzzle solving, talking to people, searching RPG-lite stuff because it doesn't work. JUST MAKE A FREAKING SONIC GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[QUOTE="Samconji97"]The era of nauseating 16 bit games and ridiculous dreamcast drivel. Good riddance. Shig for the win.Grammaton-Cleric
It would be easy to get offended at your comments were they not so juvenile and uninformed.
As it stands, I actually feel sorry for "gamers" like you who think the entirety of this medium is blowing **** up and talking smack online. This industry has a rich, interesting history and Suzuki is one of the true trailblazers.
I am so glad I got to grow up in the 80's and 90's with these games..... It will never be like that again but I got to be a part of it. This really is sad, I've been playing his stuff since I was a kid, early on with Afterburner and OutRun, then in the 90's with bleeding edge experiences like Daytona USA. Then there's Shenmue and I love it. He has given me some of my best gaming memories, and just as the title of this topic says, it really is the end of an era.
SONIC!!! There's still all the recent Sonic the Hedgehog games................ Oh no... wait... Sonic Team are a bunch of sadists doing everything in their power to banish him into an existence of painful, cold, lonely irrelevancy.
This made me think of the fact that Atlus said around the announcement of Persona 4 that they were also planning a new Persona for PS3. That's what I can't wait to hear about.
Sega should give Shinobi another shot, the PS2 games were decent but they should get a new team together and go all out on 360/PS3. Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle, a full-blown OFFline traditional story-driven RPG Phantasy Star V, Panzer Dragoon RPG and a real 2D 360/PS3 oldschool Sonic would be nice.... And Jet Set Radio on the Wii. I agree about Zombies Ate My Neighbors and !!!RIVAL SCHOOLS!!!!! Project Justice is one of my favorite Dreamcast games.
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