Alleged New Sonic Media Surfaces

I allegedly may like this. I haven't played a good Sonic game since Sonic 2.

I love Sonic but they really need to give it a rest for a few years.

This made me miss my Dreamcast :(

Please break the trend

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Am I the only one that thinks these Sonic games need an open world to run around in? I never got into any of the newer games primarily because you seemed to always follow a defined path and ran way too fast (especially since super sonic should be that much faster) for it to be enjoyable. :(

I've always imagined running about in an Assassins Creed kinda world, but seamless of course. I dunno.. quick idea. :)

I''ll start getting excited when they show gameplay footage where Sonic ISN"T running a million MPH. The original Sonic games (meaning 1-3) were never really about running fast all the time :(

This looks amazing! I haven't been this excited for a Sonic game since... well... Sonic & Knuckles. Too bad I don't own a PS3... :(

This is a good move as long as they consider this:
2D sonic games were fun because of specific aspects not present in the 3d games,

1) Balance of exploration and continuous flow of gameplay:
-the 3D sonic games caused the character to stop flowing to explore, or to not be able to explore because he was moving too fast with the camera trailing him
-the 2D sonic games allowed the character to flow right or left while allowing him to explore up or down.

2) "Wrong moves" less punishing, more skillful
-In 3d sonic, it was easy to jump off random cliffs because you misjudged a jump because of the nature of 3d worlds.
-In 2d sonic, spacial relations let you judge jumps, and sometimes damage was dealt because of spikes, which aren't as punishing as bottomless pits.

3) Taking damage
-In 2d sonic, I found recovering rings after taking damage much more fun than recovering them in 3d. This is sorta subjective for me.

this looks like a real sonic game wtf :(

color me unexcited

I do hope that isn't the final camera setup. Running *towards* the screen at 100 miles an hour such that you can't see anything in front of you is not my idea of fun. Maybe it's a good wank if you've played through the game 50 times and have memorised the levels so much that you could play it with the TV turned off, but for the rest of us who don't have time to play some of our games *once*, let alone enough times to memorise everything... fuck that shit.

Still, it's early days, and I don't see anything wrong with the rest (except for the fact it's a Sonic game an most Sonic games suck for whatever reason, so this one has a lot to prove).

YES! This is what sonic fans want. I love the 2.5D too. Awesome.

i must be old, i couldn't follow more than 1-2 seconds of the action, damn kids :P

Thats... good? Are those words allowed to be used like that when concerning Sonic? I'm just not sure.

i never liked sonic :(

If Sonic Team is involved with this game in any which way I would be very, very cautious.

I have not played all the way through it, and the Wii controls are just a tad gimmicky, but "Sonic and the Secret of the Rings" (or whatever the Wii title is called) is about as 2.5D as you can get while being 3D - you can only move left or right in a narrow space.

not side scroller enough. sonic needs to stay out of the 3rd dimension as much as possible. he works great in brawl, totally stuck in the 2d. once the camera starts swinging around,, you lose control.

About Time that SEGA started listening to their fans/critics, and implemented a 2 sonic a tv.
I would like to have an online ladder for a stage clearing. I remember way back in sonic 1, i used to compete with my buddies on fast we could clear stage 1-1. My fastest time was 22 seconds.

This actually looks pretty good.
Two things:
1) Looks really nice graphically, so I can't see this being on the Wii. Looks more 360/PS3-ish.
2) All the work going into a beautiful world and he runs so goddamned fast you miss have the detail that goes into bringing it to life.

I have to say... if they can have diverging paths and the like, I think this could really be good.

If they can keep the sonicy parts sonicy, and the platformy parts out of the game, this should be good.

That video makes the game look very linear. Don't get me wrong, the game looks great and better than most sonic games that have been released over the last few years. But I just can't see the fun of running in a straight path, or the fun lasting long. I hope the game is more open than that video shows.

Sorry to be a smartass, but this media hasn't allegedly surfaced, it obviously has for real, but it's for an alleged game.

Still the funniest picture from Sonic Unleashed: http://bp1.blogger.com/_QrVFjkRtZLg/R-U1z67_7fI/AAAAAAAAJII/Du_xJJR_tig/s1600-h/14.jpg

There just hasn't been a really good 3D Sonic game. I liked the original Sonic Adventure, but even that was mediocre. Use a 3D engine to build a 2D platformer, then I'll bite.

Looks like how a Sonic game should look.