Today we will check out what Lost World has to offer:
1. The animal friends are back. This is a good throwback to the classic Genesis days. Even the pigs that only appeared in Sonic 1 are back. I think that in other trailer I saw rabbits and penguins as well. A really good touch.
2. Classic enemies are also back. The Motorbugs from Sonic 1, Snail Blasters from Sonic 3 and Antons from Sonic CD just to name a few. Again, a good touch. I am wondering what other enemies will appear.
3. Sonic is the only playable character. That kinda sucks in my opinion. What was cool about playing as other character was that you could discover new things. Oh well. Maybe they are playble in the multiplayer of the game. They also said that Tails, Knux, and Amy will all appear during some point in the game. I don't care much about Amy, but it's good to hear that at least Knux and Tails will appear in some way, shape or form.
4. Wisps are back. YES. They were awesome in Colors and I am really happy to see that they are back. I saw some E3 footage and it looked pretty cool. They also said that new ones will appear. Can't wait to see more.
5. Game looks very similar to Sonic Xtreme AND Super Mario Galaxy. The way the gravity works and stuff like that does look like what Sonic Xtreme could have been except with some Mario Galaxy elements thrown into it like the half-pipe segments.
6. The parkour system. Now thanks to the parkour system, Sonic can run on walls and an awesome blur effect comes along with it. I am really excited to see how this turns out since it does look like a great change to the way we play Sonic.
7. Sonic can grab ledges just like in Sonic Adventure 2 if I am not mistaken. A good addition if you ask me.
8. If you use the control stick, Sonic will run. If you hold a trigger he will run faster. Finally, if you hold both triggers, he will perform a spin dash. That is awesome since a lot of the newer Sonic games if you go too fast you have almost no control over Sonic. Heck, even Colors and Generations can be guilty of that.
9. Red Star Rings from Colors and Generations are back. Hooray.. More Red Star Ring hunting will start later this year. Can't wait.
10. Super Peel Out from Sonic CD makes a return. Wow. That was totally unexpected. Super Peel Out in Sonic CD was great and I am pleased to see it return.
11. Sonic has a new kick move. It is used to defeat enemies that are too strong for the homing attack. This is great for the noobs that think mashing the button to spam the homing attack will make them beat every enemy on the horizon.
12. Double jump from Colors is back. Meh. I don't really care about it. Even though I should because it is required in order to get some Red Star Rings and stuff like that.
13. Competitive multiplayer from Sonic Adventure 2 and other games is back. It seems like Tails, Knux and Amy may be playable in the multiplayer.
What do you think? Are there too many new mechanics and references to older Sonic games or are you happy with all this? I am excited as heck and can't wait to play this game! Haven't been this excited about Sonic since a long while.
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