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Will you be buying this game?

Yes 41 16.80%
 
No 123 50.41%
 
After I read reviews 79 32.38%
 
Total:243
SubiyaCryolite on 23 June 2014

Oh well. I never had much hope for it anyway



I predict that the Wii U will sell a total of 18 million units in its lifetime. 

The NX will be a 900p machine

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Sleepyprince on 23 June 2014

I doubt the game is worst than Sonic R.

People should really stop to use title like this to make people go all shit.



Dr.Henry_Killinger on 24 June 2014
Sleepyprince said:
I doubt the game is worst than Sonic R.

People should really stop to use title like this to make people go all shit.

Sonic R was one of the best Sonic Games of all time, cause he was actually fast in that game.



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AZWification on 24 June 2014
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

Sonic R was one of the best Sonic Games of all time, cause he was actually fast in that game.

My poor ears died after listening to that monstrosity of a song...



                
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oniyide on 25 June 2014
Mr Khan said:
oniyide said:
Mr Khan said:
SjOne said:

How does Sonic revive himself from the dead after Sonic 06 with Unleashed, Colors, 4 and Generations and fall back in this slop? Lost World disrupted the successful formula and Boom is a cash in. The series acts like it doesn't know how to keep a successful formula and has identity crisis

Lost World disrupted nothing, and was prey mostly to the Wii U's weak install base and a few baffling structural changes (like how 100 rings no longer meant a 1-up, which, combined with how quickly you get killed in Lost World, threw the difficulty curve off a cliff). It's still got the 2D-3D hybrid gameplay, just now with 3D levels that don't suck like Unleashed/Colors/Generations.


yes it did, reception and sales, you can blame WIi U all you want. People didnt like the game, so they didnt buy it. If it was actually good it would have legs. 3ds did better but not much and that has a much better install base. excuses

But the key is Lost World did nothing different in terms of game mechanics, aside from those points i cited (and a few others, pre-patch. Like mandatory tilt controls for some of the Wisps). It had 3D and 2D sections, and the 3D sections allowed for free movement, not forward auto-run. It's really hard to suggest that the game was just that much worse. Heck, most of the art-style was cribbed from Generations (and the game comes off very well for it).

The super-generic villains weren't much of a help, but that's neither here nor there.

Its an opinion ill suggest its worse all day, nothing nobody can do about it. Ill take the "auto run" which by the way isnt even true, because there were parts of the game were you did do platforming as modern Sonic. Did you even play it? I dont care if it allowed free movement, lots of games allow free movement doesnt make them any less boring. You still went forward, but did it a slower pace. Too much wall running which IMHO wasnt fun, felt more like a chore. The 2d sections dont even come close to Generations 



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Mr Khan on 25 June 2014
oniyide said:
Mr Khan said:

But the key is Lost World did nothing different in terms of game mechanics, aside from those points i cited (and a few others, pre-patch. Like mandatory tilt controls for some of the Wisps). It had 3D and 2D sections, and the 3D sections allowed for free movement, not forward auto-run. It's really hard to suggest that the game was just that much worse. Heck, most of the art-style was cribbed from Generations (and the game comes off very well for it).

The super-generic villains weren't much of a help, but that's neither here nor there.

Its an opinion ill suggest its worse all day, nothing nobody can do about it. Ill take the "auto run" which by the way isnt even true, because there were parts of the game were you did do platforming as modern Sonic. Did you even play it? I dont care if it allowed free movement, lots of games allow free movement doesnt make them any less boring. You still went forward, but did it a slower pace. Too much wall running which IMHO wasnt fun, felt more like a chore. The 2d sections dont even come close to Generations 

I've played everything except Generations. I had assumed its setup was the same as Unleashed and Colors in that regard.

If not, i stand corrected, though less autorun is still better. Adventure 2 is the ideal they should be striving for.



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Sleepyprince on 25 June 2014
Mr Khan said:
oniyide said:
Mr Khan said:
 

But the key is Lost World did nothing different in terms of game mechanics, aside from those points i cited (and a few others, pre-patch. Like mandatory tilt controls for some of the Wisps). It had 3D and 2D sections, and the 3D sections allowed for free movement, not forward auto-run. It's really hard to suggest that the game was just that much worse. Heck, most of the art-style was cribbed from Generations (and the game comes off very well for it).

The super-generic villains weren't much of a help, but that's neither here nor there.

Its an opinion ill suggest its worse all day, nothing nobody can do about it. Ill take the "auto run" which by the way isnt even true, because there were parts of the game were you did do platforming as modern Sonic. Did you even play it? I dont care if it allowed free movement, lots of games allow free movement doesnt make them any less boring. You still went forward, but did it a slower pace. Too much wall running which IMHO wasnt fun, felt more like a chore. The 2d sections dont even come close to Generations 

I've played everything except Generations. I had assumed its setup was the same as Unleashed and Colors in that regard.

If not, i stand corrected, though less autorun is still better. Adventure 2 is the ideal they should be striving for.

Imho, mixing sonic universe with humans characters is a no-no. Even if Robotnic is a kind of human. 

But to me Sonic is plain dead. Not because of the dev, just because consumer don't give a fuck about Sonic anymore. To me it's kind of clear. Devs tried to do everything with the license, without managing to catch attention. Kid and teen are being fed with FPS, fast pacing action game, GTA and close-to-reality sport simulation.



oniyide on 25 June 2014
Mr Khan said:
oniyide said:
Mr Khan said:
 

But the key is Lost World did nothing different in terms of game mechanics, aside from those points i cited (and a few others, pre-patch. Like mandatory tilt controls for some of the Wisps). It had 3D and 2D sections, and the 3D sections allowed for free movement, not forward auto-run. It's really hard to suggest that the game was just that much worse. Heck, most of the art-style was cribbed from Generations (and the game comes off very well for it).

The super-generic villains weren't much of a help, but that's neither here nor there.

Its an opinion ill suggest its worse all day, nothing nobody can do about it. Ill take the "auto run" which by the way isnt even true, because there were parts of the game were you did do platforming as modern Sonic. Did you even play it? I dont care if it allowed free movement, lots of games allow free movement doesnt make them any less boring. You still went forward, but did it a slower pace. Too much wall running which IMHO wasnt fun, felt more like a chore. The 2d sections dont even come close to Generations 

I've played everything except Generations. I had assumed its setup was the same as Unleashed and Colors in that regard.

If not, i stand corrected, though less autorun is still better. Adventure 2 is the ideal they should be striving for.

dont mean to be a dick, but its really hard to have a discussion when you didnt even play the game we are discussing. IMHO its pretty much a better Colors with classic level setup and Colors was a better Unleashed. Adventure 2 had alot of autorun at least on the Sonic/Shadow levels 



oniyide on 25 June 2014
Sleepyprince said:
Mr Khan said:
oniyide said:
Mr Khan said:
 

But the key is Lost World did nothing different in terms of game mechanics, aside from those points i cited (and a few others, pre-patch. Like mandatory tilt controls for some of the Wisps). It had 3D and 2D sections, and the 3D sections allowed for free movement, not forward auto-run. It's really hard to suggest that the game was just that much worse. Heck, most of the art-style was cribbed from Generations (and the game comes off very well for it).

The super-generic villains weren't much of a help, but that's neither here nor there.

Its an opinion ill suggest its worse all day, nothing nobody can do about it. Ill take the "auto run" which by the way isnt even true, because there were parts of the game were you did do platforming as modern Sonic. Did you even play it? I dont care if it allowed free movement, lots of games allow free movement doesnt make them any less boring. You still went forward, but did it a slower pace. Too much wall running which IMHO wasnt fun, felt more like a chore. The 2d sections dont even come close to Generations 

I've played everything except Generations. I had assumed its setup was the same as Unleashed and Colors in that regard.

If not, i stand corrected, though less autorun is still better. Adventure 2 is the ideal they should be striving for.

Imho, mixing sonic universe with humans characters is a no-no. Even if Robotnic is a kind of human. 

But to me Sonic is plain dead. Not because of the dev, just because consumer don't give a fuck about Sonic anymore. To me it's kind of clear. Devs tried to do everything with the license, without managing to catch attention. Kid and teen are being fed with FPS, fast pacing action game, GTA and close-to-reality sport simulation.

im going ot have to disagree the games do sell well...IF they are good. Keyword if. I dont think its a coincidence that the best selling in recent years have gotten good reviews and have been generally well received. Where as the bad ones dont do very well. (looking at you Lost World). I hate to say quality=sales but i think in Sonic's case i think it rings true for the most part and i have a few theories why. Hell even the bad ones still did ok (looking at you 06)