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K2J
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Here we go again.

Gameplay trailer:



Interview (translation of a translation, be careful):



Big ass images:

http://i.imgur.com/2vNs9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mf0yT.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hErai.jpg

Looks nice so far, and no, not even Iizuka's mention of non-playable Shadow gets me down (Kotaku asserts that the two Sonics are the only playable characters). I am cautiously optimistic. If this turns out as well as Colors did, I would be willing to get a 360 for it.
Behon
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I don't give a shit about who you're playing as so long as they play like one of the original three from the Genesis days. Fishing is an example of pointless stuff that took the series in the wrong direction. That said, Colors was a blast, and Modern Sonic's gameplay in this looks to be nearly identical while Classic Sonic is just that, so I'm hopeful that this will help the series continue to get back on track.
Nharox
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Nharox
Sonic Unleashed meets Sonic 4?! This might be go- ... oh wait Sonic cycle.
Loginer
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Consoles only
Yep, it's a Sonic game.
Mianki
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Kanade_old
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Kanade_old
It looks really nice in my opinion, but then again I'm a complete Sonic fanboy, It's fair to say Sonic Colors and Sonic Unleashed were a lot of fun but I've spent atleast 300 hours in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

Looking forward to this.
Behon
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Kanade wrote:

but I've spent atleast 300 hours in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
Jesus Christ What
Kanade_old
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Kanade_old

Behonkiss wrote:

Kanade wrote:

but I've spent atleast 300 hours in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
Jesus Christ What
I know right,but there's actually some pretty cool stuff you can do. There's the blue stone-upgrade that you can point at something and Sonic will get teleported to that spot. Which enables you to do funky stuff like teleport yourself out of boss battle areas and walk around in the un-finished incredibly ugly designer areas

Also, I only just noticed that in Sonic Generations, Classic Sonic doesn't have the boost that Modern sonic has which is pretty cool cause instead he gets to keep his chargeable spin-dash.

Well, back to staring at all my Sonic collector trash/plushes/neon lamps/dvd boxes/comics/bed sheets after stating that incredibly obvious-and-by now old fact.
awp
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I preferred fat Sonic from the early/mid-nineties to the one they have now

and if this game sucks, you can always play Sonic 1/2/3+K
Pokebis
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Pokebis
Why even bother posting about Sonic again, you can wish what you want, but we all know exactly what's going to happen.
K2J
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That's what we said about Sonic Colors.
awp
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Also, despite its many flaws, I still found Sonic 4 enjoyable. Not worth the 15 dollar price tag, admittedly, but fun.
Behon
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awp wrote:

Also, despite its many flaws, I still found Sonic 4 enjoyable. Not worth the 15 dollar price tag, admittedly, but fun.
Same. I got it during a 360 sale last week, and other than a frustrating bit involving a labyrinth of cannons in the casino zone, I'm having fun.
Kanade_old
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Pokebis wrote:

Why even bother posting about Sonic again, you can wish what you want, but we all know exactly what's going to happen.
As far as I know both Sonic Unleashed (apart from the werehog thing) and Sonic Colors were both good and got good ratings.

Getting kinda bored of the entire ''Sonic-cycle'' idea cause now people are starting to join the ''fray'' who didn't even look at the last two games before saying ''hurr Sonic cycle'' or something related to that.

Just my honest, completely sided Sonic fanboy opinion :P
awp
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Sonic Unleashed is alright if you like God of War and grinding.
Vext_old
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Did I just hear the Jaleel White voice version for the original Sonic? If it is indeed, I would get the game for that fact alone. Fk yeah Urkel Sonic.
Behon
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Vext wrote:

Did I just hear the Jaleel White voice version for the original Sonic? If it is indeed, I would get the game for that fact alone. Fk yeah Urkel Sonic.
You didn't. The same guy from Colors will probably voice New Sonic, and Classic Sonic won't speak at all.
awp
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Vext wrote:

Jaleel White
If only.

To be honest, something like that might make me actually pre-order it. Though it's impossible for them to get Long John Baldry to do Eggman :(
ztrot
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I'm getting pretty hyped about this game it is gonna take the best of both worlds new and old release date is the 4th of nov

you can get all your sonic news from this site :D

http://www.tssznews.com/

also sonic genarations is coming to PC YESSSSS
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awp
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Chemical Plant zone and Mystic Cave zone are boss zones. It'll be a good time.
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A more recent clip of classic sonic playthrough for Sky Sanctuary zone:


omg so gorgeous and fun...... *drool*
Bestelle
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Bestelle
Dat Chemical Plant
Dat City Escape
Dat Perfect Chaos
hedgy_old
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What, is PC version confirmed? Didn't know :P

Anyway I pre-ordened the 360 collectors edition already. ^^
Loginer
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hedgy wrote:

What, is PC version confirmed? Didn't know :P
It's been confirmed ever since someone found traces of a private beta on Steam four months ago. They haven't announced it yet, though; I assume they're delaying the PC version for corporate reasons.
K2J
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In addition to the demo being hinted at in Steam, NeoGAF more recently discovered this.

So yeah, PC version's coming.

Also, someone stitched together the three era-based trailers, if you need a refresher of what stages the non-3DS version is getting:

Sinistro
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Some great stage choices, from what I can tell. Bit of a shame for Star Light, though.
Loginer
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PC version has finally been announced. It'll be out on the 4th of November, and retail for half the price of the console versions. Steamworks integration is just the icing on the cake.
RemmyX25
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I have no regret preordering this game.

I played the demo while it was out on consoles, and the 5 year old me was so happy. I seriously can not wait to get this.
Mianki
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Bosses Trailer, nice :D

Vext_old
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So I finally played the demo... Wow... That was good... And I mean the 3D version of the level. Finally it has a ridiculous sense of speed to it like it should, and they even upgraded the terrible controls of the previous ones.
RemmyX25
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This game


is beautiful ;w;
Mianki
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I'll get this when I have enough money or I'll ask Santa if he would give it to me :3
foulcoon
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ztrot must be pumped the release is a day sooner than it was announced

Loginer
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The PC version is running at a stable 60 FPS on my meager mid-range rig, and I've yet to encounter any bugs. My only real complaint is that the aspect ratio is locked to 16:9; if you're on a 16:10 monitor, don't forget to change the display mode to Letterbox in the configuration menu before you start the game.

Oh, and the actual game is pretty good as well. Don't expect a lot of acts, though; the meat of the game lies in the optional challenge stages.
Bestelle
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This game feels amazing on the PC, not so much on the PS3 though. Feel like I wasted money on that copy. Oh well, game is really fun.
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RL Link wrote:

This game feels amazing on the PC, not so much on the PS3 though. Feel like I wasted money on that copy. Oh well, game is really fun.
What is it about the PS360 version that makes it inferior to the PC version (other than the price tag)? Is it higher load times/weaker graphics or is there something else? I'm not sure which version I should get - my PC will handle it just fine, but if I get the PS3 version, I can play it at work on a 3D TV.
Bestelle
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awp wrote:

RL Link wrote:

This game feels amazing on the PC, not so much on the PS3 though. Feel like I wasted money on that copy. Oh well, game is really fun.
What is it about the PS360 version that makes it inferior to the PC version (other than the price tag)? Is it higher load times/weaker graphics or is there something else? I'm not sure which version I should get - my PC will handle it just fine, but if I get the PS3 version, I can play it at work on a 3D TV.
Load times and there are a lot of sections where I started getting some button delay(.5-1 second). It got pretty bad once I entered Sky Sanctuary, but not as bad in Speed Highway.
Oh right, on the PS3 version the music tends to play 2-4 seconds late. Not sure if that's just me or not.
foulcoon
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pc version is awesome, no complaints. If you want to play it with PS3 controller you'll have to use xbox 360 controller emulation with motioninjoy. Alternatively you could just use an xbox 360 controller.
awp
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I'd be playing it with a PS1 controller, actually
Pokebis
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Why?
Dualshock 3 is a wonderful controller.
awp
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because it's identical to dualshock 2 which is basically what my PS1 controller is

apart from the L2/R2 buttons

allllso I don't have any usb mini cables that reach the couch
Pokebis
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Use Bluetooth. That's what I do. (You're gonna' have to connect via USB once to sync it)
foulcoon
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L2/R2 buttons are kinda necessary for some Act 2 stages. I allows you to "drift" I guess you would call it. Also it doesn't change the fact that Sonic Generations for PC by default only supports keyboard and Xbox 360 controller. You have to emulate the xbox 360 controller with your other input to use it.
Bestelle
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Plus it's pretty fun to drift in general. Well... For me it's fun.
awp
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yes but you see I already do that when I play other games like Cave Story and Iji. I think Super Meat Boy has native generic joypad support so I don't have to do that.

But yeah, I'd still be using the PS1 Dualshock. My computer doesn't have internal bluetooth support (afaik - it might but I've never bothered to check) and my bluetooth dongle is in my other PC. Don't feel the need to move it every time I want to go back and forth between general-purpose voice chat and Sonic Generations.

Having said that I probably WILL get the PC version and despite my better judgment of "I have about 40 other unopened games to play" I'll probably get it soon.
roleykatsu
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RL Link wrote:

Oh right, on the PS3 version the music tends to play 2-4 seconds late. Not sure if that's just me or not.
Oh thank goodness, I've been having the same problem! I thought my copy of the game had some kind of glitch or my PS3 was becoming old and slow (mind you it's the old "Phat" version which iirc was purchased in 2006). Although, this is only when playing Modern Sonic, not with Classic Sonic. Supposedly maybe this is on purpose since the music tends to begin shortly on or after the "GO!" sign appears.

Then again, I watched some play-through videos of the Green Hill levels just to see how the game looks like before I go ahead and buy a copy, and those who were playing the game via a 360 console had little to no latency of when the music kicks in.

I would have probably purchased the PC version but I was disappointed when CYRI (Can You Run It) said my laptop only passed the minimum requirements. It seems like my processor and graphics card (well that's a given since after all it's a laptop) is the only thing which made me had to get the PS3 version instead.

Oh well, it doesn't bother me much. I am still able to play the game and god, am I enjoying it.

Edit: *fixes grammatical errors*
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awp
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Thanks for the additional confirmation on that. I meet all PC Recommended specs except pixel shader 5 (I have 3) and Vertex shader 5 (I have 3) though maybe that's just a driver update away?
roleykatsu
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awp wrote:

Thanks for the additional confirmation on that. I meet all PC Recommended specs except pixel shader 5 (I have 3) and Vertex shader 5 (I have 3) though maybe that's just a driver update away?
Driver updates covers that for you, I'm pretty sure they do. NVIDIA's driver updates bumped my Pixel and Vertex Shader versions from 3.x to 4.1 in the past, and quite frankly, the only reason my laptop can't run Sonic Generations in recommendations is because my pixel/vertex shader isn't V5.0 (NVIDIA should eventually release an update for it I believe)... well, that and my processor's lacking a mere 0.39 more GHz.

Welp >:
awp
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Yep, PC version it is

though I will still be buying it begrudgingly, since the console version should have been better but I guess everyone grows up and moves out at some point
Pokebis
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awp wrote:

though I will still be buying it begrudgingly, since the console version should have been better but I guess everyone grows up and moves out at some point
By that you mean should have been better than it is? There are very few cases a title is better on console than on PC. I love my PC version with my Dualshock 3 emulating 360. Works perfectly, have all settings as high as they can be so it's gorgeous.
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