Sonic 4 Gameplay Leaked

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]Seriously why didn't they just go for some wicked awesome HD 2D animations, instead of this "quasi 2-3d" I guess they only got part of the message that Sonic was only good when it was 2d.subrosian

Here's the thing, when Sonic was at his height, 2D gaming was at its finest, the youthful talent of the industry was attracted to such games, and the AAA-focus was being put towards the Sonic series. It was the Halo or God of War of its time. There was a literal union of hardware and software being put towards it. Now we get the team behind the Sonic Rush series. Is that good?

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Eh.

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It's probably better than the fetid, bug-infested crap that most 3D Sonic games have been... but there's little chance it will be any better than, say, Sonic Rush, or the "pseudo-3D" titles on the PSP. This isn't the first time they have done 2D Sonic, doing a kinda-2D Sonic on consoles isn't much better than doing it on a DS or a PSP. Why would the design be better? Why would the music or animation suddenly be tighter?

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Same people. Same budget. Same basic development process - they just said "cut the crappy characters, make it play in 2D and "call it Sonic 4 so we can market it as though the 3D games never happened". It's the same crap, and we're complete suckers if we trust them before the bad reviews come out.

Hopefully thats a very very very very very early demo because it looks a bit rubbish to me.

Hopefully thats a very very very very very early demo because it looks a bit rubbish to me.

Megaman5364

[QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

[QUOTE="Arach666"]Don´t forget Scrap Brain and Labyrinth zone! :P

Arach666

I will give you Scrap Brain before they go indoors (act 2 I think), but no more Labyrinth!

Awesome style, but water levels on sonic were so annoying I almost smashed a controller. It's meant to be fast!

You know I did. Frustration, thy name is water. I loved the casino levels though, colourful, fast, easy rings, what's not to like?

[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="Chemical_Viking"]

I will give you Scrap Brain before they go indoors (act 2 I think), but no more Labyrinth!

Awesome style, but water levels on sonic were so annoying I almost smashed a controller. It's meant to be fast!

Chemical_Viking

You know I did. Frustration, thy name is water. I loved the casino levels though, colourful, fast, easy rings, what's not to like?

I was looking forward to this until I watched that video, looked really boring and very familliar.

Are they really getting Dimps to develop this?

I know I may be in a minority, but I hated Sonic Rush more than some of Sonic's worst 3D outings. It was just so dull and a complete bastardisation of everything that was cool about the original Sonic games.

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]Seriously why didn't they just go for some wicked awesome HD 2D animations, instead of this "quasi 2-3d" I guess they only got part of the message that Sonic was only good when it was 2d.subrosian

Here's the thing, when Sonic was at his height, 2D gaming was at its finest, the youthful talent of the industry was attracted to such games, and the AAA-focus was being put towards the Sonic series. It was the Halo or God of War of its time. There was a literal union of hardware and software being put towards it. Now we get the team behind the Sonic Rush series. Is that good?

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[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]Seriously why didn't they just go for some wicked awesome HD 2D animations, instead of this "quasi 2-3d" I guess they only got part of the message that Sonic was only good when it was 2d.HarlockJC

Here's the thing, when Sonic was at his height, 2D gaming was at its finest, the youthful talent of the industry was attracted to such games, and the AAA-focus was being put towards the Sonic series. It was the Halo or God of War of its time. There was a literal union of hardware and software being put towards it. Now we get the team behind the Sonic Rush series. Is that good?

[QUOTE="Deiuos"]Little chance to be better than Sonic Rush? It's made by the developers who MADE Sonic Rush. It can be better.subrosian

Ok, I really don't understand the hate that this game is getting. Only one Act is shown in that video, and yet people are already declareing it a massive failure. I honestly thought Sonic's animations were fairly good, the level design looked solid, and the graphics looked very nice.

I understand there is a large degree of distrust towards Sonic Team and their ability to produce a good Sonic game, but I say this game should be given a fair shot before everyone blasts it. All I've seen so far all over the internet is needless nickpicking over the smallest things even though little of the game has been shown.

I'm aware people have their own vision of what Sonic 4 should be, but it seems like Sega can't seem to win.

I agree the running animation needs work, its like they are missing a speed. He goes from slow straight into blurred, they need a faster one in between. As a whole though I'm not complaining. This is a massive step in the right direction that has been long overdue and I'll definitely be buying it. Anyone that isn't going to buy it for such a small reason is foolish in my opinion, at least Sega are finally doing something right. If no one buys this they are probably gonna go straight back to Wharehog, so everyone get it!

Sonic just doesn't look as badass as he was in on the genesis. It's not just the awkward running animation, the whole art direction is too cartoony and pales in comparrison. Music sounds horrid as well.

This would of been so much better. Thats how I envisioned a ****c sonic remake.

Looks like the best Sonic game in a long time that captures the feel of the originals but it's still not quite right.

A lot of the animations do look a little bit off, such as when he is in ball form, but it's not quite a spherical ball (just make it a nice circle, I'm sure we can all use a little suspension of disbelief to convince ourselves it would work), and when he is in that strange starfish position in the air (WTF), and the run still isn't quite right either. It's not terrible stuff but it's not quite right.

Some of the enemies look a bit strange too being a bit too cell shaded and flat looking to fit in properly with the rest of the game, and the Sonic character himself isn't quite right.

It also looks a little bit too zoomed in maybe.

Still, compared to some of the recent Sonic games this is looking good.

Sonic just doesn't look as badass as he was in on the genesis. It's not just the awkward running animation, the whole art direction is too cartoony and pales in comparrison. Music sounds horrid as well.

This would of been so much better. Thats how I envisioned a ****c sonic remake.

Crossel777

That would be trully astounding if sonic looked like that

You guys know that the guy who leaked this was the same one that leaked that footage about 1 month ago right? The same person who uses PartnerNet. Which means, this is the exact same version from a month ago.

I've never seen such nitpicking in all my life.

Aside from some animation issue, this looks like a pretty good Sonic games compare to the other recent ones for this series.

You guys know that the guy who leaked this was the same one that leaked that footage about 1 month ago right? The same person who uses PartnerNet. Which means, this is the exact same version from a month ago.

I've never seen such nitpicking in all my life.

Theguy56

I already mentioned that the video was from the same person that had the same pre-alpha build that was taken down by Sega. Someone uploaded it to Youtube and it has been deleted by now.

character animations are HORRID

I am truly dissapointed :(

not the same as the old sonic gams sadly