<![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> why is he dr. eggman and not robotnik like he used to be??????????????????????????????

freespeech

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @StickyPurpleCat: Yet... you'll buy the game. Therefore Sonic Team has no incentive to change.

If you are truly disappointed, don't buy the game.

Handsome Fat Man

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> The only multiplayer type of Sonic I enjoyed was in Sonic 2... you know, racing through the levels, collecting the power ups, competing to win the levels through various factors (Score, Time, Rings, TVs, etc).

If they could do that with this, I would believe that would be acceptable. Then again, it just might be better to let it be.

Xeneizes

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Mm.. to sell like the oldie days Sega must developp a new console, something like the wii, cheap, interactive controller and all the brand games they have in their chest = garanted success.

No? look at nintendo.

Sega, think about it, you have the oportunity to comeback to your roots! make that step, serve us with arcade games like when the dreamcast, I promise I will do my best to extend the popularity of your system, call it fanboy user or whatever, Sega must come back to put things in place! :D

Time to get out my DC from his box.

Bidule

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I'm in, Sega, but you know damn well it's just because I'm a drooling Sonic fangirl. Keep in mind, however, that if you include this werewolf business you'll make me cry. Seriously. Do you guys like making little nerdy girls cry? Then go ahead and destroy my favorite childhood hero again. I've got the tissues at the ready. =(

StickyPurpleCat

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> or "Sonic turns to the only avenue he has left, the underbelly of organised crime, to help him in his quest to hunt down the evil dr. eggman, who murdered his family, and family pets. This shit just got real.(echos)"

Polite Society

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> "We've realised that making sonic turn into a werewolf was a silly idea. So now he is going to turn into a vampire... dragon. A dragon-vampire. Dragpire!!..hedgehog. Now lick my shoes."

Polite Society

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Ashurahori

slomo788 exemplifies what I hate about gaming today. The "other" casual gamer.

ratix240sx

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Sonic is ridiculously stupid-looking in 3D/HD :\

man in gauze is king ramses II, actually

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I'm not putting hope on the line anymore.

gamedismantler

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Am I the only one laughing out loud at the premise of other games using a Sonic Team developed game engine? People don't want to fall through floors.

@Mainman: If they say "Sonic Team free" then you'd be correct.

Handsome Fat Man

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Hopefully it's like the Adventure games. I know opinion was divided on those games but I personally loved them. Hopefully it's not too far back to its 2D roots.

Samos42

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @slomo788: Oh, PLEASE. Yakuza is nothing like GTA! It's much more like Shenmue than anything else! It has a complex fighting system, and it's more story-based than GTA. You don't take missions, you progress the story on stuff you do for yourself, not for others.

Condemned is not a survival horror like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, or Siren! It's a first-person game on its own league! The Club is a game meant to feature high scores, and for fast runs. Virtua Fighter is the best and most complex 3D fighting game out there.

Ashurahori

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> This game looks like one giant cop-out. What good is designing big worlds on a new engine when the gameplay itself is restricted to the 2.D plane. I don't intend to buy it, and can only hope this isn't the direction Sega intends to take the series in the long run.

Erinaceus

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> LOL at stylized humans.

Does that mean SONIC MAN returns?

Ultrasinc

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Well the graphics are certainly eye pleasing. I wish to see the game in motion.

SuperSplashBro

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> [crosses fingers]
Sega, please, don't mess this up

Zombie_Moogle

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> This Hedgehog engine is funny. Funny in the sense that you have an engine worked on for 3 years and they can only get it to run at 30 FPS. This isn't just random complaining here. It's like playing F-Zero GX at 30. Only hurts it. Maybe they shouldn't have said how long that engine took to develop because they still can't get it at where it should be.

This one initially looked like it would be great. But I still have huge doubts about what potential it will ultimately fullfill. Honestly, it still doesn't sound like it's what fans really wanted. Whatever fans are left. They invest so much money into these games, take a chance on us and put out something like the DS version. You can't get any worse. Maybe they are trying to start on the right way.

Sega really doesn't get it do they? Everything they do is just not done the right way.

Godzilla-Sushi

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Hurrah! Maybe Sonic will return to his Genesis glory days!

TheCleaningGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I bet the PS2 game will ruin the graphics for the Wii game.

Willy105

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Sweet, looks like it's gonna turn out pretty good.

KM91

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @herfy: No Sonic games storylines are nothing like that, not since it turned 3-D, they try to make their stories really big and layered but instead turn out, for want of a better word, shit.

excel_excel

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Ashurahori: The problem with Sega is, they don't do the BEST of the categories they touch, unlike Nintendo. Good is not good enough anymore. Yakuza? I'll buy GTA4. Condemned? Silent Hill, Resident Evil and maybe Siren. The Club? No thanks (so many better 3rd person shooters out there. It lacks... oomph) Virtua Tennis? Buy Top Spin this June and try to play Virtua Tennis on anything else than PSP. Virtua Fighter? Maybe, if you can't wait for Street Fighter. I never played Universe at War (don't have a 360 yet) but like any good Sega game, it doesn't entice me with its 6.4/10 overall rating. I'd rather wait for World in Conflict, Endwar or even Halo Wars.
Sega is a very atypical Japanese company: they think that all we're waiting for in a sequel is updated graphics. I'm sorry, it doesn't work that way... anymore.

FP_slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Multiplayer free?!?! wtf?!?! Sonic Battle 2 for the Gamecube was honestly the best Sonic ever with great multiplayer, in my opinion.. Oh well, this MIGHT be decent enough for a rent, just might..

Katorok

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Eggman was the japanese name. All you people clamouring for the "original version" of things should be happy for this.

@Ruglia: Yakuza 3 is for PS3. And what about Condemned? Universe At War? The Club? Virtua Tennis? Virtua Fighter?

Sega has TONS of fantastic games. Even for this generation.

Ashurahori

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I recently bought Sonic the Hedgehog on Virtual Console, guess what? It's tough, I was beyond surprised at the difficulty. I keep wondering how on earth I managed to finish it when I was that young.

This should = that, make it tough, make it so goddamn annoying that after every twist and turn there is something that makes u loose rings.

shirosan

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Werewolf? I didn't think it was that good in Twilight Princess, I don't think Sonic needs it either.

As for all their bluster about this one being good, we've had 6 shit 3D Sonic games, each one apparently even worse than the last, I'll wait until I see a demo to see if this one fixes the excessive load times, the broken camera, the rubbish controls, the stupid lock-on combat system, etc. Perhaps they should consider not chucking out a sub-standard Sonic game every 18 months and taking their time to make something good instead?

photoboy

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Ok Sega, I know this is set in the real world. But if I jump on an enemy, and he doesn't turn into an adorable animal, there will be blood. Oh yes, there will.

@zetopazio: I agree, but I still occasionally call him "eggman." Just like I occasionally call bass like the fish when playing Rock Band, Conan like the talk show host, and refer to Facehuggers as "Facefuckers.)

Yeah, it's kind of confusing at times.

Thorax

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @zetopazio: yeah... where the F did Eggman come from? Robotnik all the way!

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @lilaliendog: I cant get used to Eggman too, i still call him Robotnik, Eggman simply is not a name for a villain and cant even compare to the greatness of the name Robotnik!

zetopazio

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @LuppyLuptonium: I dunno, I found that control scheme pretty bad and unnecessary myself.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Pezdispenser: Why the hell do they keep saying dr. eggman WTF is wrong with sega W T F. You want sonic to be news again? go BACK to sonic1,2 and 3 just DO IT. Look at what is there, an epic battle with ... DR. Robotnic and his animal kidnapping contraptions, the hunt for the chaos emeralds to return balance to the planet, SPEED SPEED SPEED for extended periods of time speed so fast you can't even see sonic cus the camera can't keep up. Awesome musical tracks that are good enough to stand on their own, beautiful locations which hide equaly dangerous traps. I can even forgive them if they allow amy in the game they just need to go back to what made sonic and then STOP.

lilaliendog

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @超外人: POwer Stone is from Capcom :P...But i also want a new Jet Set Radio, just imagine it in HD Cel Shaded graphics that´ll put every other Celshaded game in shame...*droll*

Just make a 2D HD Sonic for XBLA and PSN, and let it rest...

Daisuash

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I'M VERY ANGRY!

Heres why. Sonic unleashed is based on Sonic and the secret rings, gameplay wise. That part is fine, the best part about Secret Rings was the way the game played on regular stages. It was fast, furious, fun... all the stuff you would want in a sonic game. Where Secret Rings failed was it would force you to do the same stage several times over with various conditions to unlock the next one, making anything outside of the main stages a tedious chore.

So what do they do with the sequil? They take out the entire control scheme that made the damn game fun in the goddamn first place.

LuppyLuptonium

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Man, I hope it's good. I miss my Sonic. =(

Detha

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> i really hope they can bring back the good sonic formula to this one, when i read that they are going back to side scrolling i almost soiled my shorts and thats a good thing

BioSka

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @zetopazio: I believe I played those, but I surely don't remember buying those. I was surprised that they were actually released post sonic CD when I checked out the chronology on wikipedia in conjunction with reading this post, I guess I have a fuzzy memory. Sonic 2 rocked, as did the sega CD game, but the others just seemed a little re-hashed-- back then I had a limited budget, so I probably only bought a couple titles a year and played them til they were dead, and was very particular about what game would be worthy of a purchase. Even though I consider them a bit re-hashed, I would agree they are much better than the recent incarnations and would say even taking those and sonic adventure into account, it has been about 9 years since a decent sonic game, which is an awfully long time in video game history.

munchausen

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @frank0127: You are right, i write it wrong, i really need to improve my english grammar, lol, i love those games, Sonic & Knuckles is even my favorite Sonic game!

After that i played sonic advanced 1, 2 and 3, they are ok, i really like them, and after that i played Sonic riders zero gravity or whatever, but it kinda sucks, what am i saying? it really sucks!

And i never played a Sonic Adventure game too!

zetopazio

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @laencythe: I actually did play it, but didn't think it necessitated buying a dreamcast, so I didn't buy it. I guess that counts as a technicality because I liked that game, just not enough to buy the game and system. I played it because I rented the system + game shortly after the dreamcast US release back then, and tried to finish the game by staying up all night before I had to return the bunch.

munchausen

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Pezdispenser: You're not. S3&K was the last Sonic game I really got into, it was the biggest 16bit game ever.

Ok, I did play Sonic Adventure, but that's where your complaint comes in.

Plan303e

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> As long as one of those third-person segments leads to a casino with a NiGHTS pinball machine, I won't mind.

Mr. Hand

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @thejakeman: probably disagrees with you:
I thought the wolf mechanic was bland. They didn't give you enough to do with it to really care or have much real fun with it.

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @BPMη:

Ugh, that segment has me worried. Although, it excites people who seem to bite upon greets [@frank0127] I worry it'd be tacked on to sound cooler for Sonic. If it really is a "secret" as of this moment, it'll remind me of the disaster that happened to Shane about RE5.

The fact that Sonic is already fast leads me to believe this wolf thing may hamper him, and since it was caused by Robotnik, it'd probably make Sonic feral and out of control... If that's the case, they want you to screw up randomly or deal with impairments of a game that they purposely designed and put in there.

超外人

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> i'd kill (well maybe not actually kill, but seriously injure) someone for a Jet Set Radio sequel.

pandafresh

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I just want a side scroller, they don't need to add over-the-top cinematics and gameplay elements. The DS Sonic comes closest to what I'm looking for when I think Sonic, but I can't stand the action moving to and from both screens.

Fallible

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I am truly curious at why someone or some group would take Sonic's original levels and world, alive with color and a unique design and feel all it's own, and throw that out the window for these Assassin's Creed style hyper-realistic environs. (And oh yeah, putting Sonic in realities with humans).

FightingChance

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @zetopazio: you say that like those games are a bad thing.

hahaha i'm kidding. but i sympathize with munchausen- i too have not played sonic adventure. hell, the last sonic game i played was.....hmm.....damn, Sonic R on the Saturn. ok, not really a Sonic game per say, but still...

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @munchausen: Does that mean you miss Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles and the mix of those two? cause if so, you really dont know what you are missing!

zetopazio

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @thejakeman: probably disagrees with you: the article DID say one of the levels was set in Greece...

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Mit: i'd say the giant tress and massive adobe cities aren't too "real world" here.

thejakeman has died of dysentry

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @超外人:
My guess is that part of the gameplay is still in development, and isn't ready to be demo'd yet. That, or Sega thinks it's actually a secret. :/

BPMΣ

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Demonbird: well yeah, the whole Zelda series (since about ALttP, i suppose) ahs always felt like it needed to be put in a more medieval setting. That Wolf mechanic plus my want for a medieval setting just clicked together.

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Stuff like not being able to see turns coming up has always been in Sonic games really. It doesn't detract much from the game though. More recent 3D Sonic games like Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 required you to memorize levels as if they were a racetrack in order to get the best ratings on them. As you play more, the better you get, and the cooler you get to feel as you breeze through levels.

Real world environments though? You don't need those to flex graphical muscle. Take any of the elaborate stages from the old 2D games and you will have plenty to flex. The first thing that comes to my mind is the opening jungle levels of Sonic 3. Create awesome looking fictions worlds like that and combine them with this gameplay, then you should have a fantastic formula.

Mit

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Grave: Yakuza is irrelevant by now. It sucks if you're into the current gen.

Ruglia

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Sonic will never be a great true 3d game. They should just make it a 3d rendered sidescroller.

diabolicdraken

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Fonzy: true, they do enjoy money. they kind of have to in order to stay in the business. and hopefully this IS what sonic needs to "win" again. Real-World settings, blurring the environment when you run, etc.

i have to agree with you though, if this one IS a winner... i'd love to see more. (i'm also dying for Madworld!).

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Demonbird: what's your opinion?

thejakeman has died of dysentry

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @frank0127:
lol

"It felt primal (and right) to me. >:D"

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Demonbird: did you mean the wolf mechanic was weirding you out, or me?

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @herfy: wait, isn't that Mario you just described?

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Mr. Fap☆Fap!: Sonic and the Secret Rings made me feel like I was driving a vehicle. It was also pretty frustrating in a different, expectant way Sonic games usually are. I think it was an experiment, it was "meh" and not what they, or the Sonic fans, really were looking for and now they're moving on.

I hate the real word things, too. But I have an open mind. I really want this to be good. It doesn't even have to be amazing (though that would be nice). Just make it enjoyable, finished(unlike S360) and we might be in business.

jonathan.

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> As again Haze confirms, it's not good until it's in your hands.

Solid_hedgehog

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @munchausen: So you never got to play the awesomeness that was Sonic Adventure? if you played it and didn't like it, it's okay but if you never played a game post Sega CD out of pure bias, then you're missing out. SA1 was really good. (SA2 also, but not as great as the first...)

laencythe

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @frank0127: Because unfortunately, even the good people at Sega love money as much as the next person! But aside from money, Sega has also needed SOMETHING to get their groove back (and Sonic's), so if it's a success, it's hard to believe they wouldn't explore ways to keep fans pleased CONTINUING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. You hear that Sega? Don't go back to your Sonic-destroying ways if this one is a winner.

Fonzy

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> wtf. a ps2 and wii version?! they didnt make a ps2 version of sonic and the secret rings! why the hell would they make a ps2 version of this?! damnit! something told me sega would backtrack on this. this better look on par with the secret rings or better, or else heads will roll!

bigman88zz

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I love the story line of these games:

A: An evil villain is destroying / trying to conquer the world.
B: Jump on the evil villain.
C: Victory!

herfy

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @frank0127:
And that is what we call a unique opinion. You liked it, other people hated it.
Also, weirding me out =O

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> There's some pretty poor spelling and grammar in this post:

adapt should be adept
nuncuk should be nunchuk
news should be new (I think...unless Sonic should be news again)

And it seems unnecessarily confusing to use the phrase "classic GameCube controller".

But, as always, a good read anyway.

jerkob

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Mainman: and it looks like it'll play like the original sidescrollers, so far. THAT is a very good thing imo.

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Demonbird: I never saw it as bad... and not out of blind fanboyish bias either. I just loved how you ripped and gnashed apart an enemy as Wolf Link. It felt primal (and right) to me. >:D

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Ashurahori: It basically guarantees that we won't be bogged down by a new wave of Shitty Sonic Friends during the story. That's half of what makes modern Sonic games bad taken care of; now all we have to worry about is how it plays.

Mainman

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> That screenshot eerily reminds me of the old Tony Hawks games. Weird.

Deflicted

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @frank0127:
Lots of people loathe the wolf mechanic. In fact, it's the lowpoint of that game. I've seen numerous people stop playing because the wolf segments are so poor.

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I'm kind of sad they're making it like this. Sonic & the Secret Rings had some problems, but overall, it was a pretty fun game and definitely the right direction of Sonic.

Regressing back to 2D just isn't the way to go, if you ask me. I'd rather they really improve upon the Secret Rings formula, as opposed to shoehorn in elements of it into Unleashed.

MR. FAP☆FAP!

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @pandafresh: Twilight Princess did well with that mechanic.

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Spoony:

I do, Jet Set Radio <3 sequel should be made, but so should Powerstone and Space Channel 5 and many other SEGA titles that just never got sequels D:

超外人

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Fonzy: good logic. but why not go out with a bang like this one seems to be?

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I have to say, that screencap is SEXY. Imagine, a Sonic game on the Wii with Galaxy graphics! Joyous!

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @frank0127: Not if it's a success.

Fonzy

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Sonic will get his glory back, but not by turning into a werewolf. please remove this mechanic. im tired of games that have me turning into a demon or a monster or something as a power-up, its boring and old.

pandafresh

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Does anyone else see that picture and wish this was a thread about Jet Set Radio instead of Sonic?

Spoony

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> There's something in the air surrounding Sega, and I think it's Progress. With Platinum Games, Sonic Chronicles, Sonic Unleashed.. I don't know. I'm shaking off the skepticism. Everything is looking good and sounding good, so I'm done being a skeptic, even given the history.

Fonzy

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> "and another for the PS2 and Wii"... please... make it stop. I bet this will look worse than the first Sonic Wii game.

Mezodon

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Just a thought on the big surprise: It's the last Sonic game.

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Bundling "PS2 and Wii" make me feel abit uneasy...

Yoshihisa Hashimoto "knows what needs to happen to make Sonic news and relevant again", we can all pray and hope that history does not repeat itself again and again.

Ryūko

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Puck: You mean the PS2 port?

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Wait, real world setting?
... This may kill it for me.
I would like my classic sonic style worlds please!

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> This is going to be a great game. It's set in the real world, which I know might be scary to some of you considering its a rare occurance for you to venture there, but it will work wonderfully bringing sonic into a real world and not just his own convoluted, angry robot filled fantasy land where water is the highest evil. The addition of boosts and faster speed sounds great as I feel like sonic has never truly reached the potential of how fast he can go in other games. The closest I ever felt was in Sonic Adventure. Sonic and the secret rings was an alright game because of the control scheme and the fact that it somewhat returned to the track sonic usually stays on, unfortunately it was so short they added in a huge amount of what they deemed to be "replay-value" which just made the game a lot harder and a lot less appealing to play. Also, everyone is up in arms about Sonic being able to supposedly transform into a werewolf of sorts, but what about when he transformers in to supersonic? That's even more ridiculous. Have any of you played games like Prince of Persia or Jak and Daxter? Those games included transformations and they worked just fine, in fact they recieved some very high scores for what they were.

What I'm saying is this, this new sonic looks to include an abundance of the true essence of sonic the hedgehog, along with some great new features and hopefully an entertaining story. This game could be a failure is it's anything like the Sonic for the 360/PS3, but lets hope they took a hint from that game.

Desmondia

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Pezdispenser:

you most certainly are not... give me a vibrant cartoon fantasy world over... Greece... anyday, but Sega just don't care anymore

I really hope that this plays well as a platformer too, and not just a supersonic rollercoaster, something that the Sonic Rush games weren't up to

people seem to forget that what made the classics great was that they were great platformers, speed was used intermittantly as a reward for dextrous platforming

new Sonic games have ignored this and focussed on speed and bland samey level design...

FenderMaster

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> This better be ten million times better than Sonic the Hedgehog (PS3/360). It was decent, but it had so many bugs.

Amazon_Chris

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> This looks great even since the last few previews, but since there was no mention of the "wolf" parts, does this mean they scrapped it?

超外人

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Pezdispenser: Strangely enough, I don't think anyone's happy about it at all!

Also, all of you assholes whining about how much Sega sucks now: buy Yakuza, play the hell out of it and get ready for the sequel. It's coming to the US in the fall. They still make good games. You just don't buy them. >:(

Grave

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> It could be good, it could be horrible. Please, SEGA, stop letting Sonic suck.

pd771

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Meh, this might be fun on the Wii.

Puck

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> If they can top the experience that was Sonic Adventure, then I'm sold. Though I do wonder if the Sega that made the original Sonic Adventure is simply gone forever. They have released a few gems since then, but it seems like the moment they pretty much ditched development on any sort of quirky, arcadey titles is about the same time Sega as a whole went straight down hill.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @munchausen: let me add some emphasis. i just checked wikipedia and apparently that means I have not bought a sonic game for nearly 15 years. damn, i am old. and, damn, sonic needs some help.

munchausen

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I really want this game to be good, but after Sonic 06 and Sonic and the Shitty Rings, I just really don't trust Sega at all. They're going to need to do a lot to make up for their past mis-steps.

Archaotic

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Could be interesting. I'm not buying that without trying a demo first though, soooo, yeah, heads up Sega.

Woodwater

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> I can't be the only person here unhappy with the decision to put the game in the real world with real people...

Pezdispenser

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Pre-E3 PR fatigue is already wearing on me. How the hell am I going to get through the summer?

NoahIdea

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> @Mainman: How so?

Ashurahori

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> sounds cool. i hope they do something to remove the load times. the load times seemed so attrocious in the last PS3/360 release and the prior releases just seemed bland, such that I have not bought a sonic game since sonic CD for sega cd. if they remove load times and make this game more like the early sonics, which that blur seems to do by giving a feeling of speed, i might just budge and buy it.

munchausen

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> Every outing, they keep telling us this is the Sonic game that we (Sonic fans) have been looking for. This looks better than the last time out, but I'm still going to shake my head and wonder where the Sega of old is. It might be good, but I'll stay on the fence for a price drop. Welcome to the Last Level.

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

]]> <![CDATA[Sonic Unleashed Impressions]]> "multiplayer-free"

And suddenly, all fears were put to rest.

Mainman

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