Sonic The Hedgehog Series

[Proto Cloud]

Forgot how glitchy Sonic Adventure was. And how fucking stupid Big the Cat is.

[Running Wild]

I forgot how much fail Sonic was in 3D.

[Proto Cloud]

Yeah, pretty much. There's a lot of missteps the series took in 3D.

Shadow, Rouge, Big, Cream, Bad glitches, screen tearing, chao gardens, pointless world hubs, werehogs, making Knuckles play fetch quests, Sonic '06, Shadow, being set in a human world, Shadow, Silver, Team Sonic, Sonic with a sword, and Shadow the Hedgehog.

[rikasaurus]

Yeah, pretty much. There's a lot of missteps the series took in 3D.

Shadow, Rouge, Big, Cream, Bad glitches, screen tearing, chao gardens, pointless world hubs, werehogs, making Knuckles play fetch quests, Sonic '06, Shadow, being set in a human world, Shadow, Silver, Team Sonic, Sonic with a sword, and Shadow the Hedgehog.

That is one of my biggest gripes :| Stupid Master Emerald nonsense. And Sonic with a sword was also pretty ridiculous.

[PureYeti]

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is coming out for download on the iTunes App Store starting Oct. 7, the Wii Shop Channel on Oct. 11 (15th Oct in EMEA territories), the PlayStation Network on Oct. 12 in America (Oct 13th in EMEA territories), and Xbox Live Arcade on Oct. 13 across all territories.

Sonic 4 will be priced at 1500 Wii Points on WiiWare, 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Arcade, and $14.99 / £9.99 / €12.99 / AU$19.95 on the PlayStation Network.

Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode I - Lost Labyrinth

Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 - Casino Street Zone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6biXlT2gew&feature=player_embedded

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Sonic Colours

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ky-Dus0Lx0&feature=player_embedded

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[PureYeti]

I came across this fan made game using the sonic 4 engine and it looks really great

Emerald Hill Act1 - Sonic Fan Remix

[Eddie]

At first I was surprised I didn't see anyone talking about Sonic 4, but now that I played ... geez ... I just feel betrayed. They took the extra time, all the time they needed to make a simple game with all the tried and true formula and they fuck up the physics in this game.

If you're asking "How's the psychics is broken Ed?" Simple, when the best method for braking in high speed is to not push in any direction instead of pushing backwards (or as i'd like to call it, like IN THE OLD GAMES), you fucked up the formula and you fucked it up baaaaaaaaaaad. For a nostalgic comeback, one they took their sweet time they can't even do the gameplay like the old games, that just killed the game, I lost plenty of lives on this game because I simply didn't press in any direction because I knew that in the tried and true Sonic formula that wouldn't get me killed and guess what? IT DID! One simple thing they fuck up, fucked the whole game experience, they nailed it all down, stage design is good, boss fights are good, soundtrack is good, visuals are good. Goddammit man, just hand over the franchise to a team that knows what they're doing Sonic Team lost all their credibility, i'm done, i'm calling it quits on them. If positive reviews come out of Sonic Colors, i'm ignoring it like the plague.

Ok, I ranted long enough about this. Man what a major turn-off.

[rikasaurus]

Sonic Colours - Cutscene 4 (WORLD EXCLUSIVE)

So, this is what Sonic and Tails are going to sound like now. I personally like them both.

[PureYeti]

Tails is perfect and Sonic needs time to get use to.

EDIT: download for the sonic remix fanmade game

http://www.sonicretro.org/2010/10/sonic-fan-remix-available-for-download/

[Eddie]

Okay I just read IGN's review on Sonic Colours, it scored a 8,5 only complaints are difficulty spikes and a weak co-op. I'm still going to wait for more reviews before I go into this one, Sonic 4's retarded physics still left a bad after-taste for me.

If any of you guys can actually confirm it's good I might try it out later. Oh who am I kidding? I'm going to end up playing this sooner or later anyways.

[Nightscape]

I just won an XBox 360 and Sonic 4 is in the process of downloading...

I was going to preorder Sonic Colors for that sweet awesome hat (facetious), but I'm going to hold off and wait to see what it's like.

[Eddie]

So far i've only read one review that didn't give Sonic Colors an 8 or 7. So either the game is okay or Sega's bribing reviewing sites.

[Ryth]

I just won an XBox 360 and Sonic 4 is in the process of downloading...

I was going to preorder Sonic Colors for that sweet awesome hat (facetious), but I'm going to hold off and wait to see what it's like.

Sweet, NS! How did you get it?

[TV-kun]

Just here to say tha Sonic colors is awesome indeed.

They could just had less stages per world, we have 6 stages + boss, it would work well with 3 stages, some stages are very small and you will finish it without noticing what happened.

So, the fist level of each world is like a "trailer" of the world, all the other levels will rinse and repeat.

BUT

It has the best graphycs on wii ever, its fun to play, the puzzles are inteligent, the game is challenging, and stages have thousands paths that you can go... it would deserve a 8.5 from me, mostly because of the too many stages problem and uninspirated bosses.

[Ash Kaiser]

Bought Sonic Colours, played Sonic Colours, finished Sonic Colours, loved Sonic Colours.

The gameplay is pure speed and the powers don't detract from that, graphics are indeed crisp, the soundtrack is awesome (Terminal Velocity goes from good to one of my favourite Sonic stages of all time because of the soundtrack), the level design is mostly flawless (when you die, you feel like it was you who messed up, not the game), and while the story is incredibly silly, the dialogue and actions between Sonic, Tails, Yacker (the white alien), Eggman, Orbot and Cubot (Eggman's two new henchbots) in cutscenes, along with Eggman's theme park announcements during the stage are brilliantly cheesy and cracked me up.

I agree with TV-kun that the bosses aren't great, but they do their purpose.

All in all, it's a Sonic game that is an actual Sonic game - i.e. you run fast - you run fast and you don't stop, and when you complete a perfect run of a stage, there's the sense of satisfaction that just says to you: "that was awesome". I give it 9/10.

Now to S-Rank this thing...