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beep by grandpa
May 5, 2004

I actually want to play heroes again but my only copy is for the original Xbox and its cd tray is broken :'(

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Chieves
Sep 20, 2010

Heroes is quite a bit better than Shadow. This isn't high praise, however, because Shadow is really, really bad. The major things dragging Heroes down are most Chaotix missions, too many enemy rooms and bosses that take too long to kill, the absurd amount of bugs, and flight mode being really janky.

Evil Eagle
Nov 5, 2009

There's BINGO on the table.

I got all the a ranks in heroes when it came out. Somehow I still like the game and I even replayed it earlier this month.

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

Heroes is really bad, but it's biggest sin is being boring

I somewhat recently (half a year ago) played through shadow, having not played it as a kid, and that is genuinely one of the worst games I have ever played. Even after getting one of the endings my ability to control shadow was tenuous at best, and despite going in thinking I'd want to grab several endings to laugh at the edge, I had to quit because I was tired of every section of mildly difficult platforming making me feel like I was having a heart attack when shadow would go 30 feet in a given direction instead of 3, ultimately into a bottomless abyss.

Amppelix
Aug 6, 2010

Evil Eagle posted:

There's BINGO on the table.

I got all the a ranks in heroes when it came out. Somehow I still like the game and I even replayed it earlier this month.

Look at all those Eggman's robots!

Leave them to me, Sonic.

Ugh, I can still recite wayyy too many lines of the incidental dialogue the characters spout whenever anything happens. The only good dialogue in Heroes comes from Omega's lack of mouth.

E: There's that switch again...

Amppelix fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Jun 22, 2016

Evil Eagle
Nov 5, 2009

We're not going there, are we? Yes we are.

beep by grandpa
May 5, 2004

I think heroes is a fine video game but it's main problem is its hostile condescension to the player every 3 seconds

Dabir
Nov 10, 2012

I think Bingo Highway is a terrible loving level.

Scaly Haylie
Dec 25, 2004

beep by grandpa posted:

I think heroes is a fine video game but it's main problem is its hostile condescension to the player every 3 seconds

more like sonic garbo

Chieves
Sep 20, 2010

Evil Eagle posted:

We're not going there, are we? Yes we are.

Whoaaaaa, my head's spinning!

Evil Eagle
Nov 5, 2009

Chieves posted:

Whoaaaaa, my head's spinning!

What a wild ride.

Ms. Unsmiley
Feb 13, 2012

the incidental dialogue is one of the best parts of heroes

Discendo Vox
Mar 21, 2013

This does not make sense when, again, aggregate indicia also indicate improvements. The belief that things are worse is false. It remains false.
I demand patched rereleases of every single one of the terrible sonic games.

Nodosaur
Dec 23, 2014

The best dialogue in Heroes, oddly enough, goes to Team Dark. Omega in particular. I love his condescension to the other robots.

"WORTHLESS CONSUMER MODELS."

Kikas
Oct 30, 2012
poo poo

gently caress

YEAH

*explosions*

I giggled like a retard all the time playing as Knux in Heroes.

Xad
Jul 2, 2009

"Either Sonic is God, or could kill God, and I do not care if there is a difference!"

College Slice
Also don't forget the

I'll take it from here!
I'll take it from here!
I'll take it from here!

as you switch characters.

Evil Eagle
Nov 5, 2009

Xad posted:

Also don't forget the

I'll take it from here!
I'll take it from here!
ANNIHILATE.

as you switch characters.

Fixed.

Evil Eagle
Nov 5, 2009

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2911492155120.html

I scored 150 on this quiz.

Ms. Unsmiley
Feb 13, 2012

i got all but 2 of them right. i havent played sonic heroes in over 10 years, so im a bit rusty

Veotax
May 16, 2006


There is also a Sonic comics Humble Bundle, which looks like it includes almost everything since the reboot. Only things that look to be missing are the Sega/Capcom crossover (which was crap) and currently running storylines.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/sonic-comics-bundle

Scaly Haylie
Dec 25, 2004


Getting all the questions right is also a failure, of a sort.

beep by grandpa
May 5, 2004

Lizard Wizard posted:

Getting all the questions right is also a failure, of a sort.

Why on earth would demonstrating one's mastery of a timeless literary milestone be seen as a failure, OP?

Evil Eagle
Nov 5, 2009

beep by grandpa posted:

Why on earth would demonstrating one's mastery of a timeless literary milestone be seen as a failure, OP?

This.

Amppelix
Aug 6, 2010

Here's some Fire and Ice footage with a PR person talking over it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUjNPDj7-C8

This game still looks perfectly passable. Kinda like a B-tier platformer from the PS2.

Scaly Haylie
Dec 25, 2004

beep by grandpa posted:

Why on earth would demonstrating one's mastery of a timeless literary milestone be seen as a failure, OP?

A better question is why are you asking Astro Nut

Amppelix posted:

Here's some Fire and Ice footage with a PR person talking over it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUjNPDj7-C8

This game still looks perfectly passable. Kinda like a B-tier platformer from the PS2.

Putting icons on things you can use your abilities on seems...insulting.

Geostomp
Oct 22, 2008

Unite: MASH!!
~They've got the bad guys on the run!~

Amppelix posted:

Here's some Fire and Ice footage with a PR person talking over it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUjNPDj7-C8

This game still looks perfectly passable. Kinda like a B-tier platformer from the PS2.

If this was where Sonic Boom started, we'd have all been happier.

Dark_Tzitzimine
Oct 9, 2012

by R. Guyovich
Pretty interesting interview with the man running Sonic's twitter

http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/23/12008576/sonic-the-hedgehog-sega-twitter-interview-meme

EDIT:

Sonic Team confirms working on an entirely new game

quote:

Sonic Team sat down with Famitsu magazine in Japan for this week's issue, during which a new game (platforms to be announced on July 22) and a feature film was also announced. (Translation courtesy SOAH City)

"We at Sonic Team – are developing a completely new game, as well as developing a full movie, actively done by Sony Pictures, and animation on Sonic Boom" (emphasis added)

Dark_Tzitzimine fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Jun 23, 2016

Selenephos
Jul 9, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SChPv1Z-c0M

Even the official Sonic Youtube account mocks Sonic 06 now.

Dark_Tzitzimine
Oct 9, 2012

by R. Guyovich

Mr. Fortitude posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SChPv1Z-c0M

Even the official Sonic Youtube account mocks Sonic 06 now.

They also were extra careful to avoid any mention whatsoever of Boom's games :v:

Viewtiful Jew
Apr 21, 2007
Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!

Dark_Tzitzimine posted:

They also were extra careful to avoid any mention whatsoever of Boom's games :v:

Also Lost World, even though the song playing is from Lost World?

Although I'd think them glossing over Sonic 4 is...interesting. It's hard to imagine there was so much hype and subsequently so much anger concerning a game that doesn't even get a passing mention because Colors can easily take the place on the timeline instead.

Doctor_Fruitbat
Jun 2, 2013


Dark_Tzitzimine posted:

Sonic Team confirms working on an entirely new game

Well, yeah. It's the 25th anniversary game.

Xad
Jul 2, 2009

"Either Sonic is God, or could kill God, and I do not care if there is a difference!"

College Slice

Viewtiful Jew posted:

Also Lost World, even though the song playing is from Lost World?

Although I'd think them glossing over Sonic 4 is...interesting. It's hard to imagine there was so much hype and subsequently so much anger concerning a game that doesn't even get a passing mention because Colors can easily take the place on the timeline instead.

I think it's because they were mostly focusing on Sonic Team-made games. Sonic 4 and all the handheld games were made by Dimps, while Boom was made by BigRedButton. Even then, it is still kinda weird that they skipped Lost World.

Viewtiful Jew
Apr 21, 2007
Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!
Izuka just gave a "Lore" reason as to why we don't play with the Chao in the main games anymore and...hmm:

quote:

Are the Chao an endangered species now? We don’t see very many of them anymore.

The Chao require very clean and pure water in order to survive, so you may not see them in a lot of places. If you do go to Rio de Janeiro in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, you’ll probably see a lot of them in the stands.

MorningMoon
Dec 29, 2013

He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?
The tumblr post for the video pointed out the lost world stuff as well
#sonic25th#we know what you're thinking#why did we skip lost world?#it's there audibly#but seriously--timing#feel free to sound off on your favorite memories throughout the years

Ronnie
May 13, 2009

Just in case.
Played Some Sonic Generations, listened to some remixed tunes and bought those comics on the humble bundle store. All in all good 25th anniversary Sonic.

beep by grandpa
May 5, 2004

Is today the actual anniversary? Maybe I'll pop in some S3&K.

beep by grandpa
May 5, 2004

Also I think Sonic Heroes was a much, much better game than Lost World.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003





quote:

When you grow up among that community, you see things you can never unsee.

Sonic!

Mr. Fortitude posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SChPv1Z-c0M

Even the official Sonic Youtube account mocks Sonic 06 now.

I'm surprised they were open enough to put 'Sonic in 3D finally finds its footing' on Colours. Admitting everything before just didn't work.

MikeJF fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Jun 23, 2016

beep by grandpa
May 5, 2004

Please watch this video at least once today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZggqwuykIs

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Ms. Unsmiley
Feb 13, 2012

beep by grandpa posted:

Please watch this video at least once today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZggqwuykIs

i cried the first time i watched this

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