It looks like Sonic is back on form...

[Daystar Clarion]

So, today is a great day, it seems that Sonic is returning to his 2D roots, will it be any good? Well it can't be any worse... can it?
http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/ca/news/sonic-the-hedgehog-4-announced-2333ca.html

So, do you, fellow escapist, believe that Sonic can once again prove himself a platforming god?

 

[dududf]

[sub]Sorry. Had to be shown.[/sub]

 

[mokes310]

Kudos for the franchise returning to it's roots, but it's my belief that there comes a time when certain IP's just need to take that trip to the retirement home.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

yes.

The daytime levels, and only the daytime levels, were actually decent in Unleashed.

He can do it...just hand the reigns to Dimps and keep Sonic Team far away.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimps

They made the great Sonic Rush games on DS, which were 2D.
And Sonic Advance. And DBZ: Budokai 1 and 2. They also co-developed Street Fighter 4.

And did the DAYTIME stages for Unleashed. For the Wii version, but that actually is generally regarded as superior to the 360/PS3 versions.

[sub]and the Dragonball Evolution game...[/sub]

 

[Daystar Clarion]

[sub]Sorry. Had to be shown.[/sub]

I know what you mean, but hopefully, because this is a downloadable title, rather than an actual hard copy of a game, it will be different.

 

[Lost In The Void]

As I always am with a Sonic game, cautiously optimistic

 

[Sonicron]

Well, I had a lot of fun with Sonic Heroes at the time and I even enjoyed Shadow the Hedgehog; the last two games, however, were a flop in my opinion...
This certainly looks like a return to Sonic's roots, which I am excited and sceptical about at the same time. Gameplay-wise the old games were simply unique, but I also usually got my ass kicked only a few levels in because my reaction time was never good enough to keep Sonic alive through the more elaborate traps and arrangements of enemies.

 

[oppp7]

I've been meaning to get a Sonic game. Why exactly do people hate the 3D versions?

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I've been meaning to get a Sonic game. Why exactly do people hate the 3D versions?

You're joking right? I'm gonna pretend you're joking, because if I didn't I think my mind would implode.

 

[oppp7]

I've been meaning to get a Sonic game. Why exactly do people hate the 3D versions?

You're joking right? I'm gonna pretend you're joking, because if I didn't I think my mind would implode.

Considering I've never gotten a Sonic game before, I have no idea why people hate them so much. I'm guessing... the neon woodland creatures?

 

[Inco]

This is exactly what i want to see!

Ha, this looks to be a hopeful prospect for sonic. Lets hope Sega don't mess it up.

 

[vaderaider]

i have given up on sonic games and sega for that matter.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I've been meaning to get a Sonic game. Why exactly do people hate the 3D versions?

You're joking right? I'm gonna pretend you're joking, because if I didn't I think my mind would implode.

Considering I've never gotten a Sonic game before, I have no idea why people hate them so much. I'm guessing... the neon woodland creatures?

More like a bad camera, Sonic's "friends", and cheap deaths.

 

[Pimppeter2]

I had some hopes for this game initially, even though I'm not exactly the biggest sonic fan, but it seems to honestly fallowing the Sonic cycle. I forgo which news post it was, but one of them really squashed my hopes.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I remember what Konami did to Rocket Knight adventures, I hope Sonic doesn't go through the same, though having a 2D platform would be refreshing for once...

 

[teutonicman]

Yeah that would be cool, however I'm really damn confident that they'll manage to fuck it up like usual *sigh*.

 

[Optimystic]

I've been meaning to get a Sonic game. Why exactly do people hate the 3D versions?

You need a combination of clairvoyance, catlike reflexes, and an extremely forgiving controller to make it through a 3d level filled with bottomless pits and spikes while running at breakneck speeds.

For most gamers... this is frustrating.

 

[The Brian J]

You know, I think I'm gonna take Yahtzee's "Guantanamo Bay Approach" to this game, and just assume that Sonic Team are going to find a way to completely and utterly screw it up.

It's much better than the times I've thought they've brought Sonic back to his former glory, then gone "LOL THERE'S A NEW HEDGEHOG GUYZ AND HE HAS PSYCHIC POWERS!"

 

[Voodoo_Person]

i gotta admit im well excited, the original sonic games were what got me into videogames, and seeing as i hated the 3D games, this makes me very happy, lets hope they dont screw it all up