Poll: Sonic the Hedgehog Characters (And Games Discussion)

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Phoenix_XIII

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I actually like both the 3D and 2D Sonic games. I don't care what anyone says. Adventure and Adventure 2: Battle were great.

What are your opinions?
 

TheLastTatlFan

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Might wanna rename the thread to reflect the poll.

I have a bit of a fondness for Tails. Mostly because of this article Yahtzee wrote after moving to Australia but before Zero Punctuation about how he idolizes and yet is mistreated by Sonic. It's the closest I've come to caring about an actual Sonic character, rather than their gameplay applications.
 

Phoenix_XIII

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TheLastTatlFan said:
Might wanna rename the thread to reflect the poll.

I have a bit of a fondness for Tails. Mostly because of this article Yahtzee wrote after moving to Australia but before Zero Punctuation about how he idolizes and yet is mistreated by Sonic. It's the closest I've come to caring about an actual Sonic character, rather than their gameplay applications.
I've always liked Shadow. He actually makes me intrigued and emotionally connected to him since he's been through a lot and he doesn't really even know who he is. He's actually kind of deep.... When not shooting someone.
 

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I think Adventure 1 and 2 were great. 1 didn't age that well, but it is still playable. 2:Battle still mostly holds up. I'm also one of the few to defend Heroes as a good game. Not as good as Adventure but not bad by any means.

But I will never defend Shadow (the game). I am one of the people who just downright hate it. I've never played 06... and I count myself lucky.
 

Phoenix_XIII

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Mr. Omega said:
I think Adventure 1 and 2 were great. 1 didn't age that well, but it is still playable. 2:Battle still mostly holds up. I'm also one of the few to defend Heroes as a good game. Not as good as Adventure but not bad by any means.

But I will never defend Shadow. I am one of the people who just downright hate it. I've never palyed 06... and I count myself lucky.
I quite liked it actually. It was a fun game and it was also fun with it's multiplayer (surprisingly). I have fond memories of that game.
 

Nooners

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Gotta stick with the original Blue Blur. He's my childhood hero (aside from the original Power Rangers), and while he went downhill after Sonic Adventure 2, the old 2D games are still some of my favorites.

SageRuffin said:
And fuck everyone else - Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik are where it's at.
Amen, brother.
 

SageRuffin

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I prefer Sonic and friends far more than Mario and friends. Sure, some of the more recent games kinda suck, but I have faith in the new Sonic Generations.

And fuck everyone else - Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik are where it's at.

TheLastTatlFan said:
I have a bit of a fondness for Tails. Mostly because of this article Yahtzee wrote after moving to Australia but before Zero Punctuation about how he idolizes and yet is mistreated by Sonic.
"Mistreated by Sonic"?! When did that happen?
 

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sonic/tails > knuckles > everyone else.
is pretty much my opinion.. the more characters they add in, the more the games have sucked.
 
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Sonic, Tails and Knuckles.

Before they could talk.

I'm currently playing the Sonic Classic Collection on my DS (The Megadrive games, 1,2,3 + Knuckles, as well as the lock on capability, i.e., being able to play Sonic 2+3 with Knuckles).

The story of 3 and Knuckles are particularly my favourite, because the story is told through what you see and do, not through terrible character archetypes with annoying voices.
 

Phoenix_XIII

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SageRuffin said:
I prefer Sonic and friends far more than Mario and friends. Sure, some of the more recent games kinda suck, but I have faith in the new Sonic Generations.

And fuck everyone else - Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik are where it's at.

TheLastTatlFan said:
I have a bit of a fondness for Tails. Mostly because of this article Yahtzee wrote after moving to Australia but before Zero Punctuation about how he idolizes and yet is mistreated by Sonic.
"Mistreated by Sonic"?! When did that happen?
I think in Sonic Three when you could have Tails constantly fly you around and he'd look so worn out after a few seconds. XDDDD
 

Phoenix_XIII

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Nooners said:
Gotta stick with the original Blue Blur. He's my childhood hero (aside from the original Power Rangers), and while he went downhill after Sonic Adventure 2, the old 2D games are still some of my favorites.

SageRuffin said:
And fuck everyone else - Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik are where it's at.
Amen, brother.
Which original Ranger was your favorite? I gotta go with Red, myself.
 

TheLastTatlFan

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SageRuffin said:
I prefer Sonic and friends far more than Mario and friends. Sure, some of the more recent games kinda suck, but I have faith in the new Sonic Generations.

And fuck everyone else - Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik are where it's at.

TheLastTatlFan said:
I have a bit of a fondness for Tails. Mostly because of this article Yahtzee wrote after moving to Australia but before Zero Punctuation about how he idolizes and yet is mistreated by Sonic.
"Mistreated by Sonic"?! When did that happen?
It was a mostly-fabricated interpretation of the relationship between Sonic and Tails in Sonic 2 that Yahtzee shared with the readers of Fullyramblomatic once upon a time. He may or may not have been suffering from heat stroke when he wrote it, but it amused me and the official writers of the Sonic games haven't done much better in making me care about the characters (With the exception of Merlina from & The Black Knight, but I doubt I'd get a positive response reminding people of that game.).
 

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Phoenix_XIII said:
I actually like both the 3D and 2D Sonic games. I don't care what anyone says. Adventure and Adventure 2: Battle were great.
What are your opinions?
Princess Sally Acorn.

She was in Sonic Spinball, so she counts.
 

Phoenix_XIII

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Bara_no_Hime said:
Phoenix_XIII said:
I actually like both the 3D and 2D Sonic games. I don't care what anyone says. Adventure and Adventure 2: Battle were great.
What are your opinions?
Princess Sally Acorn.

She was in Sonic Spinball, so she counts.
I didn't get too far in Spinball. XDDD
 

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Ilikemilkshake said:
sonic/tails > knuckles > everyone else.
is pretty much my opinion.. the more characters they add in, the more the games have sucked.
Correlation/=causation. The quality of Sonic games has been declining quite seperately from the expansion of the cast.

The problem has largely been that Sonic Team haven't had the balls to stick to one playstyle and really finely tune it to perform as well as it can, usually because the playstyle people say they want from Sonic (lolrunfaster) will inevitably lead to a really short game. Unleashed had those god of war clone levels (which I actually thought were quite a good god of war clone to be honest) because if the game had only been made of the daytime levels it would have been over in a couple of hours flat and people would qq that it was too short.
 

Nooners

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Phoenix_XIII said:
Nooners said:
Gotta stick with the original Blue Blur. He's my childhood hero (aside from the original Power Rangers), and while he went downhill after Sonic Adventure 2, the old 2D games are still some of my favorites.

SageRuffin said:
And fuck everyone else - Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik are where it's at.
Amen, brother.
Which original Ranger was your favorite? I gotta go with Red, myself.
I don't want to derail the original conversation, but I liked blue. I had a fondness for Triceratops, and blue was my favorite color.
Of course, then the White Tiger Ranger came along and kicked so much ass that it just wasn't fair to the other Rangers. And we LOVED it!
 

Phoenix_XIII

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Nooners said:
Phoenix_XIII said:
Nooners said:
Gotta stick with the original Blue Blur. He's my childhood hero (aside from the original Power Rangers), and while he went downhill after Sonic Adventure 2, the old 2D games are still some of my favorites.

SageRuffin said:
And fuck everyone else - Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik are where it's at.
Amen, brother.
Which original Ranger was your favorite? I gotta go with Red, myself.
I don't want to derail the original conversation, but I liked blue. I had a fondness for Triceratops, and blue was my favorite color.
Of course, then the White Tiger Ranger came along and kicked so much ass that it just wasn't fair to the other Rangers. And we LOVED it!
Agreed.
 

PureIrony

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I'm of the opinion that they should have stopped making characters after Sonic CD. After that, the series had a hero, a villain, a sidekick, a rival, a girl and a robotic clone of the main character. You do not need more characters than that.
 

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GloatingSwine said:
Ilikemilkshake said:
sonic/tails > knuckles > everyone else.
is pretty much my opinion.. the more characters they add in, the more the games have sucked.
Correlation/=causation. The quality of Sonic games has been declining quite seperately from the expansion of the cast.

The problem has largely been that Sonic Team haven't had the balls to stick to one playstyle and really finely tune it to perform as well as it can, usually because the playstyle people say they want from Sonic (lolrunfaster) will inevitably lead to a really short game. Unleashed had those god of war clone levels (which I actually thought were quite a good god of war clone to be honest) because if the game had only been made of the daytime levels it would have been over in a couple of hours flat and people would qq that it was too short.
Im aware of the fact that correlation/=causation, but i did say that it was my opinion that the games have gotten more sucky, with the inclusion of ever more sucky characters. (with those characters making up just one part of the suck)

but i do agree with the other point, because most people didnt like what was in the previous installments, they keep trying to mix up the gameplay by adding more and more new things, instead of trying to fix what they already have.

I didnt play unleashed so i cant really say about that, but if they made it a GoW clone, well at least thats something.
 

Phoenix_XIII

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PureIrony said:
I'm of the opinion that they should have stopped making characters after Sonic CD. After that, the series had a hero, a villain, a sidekick, a rival, a girl and a robotic clone of the main character. You do not need more characters than that.
Very true. But Shadow was still pretty cool....