Zero Punctuation: Sonic Generations

[Fensfield]

... Oh well for my part I was glad to see Charmy again.

But then again I was introduced to Charmy as part of the Chaotix Crew, and then through the Fleetway comic. And in that they were this dysfunctional mess of 'heroes' that hated each other, were primarily concerned with paying the rent, and responsible for more property damage than most of the things they were 'hero-ing' at.

It all culminated in the 'Everyone hates Charmy and wants her to shut up because she's useless and annoying' Crew discovering she was a princess with an entire hive's army at her beck and call and riches to pay off the base in a moment, but hadn't told them 'because they were her friends and she didn't want them to start treating her differently'.

.. I loved that comic >.>

Anyway, on the game proper? I loved it to bits and the only real negative point I feel like raising is the jump button was indeed a little laggy - not so much as to stop me starting to compensate naturally after a bit but.. still.

 

[karloss01]

A quickie release of emulated copies of 1,2,3,and S&K would probably do better and incite a lot less hatred. But that would probably require Sonic Team to think, wouldn't it?

they already have sonic 1, 2, 3 & knuckles on the PSP, DS, PSN, 360 arcade, steam and probably the wii. not to mention being included in the collections (the genesis collection) on the PS2, Gamecube (maybe the xbox as well), PS3 and 360.

 

[Radioactive Kitten]

I thought Generations was pretty decent, but then again, I bought it for $10 on Steam and I haven't played a Sonic game since the Dreamcast days. I had heard Colors was pretty good, but I never got to try that out since it never got a PC port.

I do wish the older Sonic stages got some more love. No one wanted to be reminded of some of the newer atrocities and I would have loved to see a proper Casino Night zone or Mystic Cave zone.

They Already released the old sonic games about a thousand times in about almost every collection piece on every device save for PC so. Give them that credit yes?

They ARE on PC. Go on Steam and search for Sonic. Loads of old Sonic games are listed. There's lots of old Sega games on Steam, surprisingly enough.

 

[Xman490]

Comparing Modern Sonic to a bar of slippery soap makes a great amount of sense. After all, both are so fast that it's more shocking than awesome, and both give you a headache when they inevitably fall down to a variably inconvenient location (as in Sonic right after the red ring or the soap in the toilet).

 

[Raggedstar]

I thought Generations was pretty good too. Yahtzee does have some good points, but as a whole the game is for sure a step in the right direction. Keep in mind I'm not a Sonic fan and this is the first Sonic game I've played in over 7 years (...which I guess is a good thing. I didn't even know many of Sonic's friends in this game like Cream and the Chaotix gang). It's true that the handling is a bit off at times, momentum can be a *****, collectables are annoying to get when you're zooming by them, and of course what the game represents (ie Sega recycling as opposed to new ideas and celebrating years/games/characters that were better left to forget). A lot about Generations seems like they're at least TRYING to make a step forward by not doing the things people hated in older games. No over-dramatic plots, no new annoying characters (at least here you never NEEDED to play them to progress...and at least Sega didn't add to the pile), no difficult to navigate homeworlds with dead looking NPCs, fewer death traps (FEWER!!!), no lengthly cutscenes, stuff like that. I know the bullshit with 06 and despite that, I can't hate Crisis City x___x. It was awful in the original, but here they made it presentable. I even got through that thing near the end of the 3D section where stuff hurls at you without getting hit on my first try.

 

[daxterx2005]

Retro Sonic and Retard Sonic made me chuckle.
I also liked the comparison between Capcom/Sonic team RE4/colors

Cheers Yahtzee

 

[Furioso]

I respect Yahtzees opinions, but I disagree with most of it, the story is abysmal, but a terrible sonic story is like having the master sword in zelda, and having not played a sonic game since sonic adventure 2 battle, I had no clue what levels were supposedly shit, I thought the game was a barrel of fun

 

[Fappy]

Sonic Shuffle is one of the worst game ever developed Yahtzee. Even SonicTeam has standards... as minuscule as they are.

 

[ProjectTrinity]

The game reminded me how much more I would anticipate Sonic games if they were refined versions of Sonic Adventure 2 (Battle). =< The newer 3D Sonic games have this nasty format about it that I don't really appreciate. ' -'

 

[LordXel]

While I love Sonic Generations, this was the most beautiful review I've heard from Yahtzee. When I say beautiful I mean hilarious. XD

 

[K_Dub]

I genuinely enjoyed this game. It was a fun nostalgia trip that had me smiling all the way through, even at the parts at kept dying at. It was just fun to me.

Though I couldn't help and realize just how much I hate modern Sonic when he's standing next to retro Sonic.

And the game has a weird sense of "retrospective". I recognized every level up to City Escape, then I might as well have been playing a brand new Sonic game. The game also through in, what I assume to be, game mechanics from Sonic's newer games all through out the game. There would be points that I have to duck, but don't simply because I had no idea that was a feature! It's like Sonic Generations expects everyone playing it to have played through ALL of Sonic's game. Kind of dick move. Otherwise, it's still a fun game.

 

[chadachada123]

I haven't played Generations, but I can definitely feel what he meant about Resident Evil 4. FANTASTIC game, followed by complete filth that doesn't even fit in the Resident Evil universe. Or any universe. Aside from maybe the Gears of War universe. Or something.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

You know what I took away from this review? That Yahtzee wears a hat while having a bath.

 

[PunkRex]

who wouldn't want to see rouge the bat's tits???

but still I hope the next game could give more levels from all the sonic games instead of just one.

Wait, you havn't seen them? You obviously havn't been on the internet that long...

YOu must have misread my word I was "who wouldn't want to see her tits" because I've seen them and they are awesome

Ima give you a bro fist for that.

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[PunkRex]

who wouldn't want to see rouge the bat's tits???

but still I hope the next game could give more levels from all the sonic games instead of just one.

Wait, you havn't seen them? You obviously havn't been on the internet that long...

AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGH!! BAD INTERNET BAD BAD!!

Never again.....never again

Its already to late son, you here now and you aint leaving.

 

[Lunar Templar]

that's nice, your opinion is noted and swiftly deleted still want it

 

[hazabaza1]

And so cometh the shit storm!
But seriously pretty much everyone seems to love Generations. As do I.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

I thought you said Colours was "better than Unleashed, but that's not hard" or something to that effect. Why are you now comparing it to Resident Evil 4, which you love unequivocally?

Edit: Don't get me wrong from my avatar; I thought Colours was better than Generations as well.