Author Topic: I hope "Secret Rings" doesn't suck... (Read 89562 times)

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #150 on:** January 22, 2007, 07:32:49 AM »

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
I'm going to have to go with IGN because they're usually harsher on games and this time they're actually pleased.

I'm starting to get excited for this game...or maybe that's just the coffee I've started on...

But they can also be too forgiving on highly anticipated games.

Then again, this is a Sega game, a next gen Sonic game as well. I honestly don't recall a next gen Sonic game doing well in its previews stages.

We'll see in March...

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #151 on:** January 22, 2007, 07:55:50 AM »

"Sonic’s movement is still uncontrollably sporadic like his other 3D games"

This completely nullifies their article since Sonic in 3D hardly goes anywhere else but forward (and anywhere else the stage forcefully bumps you to).

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #152 on:** January 22, 2007, 07:55:53 AM »

That's true.

I played the demo of STH on the 360 and knew it was crap when Sonic kept flying off the edge to his death without much difficulty and that carried over to the final game.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #153 on:** January 22, 2007, 08:10:38 AM »

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
That's true.

I played the demo of STH on the 360 and knew it was crap when Sonic kept flying off the edge to his death without much difficulty and that carried over to the final game.

Glad I am not the only one to experience that, after falling to my death about 4 time in a matter of seconds each time I decided the game truly was terrible!

Terranigma Freak · « **Reply #154 on:** January 22, 2007, 09:52:09 AM »

Some news from Nintendo Power.

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Sonic and the Secret Rings - Sega’s Yojiro Ogawa: “Originally, we were going to produce Sonic the Hedgehog, the game we did for Xbox 360, on all platforms, including Wii. But after we looked at the Wii remote and the features of the controller, we decided to produce a new, completely different Sonic title for the system”…one stage you’ll be exploring a wreckage of a pirate ship on a storm sea, another an ancient ruins with giant flying beasts. Nintendo Power: The game features No Treasure Hunting (Sonic is the only playable character), No Wonky Camera, No Brooding Anti-Hero, No Guns and No dim-witted obese felines. NP says it would be misleading to think it’s a game on rails as it serves some platforming as you can jump with the 2 button, physically moving Wiimote to launch him at enemies etc. 1 Button allows you to slow down/hit the breaks.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #155 on:** January 22, 2007, 12:06:05 PM »

Yay.

Caterkiller · « **Reply #156 on:** January 23, 2007, 03:45:34 AM »

Bozon at IGN has this title has his 4th most wanted game of 07. That says alot, I hope.

The latest Nintendo Power says it will have a review up next issue, with an add inside claiming its coming out in Feb!

Other characters do appear, but don't worry they aren't played with in single player.

Crimm · « **Reply #157 on:** January 23, 2007, 04:35:02 AM »

I think this is definitely a wait and see game. I'll let a few reviews come out first, because I recall more than one positive impression of STH.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #158 on:** January 23, 2007, 05:55:20 AM »

"“Originally, we were going to produce Sonic the Hedgehog, the game we did for Xbox 360, on all platforms, including Wii. But after we looked at the Wii remote and the features of the controller, we decided to produce a new, completely different Sonic title for the system"

Translation: “Originally, we were going to produce Sonic the Hedgehog, the game we did for Xbox 360, on all platforms, including Wii. But after all the negative reviews came out we knew we could never get away with selling that turd on a different console so we decided to produce a new, completely different Sonic title for the system."

decoyman · « **Reply #159 on:** January 23, 2007, 06:12:31 AM »

If this Sonic doesn't work out... I suggest a radical redesign:

First Person Sonic.

Now, before anyone goes off, let me explain. See, I was watching videos of someone's coasters they created in Rollercoaster Tycoon, and I thought... THIS is what 3D Sonic should be like. I mean, Sonic's old games were basically like coaster rides – high-speed, loops, hills, corkscrews, etc. Imagine running into a spring platform at the bottom of a hill, and it rockets you to the top of the hill, where you teeter for a moment, and then plunge headlong down the hill at breakneck speeds, a chain of rings giving you a path to follow, then flying off a ramp at the bottom of the hill over a ravine, adjusting your trajectory a bit to collect rings in the air. You land on the other side, and are going full blast and tear into a tube. You're going so fast that you can run on the walls and even the ceiling, and you HAVE to do this to avoid spikes on the ground.

Since all of this is in first person, it'd give you the feel of a roller coaster. Just thinking about a Sonic game like this gives me chills...

Arbok · « **Reply #160 on:** January 23, 2007, 06:29:16 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
Translation: “Originally, we were going to produce Sonic the Hedgehog, the game we did for Xbox 360, on all platforms, including Wii. But after all the negative reviews came out we knew we could never get away with selling that turd on a different console so we decided to produce a new, completely different Sonic title for the system."

This game was in development long before the 360 Sonic came out and was panned... and that version is still coming to the PS3.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #161 on:** January 23, 2007, 06:32:36 AM »

"This game was in development long before the 360 Sonic came out and was panned... and that version is still coming to the PS3."

Oh okay. I was just being cheeky.

Man that PS3 game is going to BO-OMB. (Pronouce bomb with two syllables to get the proper emphasis.)

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #162 on:** January 23, 2007, 07:33:48 AM »

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Originally posted by: decoyman
If this Sonic doesn't work out... I suggest a radical redesign:

First Person Sonic.

Now, before anyone goes off, let me explain. See, I was watching videos of someone's coasters they created in Rollercoaster Tycoon, and I thought... THIS is what 3D Sonic should be like. I mean, Sonic's old games were basically like coaster rides – high-speed, loops, hills, corkscrews, etc. Imagine running into a spring platform at the bottom of a hill, and it rockets you to the top of the hill, where you teeter for a moment, and then plunge headlong down the hill at breakneck speeds, a chain of rings giving you a path to follow, then flying off a ramp at the bottom of the hill over a ravine, adjusting your trajectory a bit to collect rings in the air. You land on the other side, and are going full blast and tear into a tube. You're going so fast that you can run on the walls and even the ceiling, and you HAVE to do this to avoid spikes on the ground.

Since all of this is in first person, it'd give you the feel of a roller coaster. Just thinking about a Sonic game like this gives me chills...

That sounds cool, but It's hard to tell where your character's feet are in first person view, which makes any kind of precision jumping a headache. Also, this reminds me of S.T.U.N. Runner for some reason.

Terranigma Freak · « **Reply #163 on:** January 23, 2007, 11:17:52 AM »

Out of curiousity, does anyone know why there are Dinosaurs in this game if it takes place in the 1001 Arabian Nights stories? Did I miss one of them? Is it Jurassic Park?

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #164 on:** January 23, 2007, 11:25:38 AM »

It's a StarFox cameo.

Luigi Dude · « **Reply #165 on:** January 23, 2007, 12:14:15 PM »

Well considering the people at Sega are not very smart, they probobly never finished reading all of the stories from Arabian Nights and are just making things up as they go.

Hell I bet the only Arabian Night story Sega knows about is Aladdin and they probobly only watched the animated Disney movie instead of reading the actual story.

Amodaus1 · « **Reply #166 on:** January 23, 2007, 02:13:45 PM »

Thi statement is in no way opinion but fact, mainly due to sega's systematic murdering of their mascot.

KirbySStar · « **Reply #167 on:** January 24, 2007, 04:33:53 AM »

I don't care if they murder the Arabian Night story so long as the game is awesome.

Kairon · « **Reply #168 on:** January 24, 2007, 04:38:29 AM »

Murder Arabian Nights, not Sonic. Don't hook Sonic up with any chix either. Especially human chix.

~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Ceric · « **Reply #169 on:** January 24, 2007, 07:40:47 AM »

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Originally posted by: Kairon
Murder Arabian Nights, not Sonic. Don't hook Sonic up with any chix either. Especially human chix.

~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Yep Yep.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #170 on:** January 24, 2007, 08:43:28 AM »

I heard about that: Sonic kissing anything is just...wrong.

Amodaus1 · « **Reply #171 on:** January 24, 2007, 10:42:46 AM »

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
I heard about that: Sonic kissing anything is just...wrong.

Beastiality is in for 2007. Ignorance of the love between a hedgehog and a sweet but sexuallu frustrated teenage princess is so 2006. If you'll excuse me i'm not going to listen to anymore of this biggotry, I'm heading over to the barn, maybe i'll find tails in the chicken coup.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #172 on:** January 24, 2007, 11:54:54 AM »

Oh good, I can expect Krystal to get her own game now.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #173 on:** January 24, 2007, 12:41:13 PM »

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Originally posted by: Amodaus1
Beastiality is in for 2007. Ignorance of the love between a hedgehog and a sweet but sexuallu frustrated teenage princess is so 2006. If you'll excuse me i'm not going to listen to anymore of this biggotry, I'm heading over to the barn, maybe i'll find tails in the chicken coup.

There are enough jokes about the Sonic universe in that vein already.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #174 on:** January 25, 2007, 02:31:22 PM »

BUMP!

IGN just posted the newest trailer. It's on the screens and video page included on the preview link I posted earlier.

It's really cool, some interesting levels are shown.

News:

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