Sonic's 20th Anniversary Game trailer

[PocketIllust]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6-JpmenhQ

oh shit

[lenko]

"well if making a new character and sidekick for sonic is gonna make you brats complain we're just gonna give you another sonic to play as ARE YOU HAPPY NOW" - sega spokesperson

[rtil]

it's bizzaro sonic

[W.A.C.]

You guys have no idea how happy this trailer made a lot of old school Sonic fans. >_> Best Sonic teaser trailer ever.

[fatbadger]

They haven't made a good sonic game since the Dreamcast.

[rtil]

sonic colors is pretty good

[CVG]

I'm excited  I like the cartoony-ness I see in both Sonics and it's a good 3d translation they did for the classic sonic.

[iinnkk]

this makes me legitimately happy

[retrosmash]

could it be that i'm actually quite hyped for a sonic game for the first time in fuck nknows how long?!?

[fatbadger]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/xHKD14XfOe8

That is what sonic 4 should have been.

[rtil]

that's a fun fan game, but it's more like sonic 2 HD and not a true sequel

[W.A.C.]

Nope, this is Sonic 2 HD. Sonic Fan Remix however, is a project that intends on remixing a bunch of different levels from past Sonic games, not just Sonic 2. Personally, I wish the guy would just make the levels 100% original in design since the art style is unique enough to be entirely new levels.

[rtil]

remaking sonic 2 with slightly better graphics? what a waste of time

[RichChap]

yeah seriously, i think i'd prefer to just play the original anyway.

[W.A.C.]

remaking sonic 2 with slightly better graphics? what a waste of time

Slightly? [LINK]






The graphics are a dramatic improvement.

[Flash]

it looks less stylish (the monkey and the bee look like something out of a flash game)
plus, it doesn't really make any difference.

[rtil]

it's not an improvement, it's just vectorizing everything from the pixel art. besides, when you're playing the game you're not going to see the baddies or the playable characters at that size, in fact you'll probably be seeing them at around the same size or smaller than you would back when we played sonic 2 on our tv's. you're not going to notice the little details. that's why from an actual player-size standpoint the graphics only look slightly better.

and for that matter, if that's the only change they're making to the game, i don't see the appeal. part of the charm of sonic 2 is the lush 16-bit graphics. if a game is getting remade, you better add something new to it in terms of gameplay. better graphics don't change the experience.

[billy]

now it's sonic 2 with shitty vectorized sprites that lose all the charm of the originals.

also, every time sega announces another sonic game people get all excited for his GREAT REVIVAL.

until it comes out and it's "another shitty sonic game, who'da thunk it"

[rtil]

yeah but sonic colors

[W.A.C.]

They do plan on making some major changes including new levels based on some of the scrapped levels, online multiplayer, flying ability for Tails, etc. They're also likely to include a hard mode.