Next Sonic game For 360

[Soapy]

I think a good side-scroller would be quite refreshing. They need to just quit bringing in new characters. They should get rid of all the $hitty, annoying characters from the games (Cream, Amy, Big, Pretty much everyone who appeared after Sonic Adventure 2), and replace them with a few of the awesome characters from the comics (Sally, Knack the Weasel, Scourge, Ixis Naugas, The Dark Legion).

Agreed. That would be a dream come true if they made a new Sonic game based on the comics.

 

[hippie_hunter]

The fact that we all agree Sonic Adventure was a good game, and it WAS in 3-D, it's pretty clear a good Sonic game can be made in 3D. We need to get away from gimmicks, like guns and telekinesis, trying to make sonic cool... a guy fast as heck that throws wisecracks has been cool since Odysseus was kicking butt and faking names.

The first Sonic Adventure was fun playing as Sonic. The rest of it just flat out sucked.

 

[GL1]

I wouldn't say flat out, but I do get the idea. I think Knuckles and Tails could be pretty awesome if some real thought was put into them, instead of "Oh, he's got claws he can... he can... dig!"

If they did the comics world in video game form... dear gosh, that would be so cool. Throw a little RPG flavour in there? (Though, the whole station square dynamic could be improved dramatically). That would rawk.

I kinda stopped reading around Issue 60 or so... anything cool happen after that? I was so hurt when Knuckles' game got cancelled...

 

[Obi-John-Kenobi]

I wouldn't say flat out, but I do get the idea. I think Knuckles and Tails could be pretty awesome if some real thought was put into them, instead of "Oh, he's got claws he can... he can... dig!"

If they did the comics world in video game form... dear gosh, that would be so cool. Throw a little RPG flavour in there? (Though, the whole station square dynamic could be improved dramatically). That would rawk.

I kinda stopped reading around Issue 60 or so... anything cool happen after that? I was so hurt when Knuckles' game got cancelled...

Knuckles died, came back (sans powers, but he got em' back later) Sonic was thrown across the universe and finally made it back to Mobius after a year. Shadow is now considered to be "the most dangerous creature on the planet".
I actually rather liked Shadow. He was the Vegeta of the Sonic universe.

 

[Soapy]

Knuckles died, came back (sans powers, but he got em' back later) Sonic was thrown across the universe and finally made it back to Mobius after a year. Shadow is now considered to be "the most dangerous creature on the planet".
I actually rather liked Shadow. He was the Vegeta of the Sonic universe.

"Servant woman?...Bring me a drying cloth at once!!"

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Sega needs to make a "Sonic Begins" game which makes sense of all the crap and cuts loose a lot of fat.

 

[Obi-John-Kenobi]

"Servant woman?...Bring me a drying cloth at once!!"

HA!t:

 

[Rosco1]

Every Sonic game after the first Sonic Adventure has sucked tremendously. I think they should use the next-gen horsepower and make the best 2-D sidescrolling platformer ever.

I miss 2-D games.

Totally agree with you on this one, sonic did'nt work in 3D, they have the power to make the BEST 2D game ever, better effects, better looking creatures/sonic, better sound effects, its got great potentional!

 

[Soapy]

Totally agree with you on this one, sonic did'nt work in 3D, they have the power to make the BEST 2D game ever, better effects, better looking creatures/sonic, better sound effects, its got great potentional!

Not to mention they could make enormous levels in greater numbers with even more variety than the original games. Also, the animation on a modern 2D game would be a thing of beauty.

 

[Obi-John-Kenobi]

Not to mention they could make enormous levels in greater numbers with even more variety than the original games. Also, the animation on a modern 2D game would be a thing of beauty.

That's true. That IS true.

 

[Spider-Kid]

Ew, Sonic + guns = lame. Sonic needs no stinkin' guns. Leave that to his pale imitation Shadow.

Imagine luigi with a Uzi.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Imagine luigi with a Uzi.

Maybe he's just sick of being in his brother's shadow and kills him with it

 

[StrainedEyes]

Maybe he's just sick of being in his brother's shadow and kills him with it

Then he rapes Peach and drowns his woes in a bottle of vodka. He dies when he drunkenly mistakes one of the Spike-turtles for a mushroom and tries to swallow it.

There is no funeral.

 

[Brainiac 8]

The death of Sonic is nigh.

 

[Brainiac 8]

When there was still happiness and joy:

 

[StrainedEyes]

I like that Sonic the Hedgehog turns into a Werewolf. It's so logical.

 

[Brainiac 8]

I like that Sonic the Hedgehog turns into a Werewolf. It's so logical.

 

[StrainedEyes]

is right.

 

[Brainiac 8]

 

[Soapy]

Sonic Unleashed is ****ing tragic.

When that very first gameplay video came out, the one where it was almost nothing but side scrolling, I thought to myself; Has Sega done it? Have they finally taken their heads out of their collective ass? Are they going to give Sonic fans what they've wanted for nearly a decade?

*sigh*

I think Sega should just retire Sonic and quit ****ing him out until they can get their **** together.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Then he rapes Peach and drowns his woes in a bottle of vodka. He dies when he drunkenly mistakes one of the Spike-turtles for a mushroom and tries to swallow it.

There is no funeral.

 

[Fading]

I never read the comics, but I do remembering a Sonic cartoon that (from what I hear) tied into the comics, with a robot bunny, and Sally. I did like it, so if it followed a similar storyline I'd be down for it.

Here's my main problem with the (current) Sonic games tho -

1. They still don't handle speed well. When they do the fast running lvls controling Sonic becomes a mess. I'd like for them to add in motion blur, and less obsticles so you're more focused on enjoying the speed and less about pebble and rocks.

2. The "real world" Sonic crap. Mixing him in with humans doesn't work. Stick him in some forest animal village.

3. Too many characters. I don't want to have 3 seperate short story lines filled with 3-6 revolving characters. I want to play the main character Sonic. In fact, copy Naruto for the PS3, have the trigger buttons summon a friend to help. L1 summons Tails who flies for a bit, you grab on for a ride to higher ground. R1 summons Knuckles who breaks stuff.

4. Sonic clones, enough alrdy lol.

 

[Spider-Kid]

I never read the comics, but I do remembering a Sonic cartoon that (from what I hear) tied into the comics, with a robot bunny, and Sally. I did like it, so if it followed a similar storyline I'd be down for it.

Here's my main problem with the (current) Sonic games tho -

1. They still don't handle speed well. When they do the fast running lvls controling Sonic becomes a mess. I'd like for them to add in motion blur, and less obsticles so you're more focused on enjoying the speed and less about pebble and rocks.

2. The "real world" Sonic crap. Mixing him in with humans doesn't work. Stick him in some forest animal village.

3. Too many characters. I don't want to have 3 seperate short story lines filled with 3-6 revolving characters. I want to play the main character Sonic. In fact, copy Naruto for the PS3, have the trigger buttons summon a friend to help. L1 summons Tails who flies for a bit, you grab on for a ride to higher ground. R1 summons Knuckles who breaks stuff.

4. Sonic clones, enough alrdy lol.

Agreed

 

[Spider-Kid]

When there was still happiness and joy:

good times.

 

[Vapor]

Me and my friend were talking about how they keep trying to do Sonic in 3D and missing the mark. Unleashed nearly got it but messed up with the werehog part, which could have been ok if it wasn't for the Crash Bandicoot style play.. But Sonic is about speed... Speed, collecting rings and jumping on robotic bad guys. We got to talking about what we would like to see in a sonic game and, inspired by the Sonic CD intro, this is what we came up with;

They should make a Sonic game with a massive freeroam world (like Assassins Creed, GTA or Zelda) instead of a restrictive/on rails game. It should take a 3rd person view, maybe switching to side scrolling at certain points but there shouldn't be lots and lots of obstacles so as to not take away from the running and speed you could potentially build up.

The world could be based on Emerald Hill zone with all its lush greeness, loop di loops, bridges and floating platforms, which could act as your starting point and general 'free play' area and then it could also comprise different regions that match some of the old zones such as Sandopolis, Ice Cap, Aquatic Ruin, Lava Reef etc. and no set path or order so you can zoom in and out of each area where and however you want. They could have a water area that you have to build up enough speed to run across (similar to Dash in Incredibles).

There could be certain tasks to complete within each area, certain checkpoints to reach and a certain amount of rings to collect. Each area could have its own special stage (and take it back to Sonic 2 style special stage) and it's own boss.. although instead of been Robotnik each time, it could be a series of different robotic henchmen.

There could even be optional side quests to complete such as races to compete in, objects to collect, characters to save. You could get acheivments for the amount of animals you free from robotic forms or the ammount of rings you collect..

The overall story could go back to it's roots with the idea of sonic collecting the chaos emeralds to stop Dr Robotnik (not Eggman) taking over Angel Isle. But it could also borrow from the slightly more edgy mid 90's Sonic cartoon with ideas like Robotnik capturing the inhabitants and robotising them for sonic to save. Maybe even include Metal Sonic. Maybe Robotnik built Metal Sonic to find the chaos emeralds, so your racing against him to find them all.

But there could be a different chaos emerald hidden within each region.. Like the region based on Ice Cap could be a big snow topped mountain looming in the distance. It could switch to a vertical run up the side on the moutain, dodging avalances and stuff, where the emerald is waiting at the top (maybe even do this side scroll style). There could be an emerald hidden within a dark pyramid (ala Sandoplis Zone).. This way there could also be a lot of variety between areas and with no set path or order to collect the emeralds in you could go to each zone in any order you like.

I don't know how or if they could do this but maybe introduce a time limit to find each emerald. If you don't find it by the time is out then Metal Sonic gets it before you. So potentially Robotnik could end up with more emeralds than you which could either loose you the game or give Robotnik the advantage in the final fight.

Perhaps even introduce the idea of actually collecting rings for a reason.. the more rings you collect, the faster you can go. Maybe going a bit further and developing the idea of momentum and 'braking'. Push the trigger forward to go faster and pull back to start slowing down.. Imagine if they had a water area you were running across but you hit something or start slowing down and without the momentum sonic would sink into an aquatic zone like world. Or with enough momentum Sonic could springboard great distances or run up walls...

There should be no human characters except Dr Robotnik obviously.. Minor characters such as Amy could be included but shouldn't interfere too much with the overall game but don't bother with Shadow or Silver. Knuckles and Tails should be included and have a fairly substancial part, perhaps even switching characters to reach certain areas (similar to Sonic and Knuckles or Tails been able to fly you in Sonic 3).

But I mean.. just imagine speeding though a giant open world going wherever you want and doing whatever you want and watching it physically change around you as you travel through each area.. *drools*