What Game Are You Playing Right Now?

Sparky · 02-14-2010, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Yeah, Sega has suckered me in with that one.

They promised no gimmicks with this one, and from what I've seen it really is back to basics. What sucked about the newer 3D Sonic games was the gimmicks that didn't work and a lot of problems that weren't tweaked, problems that would be totally absent from a 2D platformer.

This is Sonic Team's last chance to redeem themselves, if they f*ck it up Sega needs to pull the plug and let another development team take over the Sonic franchise.

hasn't most of the talent at sonic team already left?

Alfred · 02-14-2010, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by WolfAtTheDoor

I was initially excited for Sonic 4, as any old Sega fan would be, but now they've announced that it will be divided into episodes via Live Marketplace I am suddenly not as interested...

Yeah, that is kind of lame isn't it? I don't want to end up paying $20+ so I can play the full game.

Burning Down · 02-14-2010, 03:20 PM

Zelda Twilight Princess for Wii. It's a good game, but definitely not as good as Ocarina of Time.

boo boo · 02-14-2010, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by matious

hasn't most of the talent at sonic team already left?

Yeah a lot of key members left. Yuji Naka, Naoto Ōshima (the creator of Sonic) and Hirokazu Yasuhara now work for other companies, and several other key members left to join them.

The guy who runs Sonic Team now is Takashi Iizuka, who was the key designer for Sonic 3 & Knuckles, NiGHTS Into Dreams and the two Sonic Adventure games, he's by no means a hack designer, he just doesn't have a clue how to run the company. I don't think he's involved with this game, I don't know who is.

Anyway, I agree about the episode thing, that's a really lame trend right now, if I want a game I shouldn't have to buy bits and pieces of it, I want the whole damn game.

Sparky · 02-15-2010, 12:20 AM

yall shouldn't harp on it until you know the pricing or the length of each episode.

If it's 5 dollars ill gladly pay. Is it the same game on all 3 consoles?

mr dave · 02-15-2010, 01:49 AM

episodic content is the way of the future. big budget games like what people have been getting used to are fast becoming too big for their own good.

consider the most recent trade show offerings. what are the big titles? more sequels and there's a very simple reason for that. less risk. new game concepts are too risky for large publishers and development houses. especially on what is considered the 'normal' scale for a major title.

episodic content makes it easier for smaller sized dev houses to maintain a revenue stream while continuing to create content.

if you want the 'full' game then wait a few years (like the typical AAA development cycle) until all the episodes are finally released and buy the bundle. or you can help fund the development of the full game buy buying what they've got available so far.

boo boo · 02-15-2010, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by matious

yall shouldn't harp on it until you know the pricing or the length of each episode.

If it's 5 dollars ill gladly pay. Is it the same game on all 3 consoles?

I'm very sure it is, it's purely downloadable content on all of the consoles I believe.

Apparrently there is some "mystery" platform that it will be available for other than the Wii, PS3 and 360. PC maybe? I don't know why they need to keep that a mystery though.

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Originally Posted by mr dave

episodic content is the way of the future. big budget games like what people have been getting used to are fast becoming too big for their own good.

consider the most recent trade show offerings. what are the big titles? more sequels and there's a very simple reason for that. less risk. new game concepts are too risky for large publishers and development houses. especially on what is considered the 'normal' scale for a major title.

episodic content makes it easier for smaller sized dev houses to maintain a revenue stream while continuing to create content.

if you want the 'full' game then wait a few years (like the typical AAA development cycle) until all the episodes are finally released and buy the bundle. or you can help fund the development of the full game buy buying what they've got available so far.

If you keep grinding your teeth like that they're gonna break.

mr dave · 02-15-2010, 03:10 AM

grinding my teeth? how do you figure? i'm just saying what i'm saying.

either way i just saw a great video game thread on another site so i'll toss the question here.

what game do you wish you could go back and enjoy like it was the first time?

the possibilities make my hear hurt, but i think i'd have to go with System Shock first and foremost.

boo boo · 02-16-2010, 03:52 PM

You just make it sound like this idea is the end of all creativty.

Looking back on what I said, it's actually a pretty good idea. I mean, Sonic Team have rushed so many games, we should be happy that they took up this idea, better to have a few complete levels than a whole bunch of buggy ones.

This is very similar to what they did with Sonic 3 and S&K, which they did because they were pressured by Sega to get a Sonic game out in time for the spring while people were still buying Genesis games and not getting caught up in anticipation for the 3D consoles.

They took the finished levels that was Sonic 3, then kept working on what would be S&K and used the lock on feature so we could get the complete game they intended on making. It was a pretty brilliant idea and it's a shame they didn't use that technology for other Genesis games that could have used it, I honestly believe that a lot of the 3D post Adventure Sonic games had the potential to be really good if they weren't so rushed for a predetermined release date.

WolfAtTheDoor · 02-16-2010, 03:58 PM

On the subject of Sega, has anyone bought AVP?

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Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	yall shouldn't harp on it until you know the pricing or the length of each episode. If it's 5 dollars ill gladly pay. Is it the same game on all 3 consoles?