How you play Sonic: Adventure or Action?

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How you play Sonic: Adventure or Action?; Free Roam or Stage-after-Stage?
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~~Trolling Trouser Trout~~	Feb 9 2012, 11:29 AM Post #1
For a jubilee, made out of diamonds. Posts: 372 Group: Game Over :( Member #12,405 Joined: September 17, 2011 Xbox Live Gamertag: Green Blockhead 3DS Friend Code: 3825 5696 6770 Steam ID: GreenBH	As a gamer, my favourite kind of games are the ones where you can simply run around and explore. This is why Sonic Adventure DX is my favourite Sonic game of all time, while the more modern Sonic games I consider "meh" (except for Generations). So how do you prefer to play Sonic: free roaming freedom or stage-by-stage imprisonment? Edited by Trolling Trouser Trout, Feb 9 2012, 11:29 AM.
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Clementine	Feb 9 2012, 11:55 AM Post #2
Yep. Posts: 1,397 Group: A Rank Hero Member #12,099 Joined: May 26, 2011 Steam ID: Maximus123458 Game Currently Playing: Megaman X6	Definitely Adventure. I prefer the more free way, without enemies blocking your path every 5 seconds. And Sonic Adventure is my favorite game too, so.. =3



HollyYoshi	Feb 9 2012, 12:16 PM Post #3
I object to your claims Posts: 15,025 Group: =SB= Queens Member #9,640 Joined: January 9, 2009 Gender: Female Country: United States of America 3DS Friend Code: 1891-1489-0768 Nintendo ID: Agent_Blaire Game Currently Playing: Yoshi's Island	I always found both Adventure games a bit too linear, save for SA1's Adventure Fields and both game's Treasure Hunting stages- you really only have a single path to go through, save for the occasional shortcut that really doesn't shave that much time off. What I like, however, is stage-by-stage, but with multiple paths, and hub worlds. The best of both worlds. This is why Unleashed and Generations are my two favorite Sonic games. With the former, though the stages can be a little linear at times, the vast hub worlds add a very nice sensation of exploration where you can just kick back and look around. With the latter, while White Space was a little lacking as far as hub worlds go in offering exploration capabilities, the multiple paths help to make up for that.



`TakeCare	Feb 9 2012, 12:21 PM Post #4
-sigh- Posts: 2,390 Group: S Rank Hero Member #9,520 Joined: November 29, 2008 Gender: Male 3DS Friend Code: ask Game Currently Playing: Smash 4	I prefer the simple stage-by-stage. With good transitions, like in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, it can give the illusion your traveling from one place to another as your running through the stage. When you're given the ability to roam it can take a good hour just trying to find where you're suppose to go. And even then once you get to a destination you may run into the Mario 64 system of "you cannot enter this stage without": collecting (blank) ~~(I hate you sun and moon medals, I really do)~~, doing a certain task or completing a stage. It becomes a bother, 'cause I just want to complete the stage and go straight back into the action. Don't get me wrong, though, I did like exploring about like in Sonic Adventure, but I seriously don't want to relive Sonic '06 when you have to run about as Silver (he's such a snail).
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Lady BlizShadow	Feb 9 2012, 12:35 PM Post #5
I still can't use this. Posts: 6,546 Group: Former Monarchs Member #6,722 Joined: March 16, 2008	It depends on what the goal of the game is and how well it succeeds in achieving that goal. I like goofing around in Unleashed's hubs doing missions and things just as much as I enjoyed blasting through Generations extremely linear campaign. On the flip-side, Colors and ShtH were relative bores despite their respective linearity and open-ended natures. Ultimately, I can have fun with either or.
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MysticShaid	Feb 9 2012, 03:23 PM Post #6
My! That's a pretty snazzy performance there! Posts: 451 Group: C Rank Knight Member #12,740 Joined: January 29, 2012 Xbox Live Gamertag: MysticShaid Wii Friend Code: I forgot...	Sonic has always been an adventure game for me. I understand that defeating a set number of enemies has become somewhat a staple in some game, but the sense of exploring and a story to fall back on make it more enjoyable to me. Platforming is one of my personal favorite styles of gaming, so I suppose that helps.
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Fwiss	Feb 9 2012, 04:21 PM Post #7
Sandopolis Act 1 Posts: 1,567 Group: S Rank Hero Member #9,080 Joined: June 18, 2008 Gender: Male Steam ID: fwiss1174	Adventure's storyline was linear, but SA's stages were amazing, and SA2's were even better. I definitely prefer the SA level designs, above even the physics, possibly. I don't really care for open storylines, I only care for open stages. Edited by Fwiss, Feb 9 2012, 04:22 PM.
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Brick Mage	Feb 9 2012, 09:14 PM Post #8
I'll be there every step of the way... Posts: 4,813 Group: C Rank Legend Member #1,680 Joined: July 13, 2007	`TakeCare Feb 9 2012, 12:21 PM I prefer the simple stage-by-stage. With good transitions, like in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, it can give the illusion your traveling from one place to another as your running through the stage. My sentiments exactly. Of course, though, I don't mind at all the capacity for exploration... It works best in games like The Legend of Zelda or Shadow of the Collosus, though. Even Zelda is linear compared to many of the modern open-ended types of games, though... And frankly, if there's not a greater creative purpose to that sort of thing, the super-duper-gigantinormous open worlds, Like in, say, Minecraft, Then I've no use for it. Oh, and Power Stars will forever be a better way of entering a stage than those damn ~~FOURTH Chaos Emerald~~ sun and moon medals.



deadsoul	Feb 11 2012, 05:00 PM Post #9
Marble Garden Act 2 Posts: 163 Group: A Rank Adventurer Member #12,715 Joined: January 20, 2012 Xbox Live Gamertag: darkhanyuu 3DS Friend Code: 0044-3292-9634	Totally gotta love the freedom to explore.



Beowulf	Mar 4 2012, 11:11 PM Post #10
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Renn	Apr 5 2012, 11:42 PM Post #11
Character Select Posts: 8 Group: E Rank Adventurer Member #12,876 Joined: April 5, 2012	I understand that Sonic Adventure 1 had a slight free roam feel to it but in essence it was still the same old stage after stage sort of sonic game as all the free roam let you do was travel to and from the levels and occasionally you could wonder off to find little secrets and stuff. I prefer the older sonic's like 1-3 though adventure 1 and 2 still got me going. I have to say im not a big fan of the wii sonic games as they seem to be trying to hard to incorporated the whole movement idea.... give me an old sega genesis game pad any day :3
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VlaDDrakkeN	Apr 6 2012, 09:05 PM Post #12
The Jester Posts: 1,902 Group: S Rank Hero Member #6,850 Joined: March 22, 2008 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: VlaDDrakkeN Game Currently Playing: My New Computer	I do have to say, I like free roaming. Exploring the world and what not.
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