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RE: Sonic X Shadow Generations
sundrowned > 10-22-2024, 06:58 PM
its good to hear youre enjoying it so far, hooligan!
i preordered the physical edition, so i've still got a few days before i can get my hands on it myself. i'm so anxious to start playing it, the wait is killing meeee..... -
RE: Sonic X Shadow Generations
ajazz > 10-30-2024, 06:46 AM
just in case anyone has any remaining hesitations, i think shadow gens is not only good, but even better than sonic gens - and i say that as someone who likes sonic gens quite a bit.
it's a real achievement from sonic team - the sort of straightforward win that they haven't had since... well, the original release generations in 2011, in my opinion. they deserve all the flowers they've gotten for this, and i'm overjoyed to have a new definitive "sonic introduction / indoctrination package" for only $50 - it's a really incredible deal. -
RE: Sonic X Shadow Generations
Tominique > 11-02-2024, 04:29 AM
It scares me how good this game is. It scares how it just came out, was good, and everyone liked it. Like, since when, Sonic?
I'm not saying Shaderations doesn't have it's nay-sayers, no. There's discussion to be had on the dialogue re-rewrites in the Sonic Generations part of the bundle and the level choices for Shadow's part of the game (And of course those who swear by the Classic trilogy that nothing good ever came out of Sonic after 1994). But those are minor compared to what you usually get with a Sonic game.
That even goes for me. It kind of takes a while for me to fully form an opinion on a Sonic game. At first I thought Sonic Superstars was pretty mediocre and now it's one of my all time favorites that I lose sleep every night for how little it's recognized. Sonic Frontiers looked fine to me on launch but nowadays I think it has to be my most disliked Sonic game for how I think it's genuinely harmful to the future of the franchise.
Which is to say, Sonic games are usually very, very nuanced in their design that leads to a lot of back-and-forth about their quality. So at some point I just assumed there'd never be a Sonic game that was just a home run like that due to Sonic's inherent deceitfully complex design. We're still asking if Sonic Adventure 2 was actually good to this day, for crying out loud.
But out comes Shadow Generations meeting every expectation, with little to no whining from people and I'm just like WHAAAAAAAT???????
IT'S HAS AMAZING LEVEL DESIGN? NEW ABILITIES THAT LEAD TO A LOT OF COOL STUFF THAT THE LEVEL DESIGN ENCOURAGES? ACTUALLY ENGAGING BOSSES? NO JANK YOU HAVE TO PLAY AROUND?
SINCE WHEN DID YOU DO THAT, SONIC TEAM??? SINCE WHEN??????
Of course, it can be said it's only this good because it was built on top of what was already considered the best Sonic game, but it still adds so much I don't think you can discredit as being good just because it's on top of OG Generations.
And there's also the concern of the boost formula getting kind of same-y. I don't know about anyone else but the thing I like about Sonic is how experimental it likes to get with every new release, the next game in the franchise completely changing up what the previous one did. And of course, that kind of inconsistency is what gets Sonic to be so divisive, but at this point I feel it's part of the Sonic identity to go wild with it's ideas and never go for the same game style multiple times in a row, but that's kind of where were headed.
And I know what will get Sonic more success is the boost formula since SEGA now knows that's the formula that works, but I'm kind of dreading that if it means we aren't getting crazy out-there styles of Sonic anymore. We'll have to way and see about that, but it's a concern I have. -
RE: Sonic X Shadow Generations
NeoMetallix > 11-03-2024, 01:35 PM
I HAD to get this game physical for the Gerald journal but I was bummed out I was missing out on the digital deluxe items. Luckily you can purchase those separately so I got the digital deluxe items, physical Gerald journal, and Sonic Adventure skin.
I still like Frontiers style better and fully expect Frontiers 2 to outdo this, but this is building off of the Frontiers formula a bit. The individual levels ooze quality and blow past Generations and even Unleashed day levels. I believe the horizon is very bright! -
RE: Sonic X Shadow Generations
AceTiff12 > 11-12-2024, 03:56 PM
Watched the full game. I love the work they've done with Shadow Generations. The story, the graphics, the gameplay, the hub world are all wonderful. Added it to my wishlist.
