Knuckles has been sucking down steroids, freaking meathead that he is.
BaD#5: Sonic Fest
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 On 02/07/2014 at 04:32 PM by Alex-C25 See More From This User » |
Because I refuse to succumb to the temptation of cat gifs, here's a Sonic blog:
Sonic the Hedgehog 4, Episode 1, first impressions:
Wherever I have time or energy to play on Steam, this is one of the games i've been playing.
To get it out of the way, the normal movement is weird. I mean, it feels like a moving a chunk of rock that has legs and can jump, and it's also infortunate by the act that makes the character walk slowly, which can screw you up when a pillar crushes you. I also have problem with some cheap enemy placement that it's just there to make you lose rings, coupled with the spikes, crushing pillars and other assorted obstacles.
That said, once you pick up enough speed, the movement gets better. It's not the fastest Sonic game, but it's fast enough to be one, I like some of the level designs (cheap difficulty aside), the control works very well and I liked the adition of the homing attack here. It seems to become very short from what I see, but since I got this game on the Summer Sale of 2013 at a cheap price, I don't have much to complain. My favorite level so far it's the second stage of that carnaval zone, even with the cheap obstacles at the last parts.
Speaking of Sonic....
About Sonic Boom so far and some thoughts on modern Sonic as a whole:
I just saw recently the announcement of the new Sonic game which will go alongside the cartoon they are also producing. Without watching the trailer yet, I guess I could talk about the new designs and something I had commented early on Vice's Assistant and Nick blogs about this recent news.
First of all: Holy chili dogs Knuckles! What the hell happened to your torso? Maybe you are a fan of Chris Redfield, but why did you have to get inspired by ham chested Resident Evil 5 Chris? Yeah, Knuckles design surprised me for the wrong reasons. I can get used to it, but look at it! But other than that, I don't mind the other designs. I quite like bandana Sonic.
Now, just like i've commented in the mentioned blogs, I seem to think that while Sonic is alive, he seems to be living in a limbo of opinion.
To explain it better, Sonic is a touchy subject on the internet. Ever since Sonic Adventure was released, fans and videogamers alike had been with split opinions on the quality of Sonic games ever since (especially the modern games). When it comes to anything made after Sonic 4, even with the good reception Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations had, some opinions still vary. Some fans think Sonic is finally alive and kicking, while others think he might as well be dead. It's a chaos. As for me, I haven't played Generations and Lost World, but I have Sonic Colors and I really love it and it's among my favorite Wii games, and probably favorite 3D Sonic so far, so I'm still not giving up on the franchise.
As for the effect Sonic Boom will have on the franchise once it gets to stores everywhere, I can only say echo what Marge Simpson said on the parody of The Shining were Homer was becoming crazy: "We'll just have to sit and wait"
That's all for today.
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