Save Shadow!

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Mon May 23, 2005 1:36 pm

I know that info has been posted here before about the new game Shadow The Hedgehog, but after seeing pictures of it for the first time, I thought I would come here and express my words of hatred towards Sonic Team's latest move.

He has GUNS. You can't make a Sonic game with guns. Even if Sonic isn't even in it, Shadow is related to Sonic, and it still takes place on Sonic's world. You can't go and make a shooting action game with the Sonic characters now.

Not to mention that Sonic games attract little kids, and this game doesn't look like it's going to go well with parents so far.

Someone should start a petition or something. Not like it would work or anything, but just to let Sonic Team know how much they suck now.

Coming soon: Princess Toadrayne. Princess is pissed! Bowser is evil, but he's nowhere near as evil as you are. Show him who's boss by cutting his throat open with your amazingly sharp umbrella of death!

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Mon May 23, 2005 1:42 pm

OMG! In the NEXT GEN SEGA THREAD I had just asked what happened to this game.

It does seem like a risky move on Sonic team's part to include guns in a Sonic game, but I gather they are trying to either appeal to a more matur audience or make sonic games more action-oriented...

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Mon May 23, 2005 2:08 pm

Sega just plain and simply sucks anymore. Im sorry but its true. The last games they made that I could even stand to play was on the Dreamcast. The GBA Sonic games are ok, but they don't really add much to the games. I never could be bothered to finish Sonic Adventure 2, and I didn't bother playing Sonic heros demo more then a couple of minutes. After playing Sonic Adventure 1 I really feel like they just through SA2 together. I mean in SA1 you could explore around town and such, as where on SA2 its pretty much just a bunch of stages thrown together. The Sonic and Shadow levels was fun, but I disliked the tails/robotnick and the knuckles/rogue stages.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Mon May 23, 2005 2:51 pm

Other than the gun stupidity, it looks crappy anyway.

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Mon May 23, 2005 3:10 pm

Veggita2099 wrote:The last games they made that I could even stand to play was on the Dreamcast.

Super Monkey Ball is awesome, Billy Hatcher is fun, JSRF is cool and Outrun 2 is superb.

I'd say they're same as ever, its just their 'big' games have been a bit crappy recently, but the merger with Sammy can't have helped.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon May 23, 2005 3:55 pm

Outrun 2 is a bit shallow, to be honest. Very, very gimmicky.

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Mon May 23, 2005 4:49 pm

i should pick up outrun sometime for cheap, arcade racers are the only type i like anyway

but on topic, did everybody suddenly forget that sonic adventure 1 and 2 had fire arms in them? in 1 e 101 beta or gamma, or whatever that bot was named had a blaster and lock on missiles, and in 2 both eggman and tails had AT-ST like walker armed with rocket launchers

and i have to agree with vegitta, sega isnt what it used to be, all recent sonic games sucked, F-zero was great, but more of a nintendo second party thing using one of sega's studios

Joestar · Post by **Joestar** » Mon May 23, 2005 4:57 pm

Veggita2099 wrote:Sega just plain and simply sucks anymore. Im sorry but its true. The last games they made that I could even stand to play was on the Dreamcast. The GBA Sonic games are ok, but they don't really add much to the games. I never could be bothered to finish Sonic Adventure 2, and I didn't bother playing Sonic heros demo more then a couple of minutes. After playing Sonic Adventure 1 I really feel like they just through SA2 together. I mean in SA1 you could explore around town and such, as where on SA2 its pretty much just a bunch of stages thrown together. The Sonic and Shadow levels was fun, but I disliked the tails/robotnick and the knuckles/rogue stages.

i think your hate is more directed to Sonic Team, rather than Sega as a whole.

Covar · Post by **Covar** » Mon May 23, 2005 5:32 pm

no one bitched about conker being mature. and that stemmed from diddy kong racing.

Post by **Specially Cork** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:53 pm

a lot of people said the best thing about Sonic Adventure was that you could opt not to play as the crap characters.
So in Sonic Adventure 2 they forced you to do it.

a lot of people said Sonic Adventure 2 had too many characters and the camera was awful.
So in Sonic Heroes they added more characters and fudged the camera up even more.

Now theyve decided Sonic should no longer be the main character and everybody should be packing guns.

I'm stunned beyond belief about how a company can be this dumb, considering how great they have been in the past. I thought the fact that the crticics prefer Sonic Mega Collection over their 3D attempts would change Sonic Team's attitude, but obviously not. I just wish they would give up and create what we all want; a beautiful new side-scrolling adventure. Sonic and 3D just don't work. The End.

Orange_Ribbon · Post by **Orange_Ribbon** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:05 pm

einbebop44 wrote:Outrun 2 is a bit shallow, to be honest. Very, very gimmicky.

As much as I love the game I have to agree with you. It is kick ass in the arcade though. And how about that anthology they did where the updated the games to crappy 3d versions.

Post by **Quzar** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:11 pm

MK wrote:I almost vomited when I found out they were making a SHADOW game. And I crapped my pants when I found out he'd be using guns.

where I'm from thats called the flu.

doesn't look bad, but just isn't sonic.

Joestar · Post by **Joestar** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:03 pm

BoneyCork wrote:I just wish they would give up and create what we all want; a beautiful new side-scrolling adventure. Sonic and 3D just don't work. The End.

Sonic Rush

Pyrosurfer · Post by **Pyrosurfer** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:59 pm

Well they've screwed up that game too by adding some cat girl (another new character).

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:33 pm

Jigoku wrote:
BoneyCork wrote:I just wish they would give up and create what we all want; a beautiful new side-scrolling adventure. Sonic and 3D just don't work. The End.
Sonic Rush

I would love to see a new side-scrolling sonic game......

I wouldn't say that Sonic Team sucks, but agree that they just aren't what they used to be.....I actually enjoyed Sonic Heroes, my only gripe being that it was too short....

I never played Billy Hatcher, but have heard it was fun; maybe I should rent or buy it to see for myself....

Pablo · Post by **Pablo** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:46 pm

I'd like to see a another sequel to Nights redone on a current console; wouldn't that be cool?!

ASCIIN · Post by **ASCIIN** » Mon May 23, 2005 11:19 pm

the whole problem is that gamining isnt what it use to be, thats what i miss about the old days, people bought good games, i find it horrible great games like Beyond good and evil, prince of persia,ect do terrible while medicore games like GTA, Halo, or even pathetically nerdishly shallow xtreme beach volleyball, thats all it is now violence and and retarded polygon porn, its come to a point that i might quit gaming all together.....

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Tue May 24, 2005 2:32 am

You're all noobs.

Sonic Team are still ownage.

All they need to do is figure out how a 3D camera is supposed to work, and they'll be right back aa a top-tier developer.

AS for Out Run 2 being shallow - er, yeah, thats kind of the point; its an out and out arcade racer. Its not trying to appeal to car fetishists who get their kicks by slightly tweaking their acceleration / handling ratios in a virtual garage and passing virtual driving tests to unlock more and more realistically modelled obscure vintage cars so that they can do time trials around the same track over and over again - its aimed squarely at people who think sliding a Ferrari Testorossa round a narrow mountain pass at 160 km/h while weaving through another 2 cars is fun.

Which it is.