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Why didn't I see that coming. Should have been obvious in hindsight.
I wonder if anybody had ever attempted backporting the later Cinepak versions to Sonic CD? That'd give nearly fullscreen with more colors (since I recall it gained support for multiple palettes later on).
Next-Up: 32X Sonic Mania Repros go on sale. :p
Seriously, I have thought about how I want to play Mania on my Saturn.
Yeah I'd like one as well. Here's hoping Melf gets lucky.~Quote:
Originally Posted by Lan Di
Game's reviews are in.....
All of them are praising it. Near enough 9/10 across the board.
Game unlocks in less than half an hour for me, hurry up already!!
I'm really annoyed that I have to wait another two weeks to play this dang game.
You'll make it man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baloo
In my world, I ain't playing Mania until they give it a hard release for a Sega console... oh sweet Sega Gods, please give me a copy of Sonic Mania for my Saturn!
I went ahead and pre-ordered this yesterday on Steam. The reviews look promising and I did play all Sonic's on Genesis, including CD so why the hell not?
What if he doesn't? I bet you'd feel pretty silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lync
Has anyone tried it? I'm excited to try it later today on PS4.
I was gonna say Sik the community can do better than this ;) lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Sik
Yeah the delay on the PC version sucks, but I did get notification from Amazon that my PC collector's edition of the game has shipped and I should be getting it by the end of the week. So I will at least have that in hand. The code just won't work until the 29th.
if they released a port for the saturn, i'd die a happy man :)
Haha, that's awesome. Now we just need someone to port it to Master System (Saturn and Dreamcast should be easier given they can handle videos fairly well). :DQuote:
Originally Posted by matteus
I'm sure Sik could make this look way nicer than my poopy effort :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
The special needs kid at Polygon is still assmad that he can't hold right to win. This one is the one responsible for the disgustingly poor playing of DewM that everyone mocks, too, so it makes sense.
http://archive.fo/sXPDx
Thankfully there aren't any spoilers, but what a terrible review. Lamenting a game for including a bit of challenge is ridiculous, and I was glad to see people calling him out on it. Feels weird seeing someone criticize Sonic for precision platforming, something which has hardly been in the series since Scrap Brain, and even that's not really precision platforming anywhere near the likes of Mega Man or Super Meat Boy.
Wow, what a terrible review. He complains that when you lose all your lives, you have to continue from the beginning of the level, for "no reason at all". What?Quote:
Originally Posted by Raijin Z
If it's the same guy who posted up this shit fest of a gameplay clip, then it's clear he knows fuck-all about the series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raijin Z
V2 :) Improved the palettes and added more frames. I could have the whole sequence in a ROM but the lz compression is too slow for the 68k to handle with video.
https://youtu.be/0wiTPzY_MZs
They should have let Nick Robinson do the review, since he's an actual Sonic fan and understands how the 2D games worked, but apparently he got fired from Polygon last week. So yayyyy...Quote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
I read that and was like... fucking god damn worthless people... lolQuote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
Yeah...amazing. I remember back when you lost are you lives and you had to start the entire game over?! OMG what were they thinking?!.... He also stated the original game didn't have continues? I seem to recall every Sonic game has continues in it?Quote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
The first one you earn continues in the bonus stage. I honestly don't recall how you get them in the sequels.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrossBow
I was going to get Sonic Mania on the Switch, but hearing that it gets a boost on the PS4 Pro (and the current issues on the bonus stages in the switch version), I'm going with PS4...I'll likely double dip on the switch later.
I picked it up and played it a bit today.
It has some challenge, but not rage inducing.
My biggest point of contention is that it uses a modified version of the Sonic 3 and Sonic CD special stages.
I would have much preferred a new special stage for the game making better use of the improved hardware.
But other than that, it very much does seem like a Sonic CD sequel, and that's not a bad thing at all.
Omg it's actually really good
They finally fucking did it
I managed to crash the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1VPdJbqKSc
Oh my god, the second Robotnik boss... lol
Epic Digital Foundry Video!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXturRMOzU4
Yeah I saw that and was like omg that is awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
The level designs on this game are great, but man do the bosses annoy the fuck out of me.
No matter what I do the Flying Battery boss isn't going anywhere near the spikes, it's a pisstake.
EDIT: Use the poles. Yeah dw I got it.
That music to Green Hill Zone that always makes me happy, it never fails. Loving the game and this is really what should have been on the Saturn as a stop-gap with say Sonic CD on the Saturn but with Saturn sprite effects and better gfx on the bonus rounds. until Sonic Adv was ready on the Saturn.
Fun game but I still find the 3D games better myself.
Also speaking of Soinc CD all those lovely sprite effects like rotation on Sonic and the bosses in Mania could and should have been done on the Mega CD by SEGA to show off the ASIC hardware.
I dunno, man. Rotation of small sprites in a 240p game can look kinda ugly. I always thought that effect looked weird in Sonic Advance.
Special Stage 4 is driving me insane! :help:
I want to share that, with all the classic Sonic hype as of late, I decided to play my favorite Sonic (2) on my Genesis. My model 3 6-button pad was acting up (as usual with some games or with my new extension cord) and I opted to go even more oldschool and play it like I did back in 94 with my 3 button game pad...
...THAT THING IS HUGE!!!
Lol. Some things from your childhood you go back to and they feel a lot smaller in your hands. This thing looks like it got bigger! Damn. No wonder I used to peck at those action buttons rather than use my thumb.
Sadly I won't be able to play this game until Sunday or so.
Yeah...I'll echo: Sonic Mania is really good.
There was a great amount of joy I had when the remixed Chemical Zone music started up, and just blowing through those loops like I did in Sonic 2.
Man, there was a huge smile on my face. XD
I'm going to be bouncing back and forth between this and Monster Boy The Dragon's Trap for the next couple days.
I played through the first two-and-a-half zones today after work (due to the delay of the PC version I can currently only play Sonic Mania on the Xbox One at the office), and it's wonderful. Brought a big smile to my face. I love how the first act of each retro zone sticks fairly closely to the originals, mixing elements from various acts together into a single level, and then on the second act the game goes wild and adds all sorts of new gameplay ideas. The second battle against Robotnik was also a massive surprise. No spoilers, but I thought it was a brilliant throwback to the heyday of Sonic and a great example of the creators thinking outside the box for this game.
What a terrible review. My favorite part is when he complains that there aren't enough features to the game and says this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Raijin Z
What does that even mean? How long does it take to test out the local multiplayer?! More likely, the reviewer didn't have anybody to play with... :Panda:Quote:
Yes, there's a multiplayer option, both cooperative and competitive (though due to deadlines we were unable to test it)
Man, I really, really hated that 3 button pad. When my parents gave me my first Genesis and it had the 6 button pad it was a godsend.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi