TwoTailedFox

Sonic 06 on consoles is bad so no I don't think it's worth checking out. But someone by the name of ChaosX is working on a PC port (via Unity) and it is some real impressive stuff from what they've shown of it. It also controls MUCH better and brings out how fun Sonic's levels can be underneath the jank. They post development on Twitter and there's even a demo: https://twitter.com/ChaosX2006

Unleashed is a mixed bag. I love it but it has a lot of things that weigh it down and hold back its accessibility for most people who play it. It's definitely worth a play to see what you think of it though.

Despite almost being in what could be considered romantic love with Unleashed, I recognize that some of what it does may not be for everyone. It's one of the few Sonic games that feels like the world you inhabit and explore doubles as a character in and of itself. After 12 years it feels like there won't be a game coming out that does it quite like that game did. You can tell so much about a location from not only it's people but it's souveniers and all the different food. It's great.

It's also, to this day, the most beautiful a Sonic game has ever been in my opinion. I was pretty disappointed when I played Generations and it didn't look like Unleashed like I expected it to at the time. I understand why it didn't a little more now that I'm older but the disappointment still lingers.

The werehog and your enjoyment varies depending on your tolerance of its gameplay. It's not broken or anything. It's just fairly simple and doesn't demand too much from the moves you acquire. Also the stages can outstay their welcome if you're not like me and don't use the runtime as an excuse to explore and admire the environment. I understand not everyone cares about that to the insane degree I do though. Medal collecting can block your way and force exploration to happen at times too. It can get egregious if you're not careful.

Daytime stages is basically Generations Modern Sonic only it feels a bit faster and slightly more dangerous. 

As for Sonic 06, years ago I would have said check it out as a morbid curiosity thing, but nowadays whenever I try to return to it, I get a stage (or even less than that) in and get extremely bored of it and turn it off. The awfulness of that game has been so thoroughly explored by this point and playing as the characters isn't any fun. Once you know what you're going to get, inside and out, for me at least, the game is just soul crushingly boring. Plus, it's tough to look at. 

Thank you both, I appreciate the feedback!

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Thank you! Glad to see someone remembered me!

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Awww, thanks guys!!! I was worried no one would remember me!

Welcome back! And yes, please do play some Sonic games  

Thank you!

Play Sonics

Get happiness

Rinse & repeat!

Kiah also needs to play some Sonic games >:C

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Happy anniversary, boss!

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Don't waste your money on that shit. All of the Toshiba computers I've owned in the past crash and BSoD every five minutes. I'd advise looking into other manufacturers.

Exactly what Toshiba laptop do you want? My Toshiba Satellite L655 is still rockin' after over three years.

Toshiba Satellite C55 A5355. It would mostly be for school, with a few older games here and there. Nothing fancy.

Last laptop I had was a Tosh Satellite... Best computer i have ever owned...

this new one is Toshiba Satellite.

it is the worst laptop I have ever owned.

Speaker quality is abysmal.

keyboard is terrible.

This is a replacement due to a serious hardware fault on the keyboard.

This laptop suffers from unresponsive shift keys, and today the O key developed a serious fault so it will be going back to the shop middle of next week.

One of the biggest problems with many Toshiba laptops is that essentially all of their 15.6" laptops are only offered with 1366x768 resolution, and their 17.3" laptops are only offered with 1600x900 resolution.

These size/resolution combinations make things onscreen large, and such displays tend to be low-tier LCD panels with very poor image quality due to low contrast.

On the other hand, Toshibas are very durable. I never heard of anyone who owned one and broke...

... it.

So you have to consider that, if you want a sturdy laptop that can last for various years it's a decent choice, but you'll inevitably have to keep up with the bad screens. Personally, I recommend a Lenovo, Acer or Asus laptop.

Struggled to pick between this and a HP, wish I'd gone for the HP.

Also, given the issues i've seen with people at my college, I would personally avoid Acer & Asus Laptops, build quality tends to be kinda bad.

@Hogfather: Only the low end models. The more expensive Acers are pretty good, such as the one I'm typing on right now. I'd still say Lenovo is the best bet regardless.

My current Compaq has a 15.6" screen 1366 x 768 resolution (as does the laptop I'm looking at), so the screen isn't an issue for me.

I looked at Lenovo. They seemed pretty good, but they also seemed more for business, and I didn't like how they all had integrated graphics cards.

I'll definitely avoid Acer. I had one about 4 years ago and one day the wireless just stopped working. Took it back and ended up getting my current laptop.

At least, all the Lenovos I looked at had integrated graphics cards.