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One of the things I dread the most about possible Sonic Adventure remakes is that they'll bring them in line visually with the ugly and stale look of the modern games instead of honoring the stylized anime dynamism of the originals. If I see "realistic fur," brillo pad-textured gloves, and football halves for feet, I will go full 'We Live in a Society' mode.
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Kuzu and Tracker_TD reacted to this
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Ah yes, the worst things they could look like are the modern games, characterized by all these things the modern games don't look like
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Jingilator and Tracker_TD reacted to this
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Sonic's fur texture now looks less realistic than what Adventure 1's original fur texture was even going for.
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saying something is "anime" doesn't actually make it anime
at most the humans sure were anime, the rest is just "what if NiGHTS textures got made more realistic (read: worse) or something"
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Crow the BOOLET reacted to this
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Can't say I expected this much backlash 😅
I think it's disingenuous to say that the Adventure games weren't presented with an explicit shonen flair that is completely different from contemporary Sonic. I don't particularly appreciate the Pixar-ification of Sonic's design and aesthetic; I feel Unleashed's amazing fidelity is often conflated as Sonic's aesthetic peak. It's a taste thing for sure, but all I meant to say is that if they do revisit the Adventure games, I'd be really disappointed if they were so uninspired as to just eschew all the identity and charm in favor of making them look like Sonic Forces.
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I don't think that's true at all, but I wonder if we're getting hung up on semantics. Anime doesn't necessarily have to mean one specific thing, but a broader design ethos that's generally more flamboyant, exaggerated, and/or dramatic. The Open Your Heart opening, for instance, has always read to me as an anime opening. To your point, writing generally effects everything from characterizations to overall tone, which is why the Adventure games have such bold shonen styles.
Humans in Sonic remained anime until Unleashed before disappearing altogether. Even in 06, humans weren't rendered to be photo realistic, but about on par with something like Final Fantasy people. No one in real life looks like Elise or Eggman; they just went for less exaggeration in the aesthetics to evolve the series' edge with the times.
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Once again, this is subjective. Nobody outside of fanatics thinks that; even Forces got at most, a "meh" from pretty much everyone outside of the fanbase screaming their heads off.
I understand a need of staying true to the original game out of a desire of preserving your good memories with it, but half of the point of a remake is making it for Modern audiences. If all they do is just a face lift, then you're missing the opportunity on doing something new to entice people.
Remakes are a slippery slope, but I've never jived with the mindset that it has to be 100% like the original, because in that case, just play the original.
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Believe it or not, I don't live in a Sonic bubble. At best, most laypeople who play games are annoyed Sonic continues to exist and certainly no one is admiring its aesthetic qualities anymore. Not sure what the point is in calling my opinions subjective, because of course they are, but I think saying "meh" is good enough is just going to keep Sonic where he is in most peoples' perspective. But I'm well aware it's not our call in the end. I can dream. There's no need to insult me.
I never said it has to be 100% like the original; there are absolutely improvements to be made. My point doesn't come from nostalgia, but from a desire to see this series do some introspection to hopefully remember what made it so compelling & unique. I think realizing Uekawa & co's early art/ideas with modern tech could look incredible and potentially revitalize a series that used to be known for its penache. That's all I'm saying.
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When is someone gonna make a game that looks like an ArcSys game but isn't a fighting game?
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I really wish I could play Gravity Rush.
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Yeah, this is my problem. I play games pretty exclusively on Xbox. Laptop's a toaster that I don't like to play games on and I have no PS4 or Vita.
This is the path I chose, for better and for worse. But MS seems to be making more of an effort to reach out to Japan. Never would've thought we'd get a Kingdom Hearts collection or Nier, so maybe there's hope.
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Always thought that the vocals for Tropical Jungle sounded just like Daytona USA and, sure enough, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi is credited as a performer on the soundtrack!
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I wonder what the excuses will be once the next Sonic game drops and is yet another mediocre embararassment. Last time, it was the engine. Before that, it was Big Red Button. And so on and so on.
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The next Sonic game is the best game ever. It is literally my favourite game of all time and everyone just gives it a hard time because they're classic fanboys or adventure fanboys and can't accept anything that's even slightly different. You're all so entitled and ungrateful to SEGA! Go back to IGN, you biased Sonic hater. Me and the Next Sonic Game Defence Squad will teach you all a lesson. Don't mess with us.
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The New Sonic Cycle: Game comes out, people rightfully damn it, others come to defend it, "give SEGA at least one more chance"
To say they blew what'd been their last chance would imply that they could even stand a chance by that point. I'm just here to see how deep they'll dig themselves from here on while every other big platformer mops the floor with his spikes. Point me in Evening Star's and the movies' direction, then we can talk about chances.
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Blue Blood reacted to this
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SEGA gonna be like "we're committed to quality and we're gonna make Sonic good again next time" for the 10th time.
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