Sega and NVIDIA announce March release date

[speedfreak]

He did look to pick up speed when running down hill......or am I seeing what I want to see?

[Sega DogTagz]

Looks like the run of the mill first level to me, and I'm okay with that. Its pretty and that's all I'm willing to ask of the first stage.

Although I am starting to share in the concern that the tag-team spindash is grossly overpowered. In the last few years we've gone from no spindash at all to god stepping down off his throne to unleash justice in the form of a spinning ball of death...... didn't see that coming.

[Swiss]

I'm just wondering how they expect us to treat Sonic 4 as one whole game eventually when each episode is going to be going back to a 'first level' stage each time, in design and difficulty. Couldn't they make it slightly harder for continuity purposes?

[Double Agent Motobug]

Indeed, I filtered out some of the hiss and it does sound like Sonic 4-1 soundfonts are returning.

The gameplay looks alright to me! I noticed that they gained speed while going down hills, so that's nice to see.

[Ultimate Waffle]

Why did they fix everything, but make the level design worse? 1:41 must've been done on purpose to piss off everyone. Although, everything before that was pretty decent. And goddamn, that 69 move looks unstoppable Q_Q

[Blue Blood]

I'm just wondering how they expect us to treat Sonic 4 as one whole game eventually when each episode is going to be going back to a 'first level' stage each time, in design and difficulty. Couldn't they make it slightly harder for continuity purposes?

[Spooky Mulder]

Gameplay looks good. I mean, there shouldn't be so many springs or boosters. (Actually, there shouldn't be any boosters). However, I like it overall.

Looks better than Episode I. That's for sure.

[speedfreak]

I'm not too worried about the level design just yet. I just want to know if the d-pad inertia thing if fixed once and for all.

Agreed. It's a bit annoying that they're making each Episode a totally independent game. E2 is in no way related to E1 beyond the Metal Sonic teaser. What's the point?

They likely had it planned to connect more but after the shit storm of disappointment in episode 1 the plans changed.

Edited February 28, 2012 by speedfreak

[Komodin]

Like they did with E1?

... Touche. Still, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and wait to see if the frequency of springs and boosters persists in the later levels.

[Soniman]

I heard the synth, its in there, Jun has learned nothing.

And has a huge VGM fanboy, this is what disapoints me the most.

Edited February 28, 2012 by Groosenator032

[Pawn]

I know it's not easy to make out, but I'm sure I can hear cats. :[ I don't suppose there's any chance the first level happens to be more automated and straightforward because it's 'a tutorial level'... /greenhillgenerationsexcuse

^ Look, I can do optimism. (Well, I tried =p)

Edited February 28, 2012 by Lungo

[Detective Shadzter]

At 0:17 you can see the homing attack can still be used for bursts of speed, like in Episode 1.

[Badnik Mechanic]

Have we had a first stage before that had an underwater section which could kill you?

Only for a 'first' stage. That's a lot of traps and things there which want to kill you.

[krazystitch]

For God's sake, this camera just won't stop shaking! I can understand not being able to keep it in one place or anything, but sheesh.

Anyways, as for the release date, I'm actually surprised it's supposed to be around March/April. I was honestly expecting nothing earlier of May or something. Hopefully the game got all the time it needed it order to be good. With the way it looked, I think it looks like it has better gameplay mechanics over Episode 1, but just as much replay ability. I'll probably still pick it up anyways.

[Cyrus]

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111104033734/mk/images/3/3b/Aww-yeah-meme.png

YES! Now I don't have to itch for months!

No, seriously. While I was waiting for Generations' release, I got so excited that my cheeks started to itch. I was LITERALLY itching to play it. xD

[Drunk Michael Myers]

*BLIP BLIP BLIP BLIP BLIP BLIP BLIP BLIP*

*MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW*

Yaay.

[Detective Shadzter]

Why does Sonic give off sparkles every time he hits a spring, spins or reaches full speed/wheel-o-feet?.

[Spooky Mulder]

Why does Sonic give off sparkles every time he hits a spring, spins or reaches full speed/wheel-o-feet?.

Residual Chaos Energy...same stuff that turned his eyes green.

Edited February 28, 2012 by Spooky Mulder

[Phantomime]

Does look rather simple, but that may change as the game advances. Dissapointed by the dying cat music, but it won't ruin the entire game.

Finally, gotta love how it ends with Tails being horridly stupid, just like in 1992.

.....

The website is called Phandroid? Dammit. Was gonna use that as my next username.

Edited February 28, 2012 by Phantomime

[Blue Blood]

Why does Sonic give off sparkles every time he hits a spring, spins or reaches full speed/wheel-o-feet?.

Sparkles have been coming out of springs for years. The other times, you're just mistaking Sonic sparkling for rings sparkling I think.

[Sami]

Why does Sonic give off sparkles every time he hits a spring, spins or reaches full speed/wheel-o-feet?.

Because someone on the dev team thought that the best way to make Sonic 4 is to make it as different from Sonic 1-3&K as physically possible while still being a traditional 2D Sonic game, I guess. I can't think of any other possible reason.

Edit: Oh, it was just the rings? Disregard this, then. It's not like I have a shortage of things to make snide remarks at. xP

Edited February 28, 2012 by Dissident

[Drunk Michael Myers]

o you have to homing attack at that spring. Tails can't HA. Gets stuck.

Programming gold!

EDIT:

Even the fucking Spindash sound-effect is wrong.

So much fail.

Edited February 28, 2012 by Michael Myers

[Blue Blood]

o you have to homing attack at that spring. Tails can't HA. Gets stuck.

Programming gold!

Ah, so this is why we can't play as Tails. "There's a spring you need to HA on in the first stage, therefore it would not be possible for Tails to complete the game." Watch that be the official reason. Tails would break the game.

This footage really is saying this to me. There are some very evident improvements, but there's a more crap going on.

Edited February 28, 2012 by HYDROCITEE

[Spooky Mulder]

o you have to homing attack at that spring. Tails can't HA. Gets stuck.

Programming gold!

Tails can fly...

[Drunk Michael Myers]

Tails can fly...

I know. But the game sure don't.