Sonic Force- 100 ring cap in "Easy Mode"

[-Justin-]

Just now, Joellui said:

Because they're essentially removing an essential part of the game that has been there since the series started and there was no need to change it in the first place. Don't fix something that isn't broken. 

I just don't understand why the Sonic Team has to make things so complicated. It just doesn't make any sense.

Well, we know it'll be for an Easy mode now. If you don't like the cap, just play in the regular mode! Aaron Webber confirmed that you'll be able to collect 100s of Rings when you're not in Easy mode.

[Joellui]

1 minute ago, -Justin- said:

Well, we know it'll be for an Easy mode now. If you don't like the cap, just play in the regular mode! Aaron Webber confirmed that you'll be able to collect 100s of Rings when you're not in Easy mode.

Yeah just saw it. Oopsss 

[-Justin-]

Just now, Joellui said:

Yeah just saw it. Oopsss 

It's fine! No biggie

[Whatever the WhoCares]

8 hours ago, Mayor D said:

 

You guys not read the description for that one?

It only counts end level rings.

The cap is 100.

That means 100 per stage. 

So now we have confirmation that it's Easy Mode only. This is exactly what I and others were talking about when we said not to assume too many things based on knowing a handful of facts. 

Please keep this development in mind when judging content in the future. That goes for any game. 

[Dannymax440]

5 hours ago, Captain Fun said:

RubyEclipse clarified the limit on a NeoGaf post

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Huh. I thought it was going to be some kind of equipped item like in Generations but this works too. Makes me wonder how the hard mode will be like(if there'll be one).

[Badnik Mechanic]

1 hour ago, Whatever the WhoCares said:

So now we have confirmation that it's Easy Mode only. This is exactly what I and others were talking about when we said not to assume too many things based on knowing a handful of facts. 

Please keep this development in mind when judging content in the future. That goes for any game. 

Or I can actually judge what is there in front of my eyes instead of assuming stuff on a whim.

In this case I was  right.

It's a later build and there is a cap.

[Whatever the WhoCares]

Just now, Mayor D said:

Or I can actually judge what is there in front of my eyes instead of assuming stuff on a whim.

In this case I was  right.

It's a later build and there is a cap.

You've got to be joking. There is a cap if you choose to play it on easy mode, but not if you choose another difficulty. Your argument, which was that it would take us 10-16 hours to get that ring trophy, has been obliterated. I'm not saying this to rub it in your face so much as so you'll be a bit less presumptive when the next batch of info comes out. 

[Badnik Mechanic]

23 minutes ago, Whatever the WhoCares said:

 bit less presumptive when the next batch of info comes out. 

Nah I think I'll stick to judging what I can actually see instead of hoping it'll be different to what I can actually see.

Otherwise you might as well use the "It's too early to tell" defence to justify any old tripe until release day.

The lesson here is don't mislead your customers by suddenly playing on a different mode you've not commented on previously.

[Shaddy Zaphod]

So what we thought was a stupid change was actually just stupid marketing then. Not even fuckin surprised.

[Ming Ming Hatsune]

Yeah...I wasn't panicking about this 100 ring cap. I already knew there's something up. No way they'll add ring cap in the last minute.

[Salamander]

So we now have Casino Forest gameplay in both easy mode and standard mode, is that correct?  Did anyone notice any differences other than the way rings handled?

[Ming Ming Hatsune]

1 hour ago, Mayor D said:

The lesson here is don't mislead your customers by suddenly playing on a different mode you've not commented on previously.

Mislead? What if IGN and Gamespot chose Easy in the latest build? Sega didn't mislead any customers. The customers went on to assume.

 

1 hour ago, Mayor D said:

Nah I think I'll stick to judging what I can actually see instead of hoping it'll be different to what I can actually see.

Otherwise you might as well use the "It's too early to tell" defence to justify any old tripe until release day.

You went on saying 16 hours to get this trophy like it's confirmed, which should have looked ridiculous to you. Replaying a level over and year 100 rings each time. As I said, the game is less than a month away they'll have NO time to add that ring cap.

Judging on you actually see isn't always what it seems. This is a great example now.

[Badnik Mechanic]

2 minutes ago, Ming Ming Hatsune said:

 

Judging on you actually see isn't always what it seems. This is a great example now.

So you should probably stop thinking the game is sorta ok then since you never know it might not be.

[StaticMania]

What is the point of an easy mode, there seems not to be one yet.

Right now it doesn't seem necessary, and the change to the ring mechanic also doesn't seem necessary

[Ming Ming Hatsune]

3 minutes ago, Mayor D said:

So you should probably stop thinking the game is sorta ok then since you never know it might not be.

Well yeah? There are games out in the past that looked good, but plays like crap? 

Besides, I said "isn't always" as not ALL the time what you see is fantastic/bad depending on how the game video looks.

[JezMM]

2 hours ago, Mayor D said:

Or I can actually judge what is there in front of my eyes instead of assuming stuff on a whim.

In this case I was  right.

It's a later build and there is a cap.

Sometimes it's worth just entertaining the idea that you might not have the full picture before you make snap judgements, that's all people are saying.  We were "assuming" the possibility of a reasonable explaination.  You were assuming there was no possible explaination that could justify it and you had all the facts necessary to start telling people it would definitely take 1000 level playthroughs to earn an achievement.

Again you sensationalise by skipping over the "in an easy mode we weren't previously aware of" from your post because that would compromise your "I was right all along!" status you are so embarrassingly desperate to achieve at all times.  It's so obnoxious and confrontational and I don't get why you do it.

[Eurisko]

10 hours ago, Mayor D said:

Nah I think I'll stick to judging what I can actually see instead of hoping it'll be different to what I can actually see.

Otherwise you might as well use the "It's too early to tell" defence to justify any old tripe until release day.

The lesson here is don't mislead your customers by suddenly playing on a different mode you've not commented on previously.

I don't think this was an intentional mislead. It was pretty much something someone noticed and it blew up.

[RubyEclipse]

Hi everyone - wanted to jump in and comment here too.

As you've probably all seen by now, yes, you can collect well over 100 rings in a level, as long as you're not on the easier difficulty. (If you're a longtime Sonic fan, just pick the hardest difficulty you see, and you'll be set!) This has always been a part of the game design.

I alluded to it in the post referenced, but there's also even more being updated as we get to the launch of the game. We've kept a number of things in the game hidden as we don't want to spoil you on all of it, but after seeing people getting confused on the limit, we wanted to make sure people understood the 100 rings cap wasn't a thing on the harder difficulty.

[NikoS]

@RubyEclipse thanks for clarifying it, i was really confused by that

[Shaddy Zaphod]

I sincerely hope the "hardest difficulty" is something we haven't seen yet. Despite liking this game, I don't actually want this level of simplicity and ease in the level design if I don't have to have it.

[Lord-Dreamerz]

1 hour ago, Shaddy the guy said:

I sincerely hope the "hardest difficulty" is something we haven't seen yet. Despite liking this game, I don't actually want this level of simplicity and ease in the level design if I don't have to have it.

I want Dark Souls mode! AKA journalist's nightmare mode! AKA Cuphead mode! AKA Night 6 mode! AKA hell mode...

Jokes aside... Seriously I do want hard mode! Generations/Colors was to easy and always left me wanting to be challenged more.