Sonic Generations : General Hacking Thread

[i don't like pie]

so i wonder how the metal sonic fight will work? will it be sonic n knuckles or heroes style

[Agent York]

Classic and Modern Super Sonic confirmed in-stage, both have songs in the music files.

I feel terrible for SEGA right now, but I want a music rip.

[Eternal EX]

Sky Sanctuary Zone in HD.

YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID

Let me join too.

UH TAKE THAT BACK. SILVER IS A BOSS? HOW THE HELL IS THAT GONNA WORK?

[sonfan1984]

Here's hoping they include more stages for DLC!

[Rusty Spy]

It's pretty simple, but I guess I have to break it down for some folks.

People are saying the list is bad.

The list contains Sky Sanctuary Zone

No list that contains Sky Sanctuary Zone can be bad.

rebutted

^ THIS ^

And to that I say fuck your Sky Sanctuary if it means the final list, at the very least, has to be filled with so many repeating tropes that it misses out on the spectacle of level variation the series is known for. Seriously. Fuck Sky Sanctuary.

[DC111]

Tornado plane confirmed

Huh? How do we know this?

[PeanutButterDimond]

Eh, I'm over it. 8 out of 9 levels look great to me, as does the DLC, I'm just mad at Seaside Hill beating out Ocean Palace. SEGA can do a swap of those 2 levels, I'm happy with this list. The ??? also could be Doomsday, so yeah, I'm happy

Doomsday Zone would be amazing!

[Razor]

Huh? How do we know this?

Spoilered by the Demo files

[Viku]

While I'd have choose diferent, I'm not mad at the list. Too many stages of the same theme?

While city escape and rooftop run will probably be the most normal cities here (gigant sbladeck aside) you gotta remember that Crisis City IS A FREAKING APOCALYPTIC METROPOLIS. I'm pretty sure with stuff collapsing, lava flows and the gigant tornado would make it worth it.Also seasidehill/ocean palace will probably gonna focus more on the water and ruin areas rather than the beach ones which are more similar to GHZ.

So yeah, wait for them to SHOW the stages first before complaining.

...though I gotta admit...I already hated pre-order bonuses but this one takes the cake >=(

EDIT:also the boss selection is BADASS! Metal Sonic, shadow and Perfect Chaos? YES! Now I wodner if the bosses will be for one Sonic-only or you can battle with eather classic or modern.

(Now I wish for the metal sonic battle to be with classic sonic and like the one in Sonic CD was)

[jeremycarrier]

Fuck Sky Sanctuary.

Surely this is a bannable offense to put those words so closely together.

Hell, I'm offended.

[azoo]

Annnnnnddddddd I'm probably not gonna visit this topic again. Things are getting too out of hand, everything is suddenly getting revealed. I believe I am out.

[Marcello]

Tornado plane confirmed

Yay! Hopefully not the ugly Unleashed one, though. Adventure design would be the best, but the classic one wouldn't be bad.

[Preston]

Why is Sonic 06 superior to Sonic CD in Sega's eyes? What makes Sonic 06 of all Sonic games more deserving to have a stage in the 20th anniversary game than Sonic CD? Sonic 06, universally panned by critics and erased itself from the series canon, verses Sonic CD, regarded as one of the best games of the series and the debut of Amy and Metal Sonic. Also, how can Metal Sonic be in the game without a stage from Sonic CD? Sega, you have a lot of explaining to do.

[Barry the Nomad]

Aside from Ice Cap being MIA, I really like the list. Unlike others, I really don't see as many city stages as others are seeing. Crisis City, while having "City" in the title, is hardly a city. It's more like a fiery disaster area. And who knows, maybe the stage will be reimagined with lava to make it our lava stage?

Also, let's not forget that many of the bosses will probably feature more areas. Metal Sonic could very well exist in a Sonic CD arena. Shadow could be fought in a jungle. Egg Dragoon will probably be in a lava cavern.

As Conan O'Brien says: Keep cool, my babies!

[Ferno]

Guys, Silver is a boss.

Silver. is. a. BOSS. As in, he's going against Sonic in the big 20th anniversary game.

Silver_Hedgie wins.

[Flint]

It's a nice enough list of levels. Obviously I could go on and on about changes but you were always going to get disagreements with this sort of thing.

One thing I'm confused about though is the bizarre lack of Ice Cap. It's the first stage everyone thinks of when they think of Sonic 3, it's a big favourite even among people who aren't massive Sonic fans, and it's generally one of the largest fan favourite stages there. It's a really bizarre exclusion.

That said, the only thing I'm really dreading is that this game is going to be DLC field day.

[Rusty Spy]

Genesis stage is gonna be this:

[DC111]

My only major complaint is that a better Heroes level didn't make it in. Mystic Mansion, Egg Fleet or Final Fortress would have been amazing.

...On second thought, almost any Heroes level would have been a better choice than that. I loved Ocean Palace, but there were so many better, more varied, more unique levels to pick from.

[Balding Spider]

Tornado plane confirmed

Wait what? Here's hoping we dont get another QTE mini game.

[Rusty Spy]

Genesis stage is gonna be this:

[7029]

Sonic Team!!!!! Why you listened Izuka? This is Izuka dream list. You should listen fans instead Izuka. There should be more classic zones. Hydrocity,Lava reef,Death egg(Sonic and Knuckles). Where are these? Good work Izuka you get what you wanted. Terrible list. It not ruin game, but is still terrible.

[Carbo]

The current list contains fan favorites though. Crisis City is a fan fave (even though Kingdom Valley is better), City Escape is a HUGE fan favorite, Speed Highway is a fan favorite (its the best SA1 stage IMO), Seaside Hill/Ocean Palace are also fan favorites. Chemical Plant Zone and Sky Sanctuary Zone are also fan favorites. Casino Night is obvious really. Rooftop Run was a much-loved stage, as was Planet Wisp (even though Aquarium Park was better). Not sure why they didn't include CD though.

The current selection should be no real surprise actually. Yeah you can hope and wish that more varied stages could have gotten in, but why would interesting stages get in when the overwhelming majority of the fans cite these examples as their favorites.

I too am disappointed by the lack of Kingdom Valley, Lava Reef and Hydrocity, but what can you do. The current selection of levels doesn't make me want the game any less, because regardless of which levels they do put in, its still probably going to be a good game, and will still probably be fun.

More stages will probably be included as DLC.

To be frank, you guys can BAWWW like sheep all you want. I'm looking forward to this game like no other.

EDIT:

Heck, we're lucky we're getting this game at all. Look at what Nintendo did for their gaming icons for their anniversaries....

This fanbase has gotten far to self-entitled.

So you're implying that levels being "iconic" should excuse extremely poor lack of context.

Because that's bullshit. If my complaints are seen as "BAW"ing cause I don't subscribe to what choices Sonic Team do then so be it. But I'm not going to change my opinion for it.

Also shut the fuck up about Sky Sanctuary remedying anything. It's getting old.

[EXshad]

Why is Sonic 06 superior to Sonic CD in Sega's eyes? What makes Sonic 06 of all Sonic games more deserving to have a stage in the 20th anniversary game than Sonic CD? Sonic 06, universally panned by critics and erased itself from the series canon, verses Sonic CD, regarded as one of the best games of the series and the debut of Amy and Metal Sonic. Also, how can Metal Sonic be in the game without a stage from Sonic CD? Sega, you have a lot of explaining to do.

Eh, CD's represented with a boss fight; it goes to show that both the stages AND boss fights are pulled from different parts of Sonic's history, even if they don't always match up. Which I like! But I would have been happy if they replaced Seaside Hill with Tidal Tempest, that would have been great!

Hell, everything's great so far, the only thing that pisses me off is Seaside Hill; it's too much of a copy of Green Hill from a game that had MUCH more unique levels. Everything else is perfect for me. And I do mean EVERYTHING else.

Edited June 23, 2011 by EXshad

[Marcello]

If the Time Eater is destroying these worlds, why is Sonic saving Crisis City, a world he himself fought for not existing?

[Razor]

Elemental Shields confirmed