Sonic and the Black Knight

[Klavier Gavin]

http://kotaku.com/5163225/you-havent-seen-the-last-of-sonic-the-werehog

As long they provide more Day Stages, I won't complain at all 

Shouldn't that be in this thread?

Posted on: March 03, 2009, 14:16:50New Trailer

[Solar]

Now the question is, will playing as everyone else be optional or a necessity like pretty much every 3-D Sonic besides Unleashed/Secret Rings?

Anyways, yay for the return of Shadow's Chaos Control from Shadow the Hedgehog.

[HokutoNoBen]

Now the question is, will playing as everyone else be optional or a necessity like pretty much every 3-D Sonic besides Unleashed/Secret Rings?

Anyways, yay for the return of Shadow's Chaos Control from Shadow the Hedgehog.

They've been swearing up and down, since that first appearance of the game in last year's Nintendo Power, that playing as the extra characters is COMPLETELY optional. 

Now, how much that will hold up (in the matter of you could actually 100% the game, without touching the other chars?), we'll have to wait and see.

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

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Whoops

[Klavier Gavin]

"This is a Sonic game that craps all over everything that has ever made the series interesting and then adds pointless waggle."

Oh, IGN.

[Hypershell]

This from Matt Cassamasina, the same guy who claims that Sonic Heroes is the best of the last-gen efforts.

Cass is nice for information, but I wouldn't trust his opinion on a Sonic game if I was paid to.

[Klavier Gavin]

This from Matt Cassamasina, the same guy who claims that Sonic Heroes is the best of the last-gen

The only good things about Sonic Heroes was that it had the original voice actors from the Adventure series, and the epic final boss theme... And Team Rose's theme "Follow Me". >.>;

[Gaia]

This from Matt Cassamasina, the same guy who claims that Sonic Heroes is the best of the last-gen efforts.

Cass is nice for information, but I wouldn't trust his opinion on a Sonic game if I was paid to.

I discovered a quite of couple of glitches while playing Sonic Heroes, especially the infamous wall death. I'm pretty sure Matt playes like a monkey who can't tell right from wrong.

[HokutoNoBen]

To be fair though...he DID list everything he disliked about the game. So, it's not like he just said "LOL! GAME SUX! 3.9!!"

Eh. I've been losing interest ever since ComiCon, when people just saying more that they're outright bored by the game, than anything else.

MadWorld is the only game I need from Sega in March. This may be lucky enough to get a rental, at best.

[Protoman Blues]

Yeah, I'll probably just rent it too.  I mean, the thought and name of Deathcalibur is pretty cheesily AWESOME, but still, ComicCon didn't impress me with it that much.

I still hope it has a good soundtrack!

[Klavier Gavin]

I still hope it has a good soundtrack!

Always remember PB, the shittier the Sonic game, the better the music.

[Acid]

The soundtrack of Superman 664 ain't the real deal.

[Hypershell]

The only good things about Sonic Heroes was that it had the original voice actors from the Adventure series, and the highly enjoyable final boss theme... And Team Rose's theme "Follow Me". >.>;

Rare is the Sonic game that doesn't at least have some good music (why in blazes Brawl refused to use What I'm Made Of is beyond me).

It's not that I can't see some good things in Heroes.  Amy's voice is among the better, Knuckles had a nice presentation, Rail Canyon is cool, and......well, that's about it.

[Protoman Blues]

The soundtrack of Superman 664 ain't the real deal.

That game has a soundtrack?

[HokutoNoBen]

Always remember PB, the shittier the Sonic game, the better the music.

The 16-bit era games still contain what probably is the best music to grace the series. After that, even Jun Senoue himself started to lose it, they just try to cover it up with butt-rock from Crush 40 and etc.  

[Klavier Gavin]

The 16-bit era games still contain what probably is the best music to grace the series.

I'm talking about after the Adventure games. >_>

[Protoman Blues]

The 16-bit era games still contain what probably is the best music to grace the series. After that, even Jun Senoue himself started to lose it, they just try to cover it up with butt-rock from Crush 40 and etc. 

Soon, Justin Timberlake will be singing the opening song to the next Sonic game, Sonic and the Space Pirates!

[HokutoNoBen]

I'm talking about after the Adventure games. >_>

Ah.

Still, I'd contest that. The GBA/DS games may have been all over the place in quality, but music-wise, they pretty good (with Rush probably having the best OST of the lot, in my ways).

Soon, Justin Timberlake will be singing the opening song to the next Sonic game, Sonic and the Space Pirates!

Timberlake is still doing pretty well for himself, I don't see him "reducing" himself to such a thing.

Now, Chris Brown? That [Oil Man] may NEED the work, after the kind of career suicide he's committed!

[Klavier Gavin]

Ah.

Still, I'd contest that. The GBA/DS games may have been all over the place in quality, but music-wise, they pretty good (with Rush probably having the best OST of the lot, in my ways).

Timberlake is still doing pretty well for himself, I don't see him "reducing" himself to such a thing.

Now, Chris Brown? That [Oil Man] may NEED the work, after the kind of career suicide he's committed!

True, I'll give you that.

Also, lulz at Chris Brown.

[Protoman Blues]

Timberlake is still doing pretty well for himself, I don't see him "reducing" himself to such a thing.

Now, Chris Brown? That [Oil Man] may NEED the work, after the kind of career suicide he's committed!

LoL, no crushing my Timberlake-Sonic song dreams!   

"That Sonic's just running everywhere!"
He's got no time to simply stop and stare!
He's Way Past Cool, and I swear.
He's fast and he knows. I think that he knows!"

[Hypershell]

The 16-bit era games still contain what probably is the best music to grace the series. After that, even Jun Senoue himself started to lose it, they just try to cover it up with butt-rock from Crush 40 and etc.  

You do know that Jun Senoue is Crush 40's guitarist, right?

Not that I'll EVER argue against the likes of Sky Sanctuary, STH3 final boss, or S&K mid-boss, among others.  But don't go dissing my Crush 40!  Live And Learn = best Sonic theme, EVER.
(reuse in Brawl trailer was such a fanboyish dream come true...)

[HokutoNoBen]

You do know that Jun Senoue is Crush 40's guitarist, right?

Yep. And I still stand by what I say. He was absolute gold back for Sonic 3 & K's OST.

But after that, he was never quite the same. He's alright, but I started to go "meh" after Sonic Heroes. Probably the absolute best thing he's done in recent years, imo, was the remix of Angel Island Act 1 and 2 for Brawl.

Not that I'll EVER argue against the likes of Sky Sanctuary, STH3 final boss, or S&K mid-boss, among others.  But don't go dissing my Crush 40!  Live And Learn = best Sonic theme, EVER.
(reuse in Brawl trailer was such a fanboyish dream come true...)

Eh, if it came down to it, "What I'm Made Of" was probably the better composition, in my ears.

Still, as I've said before, there's a great part of me that wishes that he would just do more to focus on compositions, and less on allowing for lyrics. He could right up there with Daisuke Ishiwatari (Guilty Gear fame) if he did that.

[Klavier Gavin]

[STM]

In the words of a certain Psycho Powered general:

This is DELICIOUS!

The game is pretty much being tanked left and right (even by Famitsu: 26/40. By comparison, Secret Rings did a 32/40 and Sonic Next did a 29/40) and a small group labeling themselves as the Sonic Defense Force are out trying to get IGN's reviewer Matt Casamassina fired because he used the word, "retarded" in the review to describe the game.

Now, as someone studying to enter the field, ethically you really shouldn't use the word retarded when describing how nonsensical something is. Yes, we know the joke that IGN isn't really professional, but this is still something that can get the site potentially sued and Casamassina potentially fired over. I'd certainly take him to task about his word choice in the future, for the sake of his own career, but the "SDF" aren't doing it because of the use of the word; it's only because he brutally and rightfully bombed the game and they can't take that this game was destined to fail as hard as it did.

Sometimes I want to shoot the fanbase.

[Protoman Blues]

and a small group labeling themselves as the Sonic Defense Force

....That's just so very sad...