Oh, Sonic. How we love to hate on you (but we'd love it if you didn't make it so easy). Maybe it's just that we've grown up, or grown away from you ... or maybe it's you, man. Maybe it's you.
We'll be diplomatic and call this Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity intro "pleasantly familiar" as opposed to "somewhat derivative," and just hang back and try to enjoy it. It's not every day that we get to see the opening of a game, right? That alone is cause for rejoicing. Of course, whether or not we'll actually be buying this one is a matter of some debate. We will say this, though: all the video looks one hell of a lot better than the screens we've seen.
Reader Comments (11)
Posted: Dec 20th 2007 2:07AM (Unverified) said
Knuckles is just like Falco. They're both so smooth you have to love them.
Posted: Dec 19th 2007 10:11AM (Unverified) said
It doesn't look that bad.
Posted: Dec 19th 2007 10:45AM ilduce620 said
Yeah, those graphics actually don't look all that bad. Certainly better than the screen shots...then again, as we know, "intro movies" frequently don't equal "actual gameplay"...
Posted: Dec 19th 2007 10:49AM MemphisNET said
Those aren't ''graphics'' - its a pre-rendered movie and has nothing to do with the in-game.
Gah... Sega... why do you do this to us. You made an AWESOME F-Zero game for Nintendo, maybe they need to make a Sonic game for you :D
Gah... Sega... why do you do this to us. You made an AWESOME F-Zero game for Nintendo, maybe they need to make a Sonic game for you :D
Posted: Dec 19th 2007 11:49AM (Unverified) said
Yea, for some reason SEGA just cant seem to NOT implement CG cutscenes into their games. SEGA is really starting to make me worry...and I think they should just have the development team that handled F-Zero GX take care of any and all games published by them from here on out.
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Posted: Dec 19th 2007 11:55AM (Unverified) said
Oh yeah, the Sonic game that I have been waiting for. Sonic Riders is one of my favorite Sonic Spin Offs, gotta love it.
Posted: Dec 19th 2007 12:24PM sunmorgus said
Was it just me, or did the YAHOO! at the very end of the video sound just a little too mario?...
Posted: Dec 19th 2007 12:48PM SSUK said
So Sonic's now lived in:
* Unpopulated island with lots of robots
* Unpopulated island with big-ass slot machines
* Unpopulated island with the ability to float (and has a 24 hour carnival)
* Populated metropolitan city
* Populated old-timey city
* The future
... At least you can't say he's lived in a bland place for too long...
* Unpopulated island with lots of robots
* Unpopulated island with big-ass slot machines
* Unpopulated island with the ability to float (and has a 24 hour carnival)
* Populated metropolitan city
* Populated old-timey city
* The future
... At least you can't say he's lived in a bland place for too long...
Posted: Dec 19th 2007 1:38PM (Unverified) said
i'm pretty excited for this game, so i hope that it turns out well.
Posted: Dec 19th 2007 1:38PM blahblah55 said
Run Sonic! It's the Po-Po's!!!
Posted: Dec 19th 2007 2:16PM shattercross said
My bet is that blur studios over in California did the intro and not sonic team themselves.
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