Sonic Generations screens visit the Chemical Plant Zone
by Griffin McElroy 
on Jul 20th 2011 2:40PM
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Posted: Jul 20th 2011 2:47PM Prax said
Am I the only one who's not impressed by the fact that this game is basically a carbon copy of Sonic 2 with updated graphics and 2.5D?
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 2:51PM Gibbeynator said
@Prax
I was psyched for this game until the demo came out...
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I was psyched for this game until the demo came out...
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 2:53PM (Unverified) said
@Prax This is basically the game that everyone has wanted since 1994.
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Posted: Jul 20th 2011 2:53PM squallgengar said
@Gibbeynator
I wasn't excited at all and the demo actually had the opposite effect on me. I thought it controlled more like old-school Sonic than the actual Sonic 4 did.
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I wasn't excited at all and the demo actually had the opposite effect on me. I thought it controlled more like old-school Sonic than the actual Sonic 4 did.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 3:00PM JnRx said
@Prax You say it like it's a bad thing...
You get the Sonic 2 Like gameplay and levels...which is still great till this day.
Along with the modern sonic high speed/platforming goodness that people liked in Sonic unleashed (during the day) and Sonic Colors (most of the time)
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You get the Sonic 2 Like gameplay and levels...which is still great till this day.
Along with the modern sonic high speed/platforming goodness that people liked in Sonic unleashed (during the day) and Sonic Colors (most of the time)
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 3:16PM MarkShark said
@Prax Sonic 2 you say.. Let's see. Green Hill, that's Sonic 1. City Escape, that's Sonic Adventure 2. Metal Sonic was never in Sonic 2. Thus far has proven to have actual good level design unlike Sonic 2. Entire modern half of the game is nothing like that...
Do you know what you're talking about?
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Do you know what you're talking about?
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 4:25PM squallgengar said
@Demaar
I thought it was fairly clear that that's what I was saying, considering I was replying to Gibbeynator.
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I thought it was fairly clear that that's what I was saying, considering I was replying to Gibbeynator.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 7:50PM trutenprower said
@stiqlol
No they didn't. Metal Sonic came from Sonic CD. Tails was the new character in Sonic 2.
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No they didn't. Metal Sonic came from Sonic CD. Tails was the new character in Sonic 2.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 8:40PM McGuire867 said
@trutenprower
There have been multiple Metal Sonics, but the first appearance of any sort of robotic Sonic was in Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Death Egg Zone.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B7UIg7gmNWg/Su-p4o6CZaI/AAAAAAAAAio/AnAopaMQKe0/s320/sonic+2+metal+sonic.bmp
You fought him before squaring off against Robotnik himself.
An upgraded version appeared in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
http://www.smbhq.com/users/ssb_rpg/MobiusRP/7.gif
If you don't believe me, play the games.
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There have been multiple Metal Sonics, but the first appearance of any sort of robotic Sonic was in Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Death Egg Zone.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B7UIg7gmNWg/Su-p4o6CZaI/AAAAAAAAAio/AnAopaMQKe0/s320/sonic+2+metal+sonic.bmp
You fought him before squaring off against Robotnik himself.
An upgraded version appeared in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
http://www.smbhq.com/users/ssb_rpg/MobiusRP/7.gif
If you don't believe me, play the games.
Posted: Jul 21st 2011 9:59AM Prax said
Are you people seriously trying to justify that the game isn't a carbon copy of previous Sonics, by arguing that it's not like Sonic 2, instead Sonic 1, Sonic Adventures or Sonic CD? You're proving my point on your own, this isn't an original game. It's a rehash of previous games in the series, and from what I've seen and played, it doesn't really offer anything original that we haven't already seen from Sonic. Regardless of which game in the series it's copying...
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Posted: Jul 21st 2011 12:48PM Chibi Chaingun said
@Prax
Yeah but you specifically only said Sonic 2 and that is what people are correcting you on. You are now backpedaling.
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Yeah but you specifically only said Sonic 2 and that is what people are correcting you on. You are now backpedaling.
Posted: Jul 21st 2011 1:05PM DrDrew Pinsky said
@Prax But, the whole point of the game is that they're rehashing previous titles, what did you expect. : /
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Posted: Jul 22nd 2011 3:02PM MarkShark said
@Prax Here's the thing though.
This is what all the complainers wanted. They're doing their best to revamp it and add to it a completely different spin than what we saw with most previous games. But THIS is what all the nostalgia based complainers that say the only two games that were good were Sonic 1 and 2 and then claim to be a Sonic fan have brought upon us.
I'm just happy this is an idea that so far WORKS. Last time this happened, listening to complainers, we got Sonic 2006.
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This is what all the complainers wanted. They're doing their best to revamp it and add to it a completely different spin than what we saw with most previous games. But THIS is what all the nostalgia based complainers that say the only two games that were good were Sonic 1 and 2 and then claim to be a Sonic fan have brought upon us.
I'm just happy this is an idea that so far WORKS. Last time this happened, listening to complainers, we got Sonic 2006.
Posted: Jul 23rd 2011 12:37AM DrDrew Pinsky said
@MarkShark If people complaining and being petulant babies is getting me an HD revamp of Chemical Plant with Classic Sonic gameplay returning, God bless them. God bless them every one.
Also all the games in the series have been really bad after the Genesis. Adventure 1 & 2 were good when they came out but have aged really poorly, and at best we've had Colors which was still a very mediocre game. Sorry, but that's the harsh reality of this whole dumb franchise.
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Also all the games in the series have been really bad after the Genesis. Adventure 1 & 2 were good when they came out but have aged really poorly, and at best we've had Colors which was still a very mediocre game. Sorry, but that's the harsh reality of this whole dumb franchise.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 2:53PM Exu said
Stardust Speedway looks great.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 2:58PM Startingline13 ArmlessOctopus said
Must. Change. Pants.
I just want to hear the damn soundtrack already!
I just want to hear the damn soundtrack already!
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 7:04PM tendoboy1984 said
@Startingline13 ArmlessOctopus
BrawlBRSTMs has a few tunes uploaded on his Youtube account.
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BrawlBRSTMs has a few tunes uploaded on his Youtube account.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 2:58PM Trilancer said
day one!!!
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 3:11PM Jon Jon said
I'm even more excited now.
So much Sonic CD and Sonic 2 in those screen shots :3
So much Sonic CD and Sonic 2 in those screen shots :3
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 3:18PM MarkShark said
Them Metal Sonic screens look like they would maybe be Stardust Speedway.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 3:43PM The Joy of Painting w Bob Ross said
I enjoyed the brief demo more than any other Sonic game in the past ten years.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 7:05PM tendoboy1984 said
@The Joy of Painting w Bob Ross
You didn't like Sonic Colors? The basic gameplay mechanics of Generations are based on that game.
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You didn't like Sonic Colors? The basic gameplay mechanics of Generations are based on that game.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 3:48PM FlareSama said
Color me unimpressed, I have yet found a recent Sonic game that has unleashed the emotions of my youth.
Posted: Jul 21st 2011 12:52PM Chibi Chaingun said
@FlareSama
The demo pretty much did it for me. I'm 28 years old and Sonic basically came into light a few years after I started gaming and continued on throughout all those years. This is the first game since Sonic Adventure that makes me excited about the series again. The demo is just perfect.
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The demo pretty much did it for me. I'm 28 years old and Sonic basically came into light a few years after I started gaming and continued on throughout all those years. This is the first game since Sonic Adventure that makes me excited about the series again. The demo is just perfect.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 3:53PM trutenprower said
From my rage of the Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 leak and not getting any females this has indeed calmed me and brought happiness.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 4:24PM Nap said
@(Unverified) I'm actually hoping to hear more about the new Sonic. I actually liked Sonic Adventure's grinding/homing attacks when they weren't clunky and this looks like they may have polished it up.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 5:51PM EliminatorZigma said
Still waiting for Casino Nights.
*taps foot impatiently*
*taps foot impatiently*
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 7:52PM trutenprower said
@EliminatorZigma
You're getting a Casino Nights mini game with a pre order from Gamestop (USA)/GAME (UK). There will probably be a main Casino style zone in the game, not having one in a Sonic game is weird.
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You're getting a Casino Nights mini game with a pre order from Gamestop (USA)/GAME (UK). There will probably be a main Casino style zone in the game, not having one in a Sonic game is weird.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 6:51PM Ultima said
Sonic Colors still takes the cake for me.
I thought this game would take a new cake.. then I played the demo... the cake was a lie.
Not that I mind a minute and a half of pressing forward and jump, but the blur effects totally ruined the experience.
I thought this game would take a new cake.. then I played the demo... the cake was a lie.
Not that I mind a minute and a half of pressing forward and jump, but the blur effects totally ruined the experience.
Posted: Jul 20th 2011 8:01PM picxel said
@(Unverified)
Um, no.
Um, no.
Posted: Jul 21st 2011 6:28PM Spc 4 said
Is the Demo on the PS3? I can not find it on my 360.
