In other news, have you guys seen this new show, Best Buds Living It Up In New York? It's this great new NBC sitcom. The first episode aired last night, and the next episode is going to air in about eighteen months.
In other news, have you guys seen this new show, Best Buds Living It Up In New York? It's this great new NBC sitcom. The first episode aired last night, and the next episode is going to air in about eighteen months.
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Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 2:52PM Strider TomTom said
Day 1, will buy, I hope maybe in future Sega release a retail version with all the episodes on disc :)
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 8:55PM jtothechan said
@Strider TomTom
They probably will. Your grandchild will love it for his 5th birthday.
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They probably will. Your grandchild will love it for his 5th birthday.
Posted: Aug 24th 2011 4:09AM RagnarokSam said
The first time they released a Sonic game in episodes, it was only 8 months between them.
I am of course talking about Sonic 3 / Sonic & Knuckles.
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I am of course talking about Sonic 3 / Sonic & Knuckles.
Posted: Aug 24th 2011 9:31AM Strider TomTom said
@jtothechan
You right, thank you for drawing from your experience, grand dad!
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You right, thank you for drawing from your experience, grand dad!
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 2:53PM ANOTHERE said
Just kill off sonic already he sucks, the last good game was sonic adventure for the dreamcast. Sega are a pathetic excuse for a game developer and should just give up instead as they release nothing but garbage.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:11PM SuperAnthony64 said
@ANOTHERE Someone never played the SONIC RUSH series on DS.
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Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:22PM LittleMofreaky said
@SuperAnthony64 The first Sonic Rush was the best! I still play it all the time.
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Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:31PM sparkster said
@ANOTHERE
While I didn't like most of the new (After Sonic 3), I still value SEGA. I mean they publish for Platinum Games and I really enjoyed Vanquish.
But yeah, I could never get into the 3D Sonic games and the DS ones were just horrible level design wise.
Now if they could just make the physics of Sonic 4 less crappy it could actually make an awesome game.
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While I didn't like most of the new (After Sonic 3), I still value SEGA. I mean they publish for Platinum Games and I really enjoyed Vanquish.
But yeah, I could never get into the 3D Sonic games and the DS ones were just horrible level design wise.
Now if they could just make the physics of Sonic 4 less crappy it could actually make an awesome game.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 5:53PM solidsnake8282 said
@eat it Finally !!! thanks for mentioning condemned...now that was a really awesome horror game especially the 2nd one
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Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 7:27PM skullivan said
Episodic gaming has always been a joke. Telltale has done a decent job with it but it's probably caused them more trouble than it's worth. I'm glad Jurassic Park is coming out on disc for 360, hopefully they'll get BTTF out at some point too.
As for Valve it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that there will never be an "Episode III", it'll just be Half-Life 3.
@eat it
Condemned was made by Monolith (not the Japanese Monolith) who also made F.E.A.R. I hope they get around to wrapping up the story, those games were way better than the F.E.A.R. games.
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As for Valve it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that there will never be an "Episode III", it'll just be Half-Life 3.
@eat it
Condemned was made by Monolith (not the Japanese Monolith) who also made F.E.A.R. I hope they get around to wrapping up the story, those games were way better than the F.E.A.R. games.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 2:53PM Ballistic H said
I always wondered: who the hell changed Sonic's legs from short to long?
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:32PM Shadow Hog said
@Ballistic H
Presumably, Yuji Uekawa, the artist for Sonic Adventure.
Now, who decided to KEEP making them longer, up to the comically tall legs in Sonic 2K6, who knows?
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Presumably, Yuji Uekawa, the artist for Sonic Adventure.
Now, who decided to KEEP making them longer, up to the comically tall legs in Sonic 2K6, who knows?
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 6:51PM Mrguy you know that guy said
@Ballistic H
He aged 5 years in game between Sonic 3&K and Adventure.
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He aged 5 years in game between Sonic 3&K and Adventure.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 2:54PM Hoops said
"In other news, have you guys seen this new show, Best Buds Living It Up In New York? It's this great new NBC sitcom. The first episode aired last night, and the next episode is going to air in about eighteen months. "
So you're new TV show is called 'The Walking Dead'?
So you're new TV show is called 'The Walking Dead'?
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 2:54PM Shockwave said
Wow, I thought with Generations they just forgot about this.
Kinda wish they did...
Kinda wish they did...
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 2:55PM The Aquacharger said
I thought they gave up on this.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 6:58PM Mrguy you know that guy said
@The Aquacharger
I did too. Sonic 4 is basically a 2 hour long big lipped aligator moment.
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I did too. Sonic 4 is basically a 2 hour long big lipped aligator moment.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:01PM Mihen said
Everyone is forgetting that Sega knows most fans hated Sonic 4 so they'll probably give it the Sonic Generations physics and better level design
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:03PM Accessgranted said
This is still coming? hope it plays closer to generations then.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:08PM Nergy said
Well, that's nice. I think.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:08PM DevilSei said
Let me know when all these "episodes" are bundled up into something worthwhile to buy...
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:15PM Exu said
Add on another six months for when it gets leaked and everyone says THIS IS SHIT and after a delay we get a game that's not quite as bad as it could have been.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:27PM evilkoala said
Ludwig must have changed his nickname.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:30PM jsowers said
Woah there Sonic Team, let's just make sure Generations doesn't suck first.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:33PM Shadow Hog said
Because when I think episodic gaming, I think multiple years between entries!
Seriously, they could've developed full titles in this timespan. The hell? At least with Valve you have Valve Time, but I don't think that applies to Sega...
Seriously, they could've developed full titles in this timespan. The hell? At least with Valve you have Valve Time, but I don't think that applies to Sega...
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:34PM Blackbird said
Sega, seriously, WTF. Stop this nonsense. You already messed up, and made up for it with Generations. Leave him alone for a little while already.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:48PM britboyj27 said
Valve has set a terrible precedent with release dates. I don't want to see Sega follow suit. Don't get me wrong, I don't want an EA-Activision style "EVERY YEAR OR YOU DIE!" schedule either but give me a break.
Don't promise a game and take years to give it to me. 3D Realms did the same and someone else had to publish theirs. As it is, I've already stopped caring about Half-Life (but not Gordon Freeman, no one can stop you caring about Gordon Freeman.)
(I'm not equating Half-Life 2: Episode 3 and/or Half-Life 3 to DNF, BTW)
Don't promise a game and take years to give it to me. 3D Realms did the same and someone else had to publish theirs. As it is, I've already stopped caring about Half-Life (but not Gordon Freeman, no one can stop you caring about Gordon Freeman.)
(I'm not equating Half-Life 2: Episode 3 and/or Half-Life 3 to DNF, BTW)
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 3:55PM Perfidious Sinn said
Now they just have to not improve on anything from the first episode and make it cost $15 to make this release as bad as possible.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 4:09PM (Unverified) said
Am I the only one who enjoyed Sonic 4? Seriously?
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 4:30PM Shadow Hog said
@(Unverified)
It was an okay game hampered by really awful physics quirks. The instruments chosen for the music were also pretty awful, although the compositions themselves were mostly okay.
If Episode 2 fixed most of the physics issues, notably the EXTREMELY slow acceleration and stop-dead-in-midair quirk, it'd likely be a much better game.
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It was an okay game hampered by really awful physics quirks. The instruments chosen for the music were also pretty awful, although the compositions themselves were mostly okay.
If Episode 2 fixed most of the physics issues, notably the EXTREMELY slow acceleration and stop-dead-in-midair quirk, it'd likely be a much better game.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 5:23PM Perfidious Sinn said
@(Unverified) I enjoyed it and thought the physics complaints were blown vastly out of proportion.
The problem came with the unoriginal level design and it costing $15. But it wasn't a bad game.
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The problem came with the unoriginal level design and it costing $15. But it wasn't a bad game.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 6:47PM trutenprower said
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I liked Sonic 4. It had its faults but it was still good. Far too short though.
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I liked Sonic 4. It had its faults but it was still good. Far too short though.
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 9:26PM Kaizen84 said
@(Unverified)
I really enjoyed sonic 4, I thought it was a great throw back to the originals. People saying Sonic stopped dead when you let go of the joystick may have had a point, but I never noticed - it's Sonic the Hedgehog! You never let go of the joystick. Push right, jump and hope for the best. That's the way it's always been and if you don't like it, don't play it. Sometimes I think people just buy these games so they can bitch online about them. If that's how being a videogames fan works these days, then you'll have to excuse me as I'm just about to go to the shops to pick up my copy of Call of Duty...
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I really enjoyed sonic 4, I thought it was a great throw back to the originals. People saying Sonic stopped dead when you let go of the joystick may have had a point, but I never noticed - it's Sonic the Hedgehog! You never let go of the joystick. Push right, jump and hope for the best. That's the way it's always been and if you don't like it, don't play it. Sometimes I think people just buy these games so they can bitch online about them. If that's how being a videogames fan works these days, then you'll have to excuse me as I'm just about to go to the shops to pick up my copy of Call of Duty...
Posted: Aug 24th 2011 7:37AM (Unverified) said
I'm glad I'm not the only one who did then. Sure it had it's problems but I feel it gets bashed far to much.
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Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 4:21PM ChaseHammerJ said
Episode 1 was a real let down...why would i buy Episode 2....yeah right another $15...HAHAHAHHA
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 4:45PM type2red said
I thought Sega was done with these episodes and was focusing on the new generations game? Episode one was garbage!
Posted: Aug 23rd 2011 4:54PM Shadow Hog said
@type2red
Everyone seems to have thought that, and I'm not sure why. Sega NEVER said they were ditching Sonic 4 for Generations, and instead kept insisting Episode 2 was under development. It's like the Internet collectively put words in Sega's mouth.
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Everyone seems to have thought that, and I'm not sure why. Sega NEVER said they were ditching Sonic 4 for Generations, and instead kept insisting Episode 2 was under development. It's like the Internet collectively put words in Sega's mouth.
