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Head of Sonic Team hopes that Sonic 2022 will lay the ground for the Future, just like Adventure
- Thread starter Dale Copper
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I mean this will be Sonic first Open world game, so it will be a new format for Sonic.
Link for those who cannot see the tweet.
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Exclusive: Takashi Iizuka Hopes 2022 Sonic Game Will Lay Foundation For Future Titles - The Sonic Stadium
FacebookTweetEmail Takashi Iizuka has revealed that his goal with the 2022 Sonic game is to create a landmark title in the franchise that will lay the foundation for future titles – much like Sonic Adventure did 20 years before it. In an exclusive interview with The Sonic Stadium, the Sonic Team...
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Yes but it will only "lay the foundation" if it's actually good and impressive.
Sonic 06 was supposed to lay the foundation for Sonic in HD but it failed. I don't think this new game will be anywhere near as bad as 06, but it could easily be mediocre or underwhelming.
Adventure laid the ground for even more crappy 3D Sonic games. I have no faith in whatever crap that Sonic Team pushes out anymore.
Getting away from the "Boost" style of games is already enough to get my notice.
Gimme good physics along with whatever sandbox you want Sonic (and pals?) to run and roll around in, and I'll be very much interested.
Gimme good physics along with whatever sandbox you want Sonic (and pals?) to run and roll around in, and I'll be very much interested.
But what if-- now, stay with me here:
We had a Sonic game... with BOOSTS!!
You could BOOST your way from the start of the level to the end of the level!
You wouldn't even have to play the fucking game.
Huh? HUH?? What if we just release like 10 games in a row like that?
Really bold claim by Iizuka here. I don't remember him ever saying something like this before. I'm confident about this game. I really think Sonic Mania was a wake up call for them in the sense that it made them realize Sonic's potential if they made a good 3d game. People shit on Sonic Team all the time but they do have talented people and given proper time and budget, I think they can make something great. Hopefully, it's the case this time. I think every fan has their wishlist for the series but I think, at the end of the day, most fans would be satisfied if they made a damn good game even if it's completely new.
I mean, real talk, they've had the chance with Colors, Generations and Mania. Every time they go back to the well and try to reinvent what sonic is from the ground up for LITERALLY NO REASON. It's what Sonic Team does, ignore the good things about their older games, reimagine general concepts from scratch like boost or wisps, and wind up with a brand new game filled with avoidable growing pains. Then they do it again. Over and over. It makes no sense.
This only works if the game is great. And considering Sonic teams recent output, I don't think anyone really has high expectations.
At least I certainty don't.
At least I certainty don't.
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Forgive me for being skeptical, but, given the Sonic Team output of the last 15 years or so, a significant change in the franchise like Sonic Adventure is something I'm not seeing happening. They really need to shake things up besides just "make an open world Sonic game".
Forgive me for being skeptical, but, given the Sonic Team output of the last 15 years or so, a significant change in the franchise like Sonic Adventure is something I'm not seeing happening. They really need to shake things up besides just "make an open world Sonic game".
I'm actually glad Mania wasn't the one they chose to do this with. Here's hoping the new game is fun, I'd love a new and interesting direction for the series and I hope they stop nostalgia pandering so hard. Only so many Green Hill Zones I can take.
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Not that I'm not interested to see Rangers in action, but… the fact that they didn't jump on a followup to Mania is just baffling to me.
How much do we know about this game?
I'm reading here that it's open-world. If it's fast and has lots of fun physics-based stuff going on in a big open world, then I might be down for that. I've actually been wanting a big open-world physics-based game where you play as a fast-moving bouncing/rolling ball for a while now. If that's the form Sonic takes, then I'm with it.
I'm reading here that it's open-world. If it's fast and has lots of fun physics-based stuff going on in a big open world, then I might be down for that. I've actually been wanting a big open-world physics-based game where you play as a fast-moving bouncing/rolling ball for a while now. If that's the form Sonic takes, then I'm with it.
My expectations are low. While not gameplay they are doing weird shit what is or isn't allowed in thier connected media ...and it isn't inspiring confidence. Focusing on the wrong things, I hope the gameplay doesn't reflect this but if their last attempts are any indication. It might just be.
I really, really hope I'm wrong.
Also I hope ya'll understand what made sonic adventure good before using those games as the comparison point. Because oh jeez
I really, really hope I'm wrong.
Also I hope ya'll understand what made sonic adventure good before using those games as the comparison point. Because oh jeez
Didn't sonic forces outsell mania? Maybe there's more demand for 3d games.
Quite the statement, considering Adventure was a design dead-end that aged horribly and hobbled Sonic games for years until Sonic Team came up with the Colors/Generations formula.
I don't even know what he's talking about. The influence of the Adventure games was basically gone shortly after Unleashed, and that was 2008. I'd be hopeful looking at the 4+ year dev cycle here, but that's about the same amount of time it seemingly took them to make the absolutely dreadful Sonic Forces.
Adventure was cool had potential. and Are fun games to this day.
And the 2nd one in particular never really got expansion on what it did . Which...sucks because you could do a lot with it
It's crazy that it's been almost four years since Mania. It was a rare return to form. Still disappointed we haven't seen the sequel.
They already had it with Generations and Mania. Their big problem is that they never retain developer talent, so every few years it's a restart in all senses.
Given what we've heard from leaks, I can see why he's saying that. He's only mentioning Adventure but I would say Unleashed was a similar example of setting the tone for the next several years of Sonic in terms of gameplay. Open world is new ground for Sonic and has the potential to be really interesting, so hopefully they get it right.
Mania didn't lay any groundwork for the future, it was a total throwback in every respect. A good example of what they should keep doing for 2D games, sure, but irrelevant for the big new 3D game he's talking about. I like Classic Sonic as much as the next guy but I dislike the popular sentiment that the series should eternally rehash the Genesis games as its main focus.
Mania didn't lay any groundwork for the future, it was a total throwback in every respect. A good example of what they should keep doing for 2D games, sure, but irrelevant for the big new 3D game he's talking about. I like Classic Sonic as much as the next guy but I dislike the popular sentiment that the series should eternally rehash the Genesis games as its main focus.
I want to believe, but I am not even a fan of the recent games.
Sonic games were a day 1 purchase for me until Adventure 2. That game ruined it for me, but I still really hope a game can bring 3D Sonic to the level of Mario.
I think they just haven't found the perfect idea.
Sonic games were a day 1 purchase for me until Adventure 2. That game ruined it for me, but I still really hope a game can bring 3D Sonic to the level of Mario.
I think they just haven't found the perfect idea.
