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Penny's Big Breakaway (Sonic Mania Team/Christian Whitehead/Team Evening Star) drop preview of incredible soundtrack (Tee Lopes/Sean Bialo/Whitehead)

Mesoian

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Everytime I see this game, I think, "Wow, someone made a good billy hatcher."

Those tracks slap though. I'll play this.
 
NotLiquid

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The tracks sound really good so far. Tee Lopes' tracks also sound a bit different from the usual Sonic fare so that makes me excited, it felt like his style got a little predictable after his phenomenal work on SoR4.

Dunno if Penny's OST will be more of a who's who project in terms of musicians, but while I'm not expecting it, it'd be nice to see Funk Fiction on the soundtrack. Among the web of notable Sonic-adjacent fan musicians I always thought his deep house work was phenomenal in Sonic BTS/ATS, No Straight Roads, and Spark the Electric Jester.
 

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I love the art style idk why. Music sounds rad. Looking forward to this.
 
PolygonFlux

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The colours and low-poly aesthetic reminds me of Mega Man Legends. Also, the movement screams Super Mario Odyssey to me - lots of aerial options, similar to Cappy! Looks great to play.
 
nded

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I quite like the look of this game. The art style and color palette give me Treasure vibes.
 
VariantX

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Glad the game is going to get a great soundtrack to go along with it to further bolster its chances. The game genuinely looked fun from what I saw.
 
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PeakPointMatrix

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nogoodnamesleft said:
I didn't like any of them :/

And yeah the art for this game….not a fan
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Yeah if the Sonic CD JPN/Adventure/Mania realm of music isn't your thing, these tracks might be a miss for you.
PolygonFlux said:
The colours and low-poly aesthetic reminds me of Mega Man Legends. Also, the movement screams Super Mario Odyssey to me - lots of aerial options, similar to Cappy! Looks great to play.
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nded said:
I quite like the look of this game. The art style and color palette give me Treasure vibes.
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Yes to all of this! The visuals and art direction are scratching at a very particular vibe of 90's low poly textures aesthetic in a very modern package. So bright and just pops, love it.
 

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the music is so generic if you told me it was written by AI I would believe you
 
sliceoftoast

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Every single track here is a 10/10 and it would convince me to get this game if I didn't already like the other aspects.
 
Nali

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Not feeling a lot of these synth choices at all, unfortunately. Undermining some otherwise perfectly decent compositions.
 
yap

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Sounds aight. Some of the synth samples are a little obnoxious. Still excited for the game.
 
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PeakPointMatrix

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hisdadjesty said:
the music is so generic if you told me it was written by AI I would believe you
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All I have to say is if this is generic to you, please point me to more music you consider "generic" immediately please.

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Game is probably gonna turbo bomb.
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logan_cadfgs said:
Look at that weird little face, it's perf
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Smash-It Stan

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Been had this wishlisted since it was announced, wont listen to the music as I dont want to tease myself like that. Need this game like yesterday pls, fucking love the character design and world and everything
 
Dinjoralo

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The art style is very reminiscent of the kinda weird freaks you'd see in CGI-rendered stuff from Japan in the 90's.
I like most of the designs I'm seeing except for the main character...
 
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hisdadjesty said:
the music is so generic if you told me it was written by AI I would believe you
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What's with low-effort insult posts such as this lately? Just because you didn't like it doesn't mean it's made by a generative algorithm. That's disgustingly insulting towards the composer(s) in this case. Like, if it's not for you, it's not for you. I am sure there are plenty of people who don't like the music you're a fan of. Assuming you like music.

Just, do better.

Edit: Sorry, about the game itself, I just added it to my wishlist after I forgot to do so with the initial announcement and kinda forgot about it. The music slaps btw.
 
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PeakPointMatrix said:
Yeah if the Sonic CD JPN/Adventure/Mania realm of music isn't your thing, these tracks might be a miss for you.



Yes to all of this! The visuals and art direction are scratching at a very particular vibe of 90's low poly textures aesthetic in a very modern package. So bright and just pops, love it.
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I love all those you mentioned especially mania 😍
 
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PeakPointMatrix

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Vash said:
What's with low-effort insult posts such as this lately?
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I know it's era but even still there feels like a jarring uptick in these unprovoked toxic drive-bys? Like how miserable are you when you feel compelled to randomly declaring colorful indie game a bomb or made by an algorithm. Is "made by an AI" 2023's version of the similarly lazy and vapid "looks like it was made in Dreams" critique?
 
Buckle

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Thats....huh.

Well, if its from the Sonic Mania guys I'm obligated to try it atleast once.
 
Jinfash

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Soundtrack sounds nice but HOLY SHIT I had no idea this game existed in the first place! The gameplay looks fantastic too.
 
RowdyReverb

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I feel like they are bailing the vibe with this, but I can't really put a name to the vibe. It makes me vaguely nostalgic for early 3D platformers but also pre-rendered CG art from the era
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I know it's era but even still there feels like a jarring uptick in these unprovoked toxic drive-bys? Like how miserable are you when you feel compelled to randomly declaring colorful indie game a bomb or made by an algorithm. Is "made by an AI" 2023's version of the similarly lazy and vapid "looks like it was made in Dreams" critique?
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It's hot takes that belong on X.
 
logan_cadfgs

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Yo wasn't sure whether to post this here or bump the other thread from June.

Two weeks ago there was 50ish min of gameplay shown by the devs (on The Completionist's charity stream… awkward).

Looks great, and the team gives some neat insight

Here's some random YouTube re-up in case ya don't wanna give the charity's official channel any views:


View: https://youtu.be/EJy4wKomuG4?si=BE9Acu0T9t94xQJH
 
TechMetalRules

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logan_cadfgs said:
Yo wasn't sure whether to post this here or bump the other thread from June.

Two weeks ago there was 50ish min of gameplay shown by the devs (on The Completionist's charity stream… awkward).

Looks great, and the team gives some neat insight

Here's some random YouTube re-up in case ya don't wanna give the charity's official channel any views:


View: https://youtu.be/EJy4wKomuG4?si=BE9Acu0T9t94xQJH
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Thanks for posting! I've been so excited to see more from this game. Unsurprisingly, it looks incredibly fun to play!
 
HK_1

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calling these tracks an incredible soundtrack is a bit of an overstatement. The game looks pretty fun though.
 
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hisdadjesty said:
the music is so generic if you told me it was written by AI I would believe you
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Love post like these. /s

Like these composers put their heart into these tracks and it's not easy to compose a single track let alone many.

But yeah, keep on going on about how it's generic incompose by AI and all that garbage. If you think so, then make something better. But you know, it's easier to make low effort shit posts than to put in the hard work these composers do to create these tracks.
 
JayCeeJim

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Nali said:
Not feeling a lot of these synth choices at all, unfortunately. Undermining some otherwise perfectly decent compositions.
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It's exactly the opposite for me. The synths surely stand out, but in a good way. Without them they could sound more generic or like a rehash of the Mania soundtrack.

On the other hand, I dislike the collor pallete, although I think I kind of get what they are going for. It reminds me a bit of JSRF, which tried to escape from the pure primary and natural colors of the first game to have a kind of surreal feeling. Like turning the skies to turquoise or pink instead of blue.
 
Mandelbo

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"early 2024" cannot come soon enough, these are absolutely my jam, especially Land-ho Diabolo, giving me some Kirby vibes for whatever reason! But they're all fantastic, and so different from one another
 
NaikoGames

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the tracks are suuuuuper vibey, they're a bit goofy sure but i think is part of the aesthetic, the 3rd one is TeeLopes greatness as it progresses.

They're maybe not as emblematic as Sonic songs, but what is really, they're still great af
 
roguesquirrel

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Im extremely dialed into what theyre going for with this game. Jigs Up Penny in particular is really good & captures that early 00s Treasure/Sega vibe

hisdadjesty said:
the music is so generic if you told me it was written by AI I would believe you
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the irony of accusing something of being AI by using a worn out generic stock phrase
 
logan_cadfgs

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I appreciate that Tee's tracks here sound so distinct from his work on Sonic Mania and Superstars. "Jig's Up, Penny" sounds like a great vibe-setting first level tune.
 

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There will be a new trailer in a few days at the PC Gaming Show. Maybe we will get a release date as it's supposed to release early 2024?
 
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