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Possible Sonic Mania content patch spotted in SteamDB. Named "Project Plus"
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A Sonic and Knuckles style "lock on" DLC would be great.
Even if the DLC is just playable Amy and Metal Sonic, that'd still be sweet
Even if the DLC is just playable Amy and Metal Sonic, that'd still be sweet
As much as I would like a full blown remake my mind always goes back to "How would they even do that?" if you think a sequel that's all original levels and stuff. They were under quite a lot of pressure just to get 3 all-new zones in between all the remixed zones and acts and that's already a lot of ideas and creative energy and passion put into one thing which they can't simply reuse. Having to be original and creative is tough, and I have a feeling they may be going for just Mania and a bit of extra for now and a Mania 2 might see them hiring more low-class developers who want to try their hand at designing Sonic games. I can't prove they're burnt out or anything like that, but considering Mania's scope I already feel like people's expectations are getting set higher than what's realistic for a potential sequel.
If it means more new original levels cool, if it more recycled levels meh pass.
But please no more crazy long levels it really dragged final stretch of Sonic Mania down.
But please no more crazy long levels it really dragged final stretch of Sonic Mania down.
Any time spent making new art for translating a 3D-era level into 2D would be better spent making an original level, especially since every 3D Sonic game post SA1 has like, no interesting level concepts anyway
Investing money into Mania again after realizing how inept sonic team is with Forces being a bomba.
Ever played Sonic Megamix by the same people? They had different play styles for Sonic, Mighty, and Shadow. Mighty was actually just like Sonic plays in Sonic Mania (minus the drop dash) but Sonic and Shadow played entirely differently. Sonic had the light speed dash and Shadow had a bunch of unique moves. I've been wondering when either play style would make an appearance in the Christian Whitehead games. Hopefully if this is DLC, they add in those play styles. Sonic in Sonic Megamix is particularly fun, IMO.
I will take more Sonic Mania. More would be good.
The long levels like Titanic Monarch were cool until you game over to the Act 2 boss and have to do two levels all over again. Or you come up against the ten minute timer and die because why, why on Earth do we still have this?
Id buy it. Wouldn't even hesitate. Mania was one of my best gaming experiences in the whole of 2017. Especially will jump at the prospect of having more Tee Lopes music to listen to as well.
Interesting if they're making new content since the official word was pretty hard on the side of "no DLC planned" not that long ago
I see where you're coming from, Studiopolis and Mirage Saloon were some of the best zones in the series.
Gotta disagree. I wouldn't mind seeing zones based on something like Hang Castle or Asteroid Coaster.
I forgot about Colors when mentioning that. Yeah Aquarium Park would be pretty dope.
But Heroes is basically just a retread of classic Sonic level tropes anyway, to the point where it has the classic 2-act-per-zone structure in all but name.
Ah awesome, thread on Era for this. Read the news a few hours back on Sonic Retro so was hoping this would be spotted here. Sonic Mania: Enhanced Edition sounds most probable here, with the "Plus" presumably indicating more content as with Sonic Mega Collection Plus forever ago. Taxman remasters included? New stages? Who knows at this point, but it seems they're planning on a re-release of the game with something more added to justify the purchase. Sega must have seen the insane sales and that's what prompted this.
Eager to see more on this. Thread is watched, and I'll be checking in hoping to see news. Mania was GOTY 2017 for me.
Eager to see more on this. Thread is watched, and I'll be checking in hoping to see news. Mania was GOTY 2017 for me.
This wouldn't be DLC, technically, but instead a patch that adds new content.
They need to add Metal Sonic already. His sprites are already in the game might as well just make him playable along with some classic stages.
Egg Reverie is so blatantly unfinished it would be tragic if they never fix it.
I hope it is not too large. Mania has a bunch of little issues but I really rather them just move onto a completely new project. Triple Trouble remake in Mania's style please!
All of those character concepts were by someone who had no direct hand in Sonic Mania. Even still I am sure they have loads of creative ideas with what they could do with someone like Metal Sonic.
Forces has at least one free DLC pack on the way.
No they weren't. They were from Stealth. People copying his code for Sonic's Light Speed Dash in Megamix was an enormous source of contention in the sonic hacking community for years.
I'd like to see Amy playable. Tried a romhack where she replaced Sonic in 3 & Knuckles and that was pretty fun. You don't really realize how crucial rolling is until you play a character who can't. Metal Sonic can come, too, since he has sprites already.
Oh and the ability to team up any two characters for the game. Just for variety's sake.
Oh and the ability to team up any two characters for the game. Just for variety's sake.