Post by Zak29 on Sept 6, 2004 13:59:52 GMT
Retrogamer said:
Ok heres Retros pointers on a Sonic game to be.1) A unique mix of 2D and 3D depending on area, hard to achieve but could be great if done properly.
2) A huge sound of a Sonic BOOM when you cross the speed of sound.
3) A speedometer.
4) Dust clouds behind your racing character.
5) A mixture of single and team based levels. (Optional team or single on each level for time trial)
6) A Metal vs Sonic REAL battle, no big monsters, no rock music, just good old music (mabye zone hopping it rocked) in a huge area with impact dust clouds. (We need this after being cheated out)
7) Reduction in characters, personally I would drop Team Dark for now, return later, mabye, also drop Super for a game. Chaotix drop as well for a little while. As well as Cream and Big...oh heck everyone but the main storyline characters!
*bundled by Team Dark network members*
8) Have boss battles at the end of each act (yes reintroduce acts) and make sure they are good Buttnik ones.
9) Make a really cool original plot.
10) Use a more Retro style art.
Just my opinion on ideas....comments and criticism please.
Some great ideas here!
1. I still say 2d, but perhaps 2d sprites with some very slick cel shaded backgrounds would work?
2, 3 and 4: Brilliant ideas, along as it didn't become too rollercoastery, with little actual gameplay, thats where I think the megadrive games got the balance just right, love the idea of dust clouds especially! since Sammy own Sega, I can imagine a Sonic game running off the Guilty Gear X engine ^_^
5. Hmm, I'm still unconvinced by teams, they still haven't convinced me with heroes or Advance 3 that it adds anything worthwhile to the gameplay.
6. a recreation of the STC Never Lake battle perhaps? that'd be sweet!
7. No doubt. I reckon the amount of characters cheapens the game (heroes) a bit, Sonic's not the focus any more, even when you're playing as him you've got two other characters...
8, 9 and 10: Yes yes and yes indeedy
The reason that I said before to get rid of speech in cutscenes btw was that Sonic always semed to have more character in that little simple sprite than he ever did in 3d, even though he can talk etc... Sega ruined his personality 'You know me, I looove adventure!'...... whatever. The Sprites always seemed how the STC sonic'd look during the quests: grumpy, which I thought was cool.
Opinions?
And we don't have to accept that Sonic isn't going to return to 2d because during an interview with Yuji Naka during E3 someone asked if it was a possibilty. He replied that if thats what the fans want to see, then it'll happen. I'd like to start some sort of petition to return the games to their roots, but I dunno if it'd have enough support....
Opinions? (again )