Sonic Rush Adventure E3 thread

[Forza Johnman]

I dislike Shadow, mostly because whenever he appears; (with the exception of Heroes) he is either causing or preventing catastrophic doom on the whole planet. Its just a bit over-dramatic.

To be honest the only characters that have put me off, design wise, are Marine, Silver and Blaze.

Silver mostly because he just is a bit ugly with that giant cannabis leaf on his head and that black eye shadow. And Blaze, I just don't like her really and I'm not sure what it is on her head, are they feathers or dreadlocks spiked up? Marine just looks a bit too much like Cream really rather than anything that is off putting.

Big kicks arse.

Also, am I sad for somewhat looking forward to the RPG-lite sections of the game?

[Isuka]

I think that the plot twists in Sonic Adventure (involving Chaos and Tikal) and Sonic Adventure 2 (involving Shadow and the whole ARK/ GUN thing) were pretty cool and original, the only problem is that all those new characters (including Rouge) served a single purpose in a single story and after that were rendered useless, cumbersome, irrelevant and even redundant, like it seems will also happen with Blaze in Rush Adventure.
And the plot twists certainly grew tiring, it would be really neat to have a simplistic, minimal yet interesting plot with few all-purpose characters again, if only to remember better days.

[Opa-Opa]

He's a evil doppelganger of the title character.

There was Silver Sonic, Metal Sonic, Mecha Sonic...

[Dasher]

Shadow is the Anti-Hero of this series.

PS. Silver Sonic = Mecha Sonic MK I.

[b_boult]

The trailer's been released, and you'll find it here: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/pl ... le&id=1005

There's also some screens here: http://uk.media.ds.ign.com/media/900/900363/imgs_1.html

The trailer has taken me by surprise actually. I've kind of had my doubts about this game and how well it would turn out from the start (and with good reason really, considering who's making it), and while I do still have a few concerns, that video is extremely promising and full of eye candy.

[Esrever]

I'm still not sold on the stage art, primarily because of the stylistic decision to put black outlines on everything. But otherwise, I think it looks pretty fun!

[Dasher]

Is it me or do the stages look Marioesque?

[Opa-Opa]

Shadow is the Anti-Hero of this series.

PS. Silver Sonic = Mecha Sonic MK I.

I liked when Knuckles was the anti-heto.

Oh... and it does look a bit Marioesque...

[Esrever]

Personally I think it looks a lot like the Klonoa GBA games, mainly because of the black outlines, pastel backgrounds, and sort of vaguely fantasy-esque environments.

[Isuka]

Putting a generic Game Boy Advance platform game screenshot against a generic DS platform game screenshot side-by-side surely is enlightening... They look the damn same!

[Esrever]

Well, I actually quite like the Klonoa GBA games! But they do have a sort of sterile, obviously grid-based look to them. Still, it's a bit more suitable in a puzzle-oriented platformer, and a bit more excusable in a six-year-old game on an older piece of hardware, than it is in a new DS game like Rush Adventure.

But man, even beyond being a bit generic... the outlines, the shading, the block-based foregrounds on the flat "painted" fantasy backgrounds... they share a VERY similar look, don't you think?

[Dasher]

Yeah, now that u mention it looks like Klonoa levels a bit, specially because of those dark lines and "fantastic" designs.

PS. Knuckles was more of a confused Hero in Sonic 3, he later was more of a loner because he is a guardian to the Master Emerald. A loner but not so much, hes always been sorta a Partner to Sonic and Tails.

And now well, lets just say the Master Emerald must have another protection, heheheh.

[Rlan]

Well there is a fella who's reviewing the game that's let out a few tidbits. May be spoilers ahead!

1) Naganuma is not involved in the music at all. Teruhiko Nakagawa [ie; Blaze remixer in the original] is listed as Sound Director, and Tomoya Ohtani, Seirou Okamoto, and Mariko Nanba as Music Composers. Not as good as Sonic Rush [expected, really]

2) Despite saying otherwise, Dimps made the game.

2) Game plays just like Sonic Rush, maybe a bit easier and more forgiving. A plus!

3) 3D levels are fun, play very similarly to the 3D Special Stages in Rush, only need to play once to get to a level. This is how you collect 'Emeralds' - Johnny challenges you for emeralds.

4) If you suck at the game you will need to replay some levels. Tails required 'Metals' and getting good rankings gives you more metals.

5) Ludicrous amounts of cutscenes and 'story', but can be skipped for the most part. Marine's a pain in the arse. [spoiler] Sonic & Tails warp to Blaze's world - Whiskers being the Eggman of their world apparently. Nega hasn't shown up yet[/spoiler]

6) Level gimmicks include a 3D rail ride. Nothing slow like Mirage Road [yet]

7) Some enemies require multiple hits, but rare.

8) Wifi - you can race people online, and upload scores to worldwide rankings. Apparently only shows the top 3 players though - I'd imagine the website would show more?

Also, EGM reviewed the game in their latest review - giving it a 7.5, 7 and 7. They gave the first game straight 8's.

[EspioKaos]

1) Naganuma is not involved in the music at all. Teruhiko Nakagawa [ie; Blaze remixer in the original] is listed as Sound Director, and Tomoya Ohtani, Seirou Okamoto, and Mariko Nanba as Music Composers. Not as good as Sonic Rush [expected, really]

Sweet! I mean, for the sake of continuity with the first Rush, Naganuma would've been ideal, but I love the work that each of those composers have done -- Ohtani and Nanba, especially.

[Zeta]

Do Sonic or Blaze have any new moves? They played a lot too similar for me in the first Rush.

[Rlan]

Sonic & Blaze play similarly like the original, and have the same differences. If you ever play Time Attack with both characters you notice the differences a lot more. ie; Blaze has a much higher R+Up jump, she's got a slower speed, and can hover for a second or two.

[Opa-Opa]

Maybe Blaze has a mech now?

[Rlan]

Here is the EGM review:

[FlashTHD]

Jeremy: WAH WAH WHY IS THIS NOT FAST BITCH BITCH BITCH MOAR SPEED DAMMIT GRRGH. 7.5

Somebody had to say it, and no better man to BS than him.

[Segaholic2]

Oh no, because a game that is very likely very mediocre shouldn't get very mediocre reviews.

[FlashTHD]

Sure it is, but Jeremy Parish is the shining example of why practically nobody in the press should ever be let near a Sonic game and then a keyboard/camera.

[Shadow Hog]

Yeah, I don't get the "<i>Sonic</i> is only fun when I'm going fast" opinion the press keeps spouting.

Which reminds me, I need to finish <i>Nothing But Speed</i>. Damn, I've really dropped the ball with that one.

[Locit]

Sure it is, but Jeremy Parish is the shining example of why practically nobody in the press should ever be let near a Sonic game and then a keyboard/camera.

He's... an example of why people shouldn't review Sonic games?

Seriously though, I'm not sure what the hell his deal with the exploration segments is. It really does sound like he's taking issue with a feature he admits to be fun but hey it's not super fast and it's a Sonic game so it's BAD. The third reviewer is particularly confusing, though- he praises it much more openly and with more enthusiasm than Parish, but gives it a lower score. Also,

"Need for Speed: Never more obvious than here"

Oog.

[Isuka]

It's quite funny that people all over the world think that Sonic's gameplay catch was/ is just keepin' the D-pad's right button pressed and ocassionally pressing another button for jumping, since that'll never get you too far in the original games (maybe just Emerald Hill, but nowhere else). It looks like none of them beat those games even once, but they still get paid for spewing worthless shite over what's supposedly wrong with the series.

[DackAttac]

A 7's a damn decent game. A 7 is what I want from Sonic in target and execution for a little while. Until Sega can prove that they're capable of putting in the elbow grease of coming out with anything higher, it might be a good niche of them to be "the company that makes the good games" instead of the "company that tries for incredible but are just kidding themselves."