Sonic 4 Episode II Discussion Thread

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Sonic 4 Episode 2 has been officially announced by Sega for release in 2012. The teaser trailer reveals the addition of not only tails, but Metal Sonic (As a villan - no mention of him being playable). Mentioned in the trailer is that they have listened to fans about the way Ep.1 Played and Sega have designed a new graphics and physics engine for Ep. 2

Interestingly, amongst all the platforms slated to recieve Ep. 2, nintendo systems were not mentioned.

Check out the trailer in the link (And the Sega Guys beard lol)

I personally cant wait!
Nah.

Sonic has sucked. There are a handful of 3D world games that were incoherent in execution, really awful games to play.

Sonic is best for 2D side-scrolling platform. Leave him like that.
I completely disagree on sonic sticking to 2D only, a combination between 3D and 2D can be done well (you practically showed that yourself by liking sonic generations and giving it a good review), and while I do agree 2D is sonic at his peak, I think Sonic would lose some of his appeal if he only had 2D games now, as they would probably all be downloadable/handheld titles and we'd probably see less of him.

Besides that, they've found a way to please both fanbases (old and new/2D and 3D) of Sonic now, by having this engine that combines both 2D and 3D gameplay to get the best of both worlds of Sonic, which isn't at all an easy thing to do. When you've got two fanbases to please with one series for just about each game It's very difficult.

I wont disagree that there were a handful of 3D games that were excuted poorly, but I think that's partly due to Sega trying to for all these years find a formula to get Sonic right in (notice how the gameplay changed completely just about every game from Heroes until unleashed), and also bad decisions on Segas parts with alot of them. But anyway, I don't think they were awful or alot alot of them were that bad, I found alot of them quite fun despite their flaws, but that's just me and my opinion.
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Tsunamo said: I completely disagree on sonic sticking to 2D only, a combination between 3D and 2D can be done well (you practically showed that yourself by liking sonic generations and giving it a good review), and while I do agree 2D is sonic at his peak, I think Sonic would lose some of his appeal if he only had 2D games now, as they would probably all be downloadable/handheld titles and we'd probably see less of him.
Besides that, they've found a way to please both fanbases (old and new/2D and 3D) of Sonic now, by having this engine that combines both 2D and 3D gameplay to get the best of both worlds of Sonic, which isn't at all an easy thing to do. When you've got two fanbases to please with one series for just about each game It's very difficult.
I wont disagree that there were a handful of 3D games that were excuted poorly, but I think that's partly due to Sega trying to for all these years find a formula to get Sonic right in (notice how the gameplay changed completely just about every game from Heroes until unleashed), and also bad decisions on Segas parts with alot of them. But anyway, I don't think they were awful or alot alot of them were that bad, I found alot of them quite fun despite their flaws, but that's just me and my opinion.



weird i say the exact same things on other places. It's nice to see i'm not the only one who thinks like this.

Sonic can return to awesomeness thanks to people like you.
Sonic has had its ups and downs but despite what people have said, I've loved probably 80% of the 3D games.

Sonic Adventure 1+2 were great favorites back on the Dreamcast (though they have aged pretty bad).

Playing the first level of Adventure 2 and hearing "Escape from the city" still sends nostalgasms through my spine.
I'm just going to assume this is now the general discussion for episode 2 :P

Xbox.com has revealed not only the first screenshots of this game (and they look beautiful, lovely graphical engine), but confirmed it will have online co-op! (and offline) Can't wait to play a Sonic and Tails combo online with my friends, really looking forward to it! I have extemely high hopes for this episode.

The screenshots and more info are here: www.sonicstadium.org/...

Jpro said:weird i say the exact same things on other places. It's nice to see i'm not the only one who thinks like this.

I'm glad there's someone else out there that thinks like me. I feel like we're the minority sadly :/
So stoked to see the 'recreation' of the Sonic 2 Special Stage.

Always been my favourite. I hope they remix the original music a bit for it too.
I loved Sonic 2's special stages, but I hope they make Tails optional in them, or at least fix up his AI. Made them near impossible because he kept on bumping into things. >.>

Kinda disappointed this one has 4 zones again, here's hoping the acts are long, or have at least 3 acts.

Edit: Gameplay trailer revealed just then, not sure what I think of it.
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looks better than ep 1
I think it looks kinda good. Except the water level [Rage]
water levels always suck
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chucky110 said: looks better than ep 1

Yeah, they've at least improved since the first episode, especially in the graphical style.

chucky110 said: water levels always suck

This. But then again I'm biased because I always find the platforming underwater to be a pain.
Water levels are always a pain cause it slows the gameplay right down. What makes Sonic water levels worse is the lack of infinite breathing/air [Rage]

As a kid, I literally got scared when the countdown timer started :S
I like letting tails drown
Tails always drowns, he's just a nub (evil)
Fox can't swim
Neither can Hedgehogs
Leaked achivement list for the game (I dunno how these get out so early when the game hasn't even got a release month)
reveals that the game will have Red Rings to collect in-game, that along with achivements/trophys that will take awhile to unlock and special stages from Sonic 2 will give this game a lasting value that the original didn't really have.

Also if Tails is playable in Single Player that would also help.
it must be close to being released then

chucky110 said: it must be close to being released then

I guess so, but the trailer and little info on it (not even screenshots) from Sega up until about two weeks ago implied otherwise. Not that I'd be complaining if it is.
They might release it without even saying anything like konami did with the simpsons game
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So we've finally got a release date, and they've bought back the lock-on technology from older Sonics and put it into episode 1 and 2, neat!
Episode "METAL" content [MOG]

They did not ask my permission! [Rage]
Poor Sega, the whole game leaked on Steam. Even if it is just the beta, it still runs well. They can't go one Sonic game without it leaking.
www.neogaf.com/...
There's alot of gameplay videos on youtube now.

metalliguy said: Episode "METAL" content
They did not ask my permission!

Sue for copyright infrindgement! [Rage]

Edit: So I'm the only one grabbing this when it comes out in May? Sure would seem that's the case :(
No, I am too
How long in between episode did they wait? Seems like ages since the first one. :/
 
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