Sega Nerds

Lots of Werehog footage in there, in fact most of the 25 minutes in there is Werehog gameplay.

I’m still not too psyched about the Werehog stages, but maybe I’ll get used to it… hopefully…

On another note, Sonic’s stages still suffers some of the same problems as previous titles (falling to your death, walls that stop you on your track, automated loop-de-loops that break when you try to do something you’re not supposed to on them). *sigh* the game at least looks good when it’s running propperly.

Anyone else think that they never should have introduced the Homing Attack when Sonic went into 3D gaming?

I see too many rails and bottomless pits. Not good.

youcan’tcatchtheblue: I noticed a few “drop to your death” moments in the China level, yeah. The first was the guy’s own fault (bad jump), which is fine - any Mario game is just as punishing. The second time shortly aftewards was a bit more troublesome - seemed like a glitch (understandable in an Alpha build, but brings back back memories).

The one improvement they’ve made to the homing attack - one so obvious it should ALWAYS have existed - is that there’s now a target showing you which enemy Sonic will hit when you press the button. In every other 3D game, you’d either end up hitting the wrong enemy, or just fly off the edge to your death.

It’s a similar fix to what they’ve done with the rails (i.e. that you use the bumpers to switch rails instead of jumping and hoping for the best): when you perform an action, you can be confident of the result. There’ll still be deaths, yes - but hopefully they won’t be CHEAP deaths.

My major concern at this point is the framerate, which is purportedly shocking in some cases. Not having 60 fps is one thing, but if we have to settle for 30, it better be a SOLID 30. Yeah, they’ve said they’re going to work on it, but we heard the same thing about NiGHTS JOD many times.

@youcantcatchtheblue,

the first 10 whole minutes is the Sonic stages, im gald they showed the werehog stages for what they were as that was the area of most concern to people.
“On another note, Sonic’s stages still suffers some of the same problems as previous titles (falling to your death, walls that stop you on your track, automated loop-de-loops that break when you try to do something you’re not supposed to on them)”

Well.. YEAH! There STILL needs to be a GAME behind it dude! Except for the loopdeloop thing, the guy was distracted and wasn’t going very fast, so i saw that one failing from the start.
If we didn’t have falling to your death, wed have a bajillion enemies getting in your way during the speed sections which would totally hinder what they’re trying to do in the first place.
If they didn’t have this crap, thered be no challenge, and wed just be flying through the level without any danger at all, talk about BORING.

As for the werehog stages, its a nice breakup and change of pace. If all we did was speed stages it’d eventually get tiresome, so this is a nice surprise to see a half decent combat system outside of simply homing in on dudes and running circles. I was more pleasantly surprised by the amount of flexibility weresonic has with those stretchy arms, really allowed the dev team to get creative with the moves.
Inf act, the Werehog stages remind me of God of War (minus the blood), and that in itself, is NOT a bad thing.

oh and the target showing up for what your gonna hit, omg, THERE is the missing element just like Resident nEvil said!

Also, Cantcatchtheblue, being as sonic is all about using his quills in his jumping attacks, as for speed he has to sacrifice upper body strength, and simply kicking enemies outside of sliding into them doesn’t seem viable either, can you please tell me what a better idea than a 3d homing attack would have been? :s Your statement made many an eyebrow of mine shoot up in question lol

Im super stoked for release date, i cannot wait to get my hands on this game :D
(and Chronicles!)

The Sonic Xtreme thing, if you’re wondering what I’m talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftNgzZ3Ovig
It’s the move they show at the very end of the trailer.
Although, I doubt it even made it into the game, as the only build we’ve seen of Sonic Xtreme was really glitchy before it was cancelled.

youcan’tcatchtheblue: Well, I think the homing attack has its place. Yes, Mario can get away with jumping on Goomba’s heads… because he’s barely moving in any direction when he jumps, whereas Sonic can clear 400m leaps with a single button press.

Enemies in Sonic, unlike other platformers, are often used more as a means to get to higher areas as opposed to an actual threat.

I know what you mean about the satisfaction of nailing an enemy, but it looks like the Weresonic sections are going to have that in spades - albeit with a different style of play (keeping fingers crossed for “God of War” and not “Generic Beat ‘em Up 7″)

I could see Knuckles and Sonic the Werehog getting along. (big hands)

This is terrible. This is awful.
Sonic Team have ruined Sonic, once again.
What makes it so difficult for them to make a good game? Do they listen to complaints?

I agree completely with youcan’tcatchtheblue, he knows (like I do) what he’s talking about. I’ve still got my Sega Megadrive, the original Sonic 1 cartridge still works. This got bad when Sonic 3D Blast came out, and they’ve gotten worse ever since.

Although, saying that, I’m still going to buy this game. Silly, aint it? :P