Sonic 4 Thread

[Scarletdark]

...and the frustrating special stages AKARSKDLKTSR

Has anyone gotten the seventh emerald yet? Every time I try to get the seventh emerald and fail I feel like throwing my iPod touch against a brick wall and ripping the accelerometer out of it's shattered remains (man those stages are tough!).

[Polar Exelion]

Has anyone gotten the seventh emerald yet? Every time I try to get the seventh emerald and fail I feel like throwing my iPod touch against a brick wall and ripping the accelerometer out of it's shattered remains (man those stages are tough!).

I finished Sonic 4 in one day, emeralds took all night. I could've spent that night drawing things on graph paper for S:R, but I got all hardcore gamer like and couldn't stop playing.

[Kirs]

The magic of the classics were the physics.

Now physics are really fucked up.

Maybe a good game, but not worth the name and not worth the price.

I loved Sonic Heroes and Unleashed, and when the things are suposed to improve, they fall like this...

I dont wanna say this, but I should admit it, I dont like this game CUZ OF THE PHYSICS !!

FUUUUUUUU !!

EDIT

And also the way homming attack works, at first i thought it was not gonna be a bad thing but now... i hate it

I'm a hater !! NooooooooOOoOoo!

[DimensionWarped]

There was more to the classics than just the physics. Don't get me wrong, the physics were an important and wonderful part of them, but even if the physics for them were like the physics in this there would still have been good games in them in spite of that.

Frankly aside from the physics there were lots of other little things that nibbled on my potential to enjoy this game. For instance homing attack chains over pits of death (something which by the way I had predicted the instant the homing attack was ever mentioned, which is funny because the homing attack has been in lots of 2D Sonic games yet this one was the first one to actually shove it down your throat by making it your only option of attack very frequently) or vines that don't quite work like they should. Waggle gimmicks that come up a little awkard like those seasaws and the stupid water plug thing SG was talking about. The way the rings bounced and could get stuck in long strings of spikes, the way they'd chain together the same gimmick over and over again as if it constituted some kind of challenge (protip: if you can navigate 3 waggle seasaws blocking your progress, you can navigate 20)

More needs work than just the physics.

[shadowgoten]

Also, wtf is Sega now so obsessed with back and forth spring segments to get you up higher? I've seen it used so much in this game

[Jamie Bailey]

YAAAAAY! At the time of posting this message, HyperMonkeyKing (me) is top of the PS3 Time Attack leaderboard for Special Stage 5 with a time of 1'01"00! But then again, game's not been out long, so someone will beat it soon, but it's nice to be on top while it lasts.

This one's a pain in the iPhone version, so much easier on PS3, even though it's the same damn stage.

EDIT: My time seems to have magically changed without me playing again, it's gone from 1'01"00 to 1'04"32, strange. And yes, more time seems to be a good thing on this leaderboard.

[Aerosol]

You know, if I bought this to play it, I'd probably be in the same boat as the Sonic 4 Super Haters. But I didn't buy it to play it. I had fun with it too. But I wouldn't buy it, not for $15. $5 sounds about right to me.

[FanGameRevolver]

I still want a steam release, as I don't happen to own any of these toys it's released on.

*pouts*

[jumpbutton]

While the physics issue is probably one of the deadest horses to ever suffer a beating, I recorded this, and I'm posting it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfQFTTeHybA

I find the game, from the demo at least, to be decent fun but there's a lot wrong with it. Mostly the fact that half the time the jump/spin/homing attack buttons tend to do one of their other functions in the middle of another function - i.e. suddenly jump and air dash while trying to spin dash.

Also, they make absolutely no effort to hide the graphics layers. Sonic clips in and out of loops all over the place. The actual level art seems to be awkwardly placed over itself in places, and break-away ground pieces' animation makes it look like it pops out of existence and then back into existence before it actually breaks.

It's okay.

[Scarletdark]

This is kinda random but I think sonic's jumping animation would be 10x better if it had that "blue aura" around him, like when he spins.

[Chaos Rush]

I just noticed that they mixed up the Spindash and Rolling sounds.

waaaaat.

[Sslaxx]

Pardon me if I'm the slowest person around, but

- isn't this exactly the same MIDI file as used in the Sonic and Knuckles PC collection?

[Serephim]

This is kinda random but I think sonic's jumping animation would be 10x better if it had that "blue aura" around him, like when he spins.

No, from what i've seen, the spinning speed of the animation isnt dependent on the speed Sonic is traveling, which is why it looks so off.

[flame6753]

Something that has been bugging me about the iPhone version of sonic 4 is this: It if is indeed true that Sonic is just sprites made from a pre-rendered Sonic model, why didn't they use it for the iphoen version instead of that crappy rush model?

[Streak Thunderstorm]

Because sonic's model isn't a sprite. Its a model.

[JetHawk95]

Personally I kinda like the Ipod model much more. Its a lot more dark blue like the Sonic Adventure 2 model, The Other versions are lighter and dont look like an actual model it looks more like a sprite.

Just my opinion but prefer the SA2 Style model

[Jamie Bailey]

Ah, didn't think of this, I've had a friend request on the PS3, is it anyone from here?

If not, it's probably a random person who found my name on the Sonic 4 leaderboards, but unless I know who it is, I won't accept.

[DJ espeed]

I can tell you it wasn't me. My sig is more than enough proof.

Edit: It would be if YourGamerCards wasn't down today. Anywho, my PSN ID is djespeed.

[Mobiethian]

I finished Sonic 4 in one day, emeralds took all night. I could've spent that night drawing things on graph paper for S:R, but I got all hardcore gamer like and couldn't stop playing.

I wish I could play it. I still haven't yet but will be as soon as I get some cash together for a wireless router for the 360.

[Scarletdark]

I wish I could play it. I still haven't yet but will be as soon as I get some cash together for a wireless router for the 360.

I'd suggest you wait it goes down in price.

[DJ espeed]

I'd suggest you wait it goes down in price.

That's what I'm going to do, if by it you mean the price of the game. Hopefully they'll do some sort of holiday pricing. That, or wait until the week of 23 June 2011. They'd probably have some killer deals by then.

[Ristar]

if you're so desperate to play it, do what I used to do:

carry your TV and 360 and plug them in near modem.

Enjoy awkward gaming!

[Chaos Rush]

Pardon me if I'm the slowest person around, but

- isn't this exactly the same MIDI file as used in the Sonic and Knuckles PC collection?

It gets worse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpn9Wh9ghkw

[Sparks]

It gets worse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpn9Wh9ghkw

I thought they did a good remix of that personally.

[Serephim]

oh my christ sega