honestly would love to see a serious take at determining which Sonic (universe) character makes audience horny, uneasy, fall in love with the franchise, and assign an age range to it.
The results might cause SEGA suits to get all the wrong ideas and send after ages, so I’d rather see some outsiders doing that, but alas… sometimes it is better to wonder and never find out
That’s cool! Always nice for artists to do their own projects outside of the publisher-owned thing they’re known for! Wonder if they’re all going to make Sonic-alikes or if they’ll do wildly different characters and stories.
ok i feel like even more of a dipshit than my usual cuz i cant figure out how to dump an Unleashed 360 ISO so i am just playing the ps2 version for now. i figure worst case this means i get to experience the canon story cutscenes and then eventually play the HD levels with the trans Sonic mod
i also feel dipshit for not simply commenting with this when i posted said mod
the way they do the tutorial in this version is fucking weird/annoying/funny each mechanic gets its own 10-second level with load screens lol
once youre past that though this has like, literally the best-feeling Sonic levels in any of the 3D games ive played?? genuine feeling of Running Fucking Fast with a perfect amount of friction. my Sonic control ideal is that he should feel smooth yet unwieldy – if you master his movement it feels great, but the Fastest Thing Alive should always be at risk of careening out of control. (the classic 2D games are still unparalleled at this) this gets me in a way that competent-but-jank SA1/2 and too-neat on-rails Colors/Forces did not
i love the drifting mechanic making turns less of an awkward hairpin control stick shift (also it feels cool). and just how much fucking fun Sonic is having!! whys this the only one where he has voice clips like WOO WOOHOO FEELIN’ GOOD YEAH while he’s doing Sonic Shit. that’s his favorite shit!! he lives for that shit!!
though speaking of SHIT nahhh i actually dont mind the werehog stages so far. SO FAR. theyre also kinda pleasantly frictive, i like how Sonic’s all-fours run feels and i like his stretchy arm movement abilities (though i wish they were less pokey). cute that they finally incorporated his pre-hedgehog rabbit prototype’s grabbing & throwing mechanics. the combat is a bit baby’s first Devil May Cry i guess we’ll see if i tolerate that more or less than the Tails/Eggman mech stages
btw it’s stupid that he’s called a werehog that makes it sound like he turns into a hog. he’s a werewolf (basically) whose normal form is a hedgehog. sorry not sorry to be a pedant about therianthropy it’s my brand
also is it just me or is this game super Kingdom Hearts coded?? the Dark Gaia monsters look like off-brand Heartless, they have similar bad mood slime effects on the townsfolk who are incredibly fuckin Disney-Pixar for this game only. even the UI has a similar vibe
and: Chip. god, Chip. fuckin Chip. i cant believe i forgot this is the game where Sonic travels around the world with Manic Pixie Dream Scrappy. tbh i think i love him lol
my current Sonic echolalia fixation is saying YEAH! CHIP!! CHIP!! I LOVE IT, YUM!!! in my best horrible Chip voice