This week, SEGA held a special meet and greet event in Japan. A number of questions were answered at one point, and some small but interesting information about Project Sonic 2017 was shared. Twitter user BlueStorm_SONIC relayed the information.
It’s been a long wait for actual details on Sonic Forces, formally known as Project Sonic 2017. SEGA finally lifted the curtain at a SXSW panel today by sharing a bit of gameplay and details.
Maybe something more open instead of a straight path.
Like the Knuckles and Rogue levels in Adventure 2/Battle.
OMG Sonic what have they done to you.
It is so painful.. Colors was unplayable and had animations even Genesis version had better ones.
Movements are so unprecise. Sonic nowadays feels like a rhythm game, more than a platformer..
Now they come up with one more title with yet the same gameplay.
They could have called it Sonic Unleashed 2 or something, it is exactly the same gameplay.
SEGA have completely lost it.. I'm waiting for the other 2D Sonic (forgot the name of it). Looks much more promising, and it is not made by SEGA and feels better than SH4.
instead of 3 gameplay styles, how about perfecting ONE of them and finally give this series the attention it deserves.
the third playstyle won't be about camera angle, probably more about gameplay. Beat'em up like Unleashed or puzzle driven or something like that.
@Isashi
that what i am talking. I didn't say anything about camera.
I am talking more about open areas similar to what Super Mario 64 does.
Yeah, I really don't know. They've got classic Sonic from the side, and modern Sonic from behind. First person? Bird's-eye view? I can't think of many ways they could do Sonic gameplay.
Maybe because 2D is actually the only one we need and is the only one countlessly PROVEN to work.
@andrewsquall,
Not really, there's been decent 3D Sonic games, and there's been some poor 2D Sonic games. Neither is foolproof.
Why not just create a game like the classic Sonic levels
I don't see how plot wise they can bring back past and present Sonic once again
Maybe I'm missing what you mean, but isn't Sonic Mania a game like the classic Sonic levels?
Oh I know that but I mean with the graphics we saw in Sonic Generations
Mania looks awesome but it's basically remixed versions of the older game levels
Alright, makes sense. That occurred to me but it still sounded like a weird thing to say considering Sonic Mania's upcoming release.
With Sonic Mania, I think that'd be a bit redundant. Sonic can't keep relying on 2D games and both Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations were decent games, so I don't think expanding on the 3D gameplay is a bad idea. The way I see it is that if they drop all the gimmicks (like the 'colors' in Colors, the 'werehog' in Unleashed, the Sword in Sonic and the Black Knight) and focus on refining the core gameplay and putting out solid level design, they should be able to come out with something pretty good. Though, from the sound of things the 'three gameplay styles' doesn't bode well for that.
Sonic forces looks so good, just like sonic generations. actually i like 3D sonic games more than 2D ones.
SEGA aired a trailer for Project Sonic 2017 at its panel for the series at SXSW today. It was the same video from last summer, but with something new at the end.
Is Sonic going to be a part of some force that includes his supporting cast playing major roles in the story again
They also said it's following in the footsteps of Colors and Generations . . . Both of which are just below an 8 on Metacritic. Might not be a great game, but this should at least be a good one.
For those wondering, they showed a brief gameplay clip that's currently only available off-screen. The non-off screen version is being made available tomorrow morning.
From what I've seen from the few seconds of gameplay, it reminds me of Unleashed and that's not a good thing.
It's not that bad. Sonic Unleashed still has a 6/10 on Metacritic . . . And it was the nighttime levels that were truly horrendous. I played Unleashed and yes it was horrid, but the daytime levels were it's saving grace. If it was just daytime levels it easily would have been a 7/10, which isn't great, but it's perfectly enjoyable. Either way, they stated in the stream that the gameplay is Generations/Colors, both of which were received well.
Colors winds me up. Sure, its way better than most recent Sonic games but, aside from the odd DS title and Generations we kind of knew most would be pants. Colours was.different, had.some cool ideas and yet they still only managed a decent game when , for once, it could have been really good.
Im still a sucker for Sonic, though, so no doubt Ill be on board twice this year.
Sonic '06 is basically Sonic Adventure 3 in all but name but definitely in structure
Saw some off-screen footage, and I am very happy it's similar to generations. That was probably my favorite sonic game in the last 10 years so I hope this will be good.
With the two titles confirmed for the event, could Project Sonic 2017 finally get a name? And could Sonic Mania get a release date? More information revealed in the official reveal.
Can't wait to see Sonic 2017. Don't why it took long for them to show it. Probably because Sonic has a much much large fanbase with Nintendo so they waited for the Switch to be fully revealed.
Didn't think of it like that. I thought it was odd that Sega quick to say that 3D Sonic was coming to the Switch but were quiet about Sonic Mania coming to the system.
So excited for Sonic 2017. I loved Generations and Unleashed with the daytime levels so I hope it's in the vein of those games. Lost World was pretty meh and I found it overly frustrating with the movement. And let's not get started on Boom.
Lets see what kind of F***up gameplay theyr gona introduce.
Being a massive Sonic fan, i am very much looking forward to both games. Hopefully they don't try and reinvent the gameplay in Project Sonic 2017 and just stick to what works like we got with Generations.
I'm also hoping for more of serious tone to the storyline this time around too. Recent Sonic games have been a bit too kiddy friendly too me, i much preferred the more serious tone that we got in the Adventure games.
I'd hope so. They can't just do another repeat of Sonic Generations
I wouldn't expect any major news on this until PS event or switch reveal.
After Sonic Lost World and Sonic Boom, this series is over.
Sonic Mania and Sonic Utopia is where it's at, I'll be shocked if this isn't another dud that yet again forgets what made Sonic great in the first place.
Edit: looks like I offended a few kids that clearly didn't play Sonic back when he was at his prime.
new character's name will be "Cock the peacock". He will be energetic but has very bad luck. Everytime he tries to do something good, he says "BOOM" but his bad luck ruins everything. It will be a shoot on how bad Sonic Boom is