Oh Sonic... here we go again...

[Rökkan]

GameTrailers gave it a bad review?

I don't even want to look at the comments, it's probably full of sheep littering the pool with "lol sonic cycle didn't die not gonna buy this lolol"

it's kind of the opposite. it's full of sheep saying "wow this review sux u dont know how to play the game"
Yes, because you, who didn't play it, do know how to play the fucking game.


Anyway, I've been playing it some more. I'm getting more and more thorn. There's definately a lot of improvement and cool things, but the gameplay is still pretty wonky and there are a ton of bullshit deaths because you didn't do what the designer intended you to (really classic coming from Sonic Team), like using a wisp ability out of place, or not using the wisp ability exactly like the designer intended you to, etc. I like that there's a lot of split paths and exploration, but it's still straight-forward, you can't freely explore the level, because if you try to do that, you'll probably die from bullshit deaths.

But i'm typing this right after being killed thrice because of this bad design, so in case it sounds too much like "this game is terrible", it's due to that. But I'm actually finding this game really good...?

Really, outside from the usual Sonic Team incompetence, this game is really incredible. For each bad design there's like 3 really good and/or original ones, the level design is definately a huge improvement. The graphics are REALLY amazing, and music is pretty good too.

The cutscenes and dialogues... Well, sometimes the light-hearted humour is kind of funny, but other times it's just so bad. There's a cutscene where Sonic says one of those cheesy fight lines like "I'll fry those eggs" (just an example, this is not what he literally says), but instead of just saying it and shutting up, he just fucking ROLLS with it, like "hey how should I fry your eggs? do you like them scrambled? alright so it's fried scrambled eggs for your breakfast, and I'm delivering it Sonic-style!! But it isn't morning yet how stupid am I blablablabla kill me please" Oh, and those that really liked that cutscene of Tails mistranslating the Wisp, you'll probably hate yourself, because that joke literally repeats itself in 4 more cutscenes, and it gets progressively worse.