02-10-2016, 07:16 PM
I grew up with Sonic, pretty much. And I didn't even grow up during much of the hype either...I just became attached to the games while not many other people were (I lived in...weird areas, I guess?? Also I only knew like two other girls throughout my childhood who actually enjoyed video games). First game I caught a glimpse of was Adventure for the DC while in a Comp USA. Eventually I became a big fan from watching the cartoons on Disney and got myself a copy of 3&K for the PC. Then I went from there to other classics on the PC like 2, CD, Spinball, and even 3D Blast. I believe I also played R for a while, but it ended up not working so well on my PC at the time.
From then (which was around 2002-ish) to about 2009, I was completely indulged in Sonic. I liked playing the games, writing fanfics, drawing fanart, messing around with sprites, making fan games...Jeez, it's best to assume that my childhood just zoomed by thanks to my fascination with the blue blur.
I'd probably say my fascination with Sonic stopped at Unleashed. Unleashed was a fun game, there weren't many things that disappointed me about it other than a few aspects of the night stages. But after that I started running out of juice to keep up with Sonic...I guess with high school and personal life in general I became too busy to sit around playing games all day. Even though my fascination ran its course, I still revisit the blue blur every now and then. I had enough free time to try out Colors and Generations - pretty impressive efforts on Sonic Team's part. However, the most disappointing experience with Sonic I've ever had was probably with Lost World. I just wasn't feeling..."Sonic" from it. But I do appreciate that they were trying something new, which is something Super Mario has yet to do.
I do agree that Sonic might be getting too old to keep up with the time of video games being slow-paced and having complex backstories and cinematics. It would probably be best to just store Sonic away for bit and try to find something different to work with. SEGA still has a variety of properties to choose from which they can bring back - Monster World, After Burner, Ecco the Dolphin, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe...Quite a few old properties that would probably do well in this age of gaming if they were continued/rebranded/whatever.
I am obviously aware of Sonic 06 and Rise of Lyric. Just wanna make that clear. I didn't have access to a new generation console when 06 came out, but I think I did play a demo at the BX at one point. And I don't have a Wii-U. I mean, I most certainly won't go out of my way to play games that are condemned by a good portion of the world.
And about the movie, as little hope that I personally have for it to be "accurate" to the games, I probably won't mind seeing it just to see it. I don't mind that it'll be live-action, AS LONG as a blue hedgehog-creature is the main protagonist, and not some prepubescent child.
Sorry for all the rambling, but I just wanted to give my general spiel on the blue thing that goes fast.
From then (which was around 2002-ish) to about 2009, I was completely indulged in Sonic. I liked playing the games, writing fanfics, drawing fanart, messing around with sprites, making fan games...Jeez, it's best to assume that my childhood just zoomed by thanks to my fascination with the blue blur.
I'd probably say my fascination with Sonic stopped at Unleashed. Unleashed was a fun game, there weren't many things that disappointed me about it other than a few aspects of the night stages. But after that I started running out of juice to keep up with Sonic...I guess with high school and personal life in general I became too busy to sit around playing games all day. Even though my fascination ran its course, I still revisit the blue blur every now and then. I had enough free time to try out Colors and Generations - pretty impressive efforts on Sonic Team's part. However, the most disappointing experience with Sonic I've ever had was probably with Lost World. I just wasn't feeling..."Sonic" from it. But I do appreciate that they were trying something new, which is something Super Mario has yet to do.
I do agree that Sonic might be getting too old to keep up with the time of video games being slow-paced and having complex backstories and cinematics. It would probably be best to just store Sonic away for bit and try to find something different to work with. SEGA still has a variety of properties to choose from which they can bring back - Monster World, After Burner, Ecco the Dolphin, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe...Quite a few old properties that would probably do well in this age of gaming if they were continued/rebranded/whatever.
I am obviously aware of Sonic 06 and Rise of Lyric. Just wanna make that clear. I didn't have access to a new generation console when 06 came out, but I think I did play a demo at the BX at one point. And I don't have a Wii-U. I mean, I most certainly won't go out of my way to play games that are condemned by a good portion of the world.
And about the movie, as little hope that I personally have for it to be "accurate" to the games, I probably won't mind seeing it just to see it. I don't mind that it'll be live-action, AS LONG as a blue hedgehog-creature is the main protagonist, and not some prepubescent child.
Sorry for all the rambling, but I just wanted to give my general spiel on the blue thing that goes fast.
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