56% Think Sonic’s Current State Is Looking Good After SXSW Panel

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1. I won’t be voting on this current poll presently, as to be frank, I’m not excited by any of Forces Gameplay that we’ve seen thus far. It all seems pretty plain and “by the numbers.” I’m most interested in the Custom Hero’s gameplay since it has a lot of potential to do some new stuff, but what we’ve seen so far looked pretty bland to me.

2. His current state is looking ok, but I think the new poll is something that people can vote on. Besides, I’m excited for Sonic Forces and Mania. I wonder if Forces will have DLC after the game gets released.

3. None of the Forces previews we’ve seen so far have looked very good, but Classic is probably the least bad, so I guess I voted for that.

   1. *cough* Speed pad right before loop-de-loop *cough*

4. Sonic’s state looks better than it did 2005-2010.

   Better than it did 2013-2016

5. I voted “I’m undecided” but now that we’ve seen more of Forces, I honestly think that Sonic is barely doing better now then 2013-2016, as people are a lot more critical of Forces and Sega’s decisions with the franchise.

6. I think the more I see of Forces so far, the less excited I am for it. It’s odd cuz the more I see the more I like it, but in a way that isn’t as exciting as it could be. But I do see the game as a stepping stone to a future game that IS exciting.

   For starters, it looks more fun and interesting and even cool than Lost World. I thought Lost World looked underwhelming and ended up liking it, tho not as my preference. But nonetheless, Forces looks like it might be better so far.

   To me, SA2 was a peak. The games after were interesting in concept but lackluster or mediocre. 06 was oddly a rise AND fall. It rose to something overall more interesting but was worse than mediocre too. Secret Rings brought us back to Shadow The Hedgehog level. Then all the handhelds brought us back to Heroes level. Unleashed was really cool but controversial. Then Colors fixed that but had nothing particularly awesome about. Meanwhile, right below our noses, story lines started to change and lack. To each their own on whether or not the writing itself is good or bad, but the stories were simplified tho not as much as in Heroes…. until Generations. But Generations took us another step forward in Sonic excitement all the same even while missing an exciting story. Lost World dipped but not much. The glory is currently unrecognized because of the Boom series overall being unenthusiastic combined with messy bare games attached. Then people think of the amount of time since certain traits appear or disappear and get upset. Tho, to be fair, Sonic games DON’T pump out that fast (which is what we want) so the past 10 years sounds like a long time, but only dates back to the SECOND Riders game, OR AFTER Secret Rings and BEFORE Unleashed. When you say “Since Grnerations” which was 5 and a half years ago, that’s only 2 games ago (4 if you count Boom games, Shattered Crystal and RoL counted as 1).

   My point is that I feel Sonic is doing fine. Nothing amazing but definitely doing good at least. The only thing that makes it feel like the series is going downhill is hearing the “fans” say that it’s dead. Melodramatic much? XD

   It has a ways to go to make you TRULY feel nostalgic, and I don’t mean in the way as usual. I mean a new game that gives you that feeling of interest and excitement you got when you were first played, or when your favorite Sonic game came out, whether this new game is the same kind of game or not. I think the series is doing well enough to get to that point again in the foreseeable future.

   ….I know I usually say a lot, but this comment turned out a lot longer than I had planned. XD

   1. “I think the more I see of Forces so far, the less excited I am for it. It’s odd cuz the more I see the more I like it, but in a way that isn’t as exciting as it could be. But I do see the game as a stepping stone to a future game that IS exciting.”

      Agreed.

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