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[Swamp Sensei]

I think people are on the negative hype train.

I mean sheesh. Haven't even gotten other reviews, have we?

 

[N3ON]

Edit: I guess there's no point posting this til the image uploader is fixed... >_>

 

[Mythra]

Boi, I typed #SonicForces on Twitter and people is so divided; "it sux, it's great, it sucks, it's awesome...."

This is normal, right?

 

[N3ON]

Boi, I typed #SonicForces on Twitter and people is so divided; "it sux, it's great, it sucks, it's awesome...."

This is normal, right?

Don't worry, once more reviews come people will know which side of the fence it's cool to be on.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

This is normal, right?

Sonic

Yes,

Yes it is.

 

[Mythra]

Edit: I guess there's no point posting this til the image uploader is fixed... >_>

Warchamp Forces... us to talk to him by breaking the uploader again.

 

[Metal Shop X]

I think people are on the negative hype train.

I mean sheesh. Haven't even gotten other reviews, have we?

Isn't Sonic always be more on the negatif hype train in general?

Though, to be honest, I'm just goofing around. I don't have the game, I don't intent to buy it, so I don't really care if the game is good or not.

All I care is the memes it's going to make.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

If only going fast was the point of Sonic games (hint: it's not)
It's figuring out how to utilize speed to traverse the stage, something that admittedly many of the 3D games lack, but Forces is absolutely disgusting about it.

Multiple paths is Flying Battery Zone Act 2 in Sonic Mania. Forces "multiple paths" are like two second detours.

There is no focus in the story

And there's like... some good tracks?

It doesn't matter how flawed Forces is, Rise of Lyric is just bland through and through with not much to do, and sometimes that can be worse than a bad game. And Forces at least has the benefit of having memorable tunes, ask anyone who played RoL if they remember any tracks other than the main theme, they won't. RoL is just a boring mess through and through which doesn't even have the 06 factor of "What the **** is this game doing?"

 

[MainJPW]

Isn't Sonic always be more on the negatif hype train in general?

The problem with this is that Mania had an overwhelmingly positive reception, even received an accolades trailer and was nominated for several awards back at E3:

https://board.sonicstadium.org/topic/22265-sonic-mania-nominated-for-several-e3-awards/

Arin from GameGrumps, the guy who touted that "Sonic was never good" likes Mania, no joke.

I had fun playing Sonic Mania there I said it

— Arin Hanson (@egoraptor) August 15, 2017

All of this because it's a damn well-made game.

If Sonic Team focused more on refining the level design and gameplay from previous Boost games instead of story and spectacle then I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be met with overwhelming criticism. After How Refreshing Mania was, it's a good idea to give Forces some much needed tough love to be honest.

 

[Deleted member]

I'm pretty sure we're supposed to tag @Warchamp7 or at least contact him directly when things are on fire because it doesn't seem like anyone else in the site ever does, or at least I assume no one does because the uploader is usually fixed after someone tags him here

 

[Metal Shop X]

The problem with this is that Mania had an overwhelmingly positive reception, even received an accolades trailer and was nominated for several awards back at E3:

Arin from GameGrumps, the guy who touted that "Sonic was never good" likes Mania, no joke.

I had fun playing Sonic Mania there I said it

— Arin Hanson (@egoraptor) August 15, 2017

All of this because it's a damn well-made game.

If Sonic Team focused more on refining the level design and gameplay from previous Boost games instead of story and spectacle then I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be met with overwhelming criticism. After How Refreshing Mania was, it's a good idea to give Forces some much needed tough love to be honest.

Funny that you mention Arin. Because in his more recent Sonic Mania videos, he said that the game wasn't as good as he first thought and thus, he didn't like it as much. Why? Probably because the game kicked his ass and thus, if a game is too hard for him, it's not good level design.

But yeah, Sonic Mania was the most liked Sonic game in ages. Forces being this underwhelming thus make alot of peoples more mad/sad than usual because Mania cleary show that Sonic have potential to make good game. But Sega have no clue about that so they instead try to change the formula everytime, and when they finally have one that work (the Boost gameplay), they don't try to experience with it as much as they could.

 

[N3ON]

I'm pretty sure we're supposed to tag @Warchamp7 or at least contact him directly when things are on fire because it doesn't seem like anyone else in the site ever does, or at least I assume no one does because the uploader is usually fixed after someone tags him here

Usually I love to bother the staff but I'm pretty sure someone tagged Warchamp a page ago so I didn't feel the need this time.

But hey why not the more the merrier.

@Warchamp7

 

[Deleted member]

A warning for FEH players
https://www.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/7b90bd/orb_disappearance_bug_pics_included/
Take screenshots of your Orbs with a timestamp, because, well, this is seemingly happening.
It could be a small bug(some reported getting back to the right amount after receiving other bonus Orbs) but others have said it's not just visual so it's something to look out for.
IS better set up those apology Orbs

Usually I love to bother the staff but I'm pretty sure someone tagged Warchamp a page ago so I didn't feel the need this time.

But hey why not the more the merrier.

@Warchamp7

I just browsed the last two pages so unless I missed it because it's still 7AM here, I didn't see any tags

 

[N3ON]

I just browsed the last two pages so unless I missed it because it's still 7AM here, I didn't see any tags

7AM is no good.

 

[ChikoLad]

The problem with this is that Mania had an overwhelmingly positive reception, even received an accolades trailer and was nominated for several awards back at E3:

Arin from GameGrumps, the guy who touted that "Sonic was never good" likes Mania, no joke.

I had fun playing Sonic Mania there I said it

— Arin Hanson (@egoraptor) August 15, 2017

All of this because it's a damn well-made game.

If Sonic Team focused more on refining the level design and gameplay from previous Boost games instead of story and spectacle then I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be met with overwhelming criticism. After How Refreshing Mania was, it's a good idea to give Forces some much needed tough love to be honest.

Arin went back on liking Mania actually a little into the Game Grumps playthrough.

I'm pretty sure he just shilled it at first because he had friends who worked on the opening animation.

Also please don't say "they need to stop focusing on story and spectacle". Not only do different people work on the level design as opposed to the story, but Forces is the first game to even try to have a good story in a while, and a lot of people wanted that. Force's level design is a bit of a step down from Generations mainly because they hired a new team of level designers. People have already compared the credits of the various games to confirm this.

Idk, I don't get why people are being so controversial about the game. Seems like everyone is looking for something to affirm their confirmation bias at this point. "Don't listen to Famitsu, they're always positive! Instead, listen to this poorly written Polygon review, because we all know they are the shining beacon of journalism!".

Just buy the game if you have an interest, and pass it if you don't, it isn't that hard. The game isn't a train wreck. It's solid and polished, it just has a few questionable design decisions. It's still fun at the end of the day.

If you want a Sonic fix, buy Mania. Half the price, same length (4 hours), way better developed with way more replay value.

The replay value is subjective, it all depends on a person's interest in the unlockables. However, if we talk sheer volume of stuff to find and unlock, Forces objectively has way more to unlock.

 

[Deleted member]

7AM is no good.

See, this is why Smashboards users should be locked out of it until it's at least 9AM in their respective timezone. How's that for a feature?

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

It doesn't matter how flawed Forces is, Rise of Lyric is just bland through and through with not much to do, and sometimes that can be worse than a bad game. And Forces at least has the benefit of having memorable tunes, ask anyone who played RoL if they remember any tracks other than the main theme, they won't. RoL is just a boring mess through and through which doesn't even have the 06 factor of "What the **** is this game doing?"

Even with the glitches fixed it wasn't interesting, and I even watched a full LP. I mean, the voice acting and jokes were okay, but the story was completely bland. It wasn't even funny or bad in some way like 06's was, which had blatant issues, but at least the issues made it worth talking about too.

That's kind of the problem. There's just nothing to the game worth talking about. Beyond the glitches, which were it, and those got fixed.

...All I know is I want to try and play it before the patches, but only when the game goes really down in price. It's still over 20 dollars. I mean, sure I paid full price for 06, but I also don't actually regret it overall. I did enjoy the game, despite the flaws(the multiplayer helped). That said, since Unleashed just didn't do it for me(the Tails section really hurt my opinion of the game, and the day stages were better than Mach Speed, sure, but also felt still too hard for me to control. I liked the Werehog more, but obviously it had control issues too. Best part, imo, was the hub gameplay, which was very solid. Ironically, the best part of 06(music aside, to be fair) was that you couldn't lose lives in the hub areas. That should've stuck to every game since then).

 

[Robert of Normandy]

Sega has withheld all review copies till the game's launch

Doesn't seem like a favourable sign.

Late, but in fairness it's my understanding that there's a post-launch patch that Sega wanted reviews to reflect. I think Gamexplain mentioned it in their impressions video.

Though it does seem like the general impression is that the game is fairly meh.

Edit: RIP my sig. Swear it was working before.

 

[mario123007]

Warchamp Forces... us to talk to him by breaking the uploader again.

Just a reminder that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 direct is coming within 20 minutes...

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

https://smashboards.com/threads/the-nintendo-direct-thread-11-7-2017.451028/

Indeed the direct is almost here. And thus this thread itself is temporarily locked for a while. Apologies if you were about to post.

Also, thanks to Dr. FalKoopa for helping me make the thread proper~

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Well **** I'm buying the collector's edition before I get a Switch

 

[Deleted member]

Oh, ok, good, I thought I was going to get locked out of the Social because of the Direct.
I can understand if it's a general Direct or a Smash one but locking the thread for a one-game direct is just silly

 

[Opossum]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 still doesn't really interest me, honestly. Like, it'll probably be good, but...eh.

 

[Ivander]

I enjoy the Xenoblade games, so I'll probably pick up Xenoblade 2 at some point.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Looks like they pulled off a Breath of the Wild when it comes to DLC

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Call me when the direct talks about Animal crossing

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Call me when the direct talks about Animal crossing

So basically, never call you

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Arin went back on liking Mania actually a little into the Game Grumps playthrough.

I'm pretty sure he just shilled it at first because he had friends who worked on the opening animation.

Also please don't say "they need to stop focusing on story and spectacle". Not only do different people work on the level design as opposed to the story, but Forces is the first game to even try to have a good story in a while, and a lot of people wanted that. Force's level design is a bit of a step down from Generations mainly because they hired a new team of level designers. People have already compared the credits of the various games to confirm this.

Idk, I don't get why people are being so controversial about the game. Seems like everyone is looking for something to affirm their confirmation bias at this point. "Don't listen to Famitsu, they're always positive! Instead, listen to this poorly written Polygon review, because we all know they are the shining beacon of journalism!".

Just buy the game if you have an interest, and pass it if you don't, it isn't that hard. The game isn't a train wreck. It's solid and polished, it just has a few questionable design decisions. It's still fun at the end of the day.



The replay value is subjective, it all depends on a person's interest in the unlockables. However, if we talk sheer volume of stuff to find and unlock, Forces objectively has way more to unlock.

you are literaly the only one not making me feel like getting sonic forces was a mistake

 

[Schnee117]

Holy **** they brought back Bana.

NOPON CRIME SYNDICATE BASHING TIME!

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

So basically, never call you

1v1 me scrub

 

[praline]

I'm pretty sure we're supposed to tag @Warchamp7 or at least contact him directly when things are on fire because it doesn't seem like anyone else in the site ever does, or at least I assume no one does because the uploader is usually fixed after someone tags him here

I tagged him lst night.

 

[Opossum]

Huh.

So Brian Michael Bendis is leaving Marvel, and signed an exclusive contract with DC. I'm not a Bendis apologist or a Bendis hater, but I recognize what he can and can't write. His more grounded street-level stuff is pretty great, but don't let him touch giant crossovers or cosmic stuff with a forty foot pole.

Now I'm just curious about what'll happen to the current Jessica Jones and Defenders runs.

Spoiler

"Tony."
"Steve."
"Did you hear?"
"Hear? Hear what?"
"Bendis..."
"Bendis? What about Bendis?"
"Bendis is leaving."
"Where is he going?"
"DC."
"Washington DC?"
"The company."
"Oh."
"Yeah."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Bendis."

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

Well today is Sonic Forces day.

I just got my copy in the mail, can't play it right away due to other stuff I need to do, but I'll get to it later today.

 

[Deleted member]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 still doesn't really interest me, honestly. Like, it'll probably be good, but...eh.

We all are aware of your lack of good taste.
But don't worry buddy, you'll get over it eventually.

Anyway, new goodie acquired today:

Spoiler

I'm not what we can call an amiibo fanatic, but it's rather to further support an endangered franchise.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Well today is Sonic Forces day.

I just got my copy in the mail, can't play it right away due to other stuff I need to do, but I'll get to it later today.

Mines is expected to be here tomorrow, hopefully

 

[mario123007]

Well **** I'm buying the collector's edition before I get a Switch

I already preorder the collector's edition lol... way back in September, hope it arrives on time.

Looks like they pulled off a Breath of the Wild when it comes to DLC

I actually think they handle it better than Botw in my opinion...
I just hope those items, quest, and Blades are not too necessary.

Also here's my impression:

Spoiler

Frick damn it! Can't believe they spoil two things in the game.
I knew that Zeke dude is one of the crew but Morage and Vandham not so sure...
Also Zeke's Blade kind of reminds me of someone... *cough*Lotte from LWA *cough*
And yes... more awesome Blades
But we also got expansion pass which the new story comes pretty late which is ok, hope the new story does not spoil the main story ending. I also hope this won't mean the main story will be shorter than past two games.
Right now my hype for XC2 is in maximum overdrive.

Holy **** they brought back Bana.

NOPON CRIME SYNDICATE BASHING TIME!

Haha funny... I actually don't even remember that Nopon, until now...
I already knew that Nopon's name is Bana according to the XC2 Japanese Twitter.

 

[Deleted member]

Anyway, new goodie acquired today:

Spoiler

I'm not what we can call an amiibo fanatic, but it's rather to further support an endangered franchise.

So endangered that even the image is broken.

 

[Wario Bros.]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Direct was pretty neat but I'm not interested enough to get it.

Besides, I still need to beat the original game.

 

[Coricus]

So is no one going to talk about the fact that we got crossover content in Breath of the Wild?

 

[Cutie Gwen]

So is no one going to talk about the fact that we got crossover content in Breath of the Wild?

"Now you too can dress up like a garbage can!"