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[MooMew64]

TBH I don't really care about Sonic's reception.

I like it, so TBH, I could really care less if others do too.

 

[CannonStreak]

Anyway, about Sonic Colors Ultimate, is there any chance the physical version might be better than the digital one?

 

[TheMightyP]

But did they do greater remasters all the time? I understand there are some issues, but Sega’s involvement can’t have made it that bad.

Yes, they are a company that quite literally only does ports and remasters. Given their track record, they should have no issue with a Wii game. SEGA hired them, SEGA oversees them, SEGA sets the deadlines and everything, so yes, I will be pinning this on SEGA.

 

[Pokelego999]

Anyway when we gettin that new direct?

After we raid Sora HQ in Noipoi's cool as **** comic

 

[CannonStreak]

Yes, they are a company that quite literally only does ports and remasters. Given their track record, they should have no issue with a Wii game. SEGA hired them, SEGA oversees them, SEGA sets the deadlines and everything, so yes, I will be pinning this on SEGA.

I think you are giving Blind Squirrel too much credit. Not saying that Sega isn’t at fault but still.

Plus, the game got good reviews and was supposed to come out in 2020 but got delayed.

 

[cashregister9]

Anyway when we gettin that new direct?

One day the direct will apparently drop, but there is no video just reactions with specific game names blurred out, so we have to use context clues to figure out what was announced,

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

Just looking through Wikiquote and found my favourite one from The Room.


Steven: I feel like I'm sitting on an atomic bomb waitin' for it to go off!
Chris R: Five minutes? You want five ****ing minutes, Denny? You know what? [pulls out gun] I doesn't dangerous in FIVE ****ING MINUTES!!
Derek: Chris R, calm down.
Chris R.: I'm sorry, kid. Go home, or I'll call the Mother.

Yeah we just go a little mad sometimes bro.

 

[TheMightyP]

I think you are giving Blind Squirrel too much credit. Not saying that Sega isn’t at fault but still.

Maybe, but SEGA definitely has a large part to play in this. They did this before, just see look at how they treated Big Red Button

Plus, the game got good reviews and was supposed to come out in 2020 but got delayed.

So did Sonic 4.

 

[Noipoi]

Sonic Colors Complete!

What a fun nostalgia ride that was (and it won’t be the only nostalgia ride I have this year).

It’s kinda funny that I beat it in a day. When I was a kid it took me months to beat. It felt like a ****in saga, and when I finally beat it I felt like I had accomplished something incredible. Now I just feel like I played a fun Sonic game.

Now I gotta get all the red rings and the chaos emeralds.

 

[CannonStreak]

Maybe, but SEGA definitely has a large part to play in this. They did this before, just see look at how they treated Big Red Button

So did Sonic 4.

Yeah, I did not say Sega was faultless, but your hatred for Sega is exaggerated. Those games, Sonic Boom RoL and Sonic 4 were made long ago. The company, Sega did say they were trying to change in some aspects. They just have to work in giving better deadlines, but they can’t be that bad. I think you are overreacting some.

 

[TheMightyP]

Yeah, I did not say Sega was faultless, but your hatred for Sega is exaggerated. Those games, Sonic Boom RoL and Sonic 4 were made long ago. The company, Sega did say they were trying to change in some aspects. They just have to work in giving better deadlines, but they can’t be that bad. I think you are overreacting some.

SEGA sucks like all game companies. I have every right not to like them.

 

[MooMew64]

Noipoi I respect people who draw without stabilizers.

But I am not one of them and I will go insane if I do not, so hello streamline tool.

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

SEGA sucks like all game companies. I have every right not to like them.

In that case.

We all suck.

I just solved insultation. Applaud me.

Noipoi I respect people who draw without stabilizers.

But I am not one of them and I will go insane if I do not, so hello streamline tool.

I respect people who can draw in general.

I would like to draw but I suck at transferring from mind to paper unless it's writing.

 

[Schnee117]

But did they do greater remasters all the time? I understand there are some issues, but Sega’s involvement can’t have made it that bad.

The Bioshock and Mass Effect remasters are fine, ME1's is fantastic given the original aged like milk.
Sonic Colours, having beaten it just now, is a really bad remaster unfortunately. Given Blind Squirrel's record, I do in fact blame Sega, there's no reason this couldn't have been pushed back a bit.

You have the original Wii cutscenes with nothing done to bring them up to the same resolution as the rest of the game so they stand out at potato quality, the Switch port is 30fps for some reason, the framerate is woefully unstable at times of which I don't recall it being unstable, the general artstyle is now much darker and frankly more boring, the menus are slow and laggy, the load times are longer than the original Wii version, the sound mixing is horrible so you can't hear the music over the sound effects and no, the options don't let you fix this because the sound options for music and sfx are the same for some reason, there's general graphical glitches that people have documented, the game actually crashed on me before getting Frenzy for the first time, people have documented their save files getting corrupted as a result of crashes and a bunch of other issues.

Sonic Colours is still a good game at it's core despite the issues with the remaster and I largely enjoyed it outside of the game crashing and the music problem. It's just that the remaster does a heavy disservice to an otherwise good game.

 

[CannonStreak]

SEGA sucks like all game companies. I have every right not to like them.

Either way, while they were overseeing the game and may have had a hand at some things, Blind Squirrel still did most of the technical work. Blaming Sega for most of what happened instead of Blind Squirrel is like blaming someone for screwing up when it was another’s fault, slightly less in this case maybe. Plus, I did hear bad things about Blind Squirrel’s work environment, so there’s that.

 

[Noipoi]

Noipoi I respect people who draw without stabilizers.

But I am not one of them and I will go insane if I do not, so hello streamline tool.

Imagine drawing without stabilizing.

Couldn’t be me.

It was me when I first started digital.

I sucked ASS

 

[CannonStreak]

The Bioshock and Mass Effect remasters are fine, ME1's is fantastic given the original aged like milk.
Sonic Colours, having beaten it just now, is a really bad remaster unfortunately. Given Blind Squirrel's record, I do in fact blame Sega, there's no reason this couldn't have been pushed back a bit.

You have the original Wii cutscenes with nothing done to bring them up to the same resolution as the rest of the game so they stand out at potato quality, the Switch port is 30fps for some reason, the framerate is woefully unstable at times of which I don't recall it being unstable, the general artstyle is now much darker and frankly more boring, the menus are slow and laggy, the load times are longer than the original Wii version, the sound mixing is horrible so you can't hear the music over the sound effects and no, the options don't let you fix this because the sound options for music and sfx are the same for some reason, there's general graphical glitches that people have documented, the game actually crashed on me before getting Frenzy for the first time, people have documented their save files getting corrupted as a result of crashes and a bunch of other issues.

Sonic Colours is still a good game at it's core despite the issues with the remaster and I largely enjoyed it outside of the game crashing and the music problem. It's just that the remaster does a heavy disservice to an otherwise good game.

So, would the physical version be any different, assuming the reviewers got physical review copies before giving the game good reviews?

 

[Schnee117]

It's wild how Sega can get away with mismanaging their mascot tbh

So, would the physical version be any different, assuming the reviewers got physical review copies before giving the game good reviews?

No, that's not how it works at all. They're the exact same game.

 

[CannonStreak]

It's wild how Sega can get away with mismanaging their mascot tbh



No, that's not how it works at all. They're the exact same game.

I thought so.

Still, the two remasters they did you mentioned were just two games. What about the others? Plus, I never denied there were technical issues and that Sega had a hand in this, but they can’t be that bad.

I mean Sega, not the issues.

 

[Shroob]

TheMightyP


It's over

 

[Lamperouge]

I thought so.

Still, the two remasters they did you mentioned were just two games. What about the others? Plus, I never denied there were technical issues and that Sega had a hand in this, but they can’t be that bad.

I mean Sega, not the issues.

SEGA gave the go-ahead to release the remaster in its current state so I think it's completely justifiable to hold them accountable for it, regardless of whether or not they played a huge part in actually developing the port.

 

[CannonStreak]

Well, I am going to wait for the patches before I play Sonic Colors Ultimate.

 

[Noipoi]

If there’s a direct on the 8th it’s gonna be **** because it won’t have Chibi Robo.

 

[Schnee117]

I thought so.

Still, the two remasters they did you mentioned were just two games. What about the others? Plus, I never denied there were technical issues and that Sega had a hand in this, but they can’t be that bad.

The two remasters are of two trilogies.
The BioShock remasters were competent HD remasters.
Mass Effect trilogy entailed vast improvements to ME1, smaller changes to 2 and a simple remaster of 3 but with the MP cut out due to mandates.

Everyone's bound to miss but given the six they've already done and the issues with Colours, Sega ****ed up somewhere.

Also:

Plus, I did hear bad things about Blind Squirrel’s work environment, so there’s that.

Blind Squirrel Entertainment, Inc.

Blind Squirrel Games provides knowledge and experience so our partners can deliver high quality entertainment.

blindsquirrelentertainment.com

Blind Squirrel seem decent to me

 

[Deleted member]

If there’s a direct on the 8th it’s gonna be **** because it won’t have Chibi Robo.

FlingSmash 2...

 

[CannonStreak]

SEGA gave the go-ahead to release the remaster in its current state so I think it's completely justifiable to hold them accountable for it, regardless of whether or not they played a huge part in actually developing the port.

If by go ahead as in all they did was say it was okay, then if Blind Squirrel thought it was okay, both have some involvement. I mean, Sega more, but if the go ahead part means anything, unless I am missing something, I don’t see much else to it.

 

[MooMew64]

TheMightyP


It's over

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Mighty

you are now at a crossroads

 

[CannonStreak]

The two remasters are of two trilogies.
The BioShock remasters were competent HD remasters.
Mass Effect trilogy entailed vast improvements to ME1, smaller changes to 2 and a simple remaster of 3 but with the MP cut out due to mandates.

Everyone's bound to miss but given the six they've already done and the issues with Colours, Sega ****ed up somewhere.

Also:

Blind Squirrel Entertainment, Inc.

Blind Squirrel Games provides knowledge and experience so our partners can deliver high quality entertainment.

blindsquirrelentertainment.com

Blind Squirrel seem decent to me

That is just what they are saying. That is not what I read here.

Blind Squirrel Games Reviews | Glassdoor

There may be some decent reviews, but some here say otherwise.

EDIT: Here's more.

Working at Blind Squirrel Games: Employee Reviews | Indeed.com

 

[Noipoi]

TheMightyP


It's over

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Mighty

you are now at a crossroads

I can use this

 

[MooMew64]

I can use this

do it

 

[TheMightyP]

TheMightyP


It's over

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I'm a TitanFall 2 player, not a Team Fortress 2 playee

 

[CannonStreak]

Anyway, what are you guys doing now?

 

[cashregister9]

I'm a TitanFall 2 player, not a Team Fortress 2 playee

Based

 

[Shroob]

I'm a TitanFall 2 player, not a Team Fortress 2 playee

I'm sorry, Mighty.

But

Spoiler

 

[CannonStreak]

While we are at it, how bad are Sonic Colors Utilmate's glitches? Can't exactly or truly make the game unplayable, or can they?

 

[Schnee117]

I'm sorry, Mighty.

But

Spoiler

VTubers are inevitable

 

[Wademan94]

While we are at it, how bad are Sonic Colors Utilmate's glitches? Can't exactly or truly make the game unplayable, or can they?

Well…

There was a problem fetching the tweet

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Ten Rings time

 

[CannonStreak]

Well…

There was a problem fetching the tweet

Didn't say they weren't that bad, but...

Guess there was more time needed on this game. I wonder if these are patchable?

 

[TheMightyP]

While we are at it, how bad are Sonic Colors Utilmate's glitches? Can't exactly or truly make the game unplayable, or can they?

It can give seizures or corrupt data if you're unlucky, so yeah, I'd say so.