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Happy damn 10th anniversary, Shadow the Hedgehog
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MulderYuffie
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I saved up all my money to buy this day one.
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Hot Coldman
Banned
Oh yeah, but also Jak 2 is just like... super misguided and knowingly so. Whereas this game was made by maniacs
Lumpy Onion
Member
I was wondering what a "Devil Doom" looked like since I have never played this gem. Seems about what I imagined. Looks like something out of a JRPG.
I still can't believe this game is a thing.
I still can't believe this game is a thing.
Haha
Bartholomuse
Member
Don't google Sonicverse, you'll end up on a watch list.
MrCunningham
Member
First post...
……forgetit
Member
What a baffling game. To this day I wonder how it was made.
Then please explain how such a baffling idea got made.
Then please explain how such a baffling idea got made.
The Sum of Zero
Member
No, It's just that since SA2B I had this compulsion to get ALL A ranks/emblems. SA2B, SADX, Heroes, Shadow...
Sonic 06 quickly stopped that trend (All S ranks for Sonic's stages was fucking enough). I never 100% finished a Sonic game again until Generations.
Saucycarpdog
Member
Obama chuckled.
E_Darkness
Member
This game is good. Don't know why it gets all the hate it does.
Spieler Eins
Member
I thought this was going to be like Sonic Adventure 2 but only with the parts people liked, regardless of the gun thing being weird as fuck.
First game I've ever sold alongside Sonic Heroes.
First game I've ever sold alongside Sonic Heroes.
Jawmuncher
Member
Surprised no one posted the Brutal Moose review. So good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHQtWFo7i_4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHQtWFo7i_4
I remember my mom didn't want me to get it because the guns
Shadow the Hedgehog is not a good game by any means, but... it is functional. It plays; it has coherent if boring level design, and all the gameplay aspects actually work. The gun-play is surprisingly solid, oddly enough.
Seems like Senoue enjoyed working on the game's soundtrack.
Seems like Senoue enjoyed working on the game's soundtrack.
The Bankslammer
Member
at least we also got rush the same day
got both and ended up barely touching shadow, even then i knew it felt gross to play lol
got both and ended up barely touching shadow, even then i knew it felt gross to play lol
Lol, I knew this post would be in here.
The season finale of the most recent cartoon series actually had its premiere of Shadow and referenced him being "edgy" and his popularity ranking in the Sonic canon.
Not75Drops
Member
Wasn't this game revealed at some award Hall of Fame award Sonic was getting? If only they knew.
Phantasmal Repose
Member
Are you sure?
I actually like Sonic 06 more. Sonic 06 is a broken mess, but it wasn't nearly as tedious as Shadow was.
Hot Coldman
Banned
fucking Godsmack and Crush 40 on the same day
your parents must have hated every second
NinjaCoachZ
Member
It's finally old enough to be able to play itself.
The funniest thing is when this game came out, I was the perfect age for it and I genuinely believed it to be the coolest thing ever. Now that I think of it, I think this was the first time where I spent the better part of a year genuinely being amped for a game, following every little drop of pre-release info.
I was a pretty weird kid. In that sense I do have a really weird sense of nostalgia for it though, for some reason. Anyone remember that one ending song done by Rob Zombie's brother? Haha man was THAT edgy!
On the bright side, today is also the 10th anniversary of a much better Sonic game.
Holy shit.
The funniest thing is when this game came out, I was the perfect age for it and I genuinely believed it to be the coolest thing ever. Now that I think of it, I think this was the first time where I spent the better part of a year genuinely being amped for a game, following every little drop of pre-release info.
I was a pretty weird kid. In that sense I do have a really weird sense of nostalgia for it though, for some reason. Anyone remember that one ending song done by Rob Zombie's brother? Haha man was THAT edgy!
On the bright side, today is also the 10th anniversary of a much better Sonic game.
Holy shit.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
If only they slipped in Jak 2, you could've had the trifecta of edgy platforming antiheroes
SparksterMeta0
Member
I didn't think this game was a complete disaster. At least it was playable.
I liked the multiple ending system as well as the music.
But yeah. The whole gun thing... eeehhh.
I liked the multiple ending system as well as the music.
But yeah. The whole gun thing... eeehhh.
Dude, I'm so sorry.
Mama Robotnik
Member
Even all these years later, it's still as stupid. It's in the heart of the Sonic Adventure/2/Heroes/Shadow/2006/Unleashed era of utter utter gaming shite.
What kind of idiotic game producers look at a series as wonderful as Sonic 1, 2, CD, 3 & Knuckles, jettison absolutely everything about them that was good, and recreate the series with homing attacks, glitch platforming, boost boost boost design, bats with tits, cutscenes everywhere, animals with uzis, hedgehogs chasing presidential limos, forced character sequences, werehogs, beastiality, and terrible terrible level designs surrounded by endless bottomless pits.
The decisions that went into making Shadow the Hedgehog and the rest of its ilk, should bar the incompetent idiots behind them from ever ever working on video games again.
What kind of idiotic game producers look at a series as wonderful as Sonic 1, 2, CD, 3 & Knuckles, jettison absolutely everything about them that was good, and recreate the series with homing attacks, glitch platforming, boost boost boost design, bats with tits, cutscenes everywhere, animals with uzis, hedgehogs chasing presidential limos, forced character sequences, werehogs, beastiality, and terrible terrible level designs surrounded by endless bottomless pits.
The decisions that went into making Shadow the Hedgehog and the rest of its ilk, should bar the incompetent idiots behind them from ever ever working on video games again.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
The multi-branching storyline idea would be cool for a S3&K game where going through a certain exit influences what levels/order of levels you take during a play through. Really good idea for encouraging playthroughs for a shorter, classic-styled Sonic game if they ever decide to fall back on it.
Everything else about Shadow the Hedgehog putrid shit and it STILL looks good compared to Sonic '06. There's at least a cheesy charm to him in SA2 and Heroes; here everything is just drab, plays awfully, sounds like a bland take on heavy metal and is a total glitch-fest to boot.
Everything else about Shadow the Hedgehog putrid shit and it STILL looks good compared to Sonic '06. There's at least a cheesy charm to him in SA2 and Heroes; here everything is just drab, plays awfully, sounds like a bland take on heavy metal and is a total glitch-fest to boot.
Pfffffffffffft ahahahahahahahaha. I'd have been a total wreck for years if I passed up RE4 or traded in Prime for fucking Shadow during my high school days.
I always found it weird how Jak 2 seemed to (at least from professional critics) avoid getting slammed for its dumb tonal shift form the original Jak & Daxter while Warrior Within and Shadow didn't. Jak 2 went one step further and tried to crib off GTA3 a bit even.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
WAIT COME BACK TELL US EVERYTHING!
And if you happened to work on Sonic 06, please elaborate on that too.
Magnetic_North
Member
The President of the United States has a picture of Sonic and Shadow on his desk in this game
Just...let that sink in
Just...let that sink in
Hot Coldman
Banned
mrmickfran
Member
Would you guys believe me if I told you that Black Doom has the same voice actor as Goku?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
My mom thought all the talk of Black Aliens was racist as shit
Man can you blame him when everyone mixed up Shadow with Sonic in Adventure 2
He probably only has that picture there to tell them apart
The best thing about this game is the photo on the President's desk
Gaming's finest moment
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Your description says you're a tester? Did you help test the game?
Damn. The game's already pretty mind-numbing as it is. Would you have had to do all 326 pathways? Because I probably would've gone mad doing that.
Did you ever run into the really weird, random game crashing? I remember on two of the later stages (Space Gadget and Cosmic Fall), the game would crash and make a REALLY LOUD noise endlessly and it freaked me out so much.
Lucario too, Sean Schemmel! I met him at a con. He says that voice murdered his throat!
Fucking hell, anyone remember that VGCats comic floating around at the time of release where they talked about how now that Shadow has a gun, all the rings would be replaced by watermelons? Some of the dumbest shit ever right there.
Speaking of which, I randomly rediscovered this and holy shit is it a blast from the mid-2000s past.
http://blackdoomisnogood.ytmnd.com/
They're not even black, they're grey with red bits on them
Dictator93
Member
Why does he jerk off the sub machine gun?
PataHikari
Banned
This game is Art
Hot Coldman
Banned
I feel like I should share this unused track from the game (edge warning)
Damn, not here...
That's nice. I actually enjoy most of this game's soundtrack.Seems like Senoue enjoyed working on the game's soundtrack.
Aw man, they should have done that. Would have gone perfectly with the reveal trailer.
Wait, what? Why the hell aren't we celebrating this good game instead?On the bright side, today is also the 10th anniversary of a much better Sonic game.
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