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SEGA uploading multiple tunes from Sonic Mania to YouTube
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SonicMegaDrive
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It feels like somebody just pulled the corpse of '90s Sega from it's grave, summoned it back to life, and now it's dancing like Michael Jackson in Thriller.
ValkyrUser
Member
I like it but Mirage Saloon is still my favorite so far.
IronicSonic
Member
As stated above, this is not the case. Also, Forces does not look bad AT ALL.
Mania still looks better though, and in the music department, it will be SOTY easilly
Ginger Hail
Member
This soundtrack continues to knock it right out of the park.
Because Mania is aimed at the nostalgia crowd whereas Forces is aimed at the younger market crowd.
Eh, theres alot of younger people that like the classic style. And im sure that music will hit em just as hard. I need that LP.
did i miss things getting heavy
please tell Tee we love him thank you
Solid SOAP
Member
I think it's silly that we've gotten to the point where SEGA don't know how to please "old" and "new" fans simultaneously. We're in a very, VERY nostalgic generation now. Every movie is a sequel or remake, and successful modern games have been taking more inspiration from the past than ever before these days. Making a game with the style and flair of Mania but with modern production values can't be that hard, can it?
I imagine the big issue for SEGA and Sonic Team is making something that consumers can justify spending $40-60 on. Sonic games, when done right, typically shouldn't take more than a few hours to beat aside from extra content. Even games that were successful and fun, such as Colors and Generations, were padded out with mini-games and reused level design.
I'm hoping that Mania proves successful and the series will see more short, replayable, low budget entries.
I imagine the big issue for SEGA and Sonic Team is making something that consumers can justify spending $40-60 on. Sonic games, when done right, typically shouldn't take more than a few hours to beat aside from extra content. Even games that were successful and fun, such as Colors and Generations, were padded out with mini-games and reused level design.
I'm hoping that Mania proves successful and the series will see more short, replayable, low budget entries.
Sonic Rush music is on point too send him love (concept)
Is just me or track sounds like someone saying, "Can't stop this shit!"?
Cool to see you here and your name showing up on the video details.
I think the only fault I find in the music arrangement is more playing with the Left and Right channels. Electric keyboard on this track kinda hums between left and right, but there are some like repeating echoes or percussive tracks or the ba ba ba ba baba bala tune could have played on alternating channels.
I remember playing 2D Sonic was very different with headphones compared to hearing the game blast out of the TV as the tracks seemed to play more into messing with the left and right channels. Either my nostalgia is clouding my judgment or the rings that played left channel and right channel led me to believe there was something going on more with the music.
did i miss things getting heavy
Cool to see you here and your name showing up on the video details.
I think the only fault I find in the music arrangement is more playing with the Left and Right channels. Electric keyboard on this track kinda hums between left and right, but there are some like repeating echoes or percussive tracks or the ba ba ba ba baba bala tune could have played on alternating channels.
I remember playing 2D Sonic was very different with headphones compared to hearing the game blast out of the TV as the tracks seemed to play more into messing with the left and right channels. Either my nostalgia is clouding my judgment or the rings that played left channel and right channel led me to believe there was something going on more with the music.
LimitedTimeGamer
Member
Will this be the nail in the coffin for Sonic Team? If the level in quality is this big between Pagoda and ST, Sega should just give over the licence.
Which would be mindblowing.
(Let Pagoda do a 3d game next!)
Which would be mindblowing.
(Let Pagoda do a 3d game next!)
IronicSonic
Member
Sonic franchise in 2017 needs a big 3D title. Sonic Mania Team can't handle a big flagship project so Sonic Team is not going anywhere.
I can see big Mania influences in art and tone in the next "main" Sonic title though.
SoulUnison
Banned
I'm starting to feel like this is way more of a "Sonic CD 2" than we've been lead to believe.
The soundtrack and animation is super CD influenced, and there's a couple marketing lines that jump out at me, most prominently: "The ultimate celebration of past and future."
I'm betting that, at the very least, Stardust Speedway will have a return of CD's time travel mechanic.
The small bits of Speedway we've seen in promotional materials seem to use the "Past" tileset/artwork/etc..
The soundtrack and animation is super CD influenced, and there's a couple marketing lines that jump out at me, most prominently: "The ultimate celebration of past and future."
I'm betting that, at the very least, Stardust Speedway will have a return of CD's time travel mechanic.
The small bits of Speedway we've seen in promotional materials seem to use the "Past" tileset/artwork/etc..
tiltnkirby
Member
Good stuff falk.
CadetMahoney
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CampbellzSoup
Member
Alex, I'll take hyperbole for $400.
I would like to hear more first before making any claims.
Hence why I said "is shaping up to be." It's completely possible that they're just releasing the best songs, but after hearing this new one, Studiopolis, Mirage Saloon, Green Hill Act 2 and Chemical Plant Act 2, they all have been fantastic. Tee Lopes doesn't disappoint.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
This game will easily win soundtrack of the year.
Tarin02543
Member
I don't know if this has already been posted but this is a 16 bit remix of Mirage Saloon, made by the composer Tee Lopes himself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z-JhQmoFWQ
He's been hinting in the comments that a 16 bit sound mode for Sonic Mania might be possible.
edit: composer, not composter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z-JhQmoFWQ
He's been hinting in the comments that a 16 bit sound mode for Sonic Mania might be possible.
edit: composer, not composter.
FeenixRising
Banned
So uhh.... when we gonna get the CDQ Chemical Plant Act 2?
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
It would be neat if they later remixed their sound track using different game musicians from around the web and gave it out as optional DLC audio mode. Maybe even let a certain JSRF composer take a crack at remixing a favorite.
I used to beat Sonic 2 to different CD music as a kid. Lol
Blam
Member
Someone mentioned this in the comments on that video. But a Genesis audio mode would be an awesome dlc.
Dear God this is amazing
Mixed by Falk 😊
Oh man, this game is turning out to be the unofficial Sonic Before/After the Sequel Sequel!
dragonzdogma
Member
Mixed by Falk 😊
Offtopic
Which part comes first, the close up or the the far away shot when looking at this gif.
SoulUnison
Banned
Yes.
TheAggroCraig
Member
Oh my lanta.
RecRoulette
Member
You're too slow Act 1 music!
Perfection. I think the slower pace suits it well
Wonder what Act 2 is gonna sound like
Triforce141
Member
They are nailing it harder than Jesus Christ during both his son of a carpenter years and final days
W-Wow...they took one of CD's most awesome tracks in the JP version (next to Quartz Quardent Present & Future) and made it EVEN BETTER!
Mania man...it's going to be one of the best Sonic Soundtracks in years
.This game's OST is godlike
Dead End Irony
Member
Must resist urge to listen! I'm on a blackout after the most recent Zone "leak." I'm assuming this music goes in judging by the response!
Tigersprite
Member
Awwwwwww yissssss
Stardust Speedway Past was already a jungle in CD.
What we saw in Mania is basically the same as SS Past, but we didn't saw Act 2 yet.
Can't listen to the track now