Itchy//Tasty
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Snarky posts aside, I think this is a great hook and I'm all for it!
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Sonic Forces lets you create your own character [Update: Trailer]
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PreyingShark
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Obviously Vector, he is a real stud that helps you find the computer room.
I feel you . Though if its anything like xenoverse, you'll get to play them.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Dead End Irony
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Yep. This is gonna be Sega/Sonic Team by the end of the year.
This was a chess move. So damn smart. They're appealing to both sides of the Sonic fan base and both games will be massive hits IMO.
As I said before, I hate the idea of character creation, but this is going to take off hard. I will say this is already one of the funniest NeoGAF threads I've read in a while, so there's already positives!
From a gameplay standpoint, it doesn't look much better or worse than classic/modern Sonic so far.
Because people at SEGA probably figured out that most people who are going to buy this game actually don't want to play as Tails, and creating their OC is actually a more interesting route to take, especially since your OC isn't limited to being a Tails knockoff considering the customization options they've already described.
It's the fact it's the proper Sega board as well, this is all so wrong!
Sega is rolling around in some right muck and is loving it.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Last game that played like Mania came out in 1994. Last game that played like Forces came out in 2011.
Diprosalic
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oh wow.
what's even worse than a few new shitty Sonic characters? how about UNLIMITED new shitty Sonic characters.
what's even worse than a few new shitty Sonic characters? how about UNLIMITED new shitty Sonic characters.
The shadow fangirls Have found their video game.
There really is no justice in this world if this happens
I would argue there are a lot people who wanna play as other folks. I don't think creating a character and playing as other folks are mutually exclusive, like with xenoverse.
Red Arremer
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No lies detected.
GoldandBlue
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Nah, it's fun stuff. People need to chill out.
Neoriceisgood
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This new character is my #1 most wanted newcomer for Smash Switch.
I mean, I don't think the character creator will let you make creepy shit. Unless of course you consider your average Sonic friend creepy. Then yeah lol
Not like this will make anything better or worse and it's not like you wouldn't have to actively seek for that shit to find it in the first place, the whole "OH NOES" regarding a customizable character in the game is so weird lol
NoKisum
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Perhaps pointing at DeviantArt itself is hyperbole, I'll admit. But after being in instances where fans want to literally shove their Sonic self-insertion furry porn in your face just for mentioning playing Sonic games in the past, it's hard to look at the series and community as a whole like a blissful paradise.
My self consciousness has nothing to do with it. It's just wanting to steer as clear as possible from the type of fans I mentioned above. This "feature", with the type of community it has, is just a step towards enabling such behavior in a broader sense.
After watching the gameplay it looks like an evolution of Gamma's gameplay from adventure, just instead of a gun you get a flamethrower.
It looks alright although I would rather play as Tails and Knuckles again in 3D. I just don't understand why we can't get Boost Sonics gameplay with homing attack and boost replaced with fly and tail whip for Tails and Glide, climb and punch for Knuckles.
It looks alright although I would rather play as Tails and Knuckles again in 3D. I just don't understand why we can't get Boost Sonics gameplay with homing attack and boost replaced with fly and tail whip for Tails and Glide, climb and punch for Knuckles.
BassForever
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This is the most amazing decision ever lol I'm crying and stunned sonic team took this long to do a cac.
No, of course, it isn't mutually exclusive, but you need to see the context for this whole thing. Adding 'more characters' is different to 'adding one single character that can be whatever'.
Sonic Forces, for better or worse, is gonna have a story. The OC will probably be featured heavily in it. It has to tie in with that, so the game is designed having that extra one character in mind. If you add Tails, Knuckles and whatever else, then that's yet another character to consider and dedicate resources and planning to.
And then there's the fact that, in modern games, Tails and co. already got burnt pretty badly. Not so long ago a big complaint about Sonic had been that it had TOO MANY FRIENDS, and I'd suspect that SEGA is trying their best not to evoke said criticism again. They've dialed it back to Sonic, and now are trying their hand with the OC thing because it's new and it has actual potential with the fanbase, but yeah.
"Enabling such behavior" my dude this isn't people being sexist or racist over game coms or the plethora of actual horrible bullshit going on in the world.
Some kid wants to make a cool sonic character because he likes shadow. And then that kid will make that character.
That's it. Calm down my dude.
Azure Phoenix
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So can I just make Blaze the Cat with this and play the game as a decent character?
Regulus Tera
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I can be my own shitty Sonic friend. Amazing.
Still looks like something I don't have any nostalgia for anymore, because I finished them thousands of times.
There's a new coat of paint, but that's it.
KingdomHeartsFan
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I can put a saiyan scouter on my custom sonic? I'm in.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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It's going to be huge with the youtube/lets play crowd too
I think they would do best to not give a shit about that critcism, and just make a good game. Friends or no, but that's just me.
Evil John Locke
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Literally said exactly this as I opened the thread, lol. Dis gon b gud
The character itself doesnt have to look creepy, itll be the backstories they make up for them and post online and since their creation can actuallty easily exist inside of a sonic game officially itll offer them and their character self validation.
Which means thr creepiness can rise to a whole new level...
Ofcourse not. But now they have a hook for them.
HANDS OFF JON.
No. There will be specifically things to not allow you to play as blaze, because blaze being thrown under various buses for other characters is her life.
Infact the way to unlock the other characters is to sacrifice blaze on an altar
mrmickfran
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oh no
Dear Sweet God... What has Sega done?! You are giving your fanbase the chance to make OCs legit in an actual Sonic game!?
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In all seriousness, it is rather nice to see a possible third playstyle that you can create, while also giving you the option of what buff you like to have depending on the type of character you make. All I hope is that this doesn't evolve into... other things...
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In all seriousness, it is rather nice to see a possible third playstyle that you can create, while also giving you the option of what buff you like to have depending on the type of character you make. All I hope is that this doesn't evolve into... other things...
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
MAtgS
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Like I would ever debase myself to such an absurd question
Sally or Blaze easily. Probably lending towards Sally so BlazexSonic can still be my OTP.
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