[POLL] SONIC LOST WORLDS

author=Dudesoft
I'm confused by people's dislike of the other characters. Even in the cartoons it's the same. The point of different speed and gameplay is to highlight Sonic's special power. If everyone ran fast, it'd be boring and people would just ask, "Why not just be all Sonic?"
It'd be like if all the Justice League members were just The Flash.

Edit: In Sonic Adventure, Sonic Team was just embellishing on what people loved about Sonic 3. Tails could hover, and was not as fast as Sonic. Knuckles could glide, and climb. His gameplay was slow and explorative.
Sonic just raced through levels at the speed of sound.
All Adventure did was give Knuckles a reason to explore, added a robot, and a fishing game. You ask, "Why fishing in Sonic!?" think about it. This is japan we're talking about.

The fishing segments weren't that fun and I felt that It left the game unfocused. I wouldn't be so hard on it if it was an optional mini-game, but it's actually required to get the full ending in the game. Also, I have no idea what Japan has to do with this because, in my opinion, making what feels like a compilation of micro games instead of one cohesive game wasn't a good move.

I'm aware that having every character run as fast as Sonic is boring. I'm not trying to say "everyone should be Sonic" so much that everyone shouldn't break the concept of Sonic's gameplay. What I love about Sonic 3 is that yes, every character had different abilities that affected playstyle, but was the overall pacing of the game drastically affected with both non-Sonic characters? No. I was still traversing through both fast and slower segments, putting my reflexes to the test, and exploring short, but complex levels. My criticism of Adventure is that strayed TOO FAR from Sonic's core design. Who wants to stop and fish, go ridiculously slow, or hunt for Macguffins in a Sonic game?

Note that I'm not saying Adventure is a bad game, it's still one of the best of Sonic's 3D games, but because of the unfocused gameplay I can't rank it on par with previous games.

author=Dudesoft
In Sonic Adventure 3, it was clear they figured out what you said and focused on three types of gameplay. That said, I fuckin' hated Knuckles and Rouge's levels. Really just wanted some more Big the Cat! Rofl

Sonic Adventure 2 you mean? Lol

I kind of miss Big myself. His latest appearance was just a model view in the 3DS version of Sonic Generations. :(

author=Dudesoft
On another note, how big is Mobius, really? Seems like these infinite amount of levels would take up a lot of the world by now. Especially odd since we keep seeing Green Hill Zone homages. Or is every game a new planet?
(obviously Sonic CD was, and Colors)

Here is some info: http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_Lost_World
It takes place on an island called Lost Hex, and the zone displayed is called the Wind Hill Zone, I think. It's another one of those tropical zones with checkered cliffs that appears in Sonic games quite a lot.

Sonic takes place on Earth. A heavily fantasized, alternate reality of earth where loops and floating platforms seem to be natural and anthropomorphic animals are running about alongside humans. Some of the landscapes, including South Island and Angel Island, are based off real places, which supports that theory.

"Mobius" was due to a mistranslation.

Nope.

Sonic News Network Wiki
Mobius is the planet that the Sonic the Hedgehog characters are from in SatAM, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Underground, and the comics. Mostly anthropomorphs live there. Note that while some of the early American storylines also had the Sonic game series set on Mobius, the Japanese manuals (outside of Sonic Spinball) have never mentioned the name of Sonic's world. However, some English translations in post-Sonic Adventure games identify it as the earth.

Many of the English manual stories are different from the Japanese manuals, and ever since Sonic became international (starting with Sonic Adventure) Sonic's World has often been referred to as either "Sonic's World" or "Earth." Then again "Mobius" in the comic series and other media is pretty much Earth in the future.

I don't really know how I feel about pressing a button to control speed, but it looks a lot of fun. I like the splitting paths, though, that's something I've longed missed with Sonic games.

author=seacliff217
Well, at least using a button to control speed isn't too different from a boost button. I like to think of it as a boost button without a meter.

It's just that it's something I would do when playing a Mario game, not a Sonic game. It doesn't feel like a necessary move imo.