17th March 2005, 11:13 PM
Well I did enjoy Sonic Adventure quite a bit, namely because it was pretty fun to me to play the speedy stuff in 3D. These games really aren't as good as the old ones though... Part of it is the lack of speed. Tails and Knuckles used to speed dash as much as Sonic ever did. Now they are just sort of... there... And Tails has this mech... I mean, he can fight outside of it just fine. It would be like putting Spider Man in a mech.
Some comic book nerd: That happened once-
DJ: Shut up you! Anyway, honestly I didn't really even have a problem with the artistic stuff even in Adventure 1, but thinking about it now, in the sense of something ruining the artistic setup, honestly that WAS where it all started, and from where I'm standing it was just as bad a move then, well maybe more so, as this little fire arm is.
Still, the part that makes me not really care is this. Sonic has always been about being edgy. Sonic was INVENTED to basically be an "in your face hedgehog with RATtitude" from the very start, in Japan as well as America. The good gameplay was awesome, but Sonic differs from Mario for that very origins reason. Mario was never meant to be "in your face", he was just meant to be a funny little man battling monkeys and magical turtles. He was never meant to be a "hip and cool" replacement for Pacman. He was just meant to be awesome in a not hip way... if that makes sense... I mean, just freakin' addictive and fun. Sonic was the one formed in an oven of commercialism aimed at the rebels, trying to be "hip" and have an in your face attitude. I mean, he frickin' jumps into the screen at the end of each game shoving his fat gloved finger in your face with that smiling angry eyes look. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, I'm just saying that Sonic has ALWAYS been the "hip and cool alternative, because Sega does what NintenDON'T, and Mario is lame and Sonic is fast fast FAST, blaze processing!". Mario on the other hand was never really like that. He was just meant to be awesome because his games were fun and his world was like stepping through the looking glass where mushrooms make you a giant and vines grow out of floating blocks, and a DINOSAUR.
Some comic book nerd: That happened once-
DJ: Shut up you! Anyway, honestly I didn't really even have a problem with the artistic stuff even in Adventure 1, but thinking about it now, in the sense of something ruining the artistic setup, honestly that WAS where it all started, and from where I'm standing it was just as bad a move then, well maybe more so, as this little fire arm is.
Still, the part that makes me not really care is this. Sonic has always been about being edgy. Sonic was INVENTED to basically be an "in your face hedgehog with RATtitude" from the very start, in Japan as well as America. The good gameplay was awesome, but Sonic differs from Mario for that very origins reason. Mario was never meant to be "in your face", he was just meant to be a funny little man battling monkeys and magical turtles. He was never meant to be a "hip and cool" replacement for Pacman. He was just meant to be awesome in a not hip way... if that makes sense... I mean, just freakin' addictive and fun. Sonic was the one formed in an oven of commercialism aimed at the rebels, trying to be "hip" and have an in your face attitude. I mean, he frickin' jumps into the screen at the end of each game shoving his fat gloved finger in your face with that smiling angry eyes look. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, I'm just saying that Sonic has ALWAYS been the "hip and cool alternative, because Sega does what NintenDON'T, and Mario is lame and Sonic is fast fast FAST, blaze processing!". Mario on the other hand was never really like that. He was just meant to be awesome because his games were fun and his world was like stepping through the looking glass where mushrooms make you a giant and vines grow out of floating blocks, and a DINOSAUR.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)