Say Quackeh, since seem to have the game, do you mind telling me who all the playable characters are real quick?
Following post contains *SPOILERERS* =O
Alright, Weirdo, I'll get to your question in just a bit but first my impressions on the game.
I'm at Chapter 7 right now, so I haven't finished the game yet. Got it Friday with the styluses. ^O^
At first, I was a little underwhelmed with the beginning. It just felt very awkward trying to figure everything out, so it takes a while to really delve into the game. But as soon as you do, you really
delve right into it. The story is quite impressive and not readable this time. =D It is amazing. All of the characters are likable (including Big) and have differing personalities. Non of them give off a hint of (DO NOT WANT), so to speak. The dialog is enjoyable and I even laughed at some of the conversations the characters have quite a few times.
Some quotes: (Some are taken from elsewhere and haven't seen them yet)
Big: "I just don't know, Froggy..."
Sonic: "What? Are you talking to me?"
Big: "No, your name is Sonic. Son-ic!"
Man, getting called stupid by Big....
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Amy: "I'll have you know that I have a boyfriend!"
Rouge: "Hey, looking good sonic!"
Amy: "Don't talk to sonic like that!"
Rouge: "Oh I'm sorry! and here I thought you had a boyfriend...."
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Tails: "These tribes aren't going to work together!"
Sonic: "Anybody got a better idea?"
Big: "We could give Big some ice cream!"
Knuckles: ...
Rogue: ...
Shade: ...
Tails: ...
Amy: ...
Big: "...What?"
Sonic: "Anybody got a better idea?"
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Tails: "Sonic, maybe this would be a good time to save the game."
Sonic: "Please stop reminding me to save my game."
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Eggman: "Please, my furry friends. After you! Ha ha ha ha ha!"
This one kinda scared me, though. >.>
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Amy: "But there's a whole army of Marauders up there! There's no way we can defeat them all!"
Sonic: "Hi, I'm Sonic. Have we met?"
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Tails: "No Omega! Eggman's on our side now!"
Omega: "FUZZY ORANGE WOODLAND CREATURE HAS GONE INSANE, RECOMMENDED OPTIONS: TERMINATION."
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Big: "AH! My eyes are broken! Oh wait they're just closed."
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Eggman: "The Dimensional Buffer is a fine invention, a pity I never had a chance to try it out."
"At least, not since that one time. I never did see those pants again."
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I'll post more at the end. Trust me, there are a lot of good quotes to grab. XD
As for your question, Weirdo, the characters are:
-Sonic
-Amy
-Tails
-Rouge
-Big
-Knuckles
-Cream
-Eggman
-Shadow
-Omega
-Shade
That's also the order you get them in. Yes guys, Eggman is playable! =O But he leaves the party later when you reach Chapter 7, though. Also, Cream and Omega are optional characters, so they don't get as much dialog as the others do. Shadow and Big don't make much of a peep either though. I also heard that Shadow may also leave your party permanently as well if you don't complete the <Seach for Omega> mission, because that was the reason why he teamed up in the first place.
Really? Inspired by Archie? That's interesting, and I find it a little hard to swallow. (No offense to Archie)
does it use characters from Archie? Or just "Themes" like alternate dimensions? Because that's just a generic concept independent of Archie.
I believe I can answer this. Some themes or ideas seem to come from the comics. Sonic's attitude seems to come sraight from Ian Flynn's (current head writer at Sonic's Archie) interpretation of Sonic at times. He can be quite the jerk when he has to be, but is always still ready to jump into action to save anybody from danger.
It also mentions roboticization at one point, and Sonic has a taste for Chili Dogs. =D
Also, the Dark Brotherhood reminds me of the Dark Legion from the comics. There are just so many similarities to them it's almost crazy! I don't want to give them out because i'll spoil the first half of the story. =O
Now, onto other stuffs.
Music is definelty the game's weakest points. That is somewhat saddening because all of Sonic's games have such a wonderful soundtrack (except for Secret Rings, and to some extent the Rivals series). =( Battle music is possible the only few tracks that are good. Everything else just sounds like bleeps and boops really. Also, does anybody know if Richard Jacques is the one behind the music? He makes such amazing tunes and it's just very difficult to hear that he was the one behind this game's soundtrack.
Battle is quite strange to describe, though. At first, it looks hard because you have to memorize the mechanics right off the bat. As soon as you do though, it becomes very rewarding to pull it off and succeed in your fights. It's basically either fail or success, really.
What can be mind numbing at times are the overworlds. They are sometimes tedious and difficult to figure out which is the correct way to go. It took me hours to get out of Mobotropolis.
And there really isn't anything to do in them besides all the unneeded amount of quests there were; all of which were resorted to fetching X amount of items.
And playing with the stylus for the whole game is a drag. You could use the shoulder buttons to interact with the objects and sure makes things easier, but alas, mine are on the brink of dying on me so I'd rather not take the chance. It really get annoying that I can't play the game much longer than an hour before my hand starts hurting and cramping quite badly and have to put the thing away.
And so far, the game is pretty short and linear. But doing everything; including quests, finding every chao egg, every ring, every location, and indulge on the battles, you can have about 27+ hours of game time. Still short though-- and OH MY GOD is the game
easy. After figuring out the game, it can get quite boring because the outcome of every battle is about a 98% success rate.
On a final note, I guess this game is quite the spectacle. Although it has its strengths, it also addresses it's flaws just as easliy at times. I'd recommend it to anybody here.
Now, onto more quotes!
Tails: "We can reconfigure the machine to harmlessly send back the Marauders back from where they came from!"
Eggman: "Cant we hurt them... just a little bit?"
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Tails: "We did it! We're in the twilight cage!"
Shade: "I've never heard somebody feel so happy to be here..."
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E-123 Omega: "THERE'S NO REASON TO DOUBT SHADOW AND ROUGE; HOWEVER THERE'S REASON NOT TO TRUST THE REST OF THESE MEATBAGS."
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Sonic: "Big? How did you survive the poisonous gas?"
Big: "Poisonous Gas!? Where?"
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Sonic: "Ah, Green Hill Zone. We've had some good times here, right Tails?"
Tails: "You mean when Eggman kidnapped our animal friends, turned them into robots and pitted them against us?"
Sonic: "Yep, goooooooood times."
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Eggman: "Blue Ridge Zone...y'know, once you've terrorized an area once or twice, it just isn't the same..."
Tails:....
Amy:...
Eggman: "...What?"
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Tails: "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
Eggman: "I believe so..."
Rogue: "This is not the time for nerd bonding."
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Big: "Amy rose!"
Amy: "Big the Cat! Ugh! Please, no hugs Big, when you smell like that!"
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Sonic: "We have to get to the bridge and take down the captain!"
Knuckles: "Let's do it!"
Shadow: "Then let's stop bickering and just do it."
Amy: "Hey! No need to be so rude!"
Shadow: "No need to be so polite."
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Tails: "On our team ,Eggman, we try to avoid violence."
Dr. Eggman: "I see. Well if your wacko "pain-free" machine works, I'll be very impressed."
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Eggman: "I think I've finally conquered the secret to kindness!"
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Sonic: "Oh Knuckles, do I sense a little... crush?:
Knuckles: "I don't like her! She's over 4000 years old!"
Rouge: "You always did like older women."
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Sonic: "You don't need to be so concerned about me, Amy."
Amy: "I'm worried about yo-... about everyone here!"
Sonic: "Does Dexter know about this?"
Amy: "Why are you so worried about Dexter? He's not YOUR boyfriend."
Knuckles: "Wow."
Rouge: "Moving on..."
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Eggman: "There we are, the ionic defragulator!"
Rouge: "Oh, good. If we run into anything that needs defragulating, we're all set."
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Sonic: "Uhhh... anybody know someway to get out of this?"
Tails: "Maybe... no... sorry..."
Knuckles: "I think we're stuck here!"
Shadow: "Oh, I know something!"
Sonic: "You do?!"
Shadow: "For me, not for you."
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Tails: "Could this be Eggman's hideout?"
Rouge: "Ew. It smells like oil and... moustache. This HAS to be the place."
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Amy: "Hey Everyone! Could sonic and I have a little privacy here?"
Rouge: "What for?"
Knuckles: "Yeah, you can talk in front of us."
Tails: "I don't understand what's so--"
Amy: "I said GET OUT!"
Tails:...
Cream:...
Knuckles:....
Tails: "Er, sure. Just a few minutes, though. We have stuff to do!"
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Amy: "Sounds dangerous."
Kunckles: "Sounds stupid..."
Tails: "Sounds like our only way in!"
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Eggman: "Those fools, don't they know they have invaded the wrath of DR. EGGMAN!?"
Rouge: "Oh please. Do you even have any wrath left?"
Eggman: "Of course I-- er, no. Not really."
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Amy: "Sonic! Cream has helped us plenty of times before, and she was much younger then!"
Rouge: "Yeah if we run into any all-day lollipops, we'll need her expertise."
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GUN Soldier:"Oh, look Rouge came back, and she brought Sonic the Hedgehog!"
Rouge: "Tails is here as well."
GUN Soldier: "Excellent work!"
Amy: "What about me?"
GUN Soldier: "That's Great! Why don't you sit down here and have a glass of milk."
Amy: "But I- ..." (GUN Soldier cuts her off)
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Rouge: "Good. Finally, I can do important things; like sitting around looking pretty."
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Rogue: "Why would a space pirate from a different dimension talk like that? It's just dumb."
Pirate: "Arr, 'tis a speech impediment."
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Rouge: "Well, they're off again, and with all that booty."
Amy: "ROUGE!"
Rouge: "What? It's a word."
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Rouge: "Oh I'm sorry, am I flirting with your man?"
Amy: "I just don't want him to get embarrassed that's all."
Sonic: "No one asked you to stick up for me Amy."
Amy: "FINE!, but when she's getting her nasty Rouge germs all over you don't come crying to me."
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Sonic: "Great. Let's get something to eat. Chili dogs sound good?"
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Tails: "We make a great team, don't you think?"
Robotnik: "Yes. There has been much adventure. And not nearly as much flower-sniffing or puppy-huggin as I expected."
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