*Spoilers* Dropped Plotlines of Sonic Chronicles

[Quacker Duk]

I know there's already a Sonic Chronicles: TDB thread, but I figured we should have a specifically Spoilerififc one.

Personally, I like the game to a point. It wasn't a bad game, but I though that for everything interesting that the game brought up, there was almost no payoff. Even the Sonic Heroes has payoff, where it was satisfying or not. Let's start this topic off by listing the dropped plot lines of the game, shall we? Feel free to chime in with your own, or correct me if you feel this plot isn't actually dropped.
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*The Argus Event*
Why were the Echidnas sent to the Twilight cage? It used to be reasonable assumed that Emeral had killed them all. I'm fine with a new explanation being given, but there is no direct correlation between them doing anything and being take to the Twilight Cage. It's inferred that Argus is a tentacled monster from another dimension (see IX's flashback), and that he was collection strong species, but it never really pays off. We never see Argus, her him mentioned more then once, or get the feeling that the Nocturne had it coming. It all feels arbitrary. Also, they were a rival clan of Knuckles, something that really doesn't enter his mind. They WERE the enemy at some point in the past. Right now, all he's concerned with are what they are in the present.

*Where does IX get his powers?*
Seriously, what's his deal? The journal says he has near cosmic powers. How?! To soften this inconsistency they say that Pachamachac was a mystic, too. Was he?! I though he was a warlord chieftain? If he was a mystic, surly he would have known about the "Servers are the Seven Chaos," and the deadly water-monster thing. Also, it's not really clear what he's using the master emerald for at the end of the game. It's mainly a kill switch for the other seven, and he's got them too. I could see why he'd want it as a fail safe, but his plan made little sense. And at the end, he goes "Super IX" (By transforming into a less threatening form) using "the power of Nocturne itself." What does that even mean?! When was it set up that such a power even existed?

[fakersinc]

You know, I gotta hand it to Bioware for making such a great story, but honestly how on Earth did they manage to make such blaring inconsistencies. They're TERRIBLY good at storytelling, and they took a universe 100x bigger than the Sonic universe (aka star wars) and managed to make 2 rpgs without one single inconsistancy. I dont get it.

One of the things I remember in the game was someone explaining (dont remember who) that Pachamachac was basically helpless to stand against Ixus... yet somehow they all managed to be sucked into another dimension? Also, like you said and I hadnt realized it.... the old man Pachamachac was a warlord, how on earth DID he cause all this and not know something simple like the power of Chaos? Bleh! I cant answer these things for you and I dont think they can either.

Unless of course you email them, they might even answer!

[Quacker Duk]

Sorry to rehash old wounds, but there are more points I'd like to make.

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*Rouge and Shadow's Relationship*

I wasn't expecting shipping or anything like that, but they do have SOME kind of history together. There is barely any reference to their previous encounters in the plot itself, especially when Shadow is telling off Sonic, saying that they need to save Omega. Last I checked, Rouge knew the guy as well, and was close enough to the three of them that she would be a little more involved. Hell, they are both GUN agents.

*What was Shadow doing in his spare time?*

There a weird, half-assed subplot about Sonic realizing that Shadow is busy doing his own missions when not in your active party. This is a good idea, and very true to Shadow. He's not one to wait around for Sonic to give him instructions. However, the entire plot line is dropped after Sonic confronts him. The two of them growl at each other and that's it. Of all the interesting twists we could have gotten as to what Shadow was doing, the answer was -- NOTHING. Shadow was just a bit of a tool.

(Side note: Sonic says point blank in the game that Shadow cannot outrun him. Since when was this true? All other games infer, at the very least, that the two of them are matched. Some even say that he's slightly faster, and those that don't admit that he is nearly impossible to catch due to Chaos Control.)

*Amy's Boyfriend Dexter*

Ok, so the plot twist is that there was no Dexter. Really? The best you can come up with is to tell us that the one most unexpected thing in Amy's character just didn't happen. That's not really much in the way of character development. They set up that Sonic abandoned everyone a la Superman Returns for the year following Eggman's apparent death, so there's no mark on her personality if she did get a beau. If Dexter was real, then there is a genuine chance for drama. Obviously she eventually would go back to Sonic, but what would be the cause? Does Sonic sweep her off her feet? Does Dexter hurt her in some way? Is he connected to the Mauraders plans?

*Angel Island's Location*

It's a plot point that people are alarmed that Angel Island is moving away from Mystic Ruins. Isn't the point of Angel Island that it keeps moving? Wasn't that the big deal in Sonic 3, that Eggman crashed the Death Egg there. No one knew it even existed? Yes, in SA it was over Mystic Ruins, but I though it continually moved about.