bowen
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Post by bowen on Jul 8, 2007 21:15:15 GMT -5
I can't believe I played Sonic Rivals. It was OK. Nothing epic. Just a bunch of silly excuses for clip art of the characters to argue back and forth and then race through small number of levels. BUT! The new game is due out in a bit. Tails has been added, but there are apparently two brand-new characters making appearances. Speculation? I hope it's Fang/Nack. He could be riding the Marvelous Queen. But then again, who doesn't.
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Post by fakersinc on Jul 8, 2007 23:07:15 GMT -5
Honestly I was so pissed at myself for wasting my money on the first one. :\ I'm thinking it might be yet ANOTHER hedgehog like Metal Sonic. Maybe Knuckles? I dunno. I'll wait until I find it at gamestop used for $10.
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Post by Quacker Duk on Jul 9, 2007 2:14:31 GMT -5
Ha, ha, ha! Good call!
Seriously, I love the whole concept of eggman Nega as being from the future, but they totally fumbled it. I expect those crappy character art cut scenes from a DS game, but the PSP owes us better. Hell, at least Sonic Rush had a few 3D sequences AND hand-drawn ending sequences.
But if Eggman Nega is really *SPOILER* Eggman's Great Grandson or Whatever *END SPOILER* Who is Eggman's Kid? (Minus possibly Cream)
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Post by fakersinc on Jul 9, 2007 16:27:43 GMT -5
.......... maybe we should ask Rouge that question.
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Post by bowen on Jul 10, 2007 11:39:18 GMT -5
Heh, heh. There's discussion on Gamefaqs that has some guy saying that Rouge would be natural for the game, since she's Tails' rival. Since when the hell was she Tail's rival?
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Post by fakersinc on Jul 10, 2007 21:35:35 GMT -5
Good question. Rouge is way out of the kid's league. She was always Knuckles' rival, as far as their treasure hunting ways goes. She can kick his ass. Which brings me to wonder...
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Post by Quacker Duk on Jul 12, 2007 11:10:41 GMT -5
Exactly. They way I see it, Tails only real rivals so far are:
*Wave *Eggman
And if we wanna get obscure....
*The Battlecock/BattleKuku
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Post by RedPenguin on Dec 3, 2007 0:45:47 GMT -5
Did anybody else but me just realize that this game was already released? o.o Here's IGN's review. 6.5/10 psp.ign.com/articles/832/832973p1.htmlAccording to a few of the critics about their critics, that IGN gave it a horrible review. Most people actually liked this game, and that this is actually the best Sonic game since SA2. What's odd, is that IGN said the the gameplay has been improved, but it still received a lower score form the original. And according to them, it appears that the lowest point about the game is the sound. Heee Hee Hee. Good ol' 4Kids. ;D The whole game's script contains voice acting. Sort of like Sonic Battle's cut scenes, but with with voices. As for other reviews: Gamezone's review psp.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r32851.htmAnd finally, GameSpy's: - 3.5/5 (7/10) psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/sonic-rivals-2/837778p1.htmlGameSpy gave it a much more positive review. Oh, and I found this: The story! Spoilers AHEAD! [spoilers]Select to read: As most of us already know, the story behind this game is that all of the Chao have mysteriously gone missing and all eight characters, for one reason or another, are trying to find out why/rescue them. It turns out, just like in the first game, Eggman Nega has come from the future, disguising himself as Robotnik, to destroy the past so everyone will fear the Robotnik family name instead of treating it as a joke.
And yet again, everyone thinks it's Robotnik except for Silver, who teams up with Espio to bring him down. Obviously, Eggman Nega is the one behind the missing Chao. But why? He wants to summon Ifrit.
Ifrit is a giant fire god that's a cross between a phoenix and a dragon that comes from another dimension which it has already destroyed. Eggman Nega plans on using the seven Chaos Emeralds to open a portal to this dimension, summon Ifrit, and then FEED Ifrit the living Chao to make it invincible. It's pretty much Sonic The Hedgehog all over again, except Ifrit has already successfully set its entire home dimension ablaze, Nega doesn't have to kill Sonic to make some random princess cry, and Ifrit doesn't have a second half to fuse with.
Also, this time Sonic, Shadow, and Knuckles know who Silver is while Rouge, Espio, and Tails don't. The game has two Metal Sonics in it; Eggman Nega's Metal Sonic 3.0, and the actual Metal Sonic (who obediently follows Shadow due to Robotnik's orders). [/spoilers]
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Post by mastersilver on Dec 3, 2007 18:07:25 GMT -5
Well, I wanna know this: Do any of the characters go Super?
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Post by RedPenguin on Dec 3, 2007 19:11:58 GMT -5
I haven't played the game yet, but as far as I can tell, none do.
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Post by Quacker Duk on Dec 5, 2007 14:20:52 GMT -5
They don't go super to my knowledge.
You know, I hate when IGN and their ilk take Sonic games down a peg because they dislike the plots and characters. They say that all the extra characters are lame and detract of the game, and yet there are legions of fans for each. Just because they don't like Espio doesn't mean that Sonic Rivals 2 automatically sucks. It's subjective.
I mean, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to bash the game. I found the first one bland, occasionally frustrating and arbitrary. That said, I am "interested" in playing the new one.
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