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| Sensenic 968th Post
 
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|  "Sonic Battle"
, posted Fri 5 Dec 14:35
Just tried it and... it's a really beautiful (don't know if it's the best word) game! I like the graphic designs for characters, menus (very "graffitti", "Jet-Set-Radio-ish"), map... And the way you control Sonic through this last one is quite original!
The graphics in general are fine, so's the story, so far... It has a few voice samples for every character (Sonic says "Yeah!", Rouge says a sexy "Hmmhmm..." ^_^U, Tails says "Sonikku...", etc  ).
Gameplay... I haven't tested it enough, I don't know how to do all the moves, etc. Probably the only thing I can already say about it is that I suck at it, like any other game requiring a minimum of ability. The 3D system feels a bit weird, specially because the characters only have... euh... side-view sprites, not front-view nor back-view ones, so most of the time I don't know where is he (am I) looking (therefore aiming) at.
BTW, now I think of it, it's funny that a 3D graphics game like Super Smash Bros has 2D Gameplay, while this 2D game has 3D gameplay.
Oh, and they've also entered the "Gotta catch'em all" trend  , with charas' moves cards that you have to collect.
Mwahahaha! I'm gonna murder someone...
How do you say "sushi" in Japanese? :D
Victoria Beckham (not confirmed)
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| Sensenic 969th Post
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| "Re(2):Sonic Battle" , posted Sat 6 Dec 05:13
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Yeah I've been playing it this morning and I'm thoroughly impressed... the controls feel good and the moves are cool. Sonic and Shadow are especially cool... I love kicking someone up in the air and flying up and knocking them down followed up by dropping bombs on them. I'm surprised how the GBA can do 3d environments. This would definitely be fun playing 4 players with the link cable.
Indeed Shadow is really cool, his pow attacks look like they've been taken from Naruto, or, of course, DB. And definitely its multiplayer must rock.
A couple of questions:
- Do you know how to do that kind of "follow up" attack? You know, when they do a series of normal hits to you then come flying and hit you with some attack that takes you a freaking lot of life, I mean this last attack. I hit the buttons randomly and I've managed to hit them sometimes but I don't know how did I do it ^_^'
- And about the cards: How do you know what amount of "Skill Points" are needed for each of them? I don't see any number anywhere just those "power" and "speed" stats, but I think they are refering to the move's/attack's characteristics, not the requirements...
BTW, E-102 Gamma's exploding "suicide" rocks, they almost always fall for it.
Mwahahaha! I'm gonna murder someone...
How do you say "sushi" in Japanese? :D
Victoria Beckham (not confirmed)
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| ShadowSonic
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| "Re(1):Sonic Battle" , posted Sat 6 Dec 06:32:
Wow, is it really that good?
*Goes off to download the.. er, I mean play the game :p*
Perhaps it's about time I shelled out $$ for a GBA...so much Sonic goodness on it :D
EDIT: OK, I played it a little, here's a mini-review:
The sprites are AWESOMELY animated. Even more so than the Advance series. Lots of detail and personality. The voice samples add to this as well.
The stages are kind of blah, since most of them are pretty blocky and static. However, this is the GBA we're talking about - The fact that it can push polygons at any frame rate is astonishing, to me at least.
The music isn't really that good. The tunes are kind of forgettable, although they do make good use of the GBA's sound chip.
As for the gameplay - it seems solid enough, although the controls are a bit clunky.
Where darkness turns to light and order turns to chaos. 2003.
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| VariantX
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| "Re(3):Sonic Battle" , posted Sun 7 Dec 00:47
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Yeah I've been playing it this morning and I'm thoroughly impressed... the controls feel good and the moves are cool. Sonic and Shadow are especially cool... I love kicking someone up in the air and flying up and knocking them down followed up by dropping bombs on them. I'm surprised how the GBA can do 3d environments. This would definitely be fun playing 4 players with the link cable.
Indeed Shadow is really cool, his pow attacks look like they've been taken from Naruto, or, of course, DB. And definitely its multiplayer must rock.
A couple of questions:
- Do you know how to do that kind of "follow up" attack? You know, when they do a series of normal hits to you then come flying and hit you with some attack that takes you a freaking lot of life, I mean this last attack. I hit the buttons randomly and I've managed to hit them sometimes but I don't know how did I do it ^_^'
- And about the cards: How do you know what amount of "Skill Points" are needed for each of them? I don't see any number anywhere just those "power" and "speed" stats, but I think they are refering to the move's/attack's characteristics, not the requirements...
BTW, E-102 Gamma's exploding "suicide" rocks, they almost always fall for it.
I belive its done by hitting them with a heavy attack and then immediately pressing the button the instant after they bounce off the wall...... though if you come up too late they can hit you with theirs and it huts especially when gamma or knuckles does it....
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| Sensenic 974th Post
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| "Re(9):Sonic Battle" , posted Sun 7 Dec 14:32:
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Well, that's what I think. What do you guys think?
I think I haven't played it enough because every time I tried to play it after having shut off the computer once, it wouldn't work anymore and freeze/restart . Now I unzip it anytime before playing u_u.
EDIT/Add-on: Oh boy, I'm loving this game and I'm only in Rouge's chapter. The only bad thing about it is having to repeat some battles, they can get very long.
Well, if ShadowSonic was asking abot tiers, I ask about Emerl: How are you customizing it? I have him with Gamma's stance (the self-destruct every time he's KO'ed is a jewel) with Sonic's run and jump and Tails dash. BTW, his initial and incomplete "SET" special, in his ground version, is the cheapest thing ever. You can just keep hitting and hitting and hitting over and over your enemy until you beat him without much trouble.
Mwahahaha! I'm gonna murder someone...
How do you say "sushi" in Japanese? :D
Victoria Beckham (not confirmed)
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| ShadowSonic
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Rare Customer
| "Re(10):Sonic Battle" , posted Sun 7 Dec 18:02
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Well, that's what I think. What do you guys think?
I think I haven't played it enough because every time I tried to play it after having shut off the computer once, it wouldn't work anymore and freeze/restart . Now I unzip it anytime before playing u_u.
EDIT/Add-on: Oh boy, I'm loving this game and I'm only in Rouge's chapter. The only bad thing about it is having to repeat some battles, they can get very long.
Well, if ShadowSonic was asking abot tiers, I ask about Emerl: How are you customizing it? I have him with Gamma's stance (the self-destruct every time he's KO'ed is a jewel) with Sonic's run and jump and Tails dash. BTW, his initial and incomplete "SET" special, in his ground version, is the cheapest thing ever. You can just keep hitting and hitting and hitting over and over your enemy until you beat him without much trouble.
Emerl? Well, I haven't gotten past Knuckles yet (he's a pain), but I'm probably going to give him some of Tails' moves. 'specially the Heavy attack...man, does that thing have range ^_^
Using Gamma's stance makes you self-destruct? Cool :D
Where darkness turns to light and order turns to chaos. 2003.
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