Sonic Unleashed, The beast has been unleashed.

Anyone else have this game besides me? It came out today for the 360 but has been out for a few days now. The levles are VASTLY different on the wii/ps2 versions.


Anyways, where to start off.

Ahh yes. Unless you are immune to motion sickness and able to react quickly, do not get this game, as my gf cant even focus. Sonic the hedgehog is fast. Yes FAST. Faster then you have ever seen. I can stress how fast his levles are. I thought, oh getting sonic back to his basics, running through lvls nonstop would be lame, but holy hell is it not. In my opinion, this game could potentially rank up there.

The soundtrack in this game is veeery jazzy which i like. And its nice and mellow, especially when your ripping through stages at 400+ mph.

However, the one thing that SEVERELY kills this is the werehog stages. They get very lame, and after the first 5 minutes, you'll be itching for the sonic stages.

Vid of me running through Act 2 of Windmill isle.

I got this game for the PS2, and I agree. Things aren't the same as they are from what you've showed me.

Urgh, they kept the 3D aspect... I was sorta hoping they would have went back to the 2D style... Or go the MMX8 2.5D style for the speed levels.

And admittedly the werehog idea is incredibly stupid sounding from the get go. I'm not sure why Sega thought this was a good idea. Seems just like they're grasping at straws to hook gamers.

They should have made it so that instead of turning into a werehog, he'd return to his 16 or 32-bit glory. That would have gotten gamers of all ages looking at it.

Super sonic... Dark supersonic... Something like that, not a werehog. A werehog sounds like something for halloween or a knock off a horror genre.

And did they inroduce another needless character into the mix?

The whole 3d aspect in this game is very well done. You actually see whats coming in front of you. i know it looks a little fast, but i was boosting through the whole level. that and the fact that i did this lvl 10 times and memorized where things were and paths.

As for the werehog aspect, i have to say it bores me. However, my gf who isn't into the fast paced game play of Sonic actually prefers the Slow paced werehog sections. This game was designed for old gamers and new gamers to sonic alike, however If your used to sonic, you know that the werehog is too slow and boring. But like i said, my gf likes that so i guess it was people like her they were appealing to. So we had this system. Shed do the werehog lvls and ill rip through the speed lvls.

As for the whole 2d thing, There are 2d parts to the speed lvl. The part where it turns to the side are all 2d. Quite frankly, where would the advancement be if Sega spent all that time making a 2d speed with 3d werehog? They'd loose a ton of sales.

And i thought of something. Sega is the company, Sonic team is the one who works on this game. You cant blame Sega for sonic teams fuck ups. Sega created a lot of other good games, besides Sonic. Sega is not fail, the crew on sonic team is.


Also, I dont think they added chip as a character, more like a tag along. But in this game, only tails and amy are here. So far and eggman.

well lets think about that....that's because ps2 graphics suck and can't handle what a 360 can....

based on comparrison's i've seen...it looks like the wii version is a better buy. 360/ps3 may look a LITTLE nicer but the wii govve sonic the speed he needs and still lets you see WHERE THE HELL UR GOING!. im gonna get this gor my wii soon

Well, eventhough the graphics suck, at least it is affordable for people like myself. At least until I get a 360 or a PS3.

HA! for me that is never happening..EVER screw microsoft for purposely making flawed consoles...and no offense to microsoft fans....but its about time you guys got "The short end of the stick" Nintendo Shall Rise AGAIN!......

this game looks pretty similar to SatSR...oh but 360 users wouldn't know unless they have a wii.....like our buddy bdx.....well providing the weather's nice im gonna try and get my copy tomarrow....

and like i said....i've seen how the wii version looks....im confused about why they had to make the levels totaly different between consoles..but the wii will give sonic speed and enough control to know what ur doing

Yes. I can blame Sega for the sonic team screw ups. Here's my proof:

Sonic team makes the games, but they're given deadlines and constraints by Sega. If Sega says:
"Finish this game in 2 months time"
Sonic team either has to try and get it done, possibly beg for more time/money to do it. Or they have to give up right there.

If they rush the game then there is nothing that sonic team could have done beyond begging for more time, which I'm sure they asked for anyway.

Even if they don't rush the game, they (Sega) give the sonic team other constraints like how many developers they want on the project, or whatnot. Because in the end, Sega owns sonic team and thusly has power/control over them. (And to further drive in my point... Sega can intervene into sonic team's work and say: "We don't like this aspect... change it.")


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Heya, Techno.... What OS you using? Wouldn't happen to be windows XP or the accursed vista would it?
Cause if so I think you should be somewhat careful with what you say as technically Microsoft still enables you to play your halo. And remember how riddled with issues both XP and vista are...

Gamefaqs? IGN? Google images? Er... all those provide images for comparison, so it's not 100% necessary to own both consoles to compare. And even then, unless you buy the game Sonic unleashed on the rev, you can't really compare them very well anyway due to different hardware specifications.


Though actually I see why they would make the levels different... It's because:
if they do that, then people might buy multiple versions of the game so they can play all the different levels.
Or, they have different levels so you can't say that the game is just ported exactly from one system to the other.

Gamefaqs? IGN? Google images? Er... all those provide images for comparison, so it's not 100% necessary to own both consoles to compare. And even then, unless you buy the game Sonic unleashed on the rev, you can't really compare them very well anyway due to different hardware specifications.


Though actually I see why they would make the levels different... It's because:
if they do that, then people might buy multiple versions of the game so they can play all the different levels.
Or, they have different levels so you can't say that the game is just ported exactly from one system to the other.

points taken....oh and noce phoenix wright referance.. you get points for that....im surprised to know you've played it.

as far as the microsoft issue goes...I don't seem to care.. I'm running a legitimate version of windows xp...... but they get no sympathy from me on the issue of flawed 360's. and being to hardcore nintendo fan that i am...again i state.....

no offense to microsoft fans...but its about time you guys get the short end of the stick....you people have been taunting Nintendo fans for years for saying we gete the short end of the stick......well the tables have finally turned with a microsoft employee's confession of knowledge that they were making flawed systems.

Yeah, about that. I'm not getting a 360 because I dislike Nintendo, I'm getting it because it will be with my own money. It will be my first console that I actually paid for myself. The Wii is a good system, we all know that. But for me to get a Wii is pointless. Simply because of the fact that Christmas is coming, and also because my best friend is trying to sell his Wii.

well your decsision...your gain....your loss.

i respect your decsision

Yep, I've played Phoenix Wright... (Pretty good game too.)

But regardless of that...

Legitimate version of XP or not, XP still has had several issues with it. And it's still Microsoft made. (Also remember that one of the reasons people prefer to use XP over vista is because the games are more compatible with XP... So that means it technically is a game software... Much like the OS of the 360... The only difference is that microsoft made the hardware too.)
And don't forget, Nintendo also had a few hiccups with the rev... Or did you forget about those revs that died after an hour or two of playing back when the system was launched?
Though the 360 just had more issues and more prolonged troubles with them... (Compared to the rev and ps3.)

And really, in this case the 360 is no different than the Ford Pinto... (They knew they were making a dumb decision and they're paying for it now.) But, atleast they're owning up to it that they made some poor decisions and are rectifying them.

And I'll say now, I may not like a system, but that doesn't mean I don't recognize there are some good games on it as well as there are people who do like that system.

I have both the wii and the 360 and both systems are perfectly fine and have great games on them. But I hear alot more people saying that sonic is better on the wii but I don't really think I will like the control scheem if it's the same as "secret rings"