Comments on: Thoughts: Sonic the Hedgehog 4. https://scientificgamer.com/thoughts-sonic-the-hedgehog-4/ Science, gaming, and all things in between. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.36 By: hentzau https://scientificgamer.com/thoughts-sonic-the-hedgehog-4/#comment-95 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:06:39 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-95 If you watch the clip Josh posted, you will see that even death cannot save you from the prospect of more Sonic games.

]]> By: Smurf https://scientificgamer.com/thoughts-sonic-the-hedgehog-4/#comment-94 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:02:56 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-94 I can only hope that Sonic gets caught up in the hedgehog culls in the Hebrides and thus forces him to stop being in games because he’s dead.

]]> By: aosher https://scientificgamer.com/thoughts-sonic-the-hedgehog-4/#comment-93 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:47:15 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-93 It’s Mario’s fault really. Sega are just trying to emulate the playbook – go three-dee, get a huge cast of ancillary characters, ???, profit. They just forgot that Mario works because Nintendo know how charm and game design interact.

]]> By: hentzau https://scientificgamer.com/thoughts-sonic-the-hedgehog-4/#comment-92 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:42:19 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-92 The thing I don’t understand are the Sonic fans who have only grown up with the 3D games and who are still ridiculously invested in it. Sonic as it was originally conceived didn’t make much sense, but then it didn’t have to; it was all about going really really fast while trying to get as many rings as possible. If you try and make Sonic about more than that you run into some slight logical and narrative issues that you otherwise wouldn’t have to deal with; namely that the concept as it stands is complete *balls*.

]]> By: hentzau https://scientificgamer.com/thoughts-sonic-the-hedgehog-4/#comment-91 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:37:02 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-91 wtf is that IT’S A HEDGEHOG! IT’S A F***ING BLUE HEDGEHOG IN RUNNING SHOES! THAT’S LIKE GIVING KIRBY A F***ING HUMAN LOVE INTEREST FOR F***S SAKE!

F***!

(Was my reaction when I first saw that video. Then I promptly forgot about it. Until you reminded me about it. Just now. Thanks ever so much.)

]]> By: innokenti https://scientificgamer.com/thoughts-sonic-the-hedgehog-4/#comment-90 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:27:44 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-90 I’ve never understood Sonic. I’ve played a few of the games (mostly the original ones) but I don’t think I have the bits of the brain that let me derive enjoyment from it all. Or from the character.

Well, actually, I did enjoy those Sonic adventure books that were around in the 90s. There was that…

]]> By: aosher https://scientificgamer.com/thoughts-sonic-the-hedgehog-4/#comment-89 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:06:58 +0000 http://scientificgamer.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-89 Sonic is one of those franchises that inspire just mad levels of loyalty. It makes me worry about the Bioware Problem when people still get angry about Sonic games after this happened:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1mJ9atk3dE&w=420&h=315

Anyway, yes, you’re right. When they were just moving away from the classic gameplay it was all very ignorable, but when they sell things on nostalgia and STILL fuck it up, well, that’s just insulting,

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