Sunday, October 19, 2008

The Furious & The Fast (Nintendo Power)

Recently I read another issue of Nintendo Power in which there was a section about the new Sonic game, Sonic Unleashed, titled "The Furious & The Fast." The game is taking a very new, and also a slightly new direction for Sonic. The very new direction is the game is divided into two different forms of gameplay, the first being playing as normal Sonic, and the second being the Werehog, the altered and savage version of Sonic. During the day, Sonic is running full speed through different areas of the world, but at night, Sonic becomes the Werehog and the gameplay becomes more platforming and fighting. This game is a huge difference from the more recent failures (in the majority's opinions) and goes back to the older games. The first, original, Sonic games were all about speed, and just running non-stop. During the fourth generation of gaming (Dreamcast, Nintendo 64), the games became more platforming and puzzles, and less about speed. The games also had glitches, such as falling through floors and objects not working properly, which led to most of them getting scores like 6.5-7.5. Overall, this game looks completely awesome and will be coming to stores November 11th, for PS3, X-Box 360, and Wii (yay for plug-in advertisements!).

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