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E3 08: Sega Blowout: Sonic Unleashed
12:46 PM on 07.15.2008, Jim Sterling 42 comments

E3 08: Sega Blowout: Sonic Unleashed photo
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While Sega of America is enjoying E3, Sega of Europe is holding down the fort and making sure we all get our hands on lovely assets for their latest games. Chief among them of course is Sonic Unleashed, and the first glimpse of the Werehog in action.

After the jump you'll be able to watch the latest Sonic Unleashed trailer and I promise you that I will NOT mention the music that Team Sonic has decided to use. I'll just say "Seven Rings in Hand" and leave it at that. As mentioned, the vid includes footage of the notorious "Werehog" addition, which shows off the more action-oriented sections of the game. Be cynical about it if you will, but the Werehog sections look far more involved than the "normal" stages.

Hit the jump for the full trailer.  


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eternalplayer2345's Avatar
eternalplayer2345 at 07/15/2008 12:47
were-sonic looks ok but I still can't look away from the regular gameplay.
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Cheeburga at 07/15/2008 12:48
Oh lord
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Eques-Ardor at 07/15/2008 12:49
I'm definitely getting this, but I don't know how I feel about the slow-looking beast...
iwontusemyname's Avatar
iwontusemyname at 07/15/2008 12:50
what happened to the awesome music that was in the last trailer?

hmm. the werehog part seems a little too...well...

shit. i don't want to say slow, but clunky? it doesn't look like it will flow well. i'm still not super keen on the "QTE: THE GAME" aspect, but hell, i'll pretty much take anything at this point that isn't Sonic '06.

waiting till i get a demo, or a rental.
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Spooky Electric at 07/15/2008 12:56
Wow, that song is terrible. What is this, 1997?

Still not digging the digging the hold right and/or up gameplay, and the werehog play is a bit slow.

I mean, I'll give it a shot. I love Sonic too much to shun ANY game before trying it, but this looks like the worst 3D Sonic game so far, in my opinion.
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Brando at 07/15/2008 12:57
The running looks great but it would appear that your not really playing it...seems like an on-rails platformer with timed button pressing. They should follow capcom's example and do a wiiware/XBLA 2d title.
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adultswim810 at 07/15/2008 12:58
sry for double post i commented half through the vid.

were sonic actually looks interesting
Unicorn's Avatar
Unicorn at 07/15/2008 12:59
why music why?


also. game looks like utter shit now.

all hope is utterly lost. LOST
Palidi's Avatar
Palidi at 07/15/2008 13:00
Is it just me, or does that music sound like something from that one band a few years ago...umm...Blink18somethingorother. Anyhow, i'm reserving judgment until I can has play it.

I will say this though: the trailer didn't make me facepalm.
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necrozen at 07/15/2008 13:02
The fat sonic parts actually make the game look appealing. So at least some of it won't be "Tilt Stick Right, THE GAME!". I hate the parts where you have to tap buttons in succession to make a jump or whatever. That song was just stupid. After 10 seconds I watched it on mute.
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king3vbo at 07/15/2008 13:05
The running looks awesome, the werewolf... pretty meh
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007 at 07/15/2008 13:08
OK, now with the added shit music and ... wtf, did sonic just turn into a werewolf? DID HE JUST TURN INTO A FUCKING WEREWOLF??!?!


I've lost all faith in the Sonic Team...
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DynamicSheep at 07/15/2008 13:08
Soooooo... there goes my excitement for that game.

I hereby dub thee Sonic: More of the Same OLD SHIT!
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Justice at 07/15/2008 13:16
Looks decent, were-sonic FTL though.
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KamikazeTutor at 07/15/2008 13:16
Soundtrack by Blink182.
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Video Cognito at 07/15/2008 13:17
It's kind of sad that a Sonic game being developed by another company is gonna end up being a lot better than an in-studio developed game. But then again, it's Bioware, so it's okay.
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Kif at 07/15/2008 13:19
Werewolf bits look kinda fun to me. Lots of enemies, slow and easy to control, just bogstandard platforming really.
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ace of knaves at 07/15/2008 13:27
Oh dear me. That music was...um...sorry Sega fanboys.
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Palidi at 07/15/2008 13:28
@Kamikaze

so I wasn't the only one thinking that. Lol.
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Christiangamer at 07/15/2008 13:30
Someone kill me now. This looks like fun! Is that Bowling for Soup singing? Fail.
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topgeargorilla at 07/15/2008 13:42
I really dig the AMAZING use of texture in the upper right hand corner of that pic. Look! Tiles!
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peeetah at 07/15/2008 13:54
OH GOD THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE HIM COOL
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bobbybear at 07/15/2008 13:58
It looks incredible.
I'm stoked.
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Roryzilla at 07/15/2008 15:25
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG HAS A BEAUTIFUL VOICE
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flaming burrito at 07/15/2008 15:54
the music wasn't bad until they started singing...

looks great, and the werehog part looks pretty fun, but i do hope that there is a good balance between 'regular' levels and werehog levels
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Sharpless at 07/15/2008 16:24
My poops sound better than that music. Also, they need to make better trailers. 75% of it looked like it was on-rails.
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Twicky at 07/15/2008 17:26
Were-Sonic gameplay looked slow and clunky, rest looked like it was on rails with abit of timed button pressing. Awful.
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dawn fire at 07/15/2008 17:36
no, just no. sonic is now dead to me.
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guermogamer at 07/15/2008 18:21
yuck
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DaedHead8 at 07/15/2008 19:01
I'm pleasantly surprised by the werehog scenes.
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flabzilla at 07/15/2008 22:30
Good work Sega..why couldn't they hand the whole thing over to DIMPS?
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 07/16/2008 01:49
It actually looks good, but then again, so did Sonic and the Secret Rings.
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SalvaPot at 07/16/2008 02:10
Im so confused about this game... just the music make feel disapointed.
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capz at 07/16/2008 12:32
if only sonicteam made the game, which they did not. Sega specifically left out the usual sonicteam logo for a reason. Sonicteam simply has nothing to do with this game, due to them screwing up most (read: all) of the recent sonic games) sega put another studio on the job, whos name i forgot.
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nik the anrkist at 07/16/2008 16:07
Doesn't the blue sonic section seem to play itself?

I thought we were supposed to be able to control the blue spiky one, not watch him go fast
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