If they stick to the side scrolling 2D but 3D looking parts this game will rock!

Man, I was VERY excited when I read the title of this post... But I have to agree with most of you. I'm sure that a focus on good platforming over speed will be the secret of making Sonic good again. I think future articles about this game ought to be handled only by Mr. Sterling, because I can't stand this same kind of false hype again -- Sonic and the Secret Rings stung just too damn much.

honestly, this is still not what i want from sonic, yes it looks pretty, but the camera can't make up it's mind where to go, and it does look linear from what we get to see...still i didn't see big the cat or shadow so all's well on that front.

People are complaning that the game is just "hold right and do QTE" but I saw multiple alternate paths and strings of rings that led off the main path that they followed. They were just doing a really fast run of the main path for the level, because that looks impressive for the trailer.

This actually looks decent to me. I'm interested in Sonic again now. Sega, dont' fail me.

Oh my, that is amazing.

Just one thing. "High Europe"? A "Big Ben Clock"? Sonic turns into a hairy beast? Try to deny a Jekyll & Hyde inspiration Sega, I dare you. :P

I like it- it looks like a badassed version of some of the stuff from sonic adventure 1&2 on the dreamcast which were the last sonic games that I really loved (I know people rag on it but sonid adventure 2 was awesome esp. when you got to the space levels, kind of like the stuff in mario galaxy).

Well I've officially become a part of the DToid community. After reading 100+ comments on Kotaku saying "AWESOME!!!!!112", it was refreshing to find the majority of people on here noting that old-school Sonic was not all about holding down the right button.

But yeah, I agree with the dissenters: it's better than anything on the consoles recently, but it will barely be a rental if it's just Sonic Rush with prettier blurred scenery.

I actually have to agree with most people on this one. It looks pretty awesome, but it kind of gives me a "Sonic and the Secret Rings 2.0" vibe. >.>

Still, regardless of that, I haven't been this giddy over a game trailer since SSBB back in 2006. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hope that Sonic Team has finally come back to their senses.

Finally looks like the DC days.. I loved those..

not to be a nag but isn't it Fool me once? =;-)

I have my money ready Sega.

Blue streak.. speeds by... Sonic the Hedgehog!

Sega has my attention, at least they're reverting to the sonic adventure games(DC & GC) minus the overworld (from what the trailer(s) show)

Perhaps we have a Sonic resurrection on our hands.

Whine whine whine, you're all wrong and here's why.

Stop being a bunch of lamewad hipsters and flaming QTEs. Yes it has been used a lot now, but it's so popular to attack them it just looks like you're spouting balls without thinking. These actions, as much as we saw, are barely QTEs in the action games we've seen recently.

They remind me of the original ones in Shenmue where you would have to move out of the way of some inpending doom while running.

The problem with old sonic games (OH NOES OLD SONIC GAMES HAD PROBLEMS!? NO! Don't ruin my sense of quality, blurred with nostalgia!) was that you had to learn the stage's layout to actually achieve speed a lot of the time. Sure, you had the super fast sections you barely controlled, which were probably made more sweet by the fact you spent the other 3/4 of the level bumping into things occasionally. In this, it looks like they have helped this irritating situation by giving you a little warning.

Would you seriously prefer it if you had to play that same level over and over because you didn't know what was coming ahead?

Next was the enemies. You just plow through them? Yeh, there were those side scrolling bits where you did. But the behind view ones made you hit the enemy to hit another in the air, this could be elaborated in later levels.

There was a definite lack of platforming but the wall jumping sections give me a little hope. These slowed down the pace a little and makes me think they would add a little more slow sections. Like it has been mentioned before, the best thing about sonic was the mixture of slow and fast, they complimented eachother. You would get bored of a lack of control, so there was platforming, you would get bored of that, then there would be a fast section. Here's hoping they can keep that balance.

This looks like the best evolution of sonic into the 3D realm ever. It looks like they fixed a lot of the major problems (bumping into things, turning corners. Did you see how awesome that drift was?) There's still a chance they could mess it up, after all, they're not the best coders.

Everyone seems to hold the retro sonics as these high and mighty deities but really, they were alright. Not fantastic, just alright. They were good fun. I think it's time people started being realistic about games, you're never going to make a perfect game, unless you want to chip in some of your own cash to the development.

I could go on but I doubt most of you will read this and you'll continue to talk from your asses while making penis jokes.

Sonic is dead to me.

Looks pretty good.Looking forward to seeing more. I like the sound and it looks fun to play. Good graphics too.

Mmmmmmmmmmm... Decent looking Sonic....

I have significantly more hope than before after seeing this.

Well I'm sure this is only a showcase of the speed and level. I'm guessing the actual gameplay will be more varied, so I'm really excited especially since the music and feel are so good.

@ Dexter345
"Personally, I thought the trailer looked like there would be a lot of holding right on the analog stick and yawning. Sterling is right when he says that the Sonic games aren't supposed to be entirely about speed"

I second this statement, though this trailer looks lightyears ahead of sonic 06 and shadow the hegehog but unfourtunately that's not saying much.

@Rosseh:

Is this also near a remote farm where peas are grown?

I still have one of those things imprisoned within my obsolete Dreamcast VMU. Poor little Chao D:

This game needs to slow the eff down... It looks like it has boring controls. Hold forward and hit the jump button occasionally. I'm not holding out too much hope for this game, but we'll wait and see. I am digging the music though, sounds like and updated old-school Sonic soundtrack.

@nintendoll: I have a bit of a unhealthy addiction to the Chao garden in SA2. Invisible god chao kills ALL!