you know what could make this game friggin fresh. Have sega sell it with VR glasses and have people play it in FPV. Drink some Captn Morgans + coke and Dash away!

Linear speed-rushing doesn't really sound like a step in the right direction. Where are the secret nooks and crannies to find secret ring powerups and invincibilities? It just looks like it's on auto-pilot, though the camera angle is a step in the right direction.

Sorry, too many bad Sonic games keep me from even being on the fence on whether I like this or not. As I hope every time, maybe this one will be the one that changes my perspective. Time will tell.

I'm so damn afraid... Sonic Team butchered NiGHTS with the new Wii game... How was that even remotely possible?... These guys are capable of ruining everything I love...

Rush was awesome in my opinion. I just played it before this new game came up, so I'm hyped for it.

But even my inner fanboy is gonna wait to see more before getting all giddy.

(based on what I see here)Just like the DS sonics - they haven't figured out that you have to slow things down occasionally and actually allow for some PLATFORMING. The original ones did that. I don't just want to tilt the stick right and go. You can put parts like that in there, but you have to slow things down too, and make it less linear.

ME: Tap tap tap. "Uh.. Eventually there will be PLATFORMING in this PLATFORMER, right?" Grin.

SEGA: SIGH. "I really hate that man."

I think I might cry...

The last Sonic for the 360 was pretty bad.

I read your little article about how to save Sonic and I really hope they put the third dimension on a rail. I miss Sonic and I even had some weird dream about it yesterday. I haven't checked up on DToid in a few days and I'm delighted to find something about a new game that lifts my hope.

Also, it seems nobody else noticed the fun level design

p.s. Sonic 3 gets my support in best level design

This actually reminds me a lot of the Crash Bandicoot mini levels that are above the real ones in Crash 2. If you skip to 1:19 in this video, you'll know what I mean. Linear gameplay in 3D.

@ChocoboKnight & Haxan: I really miss those multi-leveled playgrounds as well, but the 3D collision detection will thwart any real hiding of objects or return to that kind of gameplay... Unless we're going to have "Ghost Sonic".

This Timbuktu esque level looks quite cool.

Erm, Hold Right: The Game, even. Fuck me.

I'm way too hung over to be bothering with this shit.

1. I like what I see.

2. Here's hoping for a PC port. So many Sonic games have them, why not just make it all of them? I'm willing to put up with a crappy console port as long as it isn't buggy.

3. Please Sega, polish this. So many of your Sonic games are killed by releasing too soon. Take as long as you need on this one, seriously.

Just let him die already.

2.5 D, at freaking last people. I just want a game that sidescrolls and that I barely have to controll for 5 min streaches because it's going to fucking fast.

Fake.

It's awesome how some people are judging the entire game from this video. Saying that all you have to do is press right all the time, all about speed etc etc.

There could be some platforming sequences, hidden zones, easter eggs and other crap we don't know yet. THIS IS OUR FIRST GLIMPSE AT THE GAME! Some still think its a fake for goodness sake.

The fact that the game looks like its going to be 2.5 D gives me hope in Sonic Team or whoever is making it.

Whoever made it I have to give a thumbs up and a pat on the back. I simply adore the idea that the key to making Sonic "fast" isn't by giving him a shitty personality, a bunch of super power and a mustache.

It's the level, not just any level mind you, but a beautiful level with attention to detail and a goal in mind. And you know what Sonic need to do on this level? Completely fucking ignore it, and just run with all of his speed through it.

I don't want to see a damn part of that beautiful level for any more than half a second. That added a bit of "fast" back to the mix.

@Bluexy


you're on to something.

The chao mini-game was just a distraction to give your little bro or sis to keep them occupied while you played that game.

Also, LOLOL @ Big Cat Sweetly Retarted comment by Myxiplk (sp)?

Sonic should never have a real deep storyline. Keep it simple! Don't turn Sonic into an adventure RPG. Keep it a simple platformer.

One thing I've learned about Sega as of late is they can make a preview that makes even the worst game look awesome.

The only way I'll touch it is if I play it first. Considering the last 3 sonic titles, you know in the back of your mind you should too, because it's going to have some crappy storyline, introduce yet another unnecessary character to the list of 15 or so that are out their now, and probably have some speed boost system based on how many Tony Hawk inspired 720 nose manual crooked rail grinds you can do on your boogieboard going down a 3 mile long rail grind 3000 ft in the sky with gaps and switches that if you don't jump and hit dead on, will result in pitfall death. (which explains the 99 lives.) Which you must do at least 12 times down the rail to get the S+++ grade at the endstage to unlock Knuckles so he can go on a scavenger hunt to dig up the first Chaos emerald once he reads a clue written on a fish that Big the cat just spent 30 minutes catching.

If it's for the Wii, I can pretty much guarantee it will suffer from Wiitardation. So I hope you liked Seven rings "shake the controller like a guy with muscle spasms" gameplay cause it will play just like that. Maybe they will get some brains and use the wiimote in its sideways NES configuration and drop motion controls altogether, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

If it's for 360 or PS3, you might have a better chance, but it'll probably suffer from either extremely long and frequent load times, or feature Hot Hedgehog on Human action.

Wow, I actually have, could it be..., HOPE.

@Unicorn hear, hear about the Chemical Zone from Sonic 2.

Also, I liked Sonic Rush but it could've been more complex then "just hold down forward, idiot" and it should've had more then 7 zones.

This looks like a real game. I'm pleased. If it ain't real then Sega just has to take notes. I mean really.

Looks like sonic team is bringing back FMV