The demo only lets us play the older Sonic which is good, because after the so-so release of Sonic 4 - Episode 1, everyone wants to see if SEGA can finally get back that feel we remember from the Genesis days. I have to say that I was pretty happy with the results. There is only one playable level, a re-imagining of Green Hill Zone. You take Classic Sonic through the level as fast as you can, with controls and momentum just like you remember it from the older games. With SEGA finally nailing the feel of Sonic (again) it gives me more hope for this game than I had before I played it. He runs and jumps just like you remember and of course his spin dash attack is there as well.
Sega has released its financial statement for the 2023-24 fiscal year, and profits may be up, but it's mostly not down to video games.
SEGA has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a campaign that celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog and his brooding acquaintance, Shadow.
GamesIndustry.biz writes: "Relic is best known for the Company of Heroes and Dawn of War games, and recently developed the new Age of Empires for Microsoft. Relic will transition to an independent studio and will no-longer be part of the Sega group of studios.
The majority of the 240 job cuts are across Creative Assembly and Sega Europe, while there will be a ‘small number’ cut from Sega HARDLight. There was no mention of other Sega UK studios, including Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive."
Shame about Creative Assembly, they should have just been allowed to do an Alien Isolation sequel.
It was that garbage coh 3 that did them in only a special team can make a sequel worse in every way even though it was a 10 year gap and the same era.
Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive probably run on a shoe string budget so that fits into SEGA better lol
I think Sega have got it right with this one , the demo was great - old Sonic plays fine , if modern Sonic still plays like the daytime levels in Sonic Unleashed then it's going to be a great game!
I think where Sega screws up with Sonic is gameplay. All he ever did for years, was run, jump, and dash. Now you got melee, you have to run then duck under obstacles. My kids can play older sonic games, the new ones they can't even get past the first level.