Who's ready for sonic the hedgehog 4 next week?

[rlemmon]

Anyone else pumped fpr sonic 4 next monday? I really hate the whole download concept (I would rather have a disk) but I love the original sonic series for the genesis. I will have this as soon as it shows up on the download channel.

Also waiting on sonic colors next month.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMTKd8uNbw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M19ue6Fdyw

[buzz_n64]

I really hope they make a demo available for both so I can try them before I put my hard earned cash down.

[frogofdeath]

I'm not too thrilled on the "episode" releases of Sonic 4. Seems like just a way to drag it out and make gamers pay more money. But, I will be keeping my eye out (a demo would definitely be nice!).

[ShinobiMan]

I'm not too thrilled on the "episode" releases of Sonic 4. Seems like just a way to drag it out and make gamers pay more money. But, I will be keeping my eye out (a demo would definitely be nice!).

My feelings exactly. Just make the game and be done with it. None of the other sonic games have "Episode" in the title. What is this.... Star Wars? Actually Sonic meets Stars Wars has some potential. :-)

[The 1 2 P]

I really hope they make a demo available for both so I can try them before I put my hard earned cash down.

I don't see why there wouldn't be. I'll definitely be playing that before I consider downloading this game. I love Sonic but I don't want to download the first three episodes just to hear that they they decided to launch a retail disc with episodes 1-4.

[Famidrive-16]

I really hope they make a demo available for both so I can try them before I put my hard earned cash down.

If you've got XBLA, all titles released on that have demos.

[Ryaan1234]

Actually Sonic meets Stars Wars has some potential. :-)

Aaaand a million Sonic/Star Wars fanfics were born.

Thanks.

[sidnotcrazy]

I am actually going to get it day one.

[The 1 2 P]

If you've got XBLA, all titles released on that have demos.

Not exactly. Many AAA titles do not have demos, such as Halo 3, ODST, Halo Reach, Gears 1, Gears 2, GTA: 4, GTA: Episodes From Liberty City, COD: Modern Warfare, Left 4 Dead and Mass Effect. Although a few of those games had beta versions, they were all very limited two week(or less) periods and were not always "open" so not everyone got to play them.

But for the most part 90-95% of all Xbox 360 games(retail, arcade, indie) are released in demo form. I'm guessing that the remaining 5% percent don't get demos because of either time restraints or developer fears that those demos will be exploited in some way and that the exploit will somehow carry over to the full game.

[kupomogli]

Not exactly. Many AAA titles do not have demos, such as Halo 3, ODST, Halo Reach, Gears 1, Gears 2, GTA: 4, GTA: Episodes From Liberty City, COD: Modern Warfare, Left 4 Dead and Mass Effect. .

It's understandable that GTA doesn't have a demo, it's a massive open world game with no in game barriers, though they could have created a demo similar to how Just Cause 2 or Infamous did(which JC2 is a demo I'm glad I did play because I hated the game, even though I originally thought I'd love it.)

As for first party games. On the PSN side of things, a lot of the games do have demos. Killzone 2, Uncharted, Uncharted 2, LBP, Modnation Racers, Infamous, God of War 3, Gran Turismo HD(had two demos, both are no longer available, and I'm sure we'll get one after the game releases,) and Wipeout HD are examples, though there are others that don't have demos. However, Uncharted 2 even had a a multiplayer demo which lasted for awhile until the game came out. Also glad I played the LBP and Modnation Racers demos as they aren't good enough to pick up at any price and both games I was interested in prior to the demo releases.

You listed Modern Warfare, which didn't get a demo on either PSN or XBL, but Modern Warfare 2 did.

If Rocket Knight can give us a demo as large as it was(somewhat,) a game which I was tempted to buy many times, then Sega could atleast give us one stage with Sonic. Most of Sega's recently releases have came to the PSN in demo format whether it was PSP or PS360, so I'd assume Sonic would also.

[Richter Belmount]

Im gonna check out the demo and probably find out its better than everyones expectations. It seems sega has been delaying the game cause of the fanboys bitching and criticisms are getting to them that they keep tweaking the game.

[buzz_n64]

It seems sega has been delaying the game cause of the fanboys bitching and criticisms are getting to them that they keep tweaking the game.

Good, I'd rather wait, and have a decent product, than a rush job. If a month or two delay means they fix a bug or two, or fix his weird walking, then I'll wait. Sonic already leaves a bad enough taste in people's mouths nowadays, where we simply don't need another mediocre Sonic game.

[Julio III]

Not exactly. Many AAA titles do not have demos, such as Halo 3, ODST, Halo Reach, Gears 1, Gears 2, GTA: 4, GTA: Episodes From Liberty City, COD: Modern Warfare, Left 4 Dead and Mass Effect. Although a few of those games had beta versions, they were all very limited two week(or less) periods and were not always "open" so not everyone got to play them.

Well yes, but as the original poster said, all Xbox Live Arcade titles do get demos. So there will be a Sonic 4 demo. My only worry is that 1200 points is quite a lot if there are a lot of episodes and then if they do finally release a disc based version we'll be worse off. Screwing the loyal fans once again who pay more to get content sooner and don't even get a physical copy of it,

[Nz17]

I know I'm looking forward to playing S4E1, but since the Wii is back home I won't be playing that game until I visit. However with a holiday break starting on October 14 you can be sure that playing that Sonic game will be a priority for my visit to the homestead.

[buzz_n64]

Out for iphone now http://wireless.ign.com/articles/112/1126300p1.html

[ubersaurus]

My friend, a hardcore Genesis sega fan, kept sending me messages last night gushing about how Sonic 4 is fantastic on iphone. Given that he is who he is, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's going to be worth checking out.

[Baloo]

The previews left me unimpressed, especially some of the animation and including of the homing attack, but if the reviews are good and I get a chance to play it, I'll give it a shot.

[Rickstilwell1]

I'm waiting for the PS3 release so I can share it with the teenager that lives next door. I usually like the newer handheld Sonic games so I should probably like this. Even if it's not as good as the classics it will still probably be more fun than other new types of games I am not used to playing. First I will try a demo if there is one. And I figure if Episode 1 does well, then Episodes 2, 3 & 4 will probably automatically be quite similar meaning instant purchases.

[Famidrive-16]

Not exactly. Many AAA titles do not have demos, such as Halo 3, ODST, Halo Reach, Gears 1, Gears 2, GTA: 4, GTA: Episodes From Liberty City, COD: Modern Warfare, Left 4 Dead and Mass Effect. Although a few of those games had beta versions, they were all very limited two week(or less) periods and were not always "open" so not everyone got to play them.

I meant Arcade titles, not retail.

[The 1 2 P]

I meant Arcade titles, not retail.

I see. I know that all arcade titles are "suppose" to have demos but I could have sworn I've come across one or two that didn't. But that would still mean that the other 99.9% had them. If I can find those titles I'll edit this post.