Well?
The E3 Trailer is a mixed bag in my opinion. The first half is pretty awesome. It does look like Sonic Unleashed will lack the complexity of its 16-bit predecessors (oh God, what a thing to say). It's impossible to tell from a video alone, but it seems as if there's little exploration and more of the "push right on the control pad and let us do the work" sort of gameplay that the 3D Sonic games have long been criticised over.
Still, I can't deny that I'm excited about the pretty pretty graphics. Sonic grinding down a rail that's suspended over miles and miles of suburbs? Yes pls. I can deal with that.
I also like the dragon-themed loop-de-loop. It reminds me of Snake Road from the Dragon Ball Z series.
(Yeah, I just defended Sonic and made a reference to DBZ. May as well take me out back and put a bullet through my head.)
I'm pretty skeptical about the werewolf--er, werehog gameplay, though. It looks like Mr Hedgehog zips through cityscapes whereas Mr Shaggypants must grind to a halt and pound things with his fists a la the Hulk. It's generally not a good idea to stop the music in the middle of--well, I'll leave you to make up your own clever sex metaphor.
There's even a puzzle that involves putting some kind of object on a pedestal to open a door. Hey! You know what I don't want to do in a Sonic game? Put an object on a pedestal to open a door!
Related Links:
Trailer Review: Sonic Unleashed
Sonic Unleashed Wii: Should Dimps be trying harder?
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