Was it really that bad?

the "dark ages" narrative from back in the day aside.

I Miss Moments like this youtube.com/watch?v=_f3msSb0vmE

Attached: Shahra_by_dullvivid-d4z6pl7 (1).jpg (670x1191, 145K)

Trash controls. It's somehow on rails but the camera is garbage. The game is only playable after you get enough upgrades to not piddle around.

What kills me is that at full speed perks Sonic's base animation just sped up and it looks absolutely fucking terrible.

It’s not like it was any worse than Unleashed’s daytime levels which people pretend were good.

It's only really fun after you unlock the wind crest and you start going actual sonic speeds

???????

The storybook games had really good stories desu. Black Knight is the best Sonic's personality has ever been.

Yeah it was bad.

Take Secret Rings, Black Knight, and Colors to the PS3 and Xbox 360 then they'd have no excuse for shitty motion controls and ugly graphics.
Unleashed was the only decent Sonic game on the Wii.

If they were to make a new storybook game which book would you choose?

Sonic in Wonderland. Whoops ,that was Lost Worlds' plot.

Sonic would fit in pretty well in Alice in Wonderland methinks

Alicemind

Black knight is worse and dont trust anyone that says a game with mediocre dialogue, terrible graphics, nothing memorable and a horrible gameplay that has not only shit controls, is repetitive but also brings down the main characteristic of sonic as a character (since the sword is too heavy) like sonic the black knight is any good

Secret Rings was better than Black Knight, once you get the controls Secret Rings is super tight with lots of customization. Can run faster than the game can think or make setups to clear each stages’ goals

In what way? He seems to pretty much ignore the whole plot around him and throw away cool lines and how things are slow 24/7 like most modern titles.He's also pretty shit there
The only good thing about the story is the aesthetics for the cutscenes, since the dialogues are mediocre just like any sonic game honestly

Is Black Knight worth a try if I bind the waggle to an actual button in Dolphin ?

It was better than 06 atleast.

You can play as Cream in the multiplayer mode so it was good.

Attached: Cream 1556891761680.gif (389x331, 123K)

yes

Yes. But pretty average for a s*nic game though. You'll know what to expect.

Attached: 1550901813764.gif (400x300, 1.64M)

MAKE BELIEVES REBORN

It makes the game more responsive but it won't fix the vapid combat or trash level design.

>Play Nintendo and Sony most of my childhood life
>See Sonic games every once in a while, somewhat interested
>Find videos on youtube telling history of Sonic being the rival to Mario games
>Get much more interested in playing a Sonic game
>Finally have enough money to buy the new Sonic game for the Wii
>Play Sonic and the Secret Rings
>"Wtf? There are bad Sonic games?"
>Look up all the "Good Sonic Games"
>Play those
>They all suck
>Every person who defends the shitty controls and gimmicks of Sonic games says "Sonic controls like butter"

Sonic damages children

Attached: ....png (486x605, 510K)

Once you leveled up and unlocked shit it was good, but starting out is a grind that would make Morrowind freak out.

>that bad
It got okay reviews and most agreed it was one of the only acceptable games of that period.
And even after Black Knight, I would have like ST to continue the storybook games. Just to see which kind of mythology they would choose.

>I don't know where this new found reputation is coming from.
>new found
People were already pretty lukewarm towards this game when it came out, dude. A few reviews called it "fantastic" but still only gave it an 80/100. There were plenty of sub 70 scores. There's absolutely nothing new about people shitting on Secret Rings. And if we were being honest, it's not totally undeserved.
>You run down a corridor sure, but a majority of that corridor is filled with unique traps, enemies, alternate routes
I can MAYBE grant you the traps and enemies, but alternate routes? Not enough of those to really make it worth mentioning.
>and different challenges that aren't just as simple as move left/right and jump every now and then
Except most people didn't play the challenges that weren't mandatory, unless they wanted to grind for upgrades that make the game actually playable, like mentions. That was an undeniably bad decision that only turned more people off from the game. And even if they DID play the challenges? They really aren't that much different from the core gameplay. It's just instead of "get to the end" it's "do X thing Y amount of times" copy paste shit to pad the game out.

I'll give them credit for turning a Sonic '06 port into something halfway decent, but the game still has serious issues.

Attached: 1389495583014.jpg (177x278, 15K)