[Ashura]

Really? Wow, I had the most trouble on the no rings one of the pirate ship. The spinning blades are so cheap on that one. And yeah, I laughed too, because the guy who did that layout is probably smiling now. Still, a sadistic motherfucker.

There's also a point in one of the Evil Foundry missions where you can't kill enemies and there's one of those force rings with spikes which springs you far and it's really hard to time it so you don't hit the wacktacular bouncing enemies ahead.

[BenoitRen]

[Ashura]

Edit: Do you not know what context clues are? Well, this is for you:
ZOMG SPOILARZ

I finally finished the game, and saw the ending. It doesn't seem that bad to me. Not as bad as Sonic Next, anyway. Shahara actually used Sonic the entire game to get the rings for Erazor Djinn. Also, Sonic's supposed "dying" was a mechanic of the entire game- You knew from the beginning that his life was running out when he got shot with the death arrow meant for Shahara. He doesn't actually die anywhere though, is the thing- unlike Next. It was just an impetus to get the world rings. I did like how he completely handed Erazor's ass to him, though, without trying to redeem him at all. Could we have done without all of the crying, though? Yes. But as far as characters go, Shahara > Elise. She's more like a less-annoying navi than anything; she's a genie and not human, so she's a ball of light most of the time.

Also, one of the things which struck me the most about the Sonic NEXT cutscenes was the fact that it looked like everyone kept pooping Chaos Emeralds out of their ass and then holding them up after compressing them (coal?) between their buttcheeks or something.

[BenoitRen]

PUT UP A SPOILER WARNING YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD!!!
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[gutstank]

[SplashBeats]

[another coma]

damn you aerisdead!
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[Ashura]

[SplashBeats]

I had Silent Hill 2 ruined for me by the IC forums. I had a wank and went to bed.

[BenoitRen]

Maybe you failed to comprehend this, you damned jackasses, but Sonic and the Secret Rings is a RECENT GAME. It's not even out in Europe yet, as far as I know, and I live there. So making idiotic excuses like "aerisdead" and "Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father" is besides the point.

Many people in this thread said things about the ending, but they didn't spoil anything. So no, it wasn't obvious that you were going to talk in detail about it. Also, do you think I read like a pre-schooler or something? You already gave away the entire premise of the game a couple sentences into the paragraph, before I could even think "Oh, looks like he's going into detail.".

Fuck you, you damned insensitive Internet assholes who don't give a shit about spoilers! I've had the surprise and wonder taken out of a lot of games that way.
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[ajutla]

dude you are fast becoming my favorite poster

[gutstank]

dude you can't be serious nobody in their right mind plays sonic games for plot

[les meat]

FUCKING SPOILERS!

he jumps and spins and hits a badnik and the badnik turns to smoke and a bunny appears and bounces off screen left

then tails gets buggered and his cock goes off like a spunky hosepipe
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[Ashura]

[SplashBeats]

he biggest thing I ruined was that Erazor Djinn isn't redeemed in any way. Mind you, I didn't spoil the big (haha) revelations like, well, Erazor Djinn is really the genie from Aladdin's lamp, that the [color=#212121]round clump of metal they find is actually Aladdin's lamp, or that Shahara's connection with him is well, I wasn't exactly sure on that myself. You won't be reading this post's spoilers, so I really don't need to try to figure it out, do I?

I'm going to repost this text now.

[Ashura]

My confusion revealed!!

Also, I don't know why it included that extra color tag, since the tags were correct. I re-edited it, though, and it seems to be fixed.

EDIT, SPOILZRARZ: I realize now that it's spelled Shahra and not Shahara.

[BenoitRen]

[Lick Meth]

People complaining about story spoilers in a Sonic game? Jesus.

Suddenly, it was like one of those damn fansites.

[Ashura]

But you know that almost the whole game after one of the earliest cutscenes, so not really.

Which, again, also has nothing to do with the premise. The premise is, okay, I'll "spoil" the premise for you! I tagged it out before, but, damn, here we go. No spoiler space, so watch out people who don't read the back of the box!:

Sonic is sucked into the story of the Arabian Nights, and the evil Erazor Djinn is destroying the story page by page. As the legendary blue hedgehog hero of infinite speed you must put it back together or face the ultimate destruction!!

Now you can get angry at me for spoiling the premise. Go ahead. It might be cathartic.

Though, I'm not going to tell you if Sonic saves the universe in the end or not. Sorry.

I was going to say, actually, they should've called the game "Sonic and the Arabian Nights", but then that, also, might be too spoilerific!

[SplashBeats]

[diplo]

posting to say that gutstank's avatar scares the living shit out of me

[another coma]

So can all or half of this thread be sent to the axe yet?
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[BenoitRen]

[SplashBeats]

BenoitRen, when are you going to shoot us?

[Ashura]

The Deeper Meaning? Uh, okay.

Anyway, you know what? I already apologized, so we don't need to drag it out. I didn't intentionally ruin the game for you. The context of the thread noted that people weren't really covering spoilers, since I usually note them when I deem it necessary. But either way, I'm sorry I took a shit in your cereal bowl. If saying I'm sorry is not enough, then I don't know what else to do. It's like you want reparations or something. There are still some far more deserving people who are waiting for 40 acres and a mule, so there you go.

I will say if your first reply was more civil and less like a flippant jackass, you would've gotten a more civil reply in turn. It's funny in that you're really the only person who's never treated me at least decently here.

Either way, I'd rather get back on topic. So, just for you: Assume anything I write is going to have spoilers from now on. This is your warning.

[ajutla]

hey this is a HUGE FUCKING SPOILER but like, at the end of super mario 64, mario finds the princess and it turns out the deeper meaning of running around and collecting stars and basically everything you did in the game was so mario could save the princess. pretty mindblowing if you ask me.

[Mr. Mechanical]

Damn it, ajutla, I haven't played that yet! You've now ruined the game for me.

Fucking asshole.
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[Ashura]

Let's get back to talking about the game. I think it took me two hours to beat the semi-final boss. A lot of fun, though, in the end. Once you get the hang of it, anyway.

I actually managed to gold the real final boss.

[ajutla]

i still don't really understand

INSENSITIVE CLOD

i mean that's beating around the bush isn't it?

why not just say like

FUCKER?

[Toups]

Hey guys, for the record I actually think BenoitRen has a point. I don't give a shit about Sonic but in this particular case that's actually a kind of awesome plot twist that's been spoiled. And I do believe that in general we should use spoiler tags. Let's be nice okay ^__^
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[Mr. Mechanical]

Ah I'm just funnin' but I understand Toups. I'd be pissed off too if the ending was spoiled from a game I cared about.
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[ajutla]

man, he has a point but he went about it in a pretty abrasive way

to stay on topic the only sonic games i've really played a lot of have been 1 and 2; then i played 3 and knuckles, both of which i thought were pretty godawful.

is it worth checking out any of the later sonic games? i mean, sonic adventure 1 seems interesting, but are there any real redeeming qualities to all the stuff that followed it?

[Rud31]

No Not really.

All the Sonic Advance games are really trite and to full of bottomless pits.

Sonic Adventure 2 is pretty damn terrible all around. Horrible camera. Go forward awkardly for the Sonic and Shadow stages that most people say are good.

Shadow the Hedgehog is really fucking funny in a terrible way.

Sonic Rush, Heroes, and NEXT never really showed me anything that would prove they learned from the mistakes the games I mentioned had.

Sonic Adventure is still worthwhile I think. I sometimes boot that game up just to run around in it.
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[SplashBeats]

Sonic Rush is a joy once you learn the layouts.

[Ashura]

Sonic 1 and 2 are worth playing. Sonic CD as well. Chaotix is sort-of the spirtual sequel to Sonic CD. I can actually appreciate Sonic 3 and Knuckles now, but recognise the flaws. Skip directly to Sonic Rush.

Sonic Adventure, despite its flaws, is worth playing. Sonic Adventure 2, MAYBE for the Sonic and Shadow stages.

Sonic Heroes, Shadow, and Sonic NEXT, all not worth even looking at. If you're curious about the story (ha ha), well, go to youtube.

Sonic and the Secret Rings is very worth it though.

Also, I hear Sonic Pocket Adventure for the NGPC is good. But then, it's almost an out-and-out remake of Sonic 2, correct?

Also, for hilarity, we have this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Lr2jKe1Bg

[BenoitRen]

[gutstank]

[ajutla]

big red is my favorite chewing gum

[BenoitRen]

[Mr. Pointy]

I like the game. It has some glaring flaws, but when it works it's damn awesome. It's a much better game than the Adventure games were.

7.5/10
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[John Mc.]

guys somebody ruined the ending to aria of sorrow for me.

i am the only one who has a right to be pissed.