Sonic & The Secret Rings

Games!!! · Post by **Games!!!** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:09 pm

Well I saw it in Game, and thought my Wii was underused ATM soI took the risk to buy this today, and I'm happy to say I did. Aside from some shit music, It's actually pretty good. Great Graphics and Level design. It seems the developers actually remembered what made Sonic good in the 1st place.

Anyone else got this.

Hendo · Post by **Hendo** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:40 pm

Perhaps not surprisingly, I got this yesterday, but I haven't even taken it out of the case yet!
Partly because I've been addicted to Koroinpa, but mainly because I'm treading towards a new Sonic game with a huge ammount of trepidation.
I lost interest years ago, but I'm willing to give this a chance. Hopefully, I'll have time to give it bash shortly.

manicm · Post by **manicm** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:22 pm

i was thinking of getting this tomorrow, is it any good?? i got the 360 sonic and it was awful really put me off sonic as the last few have been a diaster, although i did like rush on the DS but the other 3d games just havent done it for me!

The choice is excite truck or sonic for the wii, should i stick to excite truck or will sonic surprise me??!!

Games!!! · Post by **Games!!!** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:44 pm

manicm wrote:i was thinking of getting this tomorrow, is it any good?? i got the 360 sonic and it was awful really put me off sonic as the last few have been a diaster, although i did like rush on the DS but the other 3d games just havent done it for me!

The choice is excite truck or sonic for the wii, should i stick to excite truck or will sonic surprise me??!!

Well this is completely different from the other 3D Sonic games. It's basically on rails, with a bit of freedom of movement. It brings back the spirit of the 2D games, with the fast and ferocious levels. The camera is awesome and the graphics are the best on the Wii so far.

Hendo · Post by **Hendo** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:31 pm

manicm wrote: The choice is excite truck or sonic for the wii, should i stick to excite truck or will sonic surprise me??!!

Stick with Excite Truck. I've played Sonic a fair bit now and I'm really not that keen on it.
It promises much, but falls down on several parts. If they took off the RPG-esque levelling system (like, WTF?) and focussed on giving you several massive set-pieces to give you a big rollercoaster type experience, it would be great.
There's too much stopping and starting, frustrating parts where you'll die (a lot), and he takes ages to accelerate.

manicm · Post by **manicm** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:38 pm

well i picked up excite truck this morning, and yep its fun fun and more fun!! thats what gaming is about!!

Although i did have one problem, the wii had a disc read error, first time ive seen this, so tried the disc on my other wii and still didnt work, had to take the game back to hmv but the replaced without question, but to mention another topic they only had unsealed copies and i hate that about buying games just lately

Gremiofan · Post by **Gremiofan** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:19 pm

Is Sonic and the secret rings really that bad? I have to say I am a huge Sonic fan, I even enjoyed the recent 3d adventures more than most. I want this and red steel, which would be a better investment? are the mini games any good?

Hendo · Post by **Hendo** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:38 pm

Hmmm.
I really couldn't recommend either game!
Red Steel isn't shit, but neither is it great. Definately average - buy it if you see it cheap
I really can't comment on the minigames of Sonic, only played it one player so far.
If any Wii owners are wondering when the great games are coming, you've obviously missed Excite Truck and Kororinpa - both truly awesome games, but they'll probably both be over-looked.
I can't recommend Koroinpa enough.

wildejon · Post by **wildejon** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:04 am

I can't decide between the 3 of them... (Sonic, Excite Truck and Kororinpa) Do any of them actually have some sort of longevity? They seem to me like they shouldn't be full price games...
I need a new Wii game!!!

Coyote Smith · Post by **Coyote Smith** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:16 am

What is Kororinpa?

Somerset Bumpkin · Post by **Somerset Bumpkin** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:28 am

Wasn't it called elebits?

wildejon · Post by **wildejon** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:55 am

Its that one like marble madness vs super monkey ball, looks great! But apparently only about 10 hrs long...

Elebits is now Eledees or something over here.

http://beta.gamesradar.com/gb/wii/game/ ... 5956875070

sarah_elton · Post by **sarah_elton** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:20 pm

I was given Sonic and the Secret Rings for my birthday.

Single player is so-so. I've yet to really 'click' with it.

But at the weekend three friends and I discovered the multi-player party mode. If you have a group of four, it's great (sub-four, it makes up players with computer controlled ones and it's annoying). Mini games a la SMB (except better), and they're structured into a larger game. Smacks of Mario Party.

Some of the mini games cause absolute hilarity in a group and we were all getting far too competitive.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:30 pm

I've really enjoyed Sonic. It is frustrating at points, and is imo more like a racing game in that the tracks have to be learnt. It's a strange design choice to debilitate sonic so much at the start, but stick with it and things (particularly the early levels) become really enjoyable

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