Sonic Rivals 2 heading our way
by Andrew Yoon 
{ May 27th 2007 at 10:30AM }
The first game wasn't too shabby -- although the execution was weak at times, the concept of turning Sonic into a racer was novel. Rivals, at the very least, included some fast and pretty visuals (albeit a sluggish framerate). Let's hope this potential sequel fixes the issues found in the first game.
[Via NeoGAF]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kingofwale @ May 27th 2007 10:49AM
>The first game wasn't too shabby
oh man, that is being WAY too generous. I would say borderline "painful" and "want to cry about wasting money on this game"
Sega, if you want people to buy your game, then read people's lips. "WE WANT SOULCALIBUR, NOT SONIC"!!
Alien @ May 27th 2007 11:14AM
kingofwale , dont troll a game , just because you cannot play it . Also the first one had some decent sellings to , allready passing the 400k worldwide :D
kingofwale @ May 27th 2007 11:35AM
>dont troll a game
not familiar with that expression, is that what fanboys say to people who don't like a horribly made games in order to justify their bad investment purchases?
who cares if the game sells? Does 1 million copies sold make Red Steel a good game? Does 1.7 million make DMC2 a good game?
6.9 from GameSpot
Official Playstation Magazine gives it a 3/10
vR @ May 27th 2007 12:57PM
Unfortunately, I wasn't a fan. The game was beautiful, but pretty shallow. I'd love a straight platformer with the same graphics engine. We went from Acid to Portable Ops. Why can't we go from Sonic Rivals/Racing to a true old school Sonic platformer?
Volsfan91 @ May 27th 2007 1:04PM
What's the gameplay style like for these games?
Tristan @ May 27th 2007 2:34PM
How was Rivals bad, it was great to play I beat it with Sonic now I have to go back and do it with all the characters. I hope they do fix the issue with all the characters running at the same pace (sonic is as fast as [insert other character]) And they could also fix the audio levels, you cant hear their grunts and sounds even at the loudest volume settings.
merc25 @ May 27th 2007 2:36PM
kingofwhale, you know Sega has absolutely nothing to do with Soul Calibur. NamcoBandai owns all rights to the Soul Calibur series. Next time use a game franchise that a company owns, before you bitch about what game the company should make.
Kade Storm @ May 27th 2007 2:47PM
Yes, Kingofwale, Red Steel is a decent game. Just because gamespot gave ita 6.9 (and 6.9 is actually an 'okay-to-good' score - it's this satanic gaming community that's completely destroyed the perception of grading/rating games), doesn't mean the rating is gospel. It's their opinion - they're not gods - they're just people who have a view, just like you. Fortunately, you and Gamespot agree on something.
Having that said, I'll also concur that I wasn't thrilled by Sonic Rivals. DS got an F*N tight Sonic platformer, PSP deserved/deserves the same, with visuals like Sonic Rivals.
cafecito @ May 27th 2007 3:10PM
kingofwhale, you know Sega has absolutely nothing to do with Soul Calibur. NamcoBandai owns all rights to the Soul Calibur series.
cafecito @ May 27th 2007 3:15PM
Sorry for the double-post. I hate it when this ****in thing won't up my whole message. Anyway:
"kingofwhale, you know Sega has absolutely nothing to do with Soul Calibur. NamcoBandai owns all rights to the Soul Calibur series" - LOL, Owned.
Personally I didn't like Sonic Rivals that much. I agree with vR (#4)... I'd rather have a 2.5D Sonic old-school platformer title, just like what Capcom did with Ultimate Ghosts n Goblins and the Megaman remakes. What do you think guys?
*2.5D: 2D gameplay, 3D graphics engine
Saigon @ May 27th 2007 11:52PM
"2.5D: 2D gameplay, 3D graphics engine"
They should do that or do a full 3d one like the console versions. Sonic Adventures is one of my favorite games of all time, so I'd love to see a game like that on psp.
Nevertheless, it's good to see another sonic game coming to psp.