In my opinion nothing beats the playability of the original Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, and 3 games. After sonic became 3D he was brought to new heights. Sonic Adventure 1, and 2 had its time and was amazing, but it was down hill from there. I've tried to play every Sonic game from then on and loved them all in there own way. I've had some I liked for the story line and that's what kept me going. Sometimes even the game-play kept me going. For some reason though I always felt that something was missing. Something that a die hard Sonic fan knew was wrong after reading comics watching the TV series and playing the games. So since he was the first video game I ever picked up when I was 4 years old it just seemed like Sonic was not being given the justice that he deserved.
I have talked to some of my friends about this over and over again about how I would love to wright a letter to Sonic Team about what the next game should consist of. This is what I have come up with so far...
I believe the the storyline should consist of how Sonic started. He is a freedom fighter trying to save there planet Mobius from the evil "Dr. Robotnik" not "Eggman" that is just a nick name for him his full name is Dr. Julian Ivo Robotnik and he took over Mobius by using his machines against the good king of Mobius, Maximillian Acorn. Sonic had a band of friends which consisted of Tails "Miles" Prower, Sally Acorn, Bunnie Rabbot, Antoine Depardieu, Rotor Walrus, and Dulcy the Dragon.
The game play how ever would be similar to all the other games but with a twist. It would be a RPG Action Adventure just like in Sonic the Hedgehog's Next Gen game for Xbox 360 and PS3 you would be able to walk around in Knothole Village talk to the Freedom Fighters and if possible it would be all voice over not just "hay" or "huh?" like in the Next Gen ones and an option for subtitles too of course. During certain parts of the game there would be speed levels like in Sonic Unleashed or Sonic Generations. There would also be mini games based off of the shows and comics alike I don't know what they would be but that would break up the flow of the game so as to give a break to the player so the game isn't so linear. That has bee a problem with sonic games for a wile now is that they take less than a day to finish and for me I take a long break after finishing a game as to take in that sense of accomplishment if you know what I mean.
So as for a tie in for both the story line and the game play sonic would have all the abilities for that part in the story because upgrading is useless sonic never had to pay for his shoes or get crystals for other abilities. The other big factor in Sonic games have been using Super Sonic. every game after Sonic Adventure came out has had Super Sonic at the end of the game as an incentive or reward for getting to the end of the game and what I felt was like I was being denied the fact that at any time Sonic collects the seven Chaos Emeralds he can go Super Sonic at any time that he has 50 rings or more. Now here's the kicker. Like they did in Sonic Generations they brought that back but the problem is that you had to wait for a small animation of the Emeralds revolving around Sonic to change into Super Sonic and that stopped your momentum in the game when you could have just had him keep moving wile that happens so you don't feel like the game just stopped your fun just to show you something cool. the best part about the Chaos Emeralds is that there will be no special level to get them cause in the cartoons they were just laying on the ground some where. So I think that's what it should be, while your out doing nothing special you can roam around freely on Mobius checking things out maybe messing with Buttnicks robots and low and behold you found a Chaos Emerald and after getting one you can use the emeralds power for other things, just like in the cartoons or even use to track more Emeralds down and once you get them all Super Sonic here I come. The only thing is that once you enter the next chapter in the game like going from the TV series to the comic books or anything that defines a new story line the Emeralds would have to be found again. Kind of like the Dragon balls in Dragon ball Z etc..
I just love the lore behind Sonic so much that making new story lines for him just doesn't suit him at all unless it's a continuation from the original story line like what the Archie Comic books did. He lives on Mobius and is trying to save it from Dr. Robotnik. Not Earth not Eggman not some secret ring or Black Knight armor. He's here to try to get rid of Robotnik and return the king to his throne for the sake of Mobius and its people.
The main points of this game are free roaming, being able to talk to all of the original characters from the cartoon series, and being apart of the original story line and able to experience new story lines based off of those stories like what was going to happen after Sonic got rid of Robotnik and Snively took over. Any time that they want to add more stories just download it via DLC.
There is so much more that I could come up with, and every time I think about it I come up with more things that could be put into it so I will stop for now but I think I will keep adding to this and send it to Sonic Team one day and see where it goes and who knows I'm going to college for computers right now so maybe I'll try to get into developing games or something similar.
Thank you for taking the time to read this I hope the best for all contestants and gamers alike
Anthony P.
